REPEALED BY BY-LAW NO. 86/2016
JULY 13, 2016
THE CITY OF WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG PARKING METER BY-LAW
NO. 6547/95
A By-law of THE CITY OF WINNIPEG
concerning the reservation of certain
portions of streets and public parking
facilities and public parking sites for the
purpose of parking vehicles and the use of
parking meters in connection therewith.
THE CITY OF WINNIPEG, in Council assembled, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1.
This By-law may be referred to as the "Winnipeg Parking Meter By-law".
INTERPRETATION
2.
(1)
Unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires
words and expressions in this by-law have the same meaning as the same words
and expressions in The Highway Traffic Act.
(2)
In this By-law
"Holiday" includes New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, the day set aside
to celebrate the Queen's Birthday, Dominion Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day;
"Meter" or "Parking Meter" means a traffic control device designed for the
purpose of automatically gauging and indicating the time within which a vehicle
is or may be or may remain parked in a metered space;
"Metered Space" means that portion of the street or public parking facility or
public parking site in respect of which a parking meter has been installed;
"Operator" includes the owner of and every person who drives or operates a
vehicle;
"Street" means a highway over which The City of Winnipeg has jurisdiction.
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COMMISSIONER OF WORKS AND OPERATIONS TO PLACE METERS
3.
The Commissioner of Works and Operations shall place and maintain or cause to be
placed and maintained parking meters on the streets and portions of streets and public parking
facilities and public parking sites set forth in the Schedules attached hereto forming part of this
By-law.
CAUSING OR PERMITTING OFFENCE
4.
Any person who causes or permits an offence against this By-law is guilty of an offence.
PARKING, ETC. PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE
5.
The provisions of this By-law shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other
and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of
vehicles on specified places or at specified times.
PROHIBITIONS & OFFENCES
6.
(1)
No person shall park a vehicle in a metered space except as permitted by the
provisions of this By-law.
(2)
No operator of a vehicle shall allow the vehicle to remain parked in a metered
space between the hours named in Section 8 hereof for the regulation of parking
pursuant to this By-law at the space while the disc or violation signal of the
parking meter indicates a violation.
(3)
No person shall park a vehicle at any portion of a metered space while parking
thereat has been prohibited pursuant to Section 11.
(4)
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter any slug,
device or metallic or other substitute for the coins prescribed by this By-law
unless the use of such substitute is expressly authorized by The City of
Winnipeg.
(5)
No person shall wilfully tamper with, open, deface, break, destroy or impair a
parking meter.
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USE OF SPACE AND CHARGES THEREFOR
7.
(1)
Subject to the exceptions provided in this By-law, the operator of a vehicle shall
immediately after parking the vehicle in a metered space, deposit or cause to be
deposited in the parking meter adjacent to such space, ten-cent or twenty-five
cent or one dollar coins of Canada according to the rate designated in Subsection
(2) of this Section, and shall do whatever is necessary to put the meter in
operation in accordance with the directions on the meter. Upon depositing the
coin or coins, and putting the meter into operation, the operator shall be entitled
to park the vehicle in such space for the period indicated on the parking meter
thereat, subject to the provisions of Sections 5, 8 and 12.
(2)
The rate of twenty-five cents for each 15 minutes duration or portion thereof and
the rate of one dollar for each 60 minute duration or portion thereof shall apply
in respect of the metered spaces shown in the Schedules lettered "A", "B" and
"D" attached hereto forming part of this By-law.
(2.1)
The rate of ten cents for each six minutes duration or portion thereof and the
rate of twenty-five cents for each 15 minutes duration or portion thereof shall
apply in respect of the metered spaces shown in Schedule "C" and "E" attached
hereto forming part of this By-law.
(3)
Any operator entitled to park under Subsection (1) of this Section may use the
unexpired time shown on the parking meter from its previous use without
depositing a coin.
LIMITED TIME PARKING FOR DRIVERS REQUIRING HAND AND OTHER SPECIAL
CONTROLS
(4)
Any vehicle, operated by or on behalf of a disabled person, which lawfully
displays a Physically Disabled Persons Parking Permit issued pursuant to Section
124.3 of The Highway Traffic Act, C.C.S.M. c. H60, and the regulations pertaining
thereto, may be parked for not more than four hours where and when parking is
otherwise limited by the terms of this By-law. The driver of said vehicle shall be
exempt from Sections 5 and Subsection 6 (2) hereof.
This provision shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and
more restrictive provisions prohibiting the stopping or parking of vehicles.
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GENERAL AND SPECIAL AREAS
8.
Subject to Section 5, in respect of the metered spaces shown in the Schedules attached
hereto forming part of this By-law, the following regulations shall respectively apply:
(a)
Schedule "A" - No vehicle shall be parked for more than sixty consecutive
minutes at any time between the hours of 09:00 and 17:30 on any day
excepting Sundays and holidays.
(b)
Schedule "B" - No vehicle shall be parked for more than one hundred and
twenty consecutive minutes at any time between the hours of 09:00 and
17:30 on any day except Sundays and holidays.
(c)
Schedule "C" - No vehicle shall be parked for more than thirty consecutive
minutes at any time between the hours of 07:00 and 17:30 on any day
excepting Sundays and holidays.
(d)
Schedule "D" - No vehicle shall be parked for more than one hundred and
twenty consecutive minutes at any time between the hours of 09:00 and
21:00 on any day except Sundays and holidays.
(e)
Schedule "E" - No vehicle shall be parked for more than thirty consecutive
minutes at any time between the hours of 09:00 and 17:30 on any day
except Sundays and holidays.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
9.
Every operator of a vehicle using a metered space shall
(a)
park the vehicle in such a manner that it is wholly within the metered
space;
(b)
where a single-head meter is installed the vehicle shall be parked so that
the front bumper is opposite the meter post;
(c)
where a double-headed meter is installed the vehicle shall be parked so
that either the front or rear bumper is opposite the meter post.
10.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 5 and 6, a metered space may be used without
charge
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(a)
by any vehicle on Sundays and holidays; and on any other day of the
week outside of the hours specified in Section 8 for the sections of streets
in the respective Schedules;
(b)
by a vehicle of or employed by The City of Winnipeg, or the Armed
Forces, or any emergency vehicle, provided that markings designating
ownership of the vehicle is painted thereon, or by a vehicle of or
employed by The City of Winnipeg, the Armed Forces, The Government
of Manitoba, The Government of Canada or The Assembly of Manitoba
Chiefs identified by a card, sticker or certificate duly authorized and
signed by the Mayor of The City of Winnipeg, provided that the operator
of said vehicle is using the vehicle in the course of his or her duties;
(c)
by vehicles licensed as taxi-cabs while actually taking on or discharging
passengers;
(d)
by duly licensed commercial vehicles while loading and unloading where
there is no lane to serve the property.
(e)
by any vehicle, on such days, during such periods and on the sections of
streets as Council, pursuant to Subsection 510(2) of The City of Winnipeg
Act, by resolution may determine.
(f)
by a vehicle in respect of which a "Parking Permit", pursuant to, and in
accordance with the conditions prescribed by Schedule "F" hereto, for the
relevant month, has been affixed.
TEMPORARY CLOSING OF PARKING SPACES
11.
Whenever, due to any special circumstances the Chief of Police or the Commissioner of
Works and Operations considers that a metered space should be temporarily discontinued as a
parking space, he may cause the meter thereat to be hooded or covered and he may cause to
be placed or erected a sign or notice prohibiting parking at such metered space.
EXTENDED PARKING
12.
Upon the expiration of the time provided by a deposit of a coin or coins as hereinbefore
provided, no person shall thereupon further deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking
meter, a coin or coins for the purpose of obtaining an extension of the parking time beyond the
time prescribed for parking a vehicle thereat.
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RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER AND DRIVER
13.
The owner of a vehicle shall incur the penalties provided for a violation of this By-law
unless at the time of the violation the motor vehicle was in the possession of some person other
than the owner or his chauffeur without the owner's consent, and the driver of a motor vehicle
who is not the owner shall also incur the penalties provided for any such violation.
TIME
14.
A reference to time shall be deemed to be a reference to Daylight Saving Time when
such is in current use in the City of Winnipeg and at all other times to Central Standard Times
applicable to the City of Winnipeg.
PENALTY
15.
Every person found guilty of a breach of any provision of this By-law, unless a penalty or
fine is specifically provided therefor, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars in
addition to costs.
VOLUNTARY PAYMENT
16.
(1)
Where it is alleged by a peace officer or by any person appointed to enforce this
By-law, that any person has contravened a provision of this By-law, that person,
on being notified of the allegation may voluntarily consent to pay the penalty for
the contravention fixed by and in accordance with the procedure, and to such
person, as is stated in the By-law of the City to permit the voluntary payment of
penalties out of court for contraventions of by-laws of the City respecting parking
and traffic.
(2)
When payment has been made as provided in Subsection (1) of this Section
there shall be no prosecution for the contravention in respect of which payment
has been made.
REPEAL
17.
City of Winnipeg By-law No. 820/74 and any amendments thereto are hereby repealed.
DONE AND PASSED in Council assembled, this 26th day of January, 1995.
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Schedule "A" to By-law No. 6547/95
of The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "A"
(Subsection (a) of Section 8)
North side of Alexander Avenue between Main Street and Princess Street.
West side of Balmoral Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
East side of Carlton Street between St. Mary Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
West side of Carlton Street between St. Mary Avenue and Qu'Appelle Avenue.
West side of Carlton Street between Cumberland Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
East side of Colony Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
West side of Colony Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
North side of Cumberland Avenue between Donald Street and Hargrave Street.
East side of Donald Street between Broadway and Midtown Bridge.
East side of Donald Street between Portage Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of Donald Street between Broadway and Midtown Bridge.
East side of Edmonton Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
West side of Edmonton Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
West side of Ellen Street between Notre Dame Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
East side of Fort Street between Broadway and Portage Avenue.
West side of Fort Street between Broadway and Portage Avenue.
East side of Frances Street between Notre Dame Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
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Schedule "A" - continued
East side of Garry Street between St. Mary Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
West side of Garry Street between Graham Avenue and Portage Avenue.
West side of Good Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
North side of Graham Avenue between Carlton Street and Kennedy Street.
South side of Graham Avenue between Carlton Street and Kennedy Street.
East side of Hargrave Street between Portage Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
West side of Hargrave Street between St. Mary Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
South side of Henry Avenue between Martha Street and Main Street.
North side of James Avenue between Princess Street and Main Street.
South side of James Avenue between Princess Street and King Street.
East side of Juno Street between Notre Dame Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
East side of Kate Street between Notre Dame Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
East side of Kennedy Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
West side of Kennedy Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
East side of King Street between William Avenue and Rupert Avenue.
West side of King Street between Smith Street and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of King Street between William Avenue and Rupert Avenue.
North side of Lombard Avenue between Mill Street and Main Street.
South side of Lombard Avenue between Mill Street and Rorie Street.
East side of Main Street between Broadway and Lombard Avenue.
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Schedule "A" - continued
East side of Main Street between Pacific Avenue and Euclid Avenue.
West side of Main Street between Stella Avenue and Henry Avenue.
West side of Main Street between Logan Avenue and Broadway.
South side of McDermot Avenue between Rorie Street and Ship Street.
East side of Memorial Boulevard between York Avenue and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Memorial Boulevard between York Avenue and St. Mary Avenue.
South side of Notre Dame Avenue between Donald Street and Balmoral Street.
North side of Pacific Avenue between Main Street and Princess Street.
North side of Pioneer Avenue between Westbrook Street and Main Street.
North side of Portage Avenue between Westbrook Street and Sherbrook Street.
South side of Portage Avenue between Westbrook Street and Main Street.
South side of Portage Avenue between Balmoral Street and Spence Street.
South side of Portage Avenue between Furby Street and Sherbrook Street.
East side of Princess Street between Alexander Avenue and Ross Avenue.
East side of Princess Street between McDermot Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of Princess Street between Pacific Avenue and Ross Avenue.
West side of Princess Street between Elgin Avenue and William Avenue.
West side of Princess Street between McDermot Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
South side of River Avenue between Osborne Street and lane east.
North side of Rupert Avenue between Main Street and Princess Street.
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Schedule "A" - continued
South side of Rupert Avenue between Main Street and Princess Street.
West side of Sherbrook Street between McDermot Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
East side of Smith Street between St. Mary Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of Smith Street between Portage Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
South side of St. Mary Avenue between Main Street and Colony Street.
East side of Tache Avenue between Rinella Place and Provencher Boulevard.
East side of Vaughan Street between St. Mary Avenue and Portage Avenue.
South side of Water Avenue between Main Street and Westbrook Street.
South side of York Avenue between Main Street and lane east.
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Schedule "B" to By-law No. 6547/95
of The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "B"
(Subsection (b) of Section 8)
East side of Adelaide Street between Notre Dame Avenue and Elgin Avenue.
West side of Adelaide Street between Notre Dame Avenue and Elgin Avenue.
East side of Albert Street between Notre Dame Avenue and Bannatyne Avenue.
West side of Albert Street between Notre Dame Avenue and Bannatyne Avenue.
East side of Arthur Street between Bannatyne Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of Arthur Street between Bannatyne Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
West side of Balmoral Street between Portage Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
North side of Bannatyne Avenue between Ship Street and Princess Street.
South side of Bannatyne Avenue between Ship Street and Princess Street.
North side of Bannatyne Avenue between a point approximately 210 metres east of
Tecumseh Street and Tecumseh Street.
North side of Bannatyne Avenue between Lydia Street and Sherbrook Street.
North side of Broadway between Main Street and Memorial Boulevard.
South side of Broadway between Main Street and Osborne Street.
East side of Carlton Street between Broadway and York Avenue.
West side of Carlton Street between Broadway and York Avenue.
West side of Carlton Street between Qu'Appelle Avenue and Cumberland Avenue.
East side of Colony Street between Broadway and York Avenue.
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Schedule "B" - continued
West side of Colony Street between Broadway and Cooper Avenue.
South side of Cooper Avenue between Osborne Street and Colony Street.
North side of Cumberland Avenue between Hargrave Street and Carlton Street.
East side of Donald Street between St. Mary Avenue and Broadway.
East side of Edmonton Street between Broadway and York Avenue.
West side of Edmonton Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Edmonton Street between Ellice Avenue and Qu'Appelle Avenue.
North side of Elgin Avenue between Princess Street and Ellen Street.
West side of Fort Street between Assiniboine Avenue and Broadway.
West side of Furby Street between William Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
East side of Garry Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Garry Street between Assiniboine Avenue and St. Mary Avenue.
East side of Hargrave Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Hargrave Street between York Avenue and Broadway.
East side of Hargrave Street between Ellice Avenue and William Avenue.
West side of Hargrave Street between Ellice Avenue and William Avenue.
North side of James Avenue between Bertha Street and Martha Street.
South side of James Avenue between Bertha Street and Martha Street.
East side of Kennedy Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
East side of Kennedy Street between Ellice Avenue and Qu'Appelle Avenue.
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Schedule "B" - continued
West side of Kennedy Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Kennedy Street between Ellice Avenue and Qu'Appelle Avenue.
East side of King Street between Notre Dame and William Avenue.
West side of King Street between Notre Dame and William Avenue.
East side of Main Street between Lombard Avenue and Pacific Avenue.
West side of Main Street between Pacific Avenue and Portage Avenue.
East side of Main Street between Assiniboine Avenue and Broadway.
West side of Main Street between Broadway and Assiniboine Avenue.
West side of Main Street between Henry Avenue and Logan Avenue.
North side of Market Avenue between Bertha Street and Lily Street.
South side of Market Avenue between Main Street and Bertha Street.
North side of Rupert Avenue between Martha Street and Main Street.
North side of McDermot Avenue between Tecumseh Street and Emily Street.
North side of McDermot Avenue between Sherbrook Street and Lydia Street.
North side of McDermot Avenue between Hargrave Street and Rorie Street.
South side of McDermot Avenue between Hargrave Street and Rorie Street.
South side of Notre Dame Avenue between Portage Avenue and Donald Street.
West side of Olivia Street between McDermot Avenue and south end of street.
West side of Pearl Street between McDermot Avenue and Notre Dame Avenue.
East side of Princess Street between Ross Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
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Schedule "B" - continued
West side of Princess Street between Ross Avenue and Elgin Avenue.
West side of Princess Street between William Avenue and McDermot Avenue.
North side of Qu'Appelle Avenue between Hargrave Street and Edmonton Street.
East side of Rorie Street between Lombard Avenue and Market Avenue.
West side of Rorie Street between Market Avenue and Lombard Avenue.
North side of Ross Avenue between Princess Street and Paulin Street.
South side of Ross Avenue between Paulin Street and Princess Street.
East side of Smith Street between Assiniboine Avenue and Broadway.
East side of Smith Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
West side of Smith Street between Assiniboine Avenue and Broadway.
West side of Smith Street between Broadway and St. Mary Avenue.
East side of Spence Street between Portage Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
West side of Spence Street between Portage Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
North side of Theatre Way between Rorie Street and the first north-south public lane right-ofway further east thereof.
East side of Vaughan Street between Portage Avenue and Ellice Avenue.
West side of Vaughan Street between York Avenue and St. Mary Avenue.
South side of Webb Place between Colony Street and Vaughan Street.
North side of Wesley Avenue between Main Street and Lane East.
South side of Wesley Avenue between Main Street and Lane East.
North side of William Avenue between Tecumseh Street and Sherbrook Street.
South side of William Avenue between Tecumseh Street and Sherbrook Street.
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Schedule "C" to By-law No. 6547/95
of The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "C"
(Subsection (c) of Section 8)
West side of Garry Street between Graham Avenue and St. Mary Avenue.
Schedule "D" to By-law No. 6547/95
of The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "D"
(Subsection (d) of Section 8)
1.
The parking site located immediately adjacent to the north-west corner of the
intersection of Osborne Street and Stradbrook Avenue, which parking site is described as
follows:
In the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, being in accordance with
the Special Survey of said City and being all those portions of Lots One Hundred
and Eight to One Hundred and Ten, both inclusive, which lots are shown on a
plan of survey of part of Lot Thirty-Six of the Parish of Saint Boniface, registered
in the Winnipeg Land Titles Office, Winnipeg Division, as No. 52 contained within
the following limits, namely: Commencing at the intersection of the Western
limit of Osborne Street with the Northern limit of Spadina Avenue, thence
Northerly along said Western limit, Seventy-two feet, thence Westerly and
parallel with the said Northern limit, one chain and seventy-five links more or
less to the Eastern limit of a lane, thence Southerly along the Eastern limit of the
said lane to the said Northern limit, thence Easterly along the said Northern limit
to the point of commencement.
2.
The parking site located immediately adjacent to the south-west corner of Alexander
Avenue and Main Street, which parking site is described as follows:
In the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, being in accordance with
the Special Survey of said City, and being Lot Two, which lot is shown on a plan
of survey of part of Lot Ten of the Parish of Saint John, registered in the
Winnipeg Land Titles Office as No. 3658, subject to a right-of-way for all
purposes and as appurtenant to Lot Four, as shown on said plan, over and upon
the most Westerly Twelve feet in width of said Lot Two.
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Schedule "E" to By-law No. 6547/95
The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "E"
(Subsection (e) of Section 8)
South side of Portage Avenue between Colony Street and Balmoral Street.
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Schedule "F" to By-law No. 6547/95
of The City of Winnipeg
SCHEDULE "F"
(Subsection (f) of Section 10)
1.
"Parking Permits" issued pursuant to Subsection (f) of Section 10 are valid upon
payment of the fee prescribed from time to time by Council, provided that the Permit be affixed
to the inside of the lower right corner of the vehicle windshield in such a manner so as to be
clearly visible when viewed from the outside.
2.
The form of the "Parking Permit" is as follows:
FRONT
THE CITY OF WINNIPEG
PARKING PERMIT
MONTH
YEAR
BACK
This permit is issued in accordance with Winnipeg
Parking Meter By-law No. 6547/95, Section 10(f)
and expires at 12:00 midnight on the last day of
the month shown on the reverse side hereof.
This permit allows parking, without the use of
coinage, at a metered space controlled and
operated by The City of Winnipeg for no longer
than the time limit indicated by the meter,
provided that parking is not otherwise prohibited.
LINER
Peel off this liner and affix the Permit to the inside
of the lower right corner of the windshield. Be
sure the surface is clean, dry and warm.
Serial Number