Off-Street Residential Parking By-law - PS-112

A By-law to Regulate Off-street Parking, Standing and Stopping of Motor Vehicles in Residential Areas within the City of London.

WHEREAS section 9 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 provides that a
municipality has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purpose
of exercising its authority under this or any other Act;

AND WHEREAS section 8 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that the powers of
a municipality under this or any other Act shall be interpreted broadly so as to confer broad
authority on municipalities to enable the municipality to govern its affairs as it considers
appropriate and to enhance the municipality’s ability to respond to municipal issues;

AND WHEREAS subsection 10(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a
municipality may provide any service or thing that the municipality considers necessary or
desirable for the public;

AND WHEREAS subsection 10(2) paragraphs 7, 8 and 10 of the Municipal Act,
2001 provide that Council may pass by-laws respecting services and things that the municipality
is authorized to provide under subsection (1), respecting protection of persons and property,
and respecting structures;

AND WHEREAS section 100.1(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that,
without limiting sections 9 and 10, a municipality may, in respect of land not owned or occupied
by the municipality, regulate or prohibit the parking or leaving of motor vehicles without the
consent of the owner of the land;

AND WHEREAS section 128 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that, without
limiting sections 9 and 10, a 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 London, the off-street
parking, standing or stopping of a motor vehicle in residential areas that are contrary to certain
regulations is or could become a public nuisance;

AND WHEREAS section 425 of the Municipal Act, 2001 establishes that a
municipality may pass by-laws providing that a person who contravenes a by-law of the
municipality is guilty of an offence;

AND WHEREAS section 428 of the Municipal Act, 2001 provides that a by-law may provide
that, where a vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing in contravention of a by-law
passed under this Act, the owner of the vehicle is guilty of an offence, even though 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;

NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of
London enacts as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 In this by-law,

“City” means The Corporation of the City of London;

“Driveway” means a vehicle access provided between a street or lane and a Parking
Space, and includes a mutual driveway;

“Lot” means a parcel of land that is;

(i) shown on a registered plan of subdivision; or

(ii) described in a single Transfer/Deed of Land of legal effect registered in the Land
Registry Office or the Land Titles Office for the Land Registry Division of
Middlesex.

“Motor Vehicle” includes an automobile, a truck, and any other vehicle propelled or
driven otherwise than by muscular power;

“Parking Space” means an outdoor space not located on the travelled portion of the
street on which is parked, standing, or stopped a Motor Vehicle;

2. PROHIBITIONS

2.1 No person shall park, stand or stop a Motor Vehicle on a Parking Space that does not
comply with one or more of the Parking Space requirements set out in section 3.1 of this
by-law.

2.2 No person shall permit to park, stand or stop a Motor Vehicle on a Parking Space that
does not comply with one or more of the Parking Space requirements set out in section
3.1 of this by-law.

3. PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The following Parking Space requirements apply to any Parking Space under this by-
law:

(1) a Parking Space shall only be accessed directly via a Driveway located on the
same Lot, or directly via a street or lane;

(2) a Parking Space shall not include any part of a City sidewalk;

(3) a Parking Space shall be comprised of a stable surface that does not produce dust
or loose particles;

(4) where a Parking Space is located on a Front Yard or Boulevard, as those terms
are defined in the City’s Residential Front Yard and Boulevard Parking Policy, it
shall comply with the City’s Residential Front Yard and Boulevard Parking Policy;
and

(5) a Parking Space shall conform to the requirements contained in any applicable City
by-law, including but not limited to the City’s Zoning By-law.

4. EXEMPTIONS

4.1 This by-law does not apply to a Parking Space that is located on land not zoned for
residential use under the City’s Zoning By-law.

4.2 This by-law does not apply to a Parking Space that is subject to a Boulevard Parking
Agreement with the City that is registered on title.

4.3 This by-law does not apply to a Parking Space that is set out in a plan or drawing
approved under section 41 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, or a development
agreement under that section.

5. ENFORCEMENT

5.1 The provisions of this by-law may be enforced by a City municipal by-law enforcement
officer, London Police Service police officer, or other individual duly appointed for the
purpose of enforcing this by-law.

5.2 No person shall hinder or obstruct, or attempt to hinder or obstruct, any person who is
exercising a power or performing a duty under this By-law, including carrying out an
inspection.

6. OFFENCE AND PENALTY

Offence

6.1 (1) Every person who contravenes any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence.

(2) A director or officer of a corporation who knowingly concurs in the contravention of
this by-law is guilty of an offence.

Offence - Owner of Motor Vehicle

6.2 Where a Motor Vehicle has been left parked, stopped or standing in contravention of this
by-law, the owner of the Motor Vehicle is guilty of an offence, even though the owner
was not the driver of the Motor Vehicle at the time of the contravention of the by-law, and
is liable to the fine for the offence unless, at the time of the offence, the Motor Vehicle
was in the possession of another person without the owner's consent.

Penalty

Fine - contravention

6.3 Any person convicted under this by-law is liable to a maximum fine of $5,000.00.

6.4 Despite section 6.3, where the person convicted is a corporation, the corporation is liable
to a maximum fine of $10,000.00.

Continuation – repetition – prohibited by order

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

Administrative Monetary Penalty System

6.6 Each person who contravenes any provision of this by-law shall, upon issuance of a penalty notice in accordance with the Administrative Monetary Penalty System By-law A-54, be liable to pay the City an Administrative Monetary Penalty. 

7. SHORT TITLE OF BY-LAW

7.1 This by-law may be referred to as the “Regulation of Off-Street Residential Parking By-
law”.

8. FORCE AND EFFECT

8.1 This by-law shall come into force and effect on the day it is passed.

PASSED in Open Council on July 26, 2010.

Anne Marie DeCicco-Best

Mayor

Catharine Saunders

City Clerk

First Reading - July 26, 2010

Second Reading - July 26, 2010

Third Reading – July 26, 2010