Parking & snow — Niagara Falls, Ontario

Where can I park? Is there a winter parking ban?

In the City of Niagara Falls, Ontario, parking & snow rules are set by Accessible Parking By-law No. 2019-44 and 5 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Fines: not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

Accessible Parking By-law No. 2019-44 adopted bylaw
fine range not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) s. 14
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Regulates accessible/disability parking spaces within the City.

Commercial Parking Lot By-law No. 2025-065 adopted bylaw
sidewalk clearing any sidewalk or street upon which such premises abuts, be kept free from dirt, debris, snow, ice or other foreign substance derived from such premises or resulting from the use thereof (no deadline stated) s. 8(8)
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Regulates commercial (pay) parking lots operating within the City of Niagara Falls.

Parking on Private and City Property By-law No. 80-77 (amended by 89-102) adopted bylaw

Regulates parking on private property and City-owned property/lots.

Sidewalk Snow Clearing By-law No. 2025-016 adopted bylaw
sidewalk clearing Every Owner of property shall remove fallen snow and ice from the Public Sidewalk adjacent to their property no later than 24 hours after the substantial end of a snowfall or precipitation event, or the substantial end of a series of consecutive snowfalls or precipitation events. Any ice that cannot be removed must be treated with sand, salt, or a similar material to reduce slipperiness. s. 4.1
fine range not more than $10,000 for a first offence, and not more than $20,000 for a subsequent offence; not more than $10,000 for each day or part of a day that a continuing offence continues; Schedule "A" set fine $250.00 s. 7.3; s. 7.4; Schedule "A"
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Requires property owners to clear snow and ice from sidewalks abutting their land, citywide, effective Oct 1, 2026; City may do the work and recover costs. Confirmed by opening the PDF (title page).

Snowplowing/Obstructing of Highways By-law No. 2002-064 adopted bylaw
fine range not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars5 000 00 s. 12
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Prohibits obstructing highways with snow (e.g. plowing snow from private property onto the road).

Traffic and Parking By-law No. 89-2000 adopted bylaw
winter ban Between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. except those vehicles which have displayed face up on the driver's side of the vehicle's dashboard an "on-street overnight parking permit". s. 205.01.11
fine range not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) s. 1001.04
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Regulates traffic and on-street parking within the City of Niagara Falls, incl. restrictions and prohibited parking.

Machine-readable: parking-snow.json · Official website: https://niagarafalls.ca/ · Last verified 2026-10-19 · Parking & snow across Ontario · Parking & snow in other municipalities