Ajax By-law 45-2020, s. 8 — PARKING OFFENCES 8.1

PARKING OFFENCES 8.1.

8. No person shall on any highway park any vehicle:

• a) in front of or within 1.25 m of a driveway or private roadway so as to obstruct vehicles in the use of a driveway or private roadway;
• b) within 3 m of a point on the curb or edge of the roadway adjacent to any fire hydrant;
• c) within 15 m of an intersecting roadway;
• d) for the purpose of displaying a vehicle for sale;
• e) for the purpose of washing, greasing or repairing the vehicle;
• f) within a distance of 4 m of the tracks of any railway other than a street railway;
• g) within 15 m of the nearest rail of a level railway crossing;
• h) in such a position as will prevent the removal of any other vehicle previously parked;
• i) for a period in excess of 3 hours unless otherwise indicated by official signs, or a valid occasional use parking permit has been issued for such vehicle, and has not expired or been revoked or cancelled;
• j) on or over any boulevard;
• k) Notwithstanding Section 8.1 j), in a Residential Zone, not including Multiple Residential Zones, on or over a boulevard, outside the limits of the apron;
• l) between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless a valid occasional use parking permit has been issued for such vehicle, and has not expired or been revoked or cancelled;
• m) on an apron in such a manner that any portion of the vehicle encroaches onto or hangs over the travelled portion of the roadway;
• n) that is an inoperable vehicle;
• o) within 3 metres of a community mailbox unless actively utilizing that mailbox;
• p) within 1 metre of a depressed curb that permits pedestrian access from a sidewalk to the roadway;
• q) that leaks fluid on any part of the highway;
• r) within or blocking a secondary emergency access route;
• s) at a bus stop, other than a bus using the bus stop. Authority to Designate No Parking Zone 8.2. Without limiting the generality of Section 8.1 official signs may be erected prohibiting the parking of a vehicle on a highway in any of the following places:
• a) on one or both sides of a highway or portion of a highway which is immediately adjacent to property on which a fire hall is located and/or within a distance of 30 m of such property on one or both sides of the highway;
• b) is immediately adjacent to a park or playground;
• c) within the turning basin of a cul-de-sac;
• d) within 15 m of the end of a roadway on a dead end highway;
• e) on the inside radius of a curb, with a radius of less than or equal to 15;
• f) on the travelled portion of a roadway other than a cul-de-sac where the roadway within is 6 m or less;
• g) on or within 100 m of a bridge over, under or across which a highway passes;
• h) within 6 m of a point at the edge of the roadway and nearest to a public entrance to a hotel or a theatre while the theatre is open to the public;
• i) within a distance of 3 m of the depressed curb of the secondary emergency access route;
• j) other than a bus within a distance of up to 18 m in advance of or 30 m beyond any point designated by an official sign or signs as

a bus stop.

• k) within a distance of up to 30 m in advance of or 30 m beyond any point identified as a location for the installation of current or future traffic calming measures. (Amended by By-law 43-2022) Occasional Use Parking Permit 8.3. An Occasional Use Parking Permit is issued as an exemption to subsection 8.1(i) and 8.1(l), and shall not exempt the vehicle from any other subsections listed in this By-law, and shall not exempt the vehicle from any provision of this By-law if it has been revoked, or suspended by the Town, or the 24hr period has lapsed. Parking on Private Property 8.4. No person shall park or leave any vehicle on private property:
• a) without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property;
• b) on/over a footpath on private property;
• c) in a drive aisle;
• d) except wholly within a parking space;
• e) so as to occupy more than one parking space. 8.5. For purposes of Section 8.4 subsection (a), where one of more official signs have been posted on the private property, stating conditions on which a motor vehicle may be parked or left or prohibiting the parking of a motor vehicle on the private property, parking contrary to such conditions or prohibitions, the vehicle shall be deemed to have been parked or left without consent. Parking on Municipal Property 8.6. No person shall park or leave any vehicle on municipal property:
• a) Without the consent of the owner or occupant of the property;
• b) on/over a footpath on municipal property;
• c) in a drive aisle;
• d) except wholly within a parking space;
• e) so as to occupy more than one parking space;
• f) Where official signs to that effect are displayed, unless a Waterfront Paid Parking Permit has been obtained for the vehicle, and it has not elapsed, at any time in between May 15 and September 15, between the hours of 8:30 am and 9:00 pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, in the parking lots illustrated in Schedule 26. (Amended by By-law 24-2021) 8.7. For purposes of Section 8.6 subsection (a), where one of more official signs have been posted on municipal property, stating conditions on which

a motor vehicle may be parked or left or prohibiting the parking of a motor vehicle, parking contrary to such conditions or prohibitions, the vehicle shall be deemed to have been parked or left without consent. 8.8. No person shall park or leave any vehicle on Municipal Property in an electric vehicle parking space without being actively connected to an electric vehicle charging station. 10 Parking on Fire Routes 8.9. Where official signs to that effect are displayed,

no person shall park a vehicle along or on a fire route, or so that any part of a vehicle is located within the fire route. 8.10. Official signs as designated shall be installed along the route at a maximum distance of 30 metre intervals or closer if required by Fire and Emergency Services. 8.11. The private roadways, at the locations as set out in Schedule 21 to this By-law are designated as fire routes. 8.12. Site plans or sketches of the fire routes may be made part of Schedule 21. 8.13. Fire routes designated by this By-law shall be indicated by fire route signs erected and maintained, in a good state of repair, by the owner or occupant or the property.