New ‘streamlined’ parking bylaws begin Thursday

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Heads up Winnipeg: a new parking bylaw comes into effect Thursday.

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Heads up Winnipeg: a new parking bylaw comes into effect Thursday.

The City of Winnipeg is touting the new rules as “streamlined,” writing in a Wednesday press release that the bylaw “creates a point of reference for citizens to find most parking regulations” and “addresses changes that have occurred in the City, its traffic patterns and developments of technology.”

The same release highlighted a few key changes as a result of the new law, including:

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New parking bylaws begin Thursday.
ZACHARY PRONG / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES New parking bylaws begin Thursday.

– The ability to add 30 minutes to on-street paid parking when initial time has expired

– The ability to obtain a temporary recreational vehicle permit to allow parking for up to three days (as opposed to the former one-hour limit)

– A requirement for street work signs to be posted 24 hours ahead of scheduled work (as opposed to former timeframe of as little as six hours in some cases)

– A requirement that vehicles parked on a street can’t be connected to an electrical cord or wire that crosses the edge of the street

– Expanding jurisdiction on rules about number, type and location of vehicles parked on residential properties: violations are now considered parking offences as well as zoning violations, meaning the Winnipeg Parking Authority as well as other by-law enforcement officers can enforce them

The new by-law was formally passed in July.

To learn more, check out the full by-law and FAQs at www.theparkingstore.winnipeg.ca

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