The Otago Daily Times reported Caversham resident Todd Treweek had received about 10 tickets during the past two years, for parking over his driveway, but council communications and marketing manager Graham McKerracher said that was not the case.
Although Mr Treweek was parked across his driveway when issued the tickets, the actual infringements were for parking on yellow lines, parking on a fire hydrant and parking on a footpath in the street outside his house.
Mr McKerracher said Mr Treweek had received 39 tickets in the past 12 months - 34 of them were for parking overtime elsewhere in the city, and one for not having a warrant of fitness certificate.
"Of the four relating to the street where he lives, two tickets were issued for parking on yellow lines, one ticket for parking on a fire hydrant and one ticket for parking on a footpath. This is likely to be the one where he parked over his driveway.
"Nevertheless, please note that no tickets were issued for parking over a driveway,'' he said.
"Over this period, Mr Treweek has accumulated $3100 worth of parking fines, and to date, no money has been received from him.
"All bar one of these have been referred to the court for collection purposes.''
Mr Treweek did not dispute the council's comments about his tickets.
He agreed they were for parking too close to a yellow dotted line, parking too close to a fire hydrant, and parking on the footpath, but said they were all issued while his vehicle was parked across his driveway.
However, he denied the council's allegation he was not paying the fines.
"I'm paying off $50 per week through the Ministry of Justice.
"They did an attachment order on my wages, and all the fines are going to the Ministry of Justice.''
Mr Treweek said he was upset by the public backlash over the issue.
He said he only raised the issue in the Otago Daily Times to raise awareness of his struggle to communicate with the council.
"This whole thing was supposed to be about the latest ticket, which was the last straw for me. It was about what do I do next.
"I tried to call the council to deal with it, but they don't want to work with me to find a solution.
"That was my whole point of calling the ODT.
"They're [the council] just more than happy to come up here and write me tickets.''
