Parking Bylaw

Whereas section 8 of the Municipal Act authorizes municipalities to govern their affairs and to enact bylaws regulating or prohibiting matters such as parking;

And Whereas section 23.2 of the same Act authorizes the delegation of legislative powers of a minor nature to employees of the municipality;

And Whereas subsection 101(1) of the same Act authorizes municipalities to provide for the removal and impounding of any illegally parked vehicle at the owner's expense;

And Whereas section 128 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a local municipality may prohibit and regulate with respect to public nuisances, including matters that, in the opinion of Council are or could become public nuisances;

And Whereas in the opinion of Council for the City of Kingston, the act of parking a vehicle on a front yard, side yard or boulevard is or could become a public nuisance;

Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the City of Kingston enacts as follows:

For the purposes of this Bylaw:

Accessible parking permit means a valid permit issued by the Minister of Transportation under section 26 of the Highway Traffic Act or a valid permit, licence plate or other marker or device bearing the international symbol of access issued by a jurisdiction other than Ontario;

Accessible parking space means a designated parking space identified by prescribed signage which is reserved for the exclusive use of persons with an accessible parking permit;

Boulevard means the part of a highway, other than a sidewalk that lies between the shoulder or curb and the boundary of the adjoining property;

City means the Corporation of the City of Kingston;

Electric Vehicle means:

1. a battery electric vehicle that runs only on a battery and an electric drive train, or
2. a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that runs on a battery and an electric drive train, and also uses an internal combustion engine;

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Space means a publicly or privately-owned parking space that provides access to equipment that supplies a source of electricity for charging electric vehicles"

Emergency vehicle includes an ambulance, fire department vehicle, vehicle operated by a police officer in the performance of their duties, and any other vehicle being used to respond to an emergency;

Entranceway means the portion of a private road, lane or driveway within the lateral boundaries of a highway that provides motor vehicle access to and from that highway;

Front yard, rear yard, side yard, exterior side yard, and yard have the meanings ascribed to them in the City's Zoning Bylaws, as amended;

Heavy vehicle means a truck, bus or other type of motor vehicle or attached equipment, the weight of which, separately or combined, when unloaded, is three tonnes or more or, when loaded, is five tonnes or more;"

Highway means a common and public highway, any part of which is used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, and includes a street, road allowance and any bridge, trestle, viaduct or structure that forms part of a highway;

Holiday means New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday (first Monday in August), Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day."

Intersection means the location at which the roadways of two streets intersect;

Lot means a separate parcel of land which has been assigned a property identifier under section 141 of the Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5;

Lot line, front lot line, rear lot line and side lot line have the meanings ascribed to them in the City's Zoning Bylaws, as amended;

Median strip means the portion of a highway so constructed as to separate traffic travelling in one direction from traffic travelling in the opposite direction by a physical barrier or a raised or depressed paved or unpaved separation area that is not intended to allow crossing vehicular movement;

Motor vehicle includes an automobile, bus, truck, motorcycle, motor assisted bicycle, motor scooter and any other vehicle propelled or driven other than by muscular power, but does not include an electric bicycle, a traction engine, farm tractor, other farm vehicle, or machine used for road construction or maintenance;

Municipal law enforcement officer includes, for the purposes of this bylaw, a municipal law enforcement officer appointed by the City and an officer of the Kingston Police;

Municipal parking lot means all or a portion of a parking lot, deck, garage or other facility for the parking of vehicles which is owned or operated by the City,

Municipal vehicle means a vehicle owned or leased by the City, whether marked or unmarked, which is used for any municipal purpose;

Park and parking mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading goods or passengers;

Parking bay means a parking space that is constructed on the untraveled portion of a street for the purpose of providing parking for vehicles;

Parking meter or meter means a mechanical or electronic device designed to accept payment in exchange for a period of legal parking that is indicated by means of a signal on the device or on a ticket dispensed by the device;

Paid Parking zone means that part of a highway and that part of a municipal parking lot where parking is controlled and regulated by a parking meter;

Permit Agreement shall mean the agreements containing the terms and conditions for parking permits issued by the Corporation of the City of Kingston.

Person includes a corporation and organization as well as a person;

Public laneway means a right of way owned by the City which provides motor vehicle access for individual owners and occupants to and from City streets;

Residential property means a property that is zoned for residential use in the zoning bylaw that applies to the property;

Roadway means the portion of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, but does not include the shoulder or a parking bay;

Shoulder means that part of a highway contiguous with the roadway which is intended for emergency stopping;

Sidewalk means the portion of the road allowance of a highway that is set aside for the use of pedestrians;

Signage includes one or more signs, markings and any other appropriate devices that provide notice of parking regulations and that comply with all applicable requirements of the Highway Traffic Act and the regulations made under that Act;

Stop and stopping mean the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal;

Street means a highway or portion of a highway over which the City has jurisdiction or, in the case of a boundary highway, joint jurisdiction;

Taxi means a taxi cab that holds a valid licence to operate in the City;

Trailer means a vehicle without its own means of propulsion that has to be drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle;

Unauthorized area means: a Front Yard, Exterior Side Yard, or Side Yard, except as otherwise permitted under the City's Zoning Bylaws; or the Boulevard, except where parking is permitted by a City of Kingston bylaw;

Utility vehicle means a vehicle owned or leased by Utilities Kingston and its subsidiary companies or by any other company or agency that supplies or manages a utility within the City for the maintenance or repair of that utility; and

Vehicle includes a motor vehicle and any other vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power.

2.1 The Transportation Services Department or, in the event of organizational changes, another unit designated by City Council to carry out the Transportation Services Department's responsibilities with respect to parking operations, is responsible for the administration of this bylaw.

2.2 The authority to establish temporary parking regulations in accordance with section 4.36 is delegated to the Director of Transportation Services or their designate or, in the event of organizational changes, to another employee designated by City Council.

2.3 Amendments to this bylaw, including changes to regulations, and amendments to parking rates as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, shall not come into effect until the necessary technical changes have been made and, where required, signage has been installed to provide public notice.

2.4 Every vehicle parked on a street or in a municipal parking lot shall be parked at the risk of its owner, and the City is not responsible for any loss or damage to any vehicle or its contents.

2.5 The installation by City staff of parking meters and of signage to provide public notice of the regulations established by this bylaw is authorized.

2.6 All references contained in this bylaw to parking rates and fees are as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, as amended, or of a successor to that bylaw.

3.1 This bylaw applies to all City streets, public lanes, municipal parking lots, and all other property owned or occupied by the City of Kingston and to private property on the front and side yards, as defined here-in.

3.2 This bylaw does not apply to highways under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation or to private roads and lanes.

3.3 This bylaw does not apply to private parking lots.

3.4 The attached Schedules form part of this bylaw.

3.5 The use of "includes" in section 1 of this bylaw is not to be interpreted as limiting the meaning of a word or term to the phrases or descriptions that follow.

3.6 Except as otherwise provided in section 1, the words and terms used in this bylaw have the same meaning as in the Highway Traffic Act.

Lawful Parking

4.1 No person shall stop or park a vehicle in contravention of the provisions of this bylaw or of signage that provides public notice of parking regulations.

4.2 No person shall park a vehicle on any street, municipal parking lot or other municipal property: (1) where parking is prohibited or reserved for certain users; or (2) for longer than the maximum period permitted in that location.

4.3 No person shall park a vehicle on any street, municipal parking lot or other municipal property in a manner that interferes with the provision of municipal services, including maintenance, repairs and snow removal.

Accessible Parking

4.4 No person shall park a vehicle in an accessible parking space on any street listed in schedules A-2 or C-1, municipal parking lot or other municipal property that is identified by signage unless the driver or passenger has an accessible parking permit which is clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer.

Parking Spaces Identified by Lines

4.5 Where individual parking spaces are identified by lines, every vehicle shall be parked entirely within all of the lines which identify that individual parking space, and no person shall park a vehicle with its wheels across or outside the lines.

4.6 No person or persons shall park more than one vehicle, or more than three motorcycles or motor scooters, within an individual parking space that is identified by lines.

Paid Parking Zones

4.7 The locations outlined in Schedule A-1 are designated as paid parking zones in which the parking of vehicles is subject to regulation as indicated on parking meters or on signage and to the payment of the parking rates established for each of these zones in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, as amended.

4.8 The locations described in Schedule A-1 are designated as regular paid parking zones, and the installation of parking meters on these streets and in the municipal parking lots designated in Schedule E is authorized.

4.9 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8, the locations described in Schedule A-2 are designated as accessible paid parking zones, and the installation of parking meters on these streets and in the municipal parking lots designated in Schedule E is authorized.

4.10The locations described in Schedule A-3 are designated as tour bus Paid parking zones that are reserved for the exclusive use of tour buses, and the installation of parking meters in these locations is authorized.

Paid Parking Zone Regulations

4.11 No person shall park a vehicle in a paid parking zone at the times set out in Schedules A-1, A-2, A-3 and Schedule E unless the person has paid the parking rates for that zone, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, by:

1. depositing sufficient coin(s) or making sufficient payment by credit card or by debit card in a parking meter, which either: displays the time remaining on the meter; or dispenses a time stamped ticket indicating the period for which payment has been made, such ticket which shall immediately thereafter be displayed face up in the windshield of the parked vehicle so as to be clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer; or
   1. displays the time remaining on the meter; or
   2. dispenses a time stamped ticket indicating the period for which payment has been made, such ticket which shall immediately thereafter be displayed face up in the windshield of the parked vehicle so as to be clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer; or
2. making sufficient payment through a City-approved mobile payment application for the parked vehicle, as identified by the vehicle's license plate."

4.12 No person shall park a vehicle in a paid parking zone at the times set out in Schedules A-1, A-2, A-3 and Schedule E unless the person has paid the parking rates for that zone, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, for the entire time the vehicle is parked, by:

1. depositing sufficient coin(s) or making sufficient payment by credit card or by debit card in a parking meter, which either: displays the time remaining on the meter; or dispenses a time stamped ticket indicating the period for which payment has been made, such ticket which shall immediately thereafter be displayed face up in the windshield of the parked vehicle so as to be clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer; or,
   1. displays the time remaining on the meter; or
   2. dispenses a time stamped ticket indicating the period for which payment has been made, such ticket which shall immediately thereafter be displayed face up in the windshield of the parked vehicle so as to be clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer; or,
2. making sufficient payment through a City-approved mobile payment application for the parked vehicle, as identified by the vehicle's license plate."

4.13 No person shall park a vehicle that is greater than 6 meters in length in a paid parking zone described in Schedule A-1, A-2, and Schedule E unless the person has paid the parking rate for that zone, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, for two parking spaces for the period that the vehicle is parked.

4.14 Where two or three motorcycles or motor scooters are parked within a single parking space in a paid parking zone, payment of the parking rate for that zone shall be required for only one of these motorcycles or motor scooters.

4.15 No person shall park a vehicle in a paid parking zone during the times when payment is required, as set out in Schedules A-1, A-2, and A-3 and Schedule E, for a time period in excess of the maximum time limit posted on the parking meter or on signage.

4.16 No person shall cover or attach a sign or notice to a parking meter or open or remove any coins from a parking meter without the City's authorization.

4.17 No person shall tamper with, deface, damage or destroy any parking meter.

4.18 Sections 4.11 to 4.15 do not apply to a person who is operating in accordance with an agreement with the City under section 4.19 or section 4.20 or with a permit issued by the City under section 4.23.

Parking Space Rentals

4.19 The City may, upon application, enter into agreements to rent parking spaces on a street on a short or longer-term basis to persons who meet the eligibility criteria and pay the applicable parking rate, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10.

4.20 The City may, upon application, enter into agreements to rent parking spaces in a municipal parking lot on a short or longer-term basis to persons who meet the eligibility criteria and pay the applicable parking rate, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, as amended, or of a successor to that bylaw.

4.21 Every rental agreement made under section 4.19 or 4.20 shall be subject to the terms and conditions established by the City for the use of those parking spaces.

4.22 No person other than the person or persons to whom it has been rented shall use or occupy, or park a motor vehicle in, a rented parking space on a street or municipal parking lot that is identified by appropriate means.

1. A temporary parking space rental may be made for a maximum of three (3) months at one time, but may be renewed for additional three (3) month periods, up to a maximum of eighteen (18) months.

Parking Permits

4.23 Subject to availability, the City may issue permits authorizing parking for a specified time period in a municipal parking lot designated in Schedule E or in an on-street permit parking zone to persons who meet the eligibility criteria, make application, and pay the applicable rate, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, as amended, or of a successor to that Bylaw.

4.24 Every permit issued under section 4.23 shall be valid only for a specific municipal parking lot, or a specific on-street permit parking zone and shall be subject to the terms and conditions established by the City for the use of that permit.

4.25 No person shall park a motor vehicle in an on-street permit parking zone designated in Schedule C-3 or other on-street zone unless a valid permit issued under section 4.23 authorizing it to be parked in that on-street permit parking zone is displayed clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer.

Short-Term Exemptions

4.26 The City may, upon request, grant exemptions to individual residents and their visitors from specific parking regulations that apply to a particular location, except a location in a paid parking zone.

4.27 Every exemption granted under section 4.26 shall be valid only for the location(s) and at the times for which the exemption was granted.

Medical and University Parking

4.28 The locations described in Schedule C-2 are designated as medical university parking zones, and no person shall park a vehicle at any time in a medical or university parking zone that is identified by signage other than a vehicle with a valid permit issued either by the Kingston Regional Cancer Centre or by Queen's University which is clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer.

4.29 The locations within the medical and university parking zones that are identified by signage as accessible parking spaces are reserved for the exclusive use of persons with a valid accessible parking permit as well as a permit issued by the Kingston Regional Cancer Centre or Queen's University.

Parking for Commercial Vehicles

4.30 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8, no person shall park or stop a vehicle, other than a municipal transit vehicle, within: (1) a bus stop zone which limits are both identified by signage or by a combination of signage and a transit shelter; or (2) within 24.4 meters, measured in the direction opposite to the flow of traffic, of the commencement of a bus stop zone, which commencement is identified by signage or by a transit shelter.

1. a bus stop zone which limits are both identified by signage or by a combination of signage and a transit shelter; or
2. within 24.4 meters, measured in the direction opposite to the flow of traffic, of the commencement of a bus stop zone, which commencement is identified by signage or by a transit shelter.

4.31 Despite section 4.30, taxis shall be permitted to park or stop in a bus stop zone, while waiting to be hired, between 11:30 p.m. of one day and 6:00 a.m. of the following day.

4.32 Despite Sections 6.16 and 6.17, the locations described in Schedule D-1 are designated as taxi stand zones at the times set out in Schedule D-1, and no person shall park, or shall stop, where prohibited, a vehicle in a taxi stand zone other than a taxi which is waiting to be hired.

4.33 The locations described in Schedule D-2 are designated as school bus loading zones, and no person shall stop a vehicle in a school bus loading zone at the times set out in Schedule D-2 other than a school bus which is loading or unloading passengers.

4.34 The locations described in Schedules A-3 and D-3 are designated as tour bus parking zones that are reserved, at all times, for the parking of tour buses, and no person shall park a vehicle, other than a tour bus, in a tour bus parking zone.

4.35 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8, the locations described in Schedules D-4 are designated as commercial loading zones at the times set out in Schedules D-4 and no person shall park a vehicle in a commercial loading zone at those times, other than a vehicle being operated for commercial purposes which is actively engaged in loading or unloading goods.

Temporary Parking Regulations

4.36 Temporary parking regulations may be established by the City for any street, municipal parking lot or other municipal property to permit essential work to be carried out, or to deal with an emergency or with special circumstances.

4.37 Temporary parking regulations established in accordance with section 4.36 take effect when signage has been installed in appropriate locations which provide public notice, and cease to be in effect when the signage is removed.

4.38 Temporary parking regulations established in accordance with section 4.36 take precedence over the provisions of this bylaw in the event of a conflict.

Inoperative or Un-plated Vehicles

4.39 No person shall park or leave a vehicle on a City street or in a municipal parking lot or on any other municipal property which is inoperative or un-roadworthy or which does not display valid and current number plates registered to the vehicle.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station Parking

4.40 No person will park a vehicle or part of a vehicle in an electric vehicle charging station space that is identified by signage unless the vehicle is an electric vehicle and the electric vehicle is attached to the station's charging equipment and is charging.

General Regulations

5.1 No person shall park a vehicle or a portion of a vehicle in a municipal parking lot:

1. in a location or a manner that obstructs the movement of other vehicles or pedestrians; or
2. in any location where indicated by signage that parking is prohibited at all times or during specified times, or is reserved for specific vehicles, except as and when authorized by permit."

5.1.1 No person shall park or leave a vehicle in a municipal parking lot for more than 24 hours or for such other maximum period set out in Schedule E.

5.1 No person shall drive or attempt to drive a vehicle into a municipal parking lot when signs are displayed indicating that the municipal parking lot is full or closed, or when requested not to do so by an employee or agent of the City.

Encroachments

5.2 No person shall deposit snow or deposit or leave construction equipment, building materials or any other material or object in a municipal parking lot unless they has entered into an agreement with the City in accordance with section 4.20 authorizing the use of the municipal parking lot for that purpose.

Municipal Parking Lots in which Payment is Required

5.3 The municipal parking lots described in Schedule E are designated as municipal parking lots in which the payment of parking rates, as set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 2005-10, or of a successor to that bylaw, is required at the times set out in Schedule E.

Monthly Permit Lots

5.4 The municipal parking lots having a monthly rate or a monthly and daily rate but no hourly rate are identified as monthly permit lots.

5.5 No person shall park a vehicle in a monthly permit lot except a person who has paid the monthly or, where applicable, the daily rate for that monthly permit lot and who has displayed the monthly permit or daily rate permit for that lot so it is clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer.

5.6 Section 5.6 does not apply at those times when an event rate is in effect in a monthly permit lot in accordance with sections 5.19 to 5.22.

Hourly and Monthly Lots

5.7 The municipal parking lots having an hourly and monthly rate or an hourly, daily and monthly rate are identified as hourly and monthly lots.

5.8 No person shall park a vehicle in an hourly and monthly lot at the times set out in Schedule E unless they has paid the hourly rate for the period parked in that hourly and monthly lot.

5.9 Section 5.9 does not apply to a person who has paid the monthly or, where applicable, the daily rate for that hourly and monthly lot.

Hourly Lots

5.10 The municipal parking lots having an hourly rate but no daily or monthly rate are identified as hourly lots. 

5.11 No person shall park a vehicle in an hourly lot at the times set out in Schedule E unless they has paid the hourly rate for the period parked in that hourly lot.

Attended Lots – Deleted

Gated Lots

5.12 The municipal parking lots having gates to control access/egress are identified as gated lots.

5.13 No person shall park a vehicle in a gated lot unless they, upon entry, obtains a ticket from a machine, or when necessary from an attendant, or activates a parking session with a credit card, indicating a time of entrance and pays a pay station before leaving the gated lot, the rate, as per the Fees and Charges Bylaw as amended, for the period parked in that gated lot.

5.14 (Previously in Attended Lots Subsection which was Deleted)

5.15 Any person who is unable or unwilling to surrender their ticket shall pay the lost ticket charge for that location before leaving the gated lot.

5.16 Sections 5.14 and 5.16 do not apply to a person who has paid the monthly rate for a gated lot.

5.17 Attendants may be employed by the City, at its discretion, in any municipal parking lot at any time to regulate or to assist with the regulation of parking.

Event Lots

5.18 The municipal parking lots having an event rate for parking at times when events are occurring at the Kingston Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre are identified as event lots.

5.19 When an event occurs at the Kingston Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre, the event rate may be applied to parking in one or more of these event lots at the times when payment of the hourly or daily parking rate is not required.

5.20 The event rate referred to in section 5.19 shall take effect on the day of an event at the time indicated on the signage located at the entrance to each event lot to which the event rate applies.

5.21 A vehicle shall be deemed to be parked illegally in an event lot when the event rate is in effect unless there is evidence which is clearly visible to a municipal law enforcement officer that the applicable event rate for that lot has been paid.

Street Parking Time Limitations

6.1 No person shall park a vehicle on a block of a street for longer than 12 consecutive hours.

6.2 Despite sub-section 6.1, no person shall park a vehicle displaying a valid on-street parking permit on a street in a designated permit parking zone for longer than 72 consecutive hours.

6.3 Despite sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.19, no person shall park a vehicle on a street at any time between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

1. from January 1 to February 28 (or 29 each leap year) inclusive, of each year; and
2. from December 1 to December 31, and from March 1 to March 31, of each year, during which a Declared Weather Event is in effect.

6.3.1 The City's Director of Public Works and Solid Waste, or their designate, is authorized to enact a Declared Weather Event when, in their opinion:

1. ice cover on streets or snow accumulation of five (5) centimetres or more in depth is forecast for the City of Kingston; or
2. at any other time that is deemed necessary to perform winter operations requiring extensive snow removal, snow plowing or salting operations.

A Declared Weather Event will come into effect at 1:00 a.m. on the day that it is enacted and will remain in effect until the City's Director of Public Works and Solid Waste, or their designate, authorizes the ending of the Declared Weather Event.

Street Parking Regulations

6.4 No person shall park a vehicle on a street with the front of the vehicle facing opposite to the direction in which vehicular traffic is proceeding on that side of the street.

6.5 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8, and subject to section 6.6, no person shall park a vehicle on a street within 9 meters of an intersection or within 23 meters of an intersection on a through street, and where signage has been installed to provide public notice, within a lesser or greater distance from an intersection, as indicated by the signage.

6.6 The no parking zones designated in Schedule F-1 which occur at intersections are locations at which, for safety reasons, the minimum no parking zone distances need to be more than 30 meters.

6.7 No person shall park a vehicle in such a manner as to:

1. obstruct an intersection or pedestrian crossing;
2. interfere with the normal flow of vehicular traffic;
3. impede or prevent the movement of a legally parked vehicle;
4. obstruct or prevent the use of a public laneway by another vehicle;
5. obstruct or prevent the use of an entranceway by another vehicle; or
6. obstruct a sidewalk.

6.8 Despite any other sections, no person shall park a vehicle:

1. Within 3 meters of a hydrant, measured laterally along the roadway, unless the hydrant is located at least 5 meters from the roadway;
2. within 15 meters of the nearest rail at a level railway crossing;
3. on a bridge or in a tunnel or underpass;
4. beside a parking, standing or stopped vehicle so as to "double park"; or,
5. on or beside either side or end of a median strip.

Restrictions on the Parking of Certain Vehicles

6.9 No person shall park a heavy vehicle in front of or adjacent to a residential property except as part of the normal commercial operation of the owner or operator of that vehicle.

6.10 No person shall park or leave an unattached trailer of any kind on a street.

Parallel Parking

6.11 No person shall park a vehicle on a street further than 0.25 metres from the adjacent curb or shoulder of the roadway or parking bay

Angle Parking

6.12 No person shall park a vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor scooter, at an angle on any street except those streets on which angle parking is permitted.

6.13 On streets where angle parking is permitted, as indicated by lines identifying individual parking spaces or by signage, no person shall park a vehicle except entirely within the lines or, in the absence of lines, except at an angle with the vehicle facing the curb or shoulder.

6.14 No person shall park a vehicle on a street on which angle parking is permitted, any part of which extends more than 6 meters into the roadway.

Signage

6.15 The regulations set out in sections 6.16 to 6.19 are not valid unless signage has been installed to provide public notice of these regulations to the public.

Street Parking Prohibitions

6.16 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8 and any other sections, the locations described in Schedule F-1 and any areas where signage has been installed to provide public notice are designated as no parking zones and no person shall park a vehicle at any time in a no parking zone.

6.16.1 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on the inside curved portion of a street, from the beginning of the curve to the end of curve, to maintain sightlines.

6.16.2 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on a street within a distance required to maintain access to any Canada Post community mailbox.

6.16.3 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on a street within a distance required to maintain access at any entry to and exit from a roundabout.

6.16.4 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on any portion of a street where necessary to facilitate and maintain traffic flow.

6.16.5 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on a street within a distance of an entranceway to maintain sightlines.

6.16.6 Pursuant to Section 6.16 of this Bylaw, when indicated by signage, parking may be prohibited on a street within a distance of a curb ramp.

6.17 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8 and any other sections, the streets described in Schedule F-2 and any areas where signage has been installed to provide public notice are designated as no stopping zones, and no person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle in a no stopping zone at the times set out in Schedule F-2 or on the signage.

6.17.1 Despite Section 6.17, a municipal transit vehicle may park, stand, or stop in any no stopping zone which is designated as a bus stop zone.

Street Parking Restrictions

6.18 Despite sections 4.7 and 4.8, the streets described in Schedule G-1 are designated as limited term parking zones at the times set out in Schedule G-1, and no person shall park a vehicle in a limited term parking zone at those times for longer than the maximum period permitted in that zone, as set out in Schedule G-1.

6.19 The streets described in Schedule G-2 are designated as daytime prohibited parking zones, and no person shall park a vehicle on these streets at the time set out as prohibited in Schedule G-2. The streets described in Schedule G-3 are designated as overnight prohibited parking zones, and no person shall park a vehicle on these streets at the times set out as prohibited in Schedule G-3.

6.20 Despite section 6.19, vehicles displaying a valid on-street parking permit shall be exempt from those daytime parking prohibitions identified in Schedule G-2 and those overnight parking prohibitions identified in Schedule G-3 as indicated in the Permit Agreement, in effect in the zone for which the permit has been issued.

Boulevard and Front and Side Yard Parking Prohibitions

6.21 No person shall park a vehicle in an Unauthorized Area.

Street Parking Prohibitions in School Areas

6.22 No person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle in the locations and at the times set out in Schedule F-3 where signage has been installed to provide public notice.

6.23 For all locations other than those set out in Schedule F-3, no person shall park, stand or stop a vehicle in a designated no stopping zone, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on school days only:

1. on any portion of a highway that fronts a school property or is within 150 metres in either direction of a school property; and
2. on any portion of a highway within 150 metres of an entranceway or pathway to a school property.

The following Schedules are attached to and form part of this Bylaw:

Schedule A Paid Parking Zones

• Schedule A-1 – Regular Paid Parking Zones
• Schedule A-2 – Accessible Paid Parking Zones
• Schedule A-3 – Tour Bus Paid Parking Zones

Schedule B Parking Space Rental Fees

Schedule C Reserved Parking

• Schedule C-1 – Courtesy Accessible Parking Spaces
• Schedule C-2 – Medical and University Parking Zones

Schedule D Parking for Commercial Vehicles

• Schedule D-1 – Taxi Stand Zones
• Schedule D-2 – School Bus Loading Zones
• Schedule D-3 – Courtesy Tour Bus Parking Zones
• Schedule D-4 – Commercial Loading Zones

Schedule E Municipal Parking Lots in Which Payment is Required

• Schedule F Street Parking Prohibitions
• Schedule F-1 – No Parking Zones
• Schedule F-2 – No Stopping Zones

Schedule G Street Parking Restrictions

• Schedule G-1 – Limited Term Parking Zones
• Schedule G-2 – Daytime Parking Prohibitions
• Schedule G-3 – Overnight Parking Prohibitions

8.1 The following are exempt from the regulations established by this bylaw when responding to an emergency:

1. emergency vehicles;
2. municipal vehicles; and
3. utility vehicles.

8.2 The following are exempt from the requirement to pay the parking rates in paid parking zones on City streets and municipal parking lots, other than attended lots, when carrying out their responsibilities:

1. emergency vehicles;
2. municipal vehicles;
3. utility vehicles; and
4. members of City Council.

8.3 Motorized refreshment vehicles operating on a City street in accordance with Bylaw Number 93-250, "A Bylaw to Authorize the Lease of City Streets for the Purpose of Operating Motorized Refreshment Vehicles, and to Authorize Motorized Refreshment Vehicle Regulations", or a successor to that bylaw, are exempt from the provisions of this bylaw.

8.4 Despite the provisions of this Bylaw, vehicles required for the purpose of televising meetings of City Council and any other events at City Hall shall be permitted to park on streets abutting City Hall for such purposes.

8.5 Despite Section 6.7(6), on those properties having a municipal address on Bluffwood Avenue, Cottonwood Avenue and Cyprus Road only, where a residential driveway crosses a public sidewalk, a person may park one (1) vehicle in a driveway in a manner that encroaches on the public sidewalk, subject to the following conditions:

1. the vehicle must be parked in a driveway as close as practicable to the garage or dwelling on the property, with no allowance for any obstructions, including other vehicles;
2. if any portion of the public sidewalk that intersects a driveway, or that is adjacent to a driveway, cannot reasonably be maintained by the City in the ordinary course due to the encroachment upon the sidewalk of a vehicle parked in the driveway, the owner of the property on which the driveway is located shall be responsible for maintaining the affected portion of the sidewalk clear of all snow and ice as soon as practicable, or as otherwise prescribed by the City, and in accordance with the City's standards
3. upon notice from the City, the owner of the property on which the driveway is located shall promptly move the vehicle, or cause the vehicle to be moved, if the City requires access to the sidewalk for purposes of carrying out repairs or replacements to the sidewalk; and
4. all other terms and conditions of this Bylaw are complied with.

8.6 Despite Sections 4.11, 4.12, and 6.19 of this bylaw, a person employed by Addiction and Mental Health Services – Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, Home Base Housing and other City approved agencies operating a vehicle while actively engaged in providing street outreach services is exempt from:

1. the requirement to pay the parking rates in paid parking zones on City streets and municipal parking lots; and
2. the daytime parking prohibitions as set out in Schedule G-2 to this bylaw.

9.1 Any person who contravenes the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine as provided in the (Ontario) Provincial Offences Act and to any other applicable penalties.

9.2 If a vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing in contravention of this bylaw, the owner of the vehicle, even though the owner was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the contravention of the bylaw, is guilty of an offence and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine as provided in the (Ontario) Provincial Offences Act and to any other applicable penalties unless, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the possession of some person other than the owner without the owner's consent.

9.3 Every person to whom a parking infraction notice has been issued alleging that a provision of this bylaw has been contravened may, within seven days of the issuance of the parking infraction notice, make a voluntary, reduced payment to the City of the penalty for that offence, if the offence allows for a voluntary, reduced payment.

9.4 Despite section 9.1, any person who contravenes this bylaw by parking their vehicle in an accessible parking space without displaying a valid accessible parking permit is guilty of an offence and, upon conviction, is liable for a fine, as required by section 427 of the Municipal Act, and to any other applicable penalties.

9.5 If this bylaw is contravened and a conviction entered, the court in which the conviction has been entered and any court of competent jurisdiction thereafter may, in addition to any other remedy and to any penalty that is imposed, make an order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by the person convicted.

1. Despite section 9.1, a ten minute courtesy grace period will be granted to Ontario passenger motor vehicles which are parked in expiry in a paid parking zone within the Central Business District, provided that there is evidence that an initial payment for time was made, and it is their first or second contravention of this bylaw in a one-year rotating period.
2. Despite section 9.1, a ten minute courtesy grace period will be granted during June, July, August, and September for out of province vehicles that are parked in expiry in a paid parking zone within the Central Business District, provided that there is evidence that an initial payment for time was made, and it is their first or second contravention of this bylaw in a one- year rotating period.

9.6 If a vehicle is parked or left in contravention of this bylaw, the City may cause the vehicle to be removed or impounded or to be restrained and immobilized at the owner's expense, and all costs and charges for removing, care and storage of the vehicle shall be a lien upon the vehicle, which may be enforced in the manner provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act, as amended.

9.7 Every person who causes or permits an encroachment upon a street that is not authorized by a valid permit shall be subject to the enforcement provisions in sections 4.8 to 4.10 of Bylaw Number 2004-107, "A Bylaw to Protect the City's Highways from Unauthorized Encroachments", or of a successor to that bylaw.

9.8 Every person who, without authorization from the City, deposits snow, construction equipment, building materials or any other material on a municipal parking lot of shall be responsible for removing this unauthorized encroachment at their own expense.

9.9 If a person is given notice by the City of Kingston to remove an unauthorized encroachment and fails to do so by the date specified in the notice, the City of Kingston may remove the unauthorized encroachment at that person's expense.

9.10 Notice under section 9.9 will be given by personal service or prepaid registered mail.

9.11 If a person who fails to remove an unauthorized encroachment by the date specified in the notice given under section 9.9 is the registered owner of property within the City of Kingston, the City of Kingston may add the amount of the costs incurred by the City of Kingston in removing the unauthorized encroachment to the tax roll for that property and may collect the amount in the same manner as taxes.

9.12 No person shall obstruct or hinder or attempt to obstruct or hinder any municipal law enforcement officer who is performing a duty under this bylaw.

If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision, or any part of a provision, of this bylaw to be invalid, or to be of no force or effect, it is the intention of Council in enacting this bylaw that each and every provision of this bylaw authorized by law be applied and enforced in accordance with its terms to the extent possible according to law.

This bylaw comes into force only upon receipt of approval from the Senior Regional Justice of the set fines, voluntary early payment amounts and short form wordings for the parking infractions contained within this bylaw, and upon the installation of signage that this bylaw may require.

Maximum Time Limit: 2 Hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 2 Hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday except holidays

Maximum Time Limit: 3 Hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday except holidays

Paid Parking Zones Maximum Time Limit: 3 hours 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday except holidays

Parking Space Rental Fees are listed in Bylaw 2005-10 – Fees and Charges, as amended, or of a successor to that Bylaw

Accessible Parking Spaces On City Streets Maximum Time Limit: 3

Monday to Friday 24 Hours per Day

Monday to Friday From 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

School Days Only

D-3: Tour Bus Courtesy Tour Bus Parking Zones No Parking Fee

Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Parking rates are listed in Bylaw 2005-10 – Fees and Charges, as amended or of a successor to that Bylaw