More than 350 tourists and residents were ticketed for illegal parking in Coldstream last summer.
The Commissionaires, which provide parking enforcement services from the beginning of May until the September long weekend, issued 356 bylaw enforcement notices (BEN).
The most tickets issued by location were 105 at the Kalavista parking lot, followed by 72 on Westkal Road and 42 tickets issued at Creekside Park on Kidston Road.
“Half of the tickets issued (at Creekside Park) were warning tickets because of the lack of parking lines and signage,” said Bob Bibby, Coldstream’s bylaw enforcement officer, in his report to council.
There was a spike in the number of tickets issued in July, which was due to additional Commissionaires being trained as well as construction contractors parking at the Kalavista boat launch.
Of all the tickets issued, only half have been paid, another 23 per cent are outstanding with the remaining 27 per cent being warnings or cancelled.
“Of the 23 per cent tickets still outstanding, four per cent either had out of province plates, which we are unable to obtain ownership information on, or were untraceable by ICBC, which leaves a total of 19 per cent left to collect,” said Bibby. “Two collection letters were sent out which resulted in five tickets being paid.”