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Harare City Council (HCC) has urged motorists to observe by-laws and regulations when parking to avoid clamping of their vehicles.
In a statement, HCC spokesperson Micheal Chideme said motorists should park correctly on designated bays and also pay their parking fees to avoid being ticketed or disturbed while conducting their businesses.
“We urge motorists to observe city traffic by laws. We have heard incidents were people complained that they have been ticketed because they have parked wrongly.
“The best thing people can do is to park on designated sites, pay the parking fees so that they are not inconvenienced during their operations”
Motorists were further encouraged not to rely on personal agreements with the marshals and touts when parking as the Municipality will not consider their personal agreement made between the motorists and touts.
“We encourage people not to rely on marshals or touts when parking their vehicles because when the City Municipal traffic officers come they will not consider the agreement you made with the touts, because the touts do not take money to council and it cannot be used to develop the parking bays or city roads but rather they pocket the money”
Motorists with the clamped cars are expected to pay $3 623 to have the clamp taken off and $5 494 to have a towed car released while storage fine is $8 00 per day
The HCC has introduced a mobile application ParkAssist which is an initiative to provide users(motorists) a convenient means of paying for their parking in cities. The App allows a motorist to provide duration for parking and pay for just the time selected. The app maintains virtual tickets that can be verified by law enforcement agents electronically.
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