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Kitchener
Traffic and Parking

Traffic and Parking

Traffic and Parking By-law

Fetched October 17, 2026

1 Enforcement-Deleted (Amended
2 Authority To Install Signs
3 Scope All provisions of this by-law are applicable to highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Municipality
1 Operation of Vehicles
1(i)
2 Pedestrians and Cyclists
2(i)
2 subsection
3 Animals
4 Objects on Roadway Unless otherwise authorized,
1 PART V - PARKING AND STOPPING RESTRICTIONS Permit Only Parking
1(3)
2 Method of Parking or Stopping
3 Parking Prohibited
3(i)
4
4(i)
5 Limited Parking When authorized signs are on display,
6 Angle Parking When authorized signs are on display,
7 Stopping Prohibited Unless otherwise permitted in this by-law,
7(i)
8
8(i)

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9 Loading Zones When signs are on display,

10 Taxicab Stands When authorized signs are on display,

12 Special Event Parking Notwithstanding anything else in this by-law, during a Special Event

1 Parking Meter Zones The highways, parts of highways and sides of highways named or described in Schedule '9' to this by-law are hereby designated as parking meter zones and the fee for the use of a metered parking space located in a parking meter zone is as indicated in the said Schedule. Within a parking meter zone,

2 Funeral Services Churches and funeral parlours within the parking meter zone at which funeral services are being held are hereby given authority to place signs on parking meters or otherwise in a manner approved by the Municipality indicating that parking, except for those attending such service, is temporarily prohibited in the parking spaces so marked for a period of one hour in advance of the scheduled time of such service, and during such service, and any persons disobeying the instructions of said signs shall be considered as violating the provisions of this Part relating to parking. It shall not be necessary for the owner or driver of a vehicle parked in connection with such service in the parking spaces so marked to deposit any coin during the aforesaid period

3 Accessible Parking for Persons with Disabilities When an authorized sign is on display establishing “accessible parking”,

4 Taxicab Stands a. The Municipality, on the application of a taxicab operator, may designate parking spaces in a parking meter zone within the Municipality as taxicab stands and may grant to such operator a license to park taxicabs operated by that person in such stands

5 Collection of Fees The collection of fees deposited in parking meters within the Municipality shall be under the control and jurisdiction of the Municipality

1 Level 1 Pedestrian Crossovers When an authorized sign establishing “Level 1 pedestrian crossover” is on display on any highway named or described in schedule 11 of this By-law, any location set out therein is designated as a Level 1 pedestrian crossover

2 Level 2 Pedestrian Crossovers When an authorized sign establishing “Level 2 pedestrian crossover” is on display on any highway named or described in schedule 11 of this By-law, any location set out therein is designated as a Level 2 pedestrian crossover

1 PART XI - INTERSECTION YIELD SIGNS Yield signs shall be erected at the intersections named or described in Schedule '14' to this by-law, facing the traffic travelling in the direction specified in the said Schedule

2 Yield signs shall be erected on each approach to the roundabouts named or described in Schedule ‘26’ to this By-law

1 U-Turns When authorized signs are on display,

2 Prohibited Movement(s) When authorized signs are on display, no person operating a vehicle on any of the highways or parts of highways named or described in Schedule '16' to this by-law, proceeding in the direction or emerging from a property set out, shall make the movement(s) set out, during the time and/or days set out, in the said Schedule

3 Lane Designation When authorized signs are on display, a person operating a vehicle on any of the highways or parts of highways named or described in Schedule '17' to this by-law, proceeding in the direction set out, at the location set out, shall make the movement(s) set out in the said Schedule

1 General When authorized signs are on display, the maximum permissible rate of speed on any of the highways or parts of highways is as indicated on the official authorized sign

2 School Zone Along all School Zones, the maximum rate of speed is 30km/h when authorized signs are on display

3 Shared Roadways On any shared roadway as designated in ‘Schedule 25’, when sharrows are on display for a minimum of 75 metres, the maximum rate of speed is 30 km/h

1 Highways Pursuant to Section 122 of the Highway Traffic Act, when authorized signs are on display,

2 Bridges When authorized signs are on display,

3 Oversize Loads

1 Highways When authorized signs are on display,

2 Exception Shall not apply to the driver of a heavy truck making a delivery to, or a collection from a premise or premises that cannot be reached by any route other than the highway where heavy trucks are prohibited within this By-law, provided that when making such a delivery or collection the same highway is travelled only as far as is unavoidable in getting to and from such premise or premises

1 PART XXI – PENALTIES

2 Exemptions a. Part IV (Section 1 only), Part V, Part VI, Part XVI, and Part XVII (Section 1 only) shall not, if compliance therewith would be impractical, apply to the operator of an emergency vehicle which includes but is not limited to an ambulance, police or fire department vehicle, or any vehicle owned or operated by the Waterloo Regional Police Service whether or not licenced or permitted to be in the roadway, including but not limited to golf carts, snowmobiles, remote controlled robots and/or off-road vehicles, or public emergency vehicle engaged in their duties, or any vehicles engaged in works undertaken for or on behalf of the Municipality, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo or public utilities

3 Authority To Tow Vehicles

1 This by-law will come into force and take effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 2, 2020

2 By-law Number 2007-138 of the City of Kitchener, as amended, is hereby repealed as of January 2, 2020 at 12:00 a.m