Winnipeg By-law 76/2011, s. 4.1(a) — Winter Parking Ban By-law

a transportation emergency caused by snowfall or drifting snow has occurred or is imminent; and

• (b) a prohibition on stopping, standing, or parking vehicles on winter routes is necessary for effective snow clearing operations or the maintenance of emergency and other essential services, amended 116/2022 he or she may, in compliance with subsection 7(1), declare a Snow Emergency Parking Ban which prohibits stopping, standing or parking a vehicle on winter routes in the City of Winnipeg on dates and times specified in the declaration. amended 116/2022 7(2) A Snow Emergency Parking Ban declared under subsection (1) may be extended by the person authorized to declare the Snow Emergency Parking Ban in compliance with subsection 8(2). 7(3)

Where a Snow Emergency Parking Ban has been declared under subsection (1), an enforcement officer or any person given this authority by the Director may take any action or measure necessary to remove vehicles stopped, standing or parked on a winter route. amended 116/2022 Mechanisms for designations of winter routes, declarations and assignment of streets to zones 8(1) The designation of a winter route under section 3 or the assignment of a street or portion of a street to a zone under subsection 6(1) takes effect at the point when all of the following actions have been taken:

• amended 116/2022
• (a) the authorized person has signed the designation or assignment;
• (b) the City Clerk has been notified in writing of the designation or assignment;
• (c) the designation or assignment has been posted on the City of Winnipeg website;
• (d) lists or maps of winter routes and snow clearing zones on the City of Winnipeg website have been updated to show the new designation or assignment. amended 116/2022 By-law No. 76/2011 5 8(2) A parking ban declared under sections 4, 5 or 6 takes effect at the point when all of the following actions have been taken: amended 116/2022
• (a) the authorized person has signed the declaration;
• (b) the City Clerk has been notified in writing of the declaration;
• (c) the declaration has been posted on the City of Winnipeg website;
• (d) the authorized person has released a communiqué to the media that
• (i) states that a parking ban has been declared; and
• (ii) provides details of the parking ban. 8(3) For the purposes of this section
• (a) “designation” includes the removal of the designation of a street or portion of a street as a winter route; amended 116/2022
• (b) “assignment” includes the re-assignment of a street or portion of a street to another zone; and
• (c) “declaration” includes the extension of a Snow Emergency Parking Ban under subsection 7(2). Towing of vehicles parked in contravention of bans 9(1)

Where an enforcement officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an unattended vehicle is stopped, standing or parked

• (a) on a street designated as a winter route and marked as such by winter route signs or snow route signs erected on the street; and amended 116/2022
• (b) in contravention of a parking ban declared under sections 4 (annual winter route parking bans) or 5 (extended winter route parking bans); amended 116/2022; 153/2022 the enforcement officer may cause the vehicle to be taken to and stored in a suitable place under subsection 243(2) of The Highway Traffic Act. Subsection 243(3) of The Highway Traffic Act applies to the costs of the moving and storage of the vehicle. By-law No. 76/2011 6 9(2) A vehicle that is standing or parked in violation of a parking ban imposed under section 6 (Residential Parking
• Ban) is hereby determined to be in a position that causes it to interfere with the removal of snow from a street by a person authorized by the City of Winnipeg to remove the snow. A peace officer or an enforcement officer is authorized to move such a vehicle or cause it to be moved to a place where it will not interfere with the removal of snow from the street pursuant to subsection 243(1) of The Highway Traffic Act.