Burnaby Parking Meter and Electric Vehicle Charging Meter Bylaw 2019, No. 14106 (consolidated)
Burnaby, British Columbia
· No. 14106
· adopted 2019-12-16
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Consolidated Bylaw No. 14106C
Burnaby Parking Meter and Electric Vehicle
Charging Meter Bylaw 2019
Bylaw No. 14106
Purpose:
to designate metered spaces, zones and install, maintain parking metered
spaces including electric vehicles
The following document is a copy of the above-named parent Bylaw in which every
current enforceable amendment made to that Bylaw has been CONSOLIDATED FOR
CONVENIENCE only. This consolidation is not a legal document. Certified copies of the
signed or certified original bylaws should be consulted for all interpretations and
applications of the bylaws on this subject.
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Burnaby Parking Meter and Electric Vehicle Charging Meter Bylaw 2019
No.
Amendment
Bylaw No.
Final
Adoption
Date
Description
6
14805
Amendment No. 1,
2026
2026 Mar 24
Definitions; Repeal and replace Section 2
and Subsection 5(a); Adding subsection 8(c)
5
14742
2025 May 13
Veteran or Memorial Cross recipient licence
plates
4
14687
2024 Oct 07
Updates to Schedule B
3
14629
2023 Dec 11
Definitions; Repeal and replace Section 4;
Adding Section 4A
2
14503
2022 Oct 03
Repeal Schedule "C" & "D"; Amend parking
meter and EV charging meter details
1
14339
2021 May 31
Update Schedule "B": Update Metered
Zones
Original
14106
2019 Dec 16
Designate metered spaces, and
install/maintain parking metered spaces
including electric vehicles
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UNOFFICIAL CONSOLIDATION
CITY OF BURNABY
BYLAW NO. 14106
(Consolidated for Convenience with Bylaw 14339, 14503, 14629, 14687, 14742 and 14805)
The Council of the City of Burnaby ENACTS as follows:
1.
This Bylaw may be cited as BURNABY PARKING METER AND ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CHARGING METER BYLAW 2019.
2.
In this Bylaw:
"Bylaw"
means this Bylaw, including all schedules attached
hereto
"City"
means the City of Burnaby
"electric
vehicle"
means any vehicle that operates, either partially or
exclusively, on electrical energy from an off-board
source, that is stored on-board for motive purposes, but
for the purposes of this Bylaw, does not include
vehicles that cannot be licensed by the Insurance
Corporation of British Columbia
"electric vehicle
charging
meter"
means a battery charging station with a specified
nominal power output of less than 24 kW for Level
2 and up to 350 kW for Level 3 that is available for
public use for the purpose of transferring electric
energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a
battery or other energy storage device in an electric
vehicle installed in an electric vehicle metered
zone pursuant to this Bylaw for the purposes of
identifying a parking space as an electric vehicle
metered space and, where authorized payment is made
to the electric vehicle charging meter
through the applicable metered rates (BYLAW 14805)
"electric vehicle
metered space"
means any marked parking space that identified the use
to be exclusively for the charging of an electric vehicle
and for which an electric vehicle charging meter has
been installed pursuant to this Bylaw
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"electric vehicle
metered zone"
means any portion of City-owned lands designated as
an electric vehicle metered zone in Schedule "B" of
this Bylaw
"metered
space"
means a parking metered space or an electric vehicle
metered space
"metered zone"
means a parking metered zone or an electric vehicle
metered zone
"motorcycle"
means a motorized vehicle that runs on two wheels
"park"
means the stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not
"parking
meter"
means a mechanical, electronic or automatic device
installed in a parking metered zone pursuant to this
Bylaw for the purposes of identifying a parking space
as a parking metered space and, where payment is
made to the parking meter, measuring and indicating
the time during which a vehicle may be parked in a
parking metered space
"parking
metered space"
means an area of the curb lane of a street for the
parking of a single vehicle and for which a parking
meter has been installed pursuant to this Bylaw
"parking
metered zone"
means any street or portion of a street designated as a
parking metered zone in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw
"pay-by-phone
system"
means a telecommunications system approved by the
City for accepting the payment of the fee for parking
a vehicle in a parking metered space and measuring
the time during which a vehicle may be parked in a
parking metered space
"shared
vehicle"
means a four-wheeled automobile, van, or pick-up
truck owned and operated by a shared vehicle
organization (BYLAW 14629)
"shared vehicle
decal"
means a decal issued by the City, following payment
of the shared vehicle decal fee set out in the Burnaby
Consolidated Fees and Charges Bylaw, identifying a
vehicle as a shared vehicle (BYLAW 14629)
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"shared vehicle
organization"
means a legal entity:
(a)
whose principal business objective is to provide its
members, for a fee, with a car-sharing service by
which such members have access to a fleet of shared
vehicles which they may reserve for use on an hourly
basis; and
(b)
which has a valid agreement with the City to authorize
the shared vehicle organization to allow its members
to park its shared vehicles on a City street." (BYLAW
14629)
"vehicle"
means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is
or may be transported or drawn on a street or highway,
except a device designed to be moved by human power
or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks, and
includes a motorcycle and an electric vehicle
3.
The City's Director Engineering is hereby authorized and delegated the authority
to:
(a)
designate metered spaces within the metered zones;
(b)
install and maintain parking meters in respect to the parking metered
spaces;
(c)
install and maintain electric vehicle charging meters in respect to the
electric vehicle metered spaces; and
(d)
establish rules and regulations in respect to the parking metered spaces and
the electric vehicle metered spaces, including without limiting the
generality of the foregoing:
(i)
the hours during which fees under this Bylaw apply;
(ii)
maximum consecutive period for either the parking of a vehicle in
a parking metered space or the charging of an electric vehicle in
an electric vehicle metered space; and
(iii)
the size or type of vehicle permitted to be parked in a metered
space.
4.
Except as set out in sections 4A and 4B, no person shall park a vehicle in a parking
metered space without immediately: (BYLAW 14742)
(a)
depositing cash in or paying by credit card to the parking meter installed for
such space the fee for parking in such space; or
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(b)
paying through a pay-by-phone system the fee for parking in such space, at
the rate set out on the parking meter, subject to the maximum rate specified
in the Burnaby Consolidated Fees and Charges Bylaw,
at the rate set out in the parking meter, subject to the maximum rate specified in
the Burnaby Consolidated Fees and Changes Bylaw. (BYLAW 14629)
4A.
Shared vehicles displaying a valid shared vehicle decal may park in a parking
metered space without complying with the requirements in section 4, provided the
shared vehicle organization that owns the shared vehicle has an agreement with the
City to pay:
(a)
70% of the fee for parking in a parking metered space for each hour or
portion thereof that is less than the maximum consecutive period established
by the City's Director Engineering pursuant to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw;
and
(b)
100% of the fee for parking in a parking metered space for each hour or
portion thereof that exceeds the maximum consecutive period established by
the City's Director Engineering pursuant to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw.
Notwithstanding section 9(b) of this Bylaw, the maximum consecutive period
established by the City's Director Engineering for a parking metered space
pursuant to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw does not apply to a shared vehicle
displaying a valid shared vehicle decal, as long as it is not in contravention of any
other stopping or parking regulations. (BYLAW 14629)
4B.
A vehicle bearing a Veteran or Memorial Cross recipient licence plate, issued by the
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, may park in a parking metered space
without complying with the requirements in section 4, provided the vehicle is parked in
the metered parking space for no longer than the maximum consecutive period
established by the City's Director Engineering for the parking metered space pursuant
to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw and is not in contravention of any other stopping or
parking regulations. (BYLAW 14742)
5.
No person shall park an electric vehicle in an electric vehicle metered space without
immediately:
(a)
paying in accordance with the electric vehicle charging meter installed for such
space:
(i)
time-based fee rates; or
(ii)
energy-based fee rates,
as applicable, for charging in such space at the rate set out on the electric
vehicle charging meter, subject to the maximum rate specified in the
Burnaby Consolidated Fees and Charges Bylaw; (BYLAW 14805) and
(b)
connecting the electric vehicle to the electric vehicle charging meter in order to
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charge the electric vehicle.
6.
(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2), no person shall park more than one vehicle
in a metered space.
(2)
Not more than three motorcycles may be parked in a parking metered space.
(3)
No person shall park a vehicle that is not an electric vehicle in an electric
vehicle metered space.
7.
No person shall park or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking metered
space:
(a)
where payment is pursuant to section 4(a) of this Bylaw, when the parking
meter indicates that the time, as measured by the parking meter, for the
parking of the vehicle in the parking metered space has expired; or
(b)
where payment is pursuant to section 4(b) of this Bylaw, when the time
period for the vehicle to be parked in the parking metered space, as
measured by the pay-by-phone system, has expired.
8.
No person shall park or permit an electric vehicle to remain parked in an electric
vehicle metered space:
(a)
when the electric vehicle charging meter indicates that the time, as
measured by the electric vehicle charging meter, for the charging of the
electric vehicle in the electric vehicle metered space has expired; or
(b)
if the electric vehicle is not actively charging from an electric vehicle
charging meter; or
(c)
for a period of time which exceeds the maximum consecutive period
established by the City's Director Engineering for an electric vehicle
metered space pursuant to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw. (BYLAW 14805)
9.
No person shall park a vehicle in a metered space:
(a)
at any time when the parking of vehicles at that location is otherwise prohibited;
or
(b)
for a period of time which exceeds the maximum consecutive period established
by the City's Director Engineering pursuant to section 3(d)(ii) of this Bylaw; or
(c)
when the parking meter or electric vehicle charging meter is not functioning.
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10.
The Director Engineering may temporarily discontinue the use of a parking metered
space for the parking of vehicles or the use of an electric vehicle metered space for the
charging of electric vehicles and may place at such metered space a sign indicating that
parking or charging, as applicable, is not permitted at that metered space and no person
shall park a vehicle or charge an electric vehicle, as applicable, in such metered space
while such sign is so placed.
11.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in a metered space or charge an
electric vehicle in an electric vehicle metered space except as permitted by this Bylaw.
11A. Fees as set out in the Burnaby Consolidated Fees and Charges Bylaw apply in respect to
the following:
(a)
plating of a parking meter to identify restrictions that differ from the regular
restriction on the parking meter;
(b)
removal or reinstallation of a parking meter;
(c)
replacement of a parking meter;
(d)
closing a parking meter to temporarily prohibit parking of a vehicle at a metered
parking space for an extended period of time; and
(e)
installation of parking sign.
(BYLAW 14503)
12.
The City is hereby authorized and empowered to remove, detain or impound any vehicle,
chattel or obstruction unlawfully occupying any portion of a metered space, and to
recover all costs and expenses incurred thereby either from the owner of the vehicle,
chattel or obstruction, or by the sale of the vehicle, chattel or obstruction. Whenever any
vehicle, chattel or obstruction is removed, detained or impounded pursuant to this Bylaw,
the owner of said vehicle, chattel or obstruction shall pay all costs and expenses incurred
thereby, including storage costs.
13.
The owner of a vehicle parked in contravention of this Bylaw shall be liable for the
penalties provided for any violation of this Bylaw with respect to the vehicle, but nothing
in this section shall relieve the operator of a vehicle from incurring the penalties provided
for such violation.
14.
A violation of any of the provisions identified in this Bylaw shall result in liability for
penalties and late payment amounts established in Schedule A of BURNABY BYLAW
NOTICE ENFORCMENT BYLAW, 2009, and be subject to the procedures, restrictions,
limits, obligations and rights established in BURNABY BYLAW NOTICE
ENFORCMENT BYLAW, 2009 and the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement
Act.
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15.
Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Bylaw shall be guilty of an
offence punishable on summary conviction and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
$10,000, and each day that the offence is continued shall constitute a separate offence.
16.
Burnaby Parking Meter Bylaw 1998 is hereby repealed.
Read a first time this 2nd day of December, 2019
Read a second time this 2nd day of December, 2019
Read a third time this 2nd day of December, 2019
Reconsidered and adopted by Council this 16th day of December, 2019
MAYOR
CLERK
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SCHEDULE "A"
PARKING METERED ZONES
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Lake City Way Station and Production Way University Station - Figure 5 (BYLAW 14742)
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SCHEDULE "B" (BYLAW 14339)
ELECTRIC VEHICLE METERED ZONES
LOCATION
CIVIC ADDRESS
Bell Park (Bylaw 14503)
9000 Hunter Street, Burnaby, BC
Bob Prittie Metrotown Public Library
Parking Lot
6100 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Bonsor Recreation Complex Parking Lot
6550 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Bill Copeland Sports Centre Parking Lot
3676 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Burnaby City Hall Complex Parking Lots
4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, and
4276 Norland Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West
Parking Lot
3677 Kensington Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Central Park, Baseball Diamond Parking
Lot
3883 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC
Central Park, Tennis Court Parking Lot
3883 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC
Repealed. (Bylaw 14687)
Repealed. (Bylaw 14687)
Edmonds Community Centre Parking Lot 7433 Edmonds Street, Burnaby, BC
Humphries Avenue at Vista Crescent
(adjacent to Edmonds Park)
7100 Block Humphries Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Macdonald Avenue south of Hastings
Street
400 Block Macdonald Avenue, Burnaby, BC
McGill Public Library Parking Lot
4595 Albert Street, Burnaby, BC
Riverway Golf Course Parking Lot
9001 Bill Fox Way, Burnaby, BC
Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre
(Bylaw 14687)
7789 18th Street, Burnaby, BC
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SCHEDULE "C"
Repealed. (BYLAW 14503)
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SCHEDULE "D"
Repealed. (BYLAW 14503)