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Rip-off at the Weißenfels City Hall – Mayor Martin Papke (CDU) Engages in Jurisdictional Finger-PointingAttention to all visitors of the City Hall or the municipal stadium arriving by car and ultimately parking their vehicle on the premises: You will be charged! This happened to Lutz Walter from Leutzscher Welle. 
Germany’s first football fan radio received accreditation last August to broadcast the football match between SSC Weißenfels and Chemie Leipzig. Consequently, the grounds at the City Hall were driven onto, the necessary equipment was unloaded from the vehicle, then the vehicle was parked, the equipment was reloaded after the broadcast, and finally the premises were left. The entire process supposedly took four hours, which is why Lutz Walter received a demand for 50 cents in parking fees, including an initial contractual penalty of 39.90 euros, now increased to 61.90 euros. However, the journalist refuses to pay, as his actual parking time—excluding unloading and loading his vehicle—was within the allowed grace period. Moreover, both a press pass and a parking disc were clearly visible behind the windshield. The arguments do not interest the committed fair parken GmbH from Düsseldorf. “Clearly visible signage of the parking lot indicates the obligation to pay and the parking management. These areas are private property.” This might apply to parking lots in front of supermarkets like Aldi, Penny, or REWE, but not to the grounds in front of the City Hall or the municipal stadium. For example, the basketball team Weißenfelser Wölfe must provide a certain number of public parking spaces to obtain a permit for Bundesliga games in the City Hall, so that officials and journalists can reach the venue. Running from Pillar to PostThe Düsseldorf company seems to know this: “If you were entitled to park for the period in question, please contact the Sports and Leisure Department of the City of Weißenfels.” However, this department is a municipal enterprise, which means that this parking space is not private property and therefore the regulatory office—or the mayor of Weißenfels—is responsible. Yet both the leisure department and the mayor refuse any responsibility. Martin Papke allegedly “as the chief administrative officer and head of the City of Weißenfels, does not exercise oversight over fair parken GmbH, which is entrusted with the management of the parking spaces.”This leads to the following conclusions: Instead of the regulatory office, the mayor gives a private company free rein to enforce violations of applicable law, which interprets the road traffic regulations at its own discretion. When do vehicles stop for loading and unloading, when are they parked? Yet delegating sovereign tasks to private providers is less in line with the legislator’s intent and requires clear rules. Data protection must be ensured when vehicles are permanently recorded on video. Additionally, the letters Walter received allowed neither appeals against the claim nor any explanations. Period! You must now pay, pay, pay. Where the sum, now 62.40 euros, goes is also unclear. Obstruction of the Free PressThat the whole process tarnishes Weißenfels’ image as a citizen-friendly sports city is one aspect; the fact that it has a particular “smell” is another. Last August, Walter parked right next to several police vehicles, which certainly did not receive a demand for parking fees including an excessive contractual penalty. This could contradict the principle of equality, a fundamental principle of German law. In any case, press work is being hindered, but that is for lawyers to determine, as fair parken GmbH constantly threatens further chargeable measures. The mayor, of course, claims to know nothing. Author: AI-Translation - A. Viereckl | |
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