A sneak preview of a movie filmed in Omaha drew a crowd to the new Midtown Crossing theatre Wednesday night. Some moviegoers didn't expect to pay for a ticket after the show.

For Sara Young, the surprise ending came after the movie, a $16 parking ticket for an expired meter, but the timing has her and a friend confused. “Don't they stop at five?"

Ticketing on nearly all meters in Omaha ends at 5 p.m. The Midtown Crossing area is the exception with enforcement up to 6 p.m., but that time difference didn't get changed when the City Council adopted a new parking ordinance for Midtown Crossing in August.

“There was a change to add Saturday ands create the boundaries, but the time change was not included in the paragraph and it should be, so we'll make sure that gets done,” said Omaha City Prosecutor Marty Conboy.

Several vehicles parked at expired meters along Farnam Street Wednesday evening had tickets time-stamped after 5 p.m. “It bothers me a little bit,” said one driver. “I'll just have to go to the city prosecutor's office and talk it over.”

“If they have any concern at all they can send it to the city prosecutor's office with just a note or bring it by, we'll make sure it's voided and it will not be filed,” said Conboy.

So if you found a ticket on your windshield for an expired time at any of the 275 meters in the Midtown Crossing area, see if it had been written after 5 p.m., then take the ticket to the City Violations Bureau or City Prosecutor’s Office.

After Six On Your Side questioned the legal timing of the midtown meters, Conboy drafted an amendment that will add enforcement up to 6 p.m.

Parkers should already know that, but Young said the warning sign could be better placed. “I plug it (the meter) on this side, why would I look on that side?”

City traffic engineer Todd Pfitzer tells Channel 6 News that between 5 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 28 tickets were issued for expired meters. He says meter enforcement will stop after 5 p.m. in the Midtown Crossing area until the ordinance is changed. Conboy says that process could take three weeks.

A spokesman for the developer, Mutual Of Omaha says the parking situation around Mid Town Crossing will have an "adjustment period"
However he points out that 3,000 free parking spaces are available in garages serving the area.