Only 17 percent of the money owed to the City of Chattanooga for parking citations may be recoverable after several variables are factored in, a review of city records shows.
The City Council approved in a 6-3 vote Tuesday night slashing the water quality, or stormwater, budget by more than $10 million and giving a break to those who are nonresidential users.
Chattanooga is owed more than $7.1 million in overdue parking fines, but $632,000 is uncollectable because no names are on the citations, city records show.