Even if an overzealous enforcement officer issues you a summons for parking without paying, the summons will be waived if you go to the PJ City Council headquarters to have it cancelled.
That is the assurance given by Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain.
Areas with faulty machines included SS2, Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya Old Town and the Sunwaymas Commercial Centre.
The city council had been mulling the idea to take back the management of parking when it discovered that over 50% of its 700 parking machines in the city that catered to about 21,000 parking bays were faulty.
It will be revoking the parking concession of Godell Parking Sdn Bhd following complaints of faulty parking meters and its failure to pay the council its dues. Godell Parking had signed a a 20-year contract with the local council in August 1999.
As an interim measure, the city council plans to implement a coupon system before introducing parking payment via mobile apps in future.
