Penalty charge notices (parking tickets)

In this section:

• Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)
  The parking tickets the council issues are called Penalty Charge Notices (PCN's). They require you to pay a penalty and do not result in a criminal record or points on a driving licence. This is because most parking contraventions in York are no longer criminal offences but are civil matters.
• Penalty charge notice - notice to owner
  If payment is not received within 28 days of the penalty charge being served we may serve a 'notice to owner' (NTO) document on the person who appears to have been the owner of the vehicle when the alleged contravention occurred
• Penalty charge notices - making formal representations
  Even if an objection has already been dismissed you can make a formal representation after receiving the 'notice to owner' (NTO). To preserve impartiality, a different council officer considers the representation rather than the person who considered your initial objection
• Penalty charge notices - appeals
  If we reject your representation, you have 28 days from the service of our 'notice of rejection' to make an appeal to the independent traffic penalty tribunal
• Penalty charge notices - charge certificates
  We may issue a charge certificate to the keeper of the vehicle if a PCN remains unpaid after the appeal procedure has been exhausted
• Penalty charge notices - order for recovery
  The charge certificate increases the penalty charge by 50% and allows 21 days for payment
• Paying your penalty charge notice
  Find how to pay your parking ticket
• Loading and unloading
  There is an exemption to the parking restrictions if you are loading or unloading goods on-street