CAMBRIDGE — For now, there’s still a city bylaw on the books — with a $110 ticket — for taking wedding photographs in a city park or growing vegetables along a city sidewalk.

Coun. Pam Wolf wants to eliminate ticket fines for “items where there’s no danger to other people.” The laws have been on the books for a couple of years, but only recently the provincial attorney general approved set fines tied to on-the-spot tickets.

Previously, all the city could do was charge people and take them to court, where the maximum fine is $5,000 on conviction.

Council approved the new fines Monday but will give Wolf a chance to push for scrapping some of the rules — including growing tall grass or plants on city boulevards — at a future council meeting.

City staff say it’s rare that tickets are handed out. Instead, the emphasis is on encouraging people to follow the rules. A ticket or court appearance is a last resort, said Hardy Bromberg, who oversees bylaw enforcement.

Wolf was also told city staff are rewriting the wedding photography bylaw so it only applies to Mill Race Park along the Grand River in Galt. There, the city reserves the space in advance for wedding parties and photographers: $245 for a wedding and photos, or $40 for photo time only.

Wolf also tried to lower a $75 non-sufficient-funds charge when taxpayers bounce a cheque or automatic bank payment to the city. She thought $50 was more reasonable. That’s how much banks charge the city when a payment is refused for lack of funds.

Council approved 91 new on-the-spot tickets in the 2010 city budget. The new fines are expected to bring in $8,600 in new revenue to the city’s $91-million annual budget.

Here are a few of the other new tickets approved by council:

-- Fly powered model airplane in city park — $110

-- Picnic of 15 or more people in city park — $110

-- Park inoperative vehicle for more than 48 hours — $125

-- Let grass grow more than 20 cm tall — $110

-- Vending cart or stand within 100 metres of a school — $150

-- Sell fireworks to someone younger than 18 years — $150