Mississauga will soon start using Licence Plate Recognition technology to dish out parking tickets.

Starting in October, City of Mississauga parking enforcement will employ the technology to automatically photograph licence plate information from illegally parked vehicles. Tickets will then be mailed to offenders/registered vehicle owners.

“This new process supports parking enforcement officers in places where issuing a physical penalty notice on a vehicle may not be effective, such as school zones and time-limited parking zones,” the city said. “This technology will be deployed in school zones this year and will expand to other areas starting next year.”

The use of Licence Plate Recognition technology, which the city says will improve safety for parking enforcement officers and enhance how the municipality delivers services, is one of a series of changes to be introduced in October by the city’s parking enforcement division.

Also among the new rules is an extended period of time for those who are ticketed to either pay the fine or request a review of the incident and challenge the penalty.

Those who receive tickets will now have 30 days, double the current 15-day period, to pay the fine or request a review of the matter.

The changes, approved in July by Mississauga city council, are part of an effort to modernize parking enforcement, improve compliance with parking regulations and enhance service delivery efficiency, the City of Mississauga said.

The revamped system also includes the mailing out of parking tickets to offenders in addition to the extended timelines to either pay a parking ticket or fight it.

“These changes are meant to make parking enforcement safer, more efficient and fairer for vehicle owners while giving people more time to receive, review and respond to a penalty notice,” Mississauga officials said, adding existing parking rules and fine amounts are not changing as part of the update.

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The new parking enforcement rules, noted Graham Walsh, City of Mississauga solicitor and commissioner of legislative services, “will help keep our streets safe and fair while giving drivers more time to review and respond to a penalty notice before extra fees are added.”

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