Disabled parking bylaw

BY-LAW NUMBER

OF THE

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF KITCHENER

(being a by-law to authorize certain on-street and off-street

parking of vehicles for use by persons with a disability, and the

issuing of permits in respect thereof.)

The Council of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener enacts as follows:

1. In this by-law:

"Act" shall mean the

Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8 and shall include the

regulations thereunder;

"City" means the City of Kitchener unless inconsistent with the context;

"designated parking space" means a parking space:

(a) located on-street, in a parking lot owned or operated by The Corporation of

the City of Kitchener, or on private property; and

(b) marked by a sign;

"person with a disability" shall have the same meaning as in the Act;

"permit" means disabled person parking permit issued by the Ministry of

Transportation of Ontario pursuant to the Act that has not expired;

"police officer" shall have the same definition assigned in the

Police Services Act,

R.S.O., 1990, c. P.15;

"sign" means a sign that is in accordance with the requirements of the Act that

indicates a parking space to be for the sole use of vehicles displaying a permit;

"unauthorized vehicle" means:

(a) a vehicle that is not displaying a permit in accordance with the requirements

of this by-law or the Act;

(b) a vehicle that is displaying a permit but is not being used to pick up or

transport the holder of the permit; or

is not being used to pick up or transport a person with a disability.

2. The provisions of this by-law may be enforced by a Police Officer and any by-law or

municipal law enforcement officer of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener.

3. The provisions of section 6 of this by-law may also be enforced by a specially

appointed by-law enforcement officer whose name appears in Schedule "A" hereto

but only with respect to a property of which the municipal address is listed beside

the individual's name in Schedule "A" hereto. Such individual shall not commence

enforcement at a property until the day following the date upon which Council adds

their name beside the property in Schedule "A" of this by-law.

4. Every property owner shall ensure that every placard installed on the owner's

property to designate a parking space for use by a person with a disability shall be

a proper sign as defined by this by-law.

5. The Director of Enforcement or designate may cause the relevant municipal

address and/or name of the relevant specially appointed by-law enforcement

officer(s) to be removed from Schedule "A" of this by-law if in the opinion of the

Director of Enforcement or designate the sign has not been correctly installed or

maintained.

6. No person shall stop, park or leave an unauthorized vehicle in any designated

parking space at any time.

7. A permit shall be displayed on the sun visor or on the dashboard of a vehicle so

that the international symbol of access for persons with a disability, the permit

number and the expiry date of the permit are clearly visible from the outside of the

vehicle. If the vehicle is a motorcycle or a motor-assisted bicycle, the permit shall

be displayed on the top left corner of the number plate on the vehicle.

8. No person shall obstruct a designated parking space or access thereto by any

object or by the moving, placing, or storage of snow.

9. Every property owner and every person having care or control over a property or

relevant portion thereof, shall ensure that no designated parking space or access

thereto is obstructed by any object or by the moving, placing, or storage of snow.

10. Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence

and on conviction is liable to:

(a) in the case of an offence under section 6 of this by-law, a fine of not less

than $300.00 in accordance with the

Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25

and not greater than $5,000 for each offence, exclusive of costs; and

(b) in the case of an offence under a section other than section 6 of this by-law,

a fine of not greater than $5,000 for each offence, exclusive of costs.

11. Where a vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing in contravention of this

by-law, the owner of the vehicle is guilty of an offence, even when the owner was

not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the contravention of the by-law, and is

liable to the applicable fine unless, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the

possession of another person without the owner's consent.

12. Any fine under this by-law shall be recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act,

R.S.O. 1990, c. P.33.

13. Any vehicle parked or left in contravention of the provisions of this by-law may be

towed, removed, impounded, restrained, and/or immobilized at the vehicle owner's

expense and subsection

170(15) of the Act shall apply with necessary

modifications.

14. A vehicle displaying a currently valid permit, number plate or other marker or device

bearing the international symbol of access for persons with a disability and issued

by another jurisdiction is entitled to the same privileges as a vehicle displaying a

disabled person parking permit issued under the Act.

15. Any reference to by-law 88-172 on a sign is hereby deemed to be a reference to

this by-law.

16. By-law number 88-172 of The Corporation of the City of Kitchener, and aU by-laws

amending the same, are hereby repealed as of the effective date set out in Section ·

17 of this by-law.

17. This by-law will come into force and take effect on September 16, 2008.

PASSED at the Council Chambers in the City of Kitchener this

qtf;C day

, AD. 2008.

Mayor

Clerk