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CITY OF RICHMOND
PARKING (OFF-STREET) REGULATION
BYLAW NO. 7403
EFFECTIVE DATE - JULY 29, 2002
CONSOLIDATED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY
This is a consolidation of the bylaws below. The amendment bylaws have been combined with
the original bylaw for convenience only. This consolidation is not a legal document. Certified
copies of the original bylaws should be consulted for all interpretations and applications of the
bylaws on this subject.
AMENDMENT
BYLAW
DATE OF ADOPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE
(If different from Date of Adoption)
Bylaw No. 7481
May 12, 2003
Bylaw No. 7631
December 8, 2003
Bylaw No. 7673
March 29, 2004
Bylaw No. 7725
June 29, 2004
Bylaw No. 7829
November 1, 2004
Bylaw No. 7891
March 14, 2005
Bylaw No. 8120
November 14, 2006
Bylaw No. 8196
March 12, 2007
April 1, 2007
Bylaw No. 8342
May 26, 2008
Bylaw No. 8464
September 28, 2009
Bylaw No. 8573
February 8, 2010
Bylaw No. 8830
July 9, 2012
Bylaw No. 8953
November 13, 2012
Bylaw No. 9718
October 23, 2017
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AMENDMENT
BYLAW
DATE OF ADOPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE
(If different from Date of Adoption)
Bylaw No. 9787
May 28, 2018
Bylaw No. 9958
January 14, 2019
Bylaw No. 10002
June 10, 2019
Bylaw No. 10024
November 12, 2019
Bylaw No. 9923
January 13, 2020
Bylaw No. 10341
January 24, 2022
Bylaw No. 10658
June 23, 2025
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PARKING (OFF-STREET) REGULATION
BYLAW NO. 7403
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE - GENERAL APPLICATION ....................................................................1
PART TWO - DESIGNATED AND RESERVED PARKING SPACES
2.1
Authorization For, and Parking Prohibitions In, Designated and
Reserved Parking Spaces ..........................................................................1
2.2
[Deleted]
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
3.1
Authorization for Traffic Control Devices ..............................................2
3.2
Traffic Control Devices - Prohibitions .....................................................2
3.3
Miscellaneous Parking Prohibitions .........................................................3
3.4
Idling ...........................................................................................................4
3.5
City EV Parking Stalls ..............................................................................4
PART FOUR - OVERNIGHT PARKING
4.1
Exceptions to General Overnight Parking Prohibition ..........................5
PART FIVE - ............................................................. PAY PARKING AT CITY LOTS
5.1
Pay Parking Lots ........................................................................................5
5.2
Pay Parking Exceptions .............................................................................6
PART SIX - PARKING PERMITS
6.1
Authorization to Issue Parking Permits ..................................................7
6.2
Parking Permit Requirements and Restrictions .....................................7
PART SEVEN - IMPOUNDMENT .................................................................................7
PART EIGHT - INTERPRETATION ............................................................................8
PART NINE - VIOLATIONS & PENALTIES
9.1
Liability of Vehicle Owner ......................................................................13
9.2
Violations & Penalties..............................................................................14
9.3
Tampering with Markings ......................................................................14
9.4
Tampering with Notice of Bylaw Violation ...........................................14
9.5
Offence Act Procedures ...........................................................................14
PART TEN - PREVIOUS BYLAW REPEAL .............................................................15
PART ELEVEN - SEVERABILITY AND CITATION ..............................................15
PART TWELVE - FEES BYLAW ................................................................................15
Schedule A - [Deleted]
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Schedule B - [Deleted]
Schedule C - Pay Parking Lots ......................................................................................18
Schedule D - [Deleted]
Schedule E - [Deleted]
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CITY OF RICHMOND
PARKING (OFF-STREET) REGULATION
BYLAW NO. 7403
The Council of the City of Richmond enacts as follows:
PART ONE: GENERAL APPLICATION
1.1
The provisions of this bylaw, regulating the parking of vehicles apply only:
(a) to the City properties; and
(b) City EV parking stalls
1.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.1, the regulation of parking in the spaces
designated for "Mayor" and "Police Vehicles" is effective at all times.
1.3
Where, in this bylaw, an area is subject to two or more parking limitations, the more
restrictive regulation applies.
PART TWO: DESIGNATED AND RESERVED PARKING SPACES
2.1
Authorization for, and Parking Prohibitions In, Designated and Reserved Parking
Spaces
2.1.1
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is authorized to
establish designated or reserved parking spaces, on any City properties,
under any of the following categories:
(a) "Mayor" - No person other than the Mayor or Acting Mayor of the City
is permitted to park a vehicle in a space so designated.
(b) "Councillor" - No person other than a Councillor of the City is permitted
to park a vehicle in a space so designated.
(c) "Staff Parking" - No person is permitted to park in a space so
designated, unless a temporary parking permit or staff parking permit
has been issued, and the person to whom such permit is issued complies
with the provisions of subsection 6.2.1.
(d) "City Vehicles" - No person is permitted to park a vehicle in a space so
designated unless the vehicle is owned or leased by the City.
(e) "Police Vehicles" - No person is permitted to park a vehicle in a space
so designated unless the vehicle is operated by a member of the RCMP,
while on duty.
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(f) "Reserved Parking" - No person is permitted to park a vehicle in a space
so designated unless that person has been issued a parking permit
authorizing the person to park in that space.
(g) "Loading Zone" - No person is permitted to park a vehicle in a space so
designated, except:
(i) when actively loading or unloading passengers, for a period of time
not exceeding 5 minutes; or
(ii) for the purposes of loading or unloading materials for a period of
time not exceeding 30 minutes,
for, or on behalf of, the City.
(h) "Parking for Persons with Disabilities" - No person shall stop a vehicle in
any parking space designated or reserved by a traffic control device for
persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays an accessible parking
permit indicating that the vehicle is operated by or transporting a disabled
person.
(i) "Time Limited Parking" - No person is permitted to park a vehicle in a
space so designated, for any greater consecutive period of time than
that indicated, unless that person has been issued either a temporary
parking permit or visitor parking permit.
2.2
[DELETED]
PART THREE: TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
3.1
Authorization for Traffic Control Devices
3.1.1.
The General Manager, Engineering & Public Works is authorized to place
traffic control devices which:
(a) regulate the movement, speed or manner of operation of vehicles; and
(b) establish parking and stopping restrictions
on all City properties.
3.1.2.
The existence of a traffic control device which regulates parking or
otherwise controls traffic, is prima facie evidence that such device was duly
erected and maintained by the General Manager, Engineering & Public
Works.
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3.2
Traffic Control Devices - Prohibitions
3.2.1.
A person must not:
(a) move, remove, deface or alter, or obstruct the view of, or otherwise
interfere with any traffic control device;
(b) drive, walk on or over, any newly painted lines which are indicated by
flags, traffic cones or other warning devices;
(c) stop, stand or park a vehicle anywhere in contravention of a traffic
control device which indicates that stopping, standing or parking is
prohibited or restricted, except where otherwise directed by a bylaw
enforcement officer, a police officer, or a traffic enforcement agent; or
(d) park a vehicle anywhere on a parking lot, other than between the lines or
markings indicating the limits of a single parking stall, where parking
stalls have been marked on such parking lot, except where a vehicle is
larger than a parking stall, in which case such vehicle must not occupy
nor encroach on more than two parking stalls.
3.2.2
Every person must obey the instructions, regulations, or prohibitions
contained in or upon any traffic control device erected or placed under the
provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act (BC), the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations,
or this Bylaw.
3.3
Miscellaneous Parking Prohibitions
3.3.1.
A person must not:
(a) while a vehicle remains in an area subject to a posted limit, remove,
obliterate or otherwise interfere with any markings made by a bylaw
enforcement officer or a traffic enforcement agent to determine the
length of time that vehicle remains parked in that location;
(b) stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(i) in an area that is not designated a parking space by a traffic control
device; or
(ii) on any City property, without valid licence plates.
3.3.2
With respect to any City properties, the posted limit for parking applies to
prohibit a vehicle from remaining in any of the parking spaces within that
area after the limit has expired.
3.3.3
No person shall park a trailer on any City property without the
motive power unit attached.
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3.4
Idling
3.4.1. No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to idle at any one time:
(a) for more than three minutes; or
(b) while unattended.
3.4.2
Subsection 3.4.1 does not apply to a vehicle:
(a) in the course of the performance of police, fire, ambulance or other
emergency duties including training activities;
(b) assisting in an emergency activity;
(c) contracted or owned by the City or the province of British Columbia while
conducting public utility services;
(d) of a public utility corporation while conducting service on related utilities;
(e) operating as a tow truck;
(f) contracted or owned by the City while conducting bylaw enforcement;
(g) for which idling is required as part of a repair or regular pre-check
maintenance process;
(h) engaged in a parade or race or other event approved by the City;
(i) idling while passengers are in the course of embarking or disembarking
where such actions may take more than three minutes;
(j) used to transport money or valuables in a secure manner and in which a
person remains to guard the contents in the course of the loading or
unloading of the money or valuables;
(k) required to use heating or refrigeration systems powered by the motor or
engine for the preservation of perishable cargo; or
(l) while being used as a mobile workshop.
3.5
City EV Parking Stalls
3.5.1 A person must not stop, stand or park a vehicle, other than an electric vehicle,
in a City EV parking stall
3.5.2 A person may only park an electric vehicle in any of the City EV parking
stalls while the electric vehicle is connected to the EV Supply Equipment via
conductive or inductive means to facilitate a charging session, and must pay the
applicable metered rates to the City through the EV Supply Equipment
payment system.
3.5.3 The metered rates payable for parking and charging an electric vehicle in a
City EV parking stall are set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No.
8636.
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PART FOUR: OVERNIGHT PARKING
4.1
Exceptions to General Overnight Parking Prohibition
4.1.1.
Overnight parking of privately-owned vehicles is prohibited on all City
properties, with the following exceptions:
(a) a vehicle operated by:
(i) a police officer, or
(ii) a civilian staff member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
who is on duty;
(b) a vehicle which is in a space designated as "Staff Parking" in accordance
with clause (c) of sub-section 2.1.1, provided such vehicle is operated by:
(i) a police officer, or
(ii) a staff member of the City
who is on duty;
(c) a vehicle, the parking of which is specifically authorized by the
Manager, Community Bylaws;
(d) a vehicle which is parked in a parking lot designated for "Public
Parking", in which overnight parking is authorized and which has signs
specifically permitting overnight parking; or
(e) a vehicle parked in a pay parking lot, as identified in Schedule C, that
has a valid parking permit issued pursuant to Part Six, parked in
compliance with Section 5.1.2(c) and 6.2; or
(f) an electric vehicle which is parked in a City EV parking stall in
accordance with sections 3.5.2 and 3.5.3.
PART FIVE: PAY PARKING AT CITY LOTS
5.1
Pay Parking Lots
5.1.1.
The properties or portions of the properties identified in Schedule C, which is
attached and forms part of this Bylaw, are designated as pay parking lots.
5.1.2
Subject to section 5.2, a person may only park a vehicle in any of the pay
parking lots, as identified in Schedule C, if:
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(a) (i)
a time period has been selected and payment has been accepted by
the parking lot meter and a parking receipt has been obtained
and placed face-up inside the windshield of the vehicle, with the
amount paid, time and date of purchase and time and date of
expiration clearly visible from outside the vehicle and the
purchased time period remains valid or;
(ii) a stall number has been entered and payment has been accepted by
the parking lot meter and the purchased time period remains
valid or
(iii) a number plate has been entered and payment has been accepted
by the parking lot meter and the purchased time period remains
valid.
(b) (i)
payment for a pre-determined period of time has been made through a
designated cellular payment system based on the number plate of
the parked vehicle; and
(ii) the time period for which a fee has been paid, as indicated by the
number plate on the cellular enforcement system, has not expired;
or
(c) (i)
payment pursuant to subsection 6.1.1 has been made to the City of
Richmond for a permit decal indicating the expiry date of the
relative parking permit; and
(ii) the permit decal has been securely affixed to the face of the parking
permit in the proper location; and
(iii) the parking permit has been placed inside the windshield of the
vehicle so that both the parking permit and permit decal are clearly
visible from outside the vehicle.
5.1.3
The fees payable for parking in designated pay parking lots in the City are set
out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
5.1.4
A person must not insert a slug or any object other than an accepted form of
payment into any parking lot meter.
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5.2
Pay Parking Exceptions
5.2.1
The provisions of subsection 5.1.2 apply to privately-owned vehicles, except
vehicles displaying:
(a)
an accessible parking permit together with an accessible parking
validation decal; or
(b)
a valid parking permit issued pursuant to Part Six.
5.2.2
The provisions of subsections 5.1.2(a) and 5.1.2(b) do not apply to:
(a)
any vehicle which:
(i)
displays British Columbia veterans' speciality licence plates; and
(ii)
displays a veterans' decal; or
(b)
any electric vehicle parked in a City EV parking stall in compliance with
sections 3.5.2 and 3.5.3."
PART SIX: PARKING PERMITS
6.1
Authorization to Issue Parking Permits
6.1.1.
The Manager, Community Bylaws is authorized:
(a)
to issue parking permits or permit decals under such conditions as
considered necessary for the proper and orderly administration of parking;
and
(b)
to revoke or reinstate parking permits or permit decals issued under this
Part.
6.1.2
A person applying for a parking permit or permit decal must pay the
applicable fees as set out in the City's Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636.
6.2
Parking Permit Requirements and Restrictions
6.2.1.
A person to whom a parking permit has been issued must:
(a)
comply with any conditions established for that parking permit; and
(b)
where the parking permit is in the form of an identification card, attach
such card to the rear-view mirror of the vehicle; or
(c)
where the parking permit is in the form of a decal, prominently display
such decal on the dash or front windshield of the vehicle.
6.2.2.
Failure to comply with any conditions established for a parking permit
renders such permit subject to immediate revocation without notice.
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6.2.3
No refunds shall be issued for fees paid in respect of parking permits or
permit decals.
PART SEVEN: IMPOUNDMENT
7.1
Any vehicle unlawfully occupying any portion of street, City property, or other public
space, may upon order of any Police Officer, the General Manager, Engineering &
Public Works, the Fire Chief, any Bylaw Enforcement Officer, or their designates,
or any traffic enforcement agent, be removed to an impoundment in such a place as
directed by the person issuing the order and kept there at the owner's risk and expense.
7.2
A vehicle removed to an impoundment will not be released to its owner until the
impounding charges are paid.
7.3
If such impounded vehicle is not claimed by its owner within 14 days of the giving of
the notice of the impounding of the vehicle, such vehicle may be sold at public auction
and any monies received on its sale shall be applied, firstly, to the cost of the sale;
secondly, to the impounding charges; and thirdly, to the recovery of any monies owed
for any outstanding fines levied against the owner under this Bylaw. The surplus, if
any, shall be sent by registered mail to the registered owner of the vehicle at the
address shown for such owner in the records of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.
7.4
Notice shall be given to the owner of every vehicle impounded under this Part 7 of the
intention to sell such vehicle on the date set out in the notice by mailing the notice by
registered mail to the registered owner of the vehicle at the address shown for such
owner in the records of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles as of the date of
impoundment.
7.5
The owner of a vehicle shall incur the penalties provided for any violation of this
Bylaw with respect to any vehicle owned by them unless at the time of such violation
the vehicle was in the possession of some person other than the owner without the
owner's consent; but nothing in this section shall relieve the operator of a vehicle, not
being the owner, from incurring penalties provided for such violation.
PART EIGHT: INTERPRETATION
8.1
In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
ACCESSIBLE PARKING
PERMIT
means a valid hanger or decal issued:
(a) pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act &
Regulations, by the Social Planning and
Review Council of British Columbia (SPARC);
or
(b) pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act &
Regulations, by the Richmond Centre for
Disability (RCD); or
(c) by another province or foreign jurisdiction with
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respect to the parking of vehicles owned or
operated by persons with disabilities.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING
VALIDATION DECAL
means a uniquely-coloured decal issued by the
Richmond Centre for Disability (RCD) only to a
resident of the City who possesses an accessible
parking permit and affixed to the lower, passenger
side of the windshield of a motor vehicle displaying
an accessible parking permit.
BYLAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
means an employee of the City, appointed to the job
position or title of bylaw enforcement officer
or licence inspector, or acting in another capacity, on
behalf of the City for the purpose of the
enforcement of one or more of the City bylaws.
CELLULAR ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEM
means a cellular communication system for
confirming that the required parking fee has been
paid based on the number plate of a parked
vehicle and confirming that the period of time
purchased has not expired.
CELLULAR PAYMENT
SYSTEM
means a cellular communication system for
accepting the payment of the required parking fee
for a pre-determined period of time based on the
number plate of a parked vehicle.
CHARGING SESSION
means the period of time an electric vehicle is
connected to the EV supply equipment,
commencing once the owner or occupant of the
electric vehicle has authorized payment of the
City's applicable metered rates through the EV
supply equipment payment system, and
terminating once the electric vehicle is no longer
connected to the EV supply equipment.
CITY
means the City of Richmond.
CITY EV PARKING STALL
means an EV parking stall located on land
owned, leased, or licensed by the City, and/or
fitted with with EV supply equipment
owned or leased by the City.
CITY PROPERTY
means a lot or parcel of land owned or leased by
the City, and any lands subject to a statutory right
of way in favour of the City for the purposes of
use as a City parking lot or City operated public
parking lot.
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COUNCIL
means the Council of the City.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
means a vehicle that uses electricity for
propulsion, and that can use an external source of
electricity to charge the vehicle's batteries.
EV PARKING STALL
means a parking stall or portion of a street
marked as "EV Only" and featuring EV supply
equipment capable of providing charging services
to an electric vehicle.
EV SUPPLY EQUIPMENT
means a complete assembly consisting of
conductors, connectors, devices, apparatus, and
fittings installed specifically for the purpose of
power transfer and information exchange between
a branch electric circuit and an electric vehicle,
including the ability to collect authorized payments
of the applicable metered rates.
FIRE CHIEF
means the Fire Chief of the Richmond Fire
Department.
GENERAL MANAGER,
ENGINEERING & PUBLIC
WORKS
means the person appointed by Council to the
position of General Manager of Engineering and
Public Works and includes a person designated as
an alternate.
IDLE, IDLING
means the operation of the engine of a vehicle
while the vehicle is not in motion.
IMPOUND
includes the seizure, towing, removal and
detention of any vehicle, whether being driven or
not, and any other chattel, which is unlawfully
placed, left, kept or driven upon a street, City
property, or other public space.
IMPOUNDING CHARGES
means all expenses of removal and detention or
impounding of a vehicle, and all related towing,
storage and other charges.
MANAGER, COMMUNITY
BYLAWS
means the Manager, Community Bylaws in
the Community Safety Division of the City, and
includes a person designated as an alternate.
MOBILE WORKSHOP
means a vehicle:
(a) containing workshop equipment powered by
the motor or engine of the vehicle and that
must be operated inside or in association
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with the vehicle; or
(b)
serving as a facility for taking measurements
or making observations or conducting
maintenance or construction and operated by
or on behalf of a municipality, public utility
or police, fire or emergency service.
NUMBER PLATES
means number plates as defined in the Motor
Vehicle Act (BC), as may be amended or replaced
from time to time.
OVERNIGHT PARKING
means the standing of a vehicle, for a period of
three (3) hours or more, between 2300 hours and
500 hours each day, whether the vehicle is
occupied or not.
OVER-TIME PARKING
means parking for a longer period of time than
indicated on any traffic control device for the
space in which the vehicle in question is parked.
OWNER
as applied to a vehicle, means:
(a)
the person who holds the legal title to the
vehicle, and in whose name the vehicle is
registered; or
(b)
a person who is a lessee or a mortgagor, and
is entitled to be, and is, in possession of a
vehicle.
PARK/PARKED/PARKING
means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, other than up to 5 minutes for the purpose
of, and while actually engaged in, loading or
unloading of property, goods, or the discharging or
taking on of passengers, or in compliance with the
directions of:
(a)
a police officer, a bylaw enforcement officer,
or a traffic enforcement agent, or
(b)
a traffic control device.
PARKING LOT METER
means an automatic, electronic or mechanical device
installed to regulate and control the parking of
vehicles in a pay parking lot as designated in
Schedule C by accepting payment and issuing a
parking receipt.
PARKING PERMIT
means a time-limited identification issued under
the direction of the Manager, Community
Bylaws which authorizes parking within a pay
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parking lot.
PARKING RECEIPT
means a paper receipt issued by a parking lot meter
showing the date and time of purchase, the fee paid
and the date and time when the purchased period
expires.
PARKING STALL
means a portion of a parking lot indicated by
markings, as a parking place for one vehicle.
PAY PARKING LOT
means any property or portion of a property as
designated in Schedule C in which a parking lot
meter, a cellular payment system or a parking
permit program will be used to collect a fee for the
use or occupation of a parking stall for vehicles.
PERMIT DECAL
means a colour-coded plastic sticker which is
attached to a parking permit in a designated
manner in order to validate the parking permit and
to indicate the last month for which the fees have
been paid.
POLICE OFFICER
means a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police.
PRIVATELY-OWNED
VEHICLE
means any vehicle except the following:
(a)
City or provincial utility service vehicles;
(b) service vehicles of a public utility
corporation;
(c)
tow trucks;
(d) parking enforcement vehicles; and
(e)
police and emergency vehicles
while being used for their intended purpose.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
means a vehicle designed to provide temporary
living accommodation for travel, vacation or
recreational use, and designed to be driven, towed
or transported.
STALL NUMBER
means the number assigned to a parking stall.
STOP or STAND
means:
(a)
when required, a complete cessation from
movement, and
(b) when prohibited, the stopping or standing of
a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
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when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions
of:
(i)
a police officer, a bylaw enforcement
officer, or a traffic enforcement agent;
or
(ii) a traffic control device.
STREET
has the meaning ascribed to in the City's Traffic
Bylaw No. 5870.
TIME PERIOD
means the amount of time purchased through a
parking lot meter or cellular payment system, as
indicated by a purchase time and date and an
expiration time and date.
TRAFFIC CONTROL
DEVICE
means a sign, signal, line, meter, marking, space,
barrier or device installed by authority of the
General Manager, Engineering & Public Works.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
AGENT
means a person employed to enforce parking
regulations by a contractor with whom the City has
contracted to provide traffic enforcement services.
TRAILER
means every vehicle without motive power
designed for carrying persons or property, and for
being drawn by a motor vehicle, and includes a
semi-trailer as defined in the Commercial
Transport Act.
VEHICLE
means the interpretation given in the Motor
Vehicle Act and includes motor vehicle and
motorcycle, as defined in that Act.
VETERANS' DECAL
means a uniquely-coloured decal issued by the City
only to a resident of the City possessing British
Columbia veterans' specialty licence plates and
affixed to the lower, passenger side of the
windshield of a motor vehicle owned by the same
resident and displaying British Columbia veterans'
specialty licence plates.
VETERANS' SPECIALTY
LICENCE PLATES
means uniquely-designed vehicle licence plates
issued under the Motor Vehicle Act to designated
members or former members of the Canadian
Armed Forces, the RCMP or Municipal Police.
PART NINE: VIOLATIONS & PENALTIES
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9.1
Liability of Vehicle Owner
9.1.1
The owner of a vehicle is liable for any violation of the regulations in this
bylaw, notwithstanding that, at the time of the violation, the vehicle is
unattended or in the possession of another person.
9.1.2
Upon notification of a violation to the owner of a vehicle, the burden of
proving:
(a)
that the person in charge of the vehicle was not a person entrusted with
the possession of that vehicle by the owner; or
(b)
that the legal registered owner is not the owner;
is on the owner.
9.2
Violations and Penalties
9.2.1
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 the
Notice of Bylaw Violation Dispute Adjudication Bylaw No. 8122; and
9.2.2
A violation of any of the provisions identified in this bylaw shall be subject to
the procedures, restrictions, limits, obligations and rights established in the
Notice of Bylaw Violation Dispute Adjudication Bylaw No. 8122 in accordance
with the Local Government Bylaw Notice Enforcement Act, SBC 2003, c. 60.
9.3
Tampering with Markings
No person may remove, obliterate, or otherwise interfere with any markings made by a
police officer, bylaw enforcement officer, or traffic enforcement agent to determine
the length of time a vehicle remains parked in one location.
9.4
Tampering with Notice of Bylaw Violation
9.4.1
No person other than the owner or operator of a vehicle is permitted to
remove any notice placed on, or affixed to, such vehicle by a bylaw
enforcement officer, a police officer, or a traffic enforcement agent, who is
enforcing or administering this bylaw.
9.4.2
Once any notice has been placed on, or affixed to, a vehicle by a bylaw
enforcement officer, a police officer, or a traffic enforcement agent, it is
unlawful for any person to alter such notice in any manner that it may be used
or acted upon by any person as if the alteration was genuine.
9.5
Offence Act Procedures
Any person who:
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9.5.1 violates or contravenes any provision of this bylaw, or who causes or allows any
provision of this bylaw to be violated or contravened;
9.5.2 fails to comply with any of the provisions of this bylaw;
9.5.3 neglects or refrains from doing anything required under the provisions of this bylaw;
or
9.5.4 makes any false or misleading statement to a bylaw enforcement officer respecting
compliance with this bylaw,
commits an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), in addition to the costs of the prosecution, and where the
offence is a continuing one, each day that the offence is continued shall constitute a
separate offence.
PART TEN: PREVIOUS BYLAW REPEAL
10.1 Parking (Off-Street) Regulation Bylaw No. 7094 (adopted April 25th, 2000) and
Amendment Bylaw No. 7322 (adopted February 11th, 2002), are repealed.
PART ELEVEN: SEVERABILITY AND CITATION
11.1 If any part, section, subsection, clause or sub-clause of this bylaw is, for any reason,
held to be invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
does not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this bylaw.
11.2 This bylaw is cited as "Parking (Off-Street) Regulation Bylaw No. 7403".
PART TWELVE: FEES BYLAW
12.1 The Consolidated Fees Bylaw No. 8636, as may be amended from time to time, applies
to this bylaw.
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SCHEDULE A to BYLAW NO. 7403
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SCHEDULE B to BYLAW NO. 7403
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SCHEDULE C to BYLAW NO. 7403
PAY PARKING LOTS
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SCHEDULE D to BYLAW NO. 7403
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SCHEDULE E to BYLAW NO. 7403
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