The Township actively enforces the Traffic and Parking By-Laws, and Winter Parking Ban to ensure order and safety for vehicles, pedestrians and residents. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) enforces this under the Hwy Traffic Act, and vehicles will be ticketed, and or towed at the owner's expense.
Lower Driveway Apron Parking
The Township Parking By-Law prohibits parking on streets between 2:00 am – 6:00 am from November 1 – March 31 for snow clearance.
Vehicles are permitted to be parked on the paved portion of the lower driveway apron, provided the vehicles comply with certain conditions. However, to maintain safe sight lines for drivers and to not interfere with winter operations, the vehicle must be at least 1.5 meters back from the sidewalk and at least 1.5 meters back from the roadway.
Vehicles that are not parked in accordance with the following conditions are subject to being ticketed and towed.
When you park on the lower driveway apron, you must follow these regulations:
- Vehicles must be on the paved, driveway portion of the lower driveway apron, not the landscaped (or hardscaped) portion of the lower driveway apron;
- Vehicles may not access the paved portion of the lower driveway apron by driving over the landscaped or hardscaped portions of the lower driveway apron;
- All of the vehicle's tires must be on the paved, hard-surface of the lower driveway apron;
- There can be no overhang of any part of the vehicle onto the sidewalk so as to impede pedestrian traffic or onto the roadway so as to obstruct vehicular traffic;
- Vehicles parked parallel to the road must be facing the direction of travel.
When you cannot park on the Lower Driveway Apron
- if your driveway is connected to your neighbour’s driveway, do not park your vehicle in a way that crosses the property line
- do not park on the lower driveway apron if your driveway is within 15 metres of an intersection
The illustrations below provide an example of how to park legally on the lower driveway apron and an example of when tickets might be issued.
Common Examples of Parking By-Law Infractions include, but are not limited to:
- Parked for more than 24 hours on a road or municipal parking lot
- Within 3 metres of a fire hydrant measured from the curb/edge of highway
- Within a designated Fire Route
- On or overhanging any curb, boulevard, or sidewalk
- Within 9 metres of an intersection
- Within 9 metres of a crosswalk
- Within 1 metre of a driveway
- In an accessible parking space, unless you have an Ontario Accessible Parking Permit displayed on the dashboard of the vehicle
- Parked facing the wrong way
- The complete by-law and amendments can be found on our By-law page.
If you have any questions about how to legally park on a lower driveway apron, or about winter parking, please visit our By-law page or email parking@centrewellington.ca
