Private vehicles parking in a taxi rank have been targeted during an evening of enforcement by Trading Standards officers in Cleethorpes The North East Lincolnshire Council team issued nine Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) in Cleethorpes while patrolling taxi ranks on Grant Street and in the Market Place to raise awareness of the rules and regulations drivers must follow. Both locations have clear signage, with yellow cross-hatched lines and the word 'taxi' running through the middle. The Market Street taxi rank prohibits stopping between 6pm and 6am except for taxis, while Grant Street is a no-waiting zone at all times except for taxis.
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Eight were given to private vehicles parked on the taxi rank, and one was issued for a car stopped on a pedestrian crossing. Wayne Crouch, chairman of the Hackney Carriage Association, commented on the situation, saying: "The Hackney Carriage Association have been concerned.