Pay Or Appeal Infraction

The Appeals Committee was established to provide an objective, separate entity from the staff in Parking Services. The Committee reviews all written appeals of infractions issued on campus. Infractions are issued to vehicles that are parking in contravention of Western University's Parking Regulations.

All parking infractions are subject to review. All requests are assessed by Parking Services prior to review by the Appeals Committee.

Composition - Six members including:

• 1 member of the Faculty of the University nominated by the Faculty Association
• 1 member of Staff nominated by the Professional and Managerial Association
• 1 member of Staff nominated on a rotating basis by the Staff Association,
• 1 CUPE Local 2361(Facilities Management), on a rotating basis with CUPE Local 2692 (Food Services)
• 1 Graduate Student of the constituent University, nominated by the Society of Graduate Students
• 1 Undergraduate Students of the constituent University, nominated by the University Students' Council.

The membership year is from July 1 - June 30. Members of the Committee will hold office for two-year terms and will not be eligible for reappointment for more than two consecutive terms (four years), but will be eligible for reappointment following a lapse of two years after the expiration of the second of two consecutive terms.

As part of the appeal process, you may request an open hearing with the Appeals Committee. An open hearing provides you with the opportunity to review your appeal with the committee, in person. The committee is comprised of several members of the Western community who are not employees of Parking Services.

If the appellant elects for an open hearing, and subsequently does not attend their open hearing, the citation will be upheld, the appeal will be dismissed, and there will not be an opportunity to re-appeal. Please respect the time given by committee members to hear an appeal, if requesting an open hearing.

The appellant will be notified of their appeal decision via email. Please ensure you are providing a valid and correct email address as a decision will be sent to this address within six weeks of submitting your appeal. Decisions are final and binding.

*Schedules of committee members determine dates and times for open hearings.

Service Fees/Admin Fees cannot be appealed - they include: 

• Withdrawal of parking privileges
• Towing of offending vehicles at owner's expense
• Sealing of student records
• Submission of account to a collection agency

The following reasons are not considered grounds for an appeal:

• "Everybody parks there / I am the only one who got a ticket."
• "I was only there for five or ten minutes."
• "I've parked there for the last five weeks (months/years) and I've never been cited before."
• "I didn't know."
• "I thought it was a space."
• "I didn't see the sign."
• "I can't afford the fine."
• "I had to use the washroom facilities (or had a sick friend that had to use the washroom facilities)."
• "My permit/pass/parking receipt was not properly displayed because..."
• "I parked on landscaping/hash lines/end of aisle/reserved space or ungated permit lot because there were no other spaces available."
• "I have no Wifi or Internet service."
• "I paid for visitor parking after I received the citation"

Appeals for the following infractions,

• Traffic tickets issued by Western Special Constable Service
• Parked in an Accessible space
• Parked illegally - e.g. parked in Fire Lane, Tow Zone

will be considered, however, due to the nature of these offenses, an appeal is often not successful.