Simon Phillips, owner of Nooshi on Otley Road in Headingley, said: "I expect I shall get a summons to court.

"But I am totally fed up with having to deal with the incompetence of the parking services department.

"Each traffic warden decides how to interpret the parking restrictions. One says it's okay to park in a certain zone and then another slaps on a ticket. Road markings are not complete and signs change on a weekly basis."

Mr Phillips said he recently received a £30 ticket though other cars have stood in the same place and did not receive a fine.

"The area behind my premises is totally deserted all day and it's ludicrous that we are fined for parking there," he went on.

"One attendant told me he did not understand why he was expected to give out tickets in this particular zone as the lines and signs were inconsistent.

"He begged me to appeal the ticket but could not stop giving them out because he has been ordered to by his manager."

Mr Phillips said someone from parking services should come out and see what their policies had done to Headingley area.

"They are leaving vast areas empty while shoppers have nowhere to park," he claimed.

A city council spokesman said the parking services team declined an invitation to meet Mr Phillips.

"We are confident," he said, "that parking enforcement in Leeds is
applied fairly and consistently across the whole of the city.

"Unfortunately, Mr Phillips left his vehicle for at least two and a half hours in an area where the maximum stay is clearly shown as two hours.

"Headingley is a very busy area and long-stay parking for non-residents has not been allowed for many years."