A worker was fined $750 after doing something almost anyone would do: showing kindness to a sick animal.
Gardener Ori Weiser was driving around Perth’s Cottesloe Beach area when he noticed his dog looked very ill, so he stopped to let him out.
He was in a no-go zone, but it was only for a minute to let the sick dog vomit on the grass while he remained within sight of his car.
Mr. Weiser pulled into a “nearly empty” part of a parking lot, between two empty handicapped spots, in front of Cottesloe General Store to let his pet vomit.
“It didn’t take more than a minute,” he said. Mail newspaper.
But as he walked back to his car, the gardener saw a municipal park ranger watching and taking notes.
“I asked him what he was doing and he said he was fining me $500 for blocking a handicapped parking spot,” Weiser said.
He told the ranger he only went in because his pet was sick, but says the ranger told him he didn’t care and then walked back to his colleague and laughed.
Worker Ori Weiser (pictured) said he was fined $750 because he stopped his car for a minute to let his dog out to vomit.
While Mr. Weiser called the council and spoke to who he thought was the apologetic head ranger, he was issued another $250 fine for blocking traffic.
Furious at what had happened, he went to the council office, where he was told he would have to start an appeal process as the summons could not be cancelled.
Mr Weiser had hoped that by filing his appeal the council might use some “common sense” and quash the fine, but that has not happened.
“It is cowardly and very unnecessary behavior,” he said. Perth now.
‘For small and struggling businesses, $750 is a big hit and can really impact us.’
Mr. Weiser said he understands there have to be rules and regulations, “but there is also humanity and kindness.”
“Especially in an already very wealthy suburb… the punishment does not match the action.”
Gardener Ori Weiser was driving in the Cottesloe Beach area (pictured) of Perth when he noticed his dog looked very ill, so he stopped to let him out.
Cottesloe parking inspectors are reportedly expected to issue $1.34 million in fines this year, having already racked up $1 million since January.
The council said Mr Weiser’s fine was for parking in one of its disabled spaces, known as ACROD.
A spokesman told the Post that “Mr. Weiser’s vehicle… was partially in the parking lot, preventing a permit holder from using it.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Cottesloe City Council for further comment.
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