John Pawson was given the £85 charge, reducing to £50 if paid within two weeks, after being 20 minutes over the two-hour limit while parking in a disabled space at the Foss Islands Retail Park.
The 68-year-old is disabled and has a blue badge. He told The Press that signs at the car park do not specify if there is a concession that allows blue badge holders to stay for longer.
In car parks elsewhere, the retired police sergeant, who worked in the force’s road traffic department for a number of years, said blue badge holders can stay for up to three hours.
And, as the signs did not say otherwise, he thought this was the case at the Foss Islands Retail Park car park.
But a spokesperson for Horizon Parking, which manages the car park, told The Press they “believe sufficient signage is installed at the appropriate location for blue badge bays within the car park”.
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