The documents were in response to a request for information about parking in Staverton Place, Lyons, a little street opposite the town centre that, according to Territory and Municipal Services, has the highest demand for parking of all ACT town centres. Information was also sought for parking inspections, complete with dates and times and fines issued for the past five years.

Most of the documents sought have been archived, but the sample made available on the ACT government's website show Staverton Place punches above its weight for parking angst.

"The issuing inspector has noted you moved your vehicle forward one parking bay and the chalk mark was still clear," a parking review officer says in one letter, rejecting a plea to withdraw a $91 fine.

"Unfortunately, merely moving bays does not constitute leaving the area and is in contravention of Rule 205 of the Australian Road Rules."

Loose chalk-dust still on the fingers, a parking officer notes in another document: "The offender moved the car but the chalk mark was still clear. An elderly lady from one of the apartments across the road witnessed a male move vehicle forward one bay at around 1.03pm."

Another letter from a Staverton Place resident says: "This is a dead-end road with only five parking places. Every time I call [for a parking inspector] no one comes and does anything about it. But for some reason the very next day most of the cars have moved, to only come back.

"Our building houses older and disabled residents. Many of us have social workers, therapists, sitters to name a few services [that] come here. With no place to park they have to drive around the area for a place to park."

They warned they had used their mobile phone to record the number plates of illegally parked cars.

Parking officers attending Staverton Place recorded some of the conflict: "Accused me of putting false time in notebook. Told him dispute procedures. He started swearing at me. Told him not to swear. He then accused me of yelling at him."

An officer issuing a fine was met by car's owner, pleading that they were about to move the car.

"I parked here after 10am."

"No you didn't. If you would like to dispute the infringement, the details are on the rear."

"But I'm moving ..."

"I'm not taking it back, you got one yesterday for the same thing."

Attorney General Simon Corbell wrote in December 2013 to reassure a petitioner that parking officers were regularly attending Staverton Place where residents were concerned about community nurses and meals-on-wheals volunteers unable to find a parking space.

In that year 46 fines were issued, 53 fines in 2012 and 32 in 2011.

Lyons hairdresser Teresa Rolfe's battle for more parking spaces, and public servants occupying customers' spaces at the Lyons shopping centre, about 15 minutes walk from Staverton Place, has been well documented in The Canberra Times.

"I approached the government department and they said 'tough luck, park in the residents areas,' " Mrs Rolfe said in January 2013.

On the opposite side of Melrose Drive, in the town centre, developer Tony DeMarco's new multi-level car park will feature number-plate recognition to streamline peak-hour traffic.

But the development is not due for completion until April 2015.

Until then, the residents of Staverton place will continue using their mobile phones to help parking officers keep their road clear.