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A Brewery District customer is warning other motorists after he was hit with a $50 parking fine for walking to the wrong building.

Kevin Hicks said he has been going to the GoodLife Fitness gym for approximately six months, about twice per week. Often, he will walk across the parking lot to Booster Juice for a smoothie.

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But earlier this month, when he returned to his vehicle, parked between GoodLife Fitness and Staples, he found a parking ticket.

“It’s stupid,” Hicks said.

GoodLife Fitness is located at 11962 104 Ave., while Booster Juice is at 11838 104 Ave.

Hicks said it was “ridiculous” that people are expected to drive six metres (20 feet).

When he asked Precise Parklink why he got the ticket, he was told he was observed walking off the lot.

He said he scanned into the gym at 9:30 a.m. and received the ticket at 9:52 a.m., and disputed the claim that he was observed.

The parking company sent him a drawing of the lot it is responsible for. The company told Hicks his vehicle was parked in Oliver Square, not the Brewery District.

Hicks said at the same time he received his ticket, a woman who was shopping at London Drugs and ran into Petland was also ticketed.

Attempts to contact Precise Parklink were not immediately returned.