Toronto : Règlement no 950, art. 950-600 — Definitions

Definitions.

Despite a term being defined in § 950-101B, as used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

• [Amended 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] ATTENDANT-OPERATED CAR-PARK - A car-park where an employee or employees of the Parking Authority are stationed to collect the parking fee. AUTHORIZED SIGN - Any sign or other device approved by the President of the Parking Authority. [Added 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] BUS - A motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 or more passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and includes a school bus. CAR-PARK - Land, buildings and structures where vehicles may be parked which have been acquired, established, laid out or improved by the City or the Parking Authority, or buildings or structures, for or in connection with the parking of motor vehicles, which have been erected by the City or the Parking Authority. CAR-PARK NUMBER - The number associated with the car-park as set out in Schedule XXXIV to § 950-1333. [Added 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] CAR-PARK NUMBER SIGN - An authorized sign with sign copy or information approved by the President of the Parking Authority, which authorized sign is located in or on a car-park and indicates a car-park number assigned for controlling and regulating parking. [Added 2014-06- 13 by By-law 536-2014;
• amended 2016-10-07 by By-law 965-2016] CERTIFIED OFFICER (PARKING OFFENCES) - Any person certified by the Chief of the Toronto Police Service as competent for the purposes of enforcing one or more municipal parking by-laws within the City of Toronto or any specified part or parts thereof for any period set out in the certificate and whose certificate has not lapsed or been suspended or cancelled by the Chief. CHIEF - The Chief of the Toronto Police Service. LOCATION ID - means the car-park number. [Added 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] MOTORCYCLE - A self-propelled vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and includes a bicycle with a motor attached and a motor scooter. MOTOR VEHICLE - Includes an automobile, motorcycle, streetcar and any other vehicle propelled or driven otherwise than by muscular power, but does not include motor vehicles running only upon rails other than streetcars. 950-48 July 30, 2026 MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER - A person employed by the Parking Authority appointed as a municipal law enforcement officer under Chapter 150, Municipal Law Enforcement Officers, as amended or replaced from time to time. PARKING - The standing still of a vehicle, whether occupied or not. PARKING AUTHORITY - The Toronto Parking Authority as established by Chapter 179, Parking Authority, as amended or replaced from time to time. PARKING INVOICE - A notice placed on a motor vehicle or issued to the owner or operator of the motor vehicle for the purpose of advising of the amount of any outstanding fees payable under § 950-601 and the requirements for payment. PARKING MACHINE - means, as the context requires:
• [Amended 2014-06-13 by By-law 536- 2014]
• (A) An automatic or other electronic, electromechanical or mechanical device for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any vehicle in a parking space and which,

when the required payment has been made and the machine activated, allows access to the car-park and/or issues a card indicating the date and time of the activating and the permitted period for parking; or

• (B) An application accessible by way of a cell phone or other device, for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any vehicle in a parking space and which, when the required fee has been paid and the machine activated, issues a parking notification to the activating device indicating the date, time, car-park, and licence plate for the activating and the permitted period for parking. PARKING METER - An automatic or other electronic, electromechanical or mechanical device, with the necessary standard for the device, for the purpose of controlling and regulating the parking of any vehicle in a parking space and measuring and recording the duration of the parking. PARKING NOTIFICATION - A communication from a parking machine which indicates that parking is authorized at a location for a permitted period for an indicated licence plate. [Added 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] PARKING SPACE - A portion of the surface of a car-park normally designated by lines painted or marked on the surface of the car-park. PERMITTED PERIOD - The duration of parking in or on a car-park permitted as shown on a parking meter or on either a card or parking notification issued by a parking machine. [Amended 2014-06-13 by By-law 536-2014] SCHOOL BUS - A bus that: