A number of fraudulent accessible parking permits have been seized in the Civic Hospital area.

The City of Ottawa bylaw department tweeted that it was disappointed by the number of misuse charges it had been forced to issue.

Photocopying or forging an accessible parking permit is fraud, bylaw said, and, if your name is not on the permit, you can’t use it. The offence carries a $550 fine.

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