Parking Tag Operations

How can the City of Toronto be in debt? I’ve paid out at least $ 100 per month since I arrived here due to these ridiculous and impossible to understand street signs.
Got a $ 30 ticket here last night. I parked my car and walked up here to get a better look. Every other sign I’ve seen in these residential areas (Near 600 Bloor W) says «No Parking Without a Permit from 12:01am-7:00am). This one is identical however instead of 7AM it’s 7PM! You can see that it used to say AM.
This was a week ago. Notice that the top sign says «No Parking Snow Route» WTF does that mean? When can you park there? What if it’s not snowing?
These people are getting fines by deliberately obfuscating things.
I’m incredibly careful and I STILL get loads parking tickets. Once a fire hydrant was partially hidden by a snow bank as well as some trash cans. That was $ 100 down the tubes.
DO NOT WANT

Want to fight a parking ticket? Here’s what you need to do: head to Metro Hall located on John Street just south of King. Go up two sets of escalators and follow the signs for Parking Tag Operations. If you stumble upon a collection of sad-​looking people holding slips of paper morosely watching a board announce numbers, you’re in the right place.
You will need your parking ticket so be sure to bring it along. There will be a narrow form to fill out with your name and vitals. This is your Notice of Intention to Appear in court to dispute the charges on your ticket. If you are filing on behalf of someone else, you are considered an Agent and will have to put down your information as well. You might also be asked to wear dark sunglasses and a trench-​coat.
Once you have finished your paperwork, grab a number, a seat, and something to read, and get your wait on. In the middle of the day the wait times are negligible, so go then if you can. The service is as to be expected: surly, passive-​aggressive and generally day-​ruining. Don’t let it get to you; just remember that there is a circle in Hell reserved just for city bureaucrats.
After stamping your paperwork, you’ll be given a slip and notified that someday in the far ahead future you may be summoned to court. Until then you may collect interest on the amount of your fine, and let the wheels of justice turn, however slowly.
Obligatory Title Pun: TAG, you’re it.
Menu Readability: «Now calling miserable sod #137.»
Need to mention: Finish the paperwork first, THEN grab a number. Seriously, they are bitches about this.
What this place teaches me about myself: I’m so glad I don’t own a vehicle in this city.

First time going to fight a ticket that I got while my paid receipt was on the dash, but I still got a ticket for some reason.
I was scared that a) I’ll have to pay too much for parking b) that it will take forever.
a) I found 1hr free parking on the street that extends from Wellington to Spadina. Walking along Mercer it’ about a 5 min walk.
b) I was surprised when i got there that it’s clean, and efficient with adequate signage about what to do.
You get a number, and the waiting in turn is very visibly displayed at the seating area, dinging each time it’s a turn.
You fill in the request of trail form. Do it even though you don’t think you’ll need it. Probably saves a lot of time when you’re at the wicket.
When i got there it was 334, and I was 356. I waited probably less than 15 mins for my turn.
I showed my receipt, and my ticket. She compared the times, and cancelled the ticket handing me back a proof of cancellation stub. (I don’t like how the paper is shiny and the stamp tends to run)
Done!