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Late Fees Also Waived on Vehicle Stickers
Parking Ticket Amnesty
Offers Chance to Pay
Without Penalties
An amnesty program now underway offers anyone with outstanding parking tickets issued before Jan. 1 until March 15 to pay up without late fees or penalties, as administrators move to reduce older computer files, while also collecting a share of the nearly $4.3 million from 139,000 outstanding tickets. Collection activities including booting will be suspended during the amnesty. But once the temporary reprieve ends, any remaining parking accounts will be turned over to a collection agency to seek the full amount due, including late fees and penalties. Booting of vehicles with five or more outstanding tickets will then resume as well. Penalties for late payment can range from $10 to $50 per ticket. Offering amnesty is one phase of ongoing Village efforts to improve parking administration and enforcement. Efforts also include a new computer records system and traffic court at Village Hall through an administrative adjudication program. Under the adjudication program launched in early January, administrative law judges hear parking cases at Village Hall, eliminating the need for residents to travel to the Cook County Circuit Court in Maywood to challenge parking citations. As an added incentive to participate in the amnesty program, the Village Clerk will waive late fees on vehicle stickers. The vehicle sticker fee increases $5 per month after the June 30 purchase deadline, which is added onto the standard $45 sticker cost when violators are ticketed. For more information on the amnesty program, call 358.5700 or email publicworks@oak-park.us.
Health News

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Animal limit review
The citizen volunteers of the Oak Park Board of Health will hold a public hearing on the Village ordinance limiting the number of animals per household at 7 p.m., Mon., March 29, in Council Chambers of Village Hall, 123 Madison St. Oral and written public comments will be taken. For more information on the meeting or the current animal limitation ordinance call 358.5680.
Stop smoking help
"Freedom From Smoking," a six-week program developed by the American Lung Association, will have an orientation session at 7 p.m., Tues., March 2, in the Maze Branch Library, 845 Gunderson St. The $20 cost is refundable to participants who attend all six sessions. Financial assistance is available. Call 358.5484.
Live animal trapping begins
Residents who need to relocate nuisance wildlife can borrow a trap from the Village beginning April 5. Animal Control officials also will help with relocation once the animal is trapped. For more information, call 358.5679.
Affordable insurance available
Adults and children are now being enrolled in low-cost free health care plans. KidCare offers health care coverage to children and pregnant women and help in paying premiums of employer-sponsored or private insurance plans. Access to Care covers doctor visits, x-rays, prescriptions and lab tests for a small co-pay. Participants must meet financial eligibility guidelines. Call 358.5484 to apply.
Public Health Week activities planned
In observance of National Public Health Week, April 5 - 11, area individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the community's health will be honored. Local activities will focus on letting resident know more about efforts such as income-based insurance programs, health education and information initiatives, exercise programs, smoking cessation groups and community-based coalitions that have helped make a difference in overcoming health care disparities. For more information, call 358.5484.
Village testing new overnight parking permit hours
Hoping to minimize the difficulty on-street overnight parking permit holders sometimes have finding a legal space in their zones, the Village is testing new permit parking hours of 9 p.m. to 10 a.m. in residential areas, and 11 p.m. to 10 a.m. in areas adjacent to business districts. Prior to this change, parking restrictions did not go into effect until 2:30 a.m., timing that often put permit holders at odds with visitors for spaces in permit zones. Village crews already are at work temporarily changing signage to reflect the new hours, which will go into effect after the signs are changed and permit holders notified. The new hours are expected to be fully enforced by early March. Impact of the change will be evaluated over the next six months to determine if the change should be permanent. For more information call 358.5750 or email publicworks@oak-park.us.
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