I WISH City of York Council would do something to stop people who have no right to do so parking in our parking spaces at City Mills, Skeldergate. We have had to put up with it for 17 years and now it is out of hand.

I was in a shop next to two women talking. One of them had to go because her ticket was nearly expired in a car park, anhd the other lady told her not to pay in a car park: "Just go to City Mills, you can park all day and nobody troubles you." They didn't know they were next to someone who lives there.

Just before Christmas, one Saturday morning, every space was full and a car came in and parked near a wall, stopping people from getting out and the cars were all stuck.

The driver was located and kindly asked to move, but by their attitude they were not very pleased. If there had been a fire or an emergency ambulance needed neither service would have been able to get near.

Why should our visitors have to pay to park when strangers are parking free?

The apartments next door have their own security system, but their cars park in here. They park in here from the gym, apartments opposite have to put their security system in. Rowntrees, have put bollards on their property in Clementhorpe. We are the only site not protected.

M Baker, City Mills, Skeldergate.

* A City of York Council spokeswoman, said: "This has been an ongoing problem and late last year the council approved a scheme to engage a private company to issue fixed penalty notices to anyone parking at City Mills who shouldn't be.

"The scheme includes the issuing of residents' and visitors' passes and will be in place by the end of January."