Today I went for lunch at Steveston, parked the car at the Riversong parking, went for lunch at the warf, bought a t-shirt then came back to the car to find a ticket for $50 which was issued 20 minutes right after I parked the car. The reason? I walked off the parking lot away from the set of stores right by and they had an under cover spy somewhere watching. The comment was even written on the ticket. Unbelievable, I had assumed that the set of stores that I would be going near by would be covered in the parking. Apparently not.
Things have changed since the last time I've been in Steveson, previously that parking lot could have been used for doing your shopping or whatever in the Steveston docks area. Unfortunately that isn't the case any more. My own fault for not reading the sign more carefully. Unfortunately I didn't see the ticket until I got home... had I seen it sooner, I would have quicky poped over to a coffee shop, got myself a coffee and sent a copy of the recipt to the company to contest the ticket.
The lot doesn't even charge for time, nor was it full at all. In the past that parking lot never had problems with it being overfull. No, apparently it seems to me that the stores around had decided to hire some company to track if people came to their stores and give them a ticket if they didn't. Anyways, watch out if you park in Steveston because it seems that the patrollers there are incredibly vigil. It's sad to think that people make money from a "service" like this, but there you have it.
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