Thunder Bay : Règlement no 075-2024, art. 1.01(a) — Parking Regulation By-law

"Accessible Parking Space" means a Parking Space set aside for use by Operators of Vehicles displaying a permit in accordance with the requirements of Part III of the Highway Traffic Act and/or this By-law. These spaces are distinctly indicated as such by signs and/or markings directed or placed in accordance with the same requirements. The term includes ''Individually Designated Accessible Parking Spaces" as defined below. Accessible Parking Spaces may exist on Municipal Property or private property.

• (b) ''AP Permit" means an accessible parking permit issued under the Highway Traffic Act or a permit, number plate or other marker or device issued by another jurisdiction and recognized by law in that jurisdiction.
• (c) "Authorized Sign" means a sign where the wording, symbols and/or form of which have been approved by Municipal Parking Services. The term includes a cover or hood over a Parking Meter placed with the approval of Municipal Parking Services.
• (d) "Boulevard" means that portion of the Highway not intended for vehicular travel (excepting crossings at driveways). It is comprised of the Highway excepting the Roadway and Islands. It may or may not contain a Sidewalk or other facilities or features.
• (e) "By-law" usually means this By-law, including its recitals and schedules which form integral parts of it. When the capitalized term By-law appears with a number after it, however, it is a reference to that particular numbered by-law of the Corporation.
• (f) "Corporation" means The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay. The term includes its officers and employees.
• (g) " Curb" means a concrete ledge installed during road construction on some Highways which marks the boundary between the Shoulder and the Boulevard or Island.
• (h) ''Highway" means property owned by the Corporation that is opened to the public as a route for vehicular traffic. The term includes the entire property, encompassing all of the Roadway, any Islands and the Boulevard. The term expressly excludes Private Roads.
• (i) "Holiday" means a statutory holiday recognized by the Province of Ontario or a day proclaimed by the Mayor of the Corporation to be

a holiday within Thunder Bay.

• (j) "Individually Designated Accessible Parking Space" means an Accessible Parking Space established under Article 10.00 of this By-law. By-law Number: 075-2024
• (k) ''Island” means a paved or vegetated portion of the Highway which is not a Boulevard but exists to longitudinally separate lanes of traffic or to mark the centre portions of Highways known as "cul-de-sacs". The term includes features commonly referred to as ''medians”.
• (l) "Municipal Law Enforcement Officer'' means a person appointed by the Council of the Corporation to enforce its by-laws.
• (m) "Municipal Parking Services” means the section of the Corporation assigned responsibility to administer parking for the City of Thunder Bay.
• (n) "Municipal Property" means any property owned or leased by the Corporation, excluding Highways.
• (o) " Officer" means any Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, Police Officer or Provincial Offences Officer.
• (p) "Operator" means a person other than the Owner who has care and/or control of personal property.
• (q) "Owner" means a person who holds title to real or personal property.
• (r) "Park" is a verb describing the act of leaving a Vehicle Stopped or Standing without the engine running with the intention not to return to it for a period of time. "Parked” is an adjective describing a Vehicle which has been left in that fashion.
• (s) “Parking Device" means a machine that accepts payment and provides proof of payment as permission to park within a Parking Lot or Parking Space governed by the device for the amount of time paid for.
• (t) "Parking Facility” means any real property set aside for use by the public for the Parking of Vehicles. The term includes: Parking Lots, Parking Structures, and Parking Meter Zones.
• (u) "Parking Infraction" means any unlawful Parking, Standing, or Stopping of a Vehicle that constitutes an offence under this By-law.
• (v) "Parking Lot" means a parcel of land set aside by the Corporation or Municipal Parking Services, and operated by Municipal Parking Services, for the purpose of permitting the general public, or certain members of the general public, to Park Vehicles on that land from time to time, whether for a fee or otherwise. The term includes a Parking Structure.
• (w) "Parking Meter" means a Parking Device that accepts payment of a fee for use of a Parking Space and measures the passage of time after deposit of the fee. It indicates in some fashion when the time covered by the fee deposited has expired. By-law Number: 075-2024
• (x) "Parking Meter Zone" means a portion of Highway designated in Schedule "A" to this By-law.
• (y) "Parking Space" means an area of land set aside for the Parking of a single Vehicle.
• (z) "Parking Structure" means a building erected for the purpose of Parking Vehicles within it.
• (aa) "Permit" means evidence of permission granted by Municipal Parking Services. It may be digital, or in the form of a windshield sticker, a tag to hang on a rear-view mirror, a document to display on a dashboard, or any other usable form, as prescribed by Municipal Parking Services.
• (bb) "PIN" is an acronym which stands for "parking infraction notice". This is a notice, often referred to as a " ticket", which details the particulars of a Parking Infraction. In particular, the PIN may indicate: