City Of Oceanside - Parking Administration The charge $50 Parking Violation for Street Sweeping When There Isn't Street Sweeting!!!! Oceanside 92054 California

Hey Ron, I was ripped off today, April11,2013. I was on Mission Ave on my motorcycle and turned right on to N. Tremont St. I got the first space on the street (the only one left) parked and went to a store two doors up. There was nothing unusual going on outside, traffic moving people walking etc. About ten minutes later I came out of the store and turned the corner to N. Tremont Street Now there were cones blocking off N. Tremont Street and a (private) parking officer was writing me a $58.00 parking ticket. I asked what the ticket was for, and he told me "for parking in a temporary no parking zone." I told him there were no cones or signs when I arrived a short time ago. He said, "You should know there is a street fair every Thursday." I would not know as I just moved here from Massachusetts and it was not posted. He told me that the cones were in place and I must have gone around them. I told him they were not there at 1:47PM. He also said "you're lucky we did not impound it" "consider your ticket a parting gift." I suggested we call the highway department and ask them what time they put up the cones. He would have no part of that. I am retired law enforcement from MA. and I would not risk the hassle of parking in a properly posted "NO Parking" area. It also does not seem legal that  a non-peace officer (private company) can issue a citation for a city.