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BY-LAW CONSOLIDATION
CITY OF WATERLOO
BY-LAW NO. 91-9
BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE OFF STREET PARKING OF VEHICLES FOR USE BY
DISABLED PERSONS, AND THE ISSUING OF PERMITS IN RESPECT THEREOF.
The Council of the Corporation of the City of Waterloo hereby enacts as follows:
1.
In this By-law,
(a)
"Municipality" means the City of Waterloo.
(b)
"Designated parking space" means a parking space within the City of Waterloo,
in City owned or operated parking lots and on private property so named in
Schedule `A` of this by-law, designated under this By-law for the exclusive use
of a vehicle displaying a permit in accordance with the requirements of this By-
law and the Highway Traffic Act.
(c)
"Disabled Person" means an individual who is unable to walk unassisted for more
than 200 metres without great difficulty or danger to his or her health or safety
and is certified as such by a licenced physician, chiropractor, osteopathic
physician, physiotherapist or occupational therapist.
(d)
"Permit" means a disabled persons parking permit issued by the Ministry of
Transportation of Ontario pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act and the
regulations
made thereunder or a permit, numbered plate or other marker or device issued by
another jurisdiction and recognized under that Act.
(e)
"Person" means and includes an individual, a corporation, or an organization.
(f)
"Sign" means a sign as set out in the Regulations of the Highway Traffic Act and
as identified in Schedule `C` of this by-law and used for the purpose of
designating parking spaces for the sole use of physically disabled persons.
(g)
"Enforcing Official" means an Officer or Constable of the Regional Municipality
of Waterloo Police Force, a Parking Enforcement Officer or By-law Enforcement
Officer of the City of Waterloo and in respect to certain specified properties, a
specially appointed Private Parking Enforcement Officer whose name appears in
Schedule `B` of this by-law.
2.
No person or organization shall,
(i)
Park, stop or leave a vehicle displaying a disabled person parking permit in a
designated parking space at any time unless that vehicle is transporting or picking
up a disabled person at that time.
3.
A disabled person parking permit shall be displayed on the sun visor or on the dash board
of a vehicle so that the international symbol of access for the disabled, the permit number
and the expiry date of the permit are clearly visible from the outside of the vehicle.
Permits, numbered plates or other markers or devices issued by another jurisdiction and
recognized under the Highway Traffic Act may be displayed in accordance with the rules
of the respective jurisdiction.
4.
Signs designating parking spaces for disabled persons may be erected on private property
and shall be subject to enforcement the day following the date upon which Council adds

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the municipal address of the private property to Schedule `A` of this by-law.
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5.
(i)
Where a vehicle is found parked or standing in contravention of the provisions of
this by-law, the Enforcing Official may issue and attach to or place on the vehicle
a Parking Infraction Notice in the form of a serially numbered notice stating:
(a)
the licence plate number of the vehicle,
(b)
that the vehicle is unlawfully parked,
(c)
the date, time and place of the alleged offence,
(d)
that the owner or driver thereof may make payment of not less than
three hundred ($300.00) dollars at the Revenue Division at the City of
Waterloo, by attending thereat between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays or by mail thereto
within fifteen (15) days after the day when the Parking Infraction Notice
was issued, and
(e)
said payment shall be accepted as a payment of a penalty in full
satisfaction in respect to the alleged offence and receipt therefore shall
be given to the person making the payment, and
(f)
that in the event of a failure to make such payment, the provisions of
Part II of the Provincial Offences Act shall apply.
(ii)
That the Parking Infraction Notice shall be prepared in triplicate and the
Enforcing Official will attach one copy to the vehicle, keep one copy and deliver
one copy to the Clerks Division of the City of Waterloo.
6.
An Officer or Constable of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Police Force, or
Municipal By-law Enforcement Officer upon discovery of any vehicles parked or
standing in contravention to the provisions of this by-law may cause it to be moved or
taken to and placed or stored in a suitable place and all costs and charges for removing,
care and storage thereof, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle, which may be enforced in
the matter provided by Part III of the Repair and Storage Liens Act, 1989.
7.
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-law;
(i)
is guilty of an offence, and
(ii)
upon conviction therefore, is liable to a fine or penalty of not more than $5,000.00
as prescribed by the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 400, as amended.
8.
The driver of a motor vehicle, not being the owner, is liable to any penalty provided in
this By-law, and the owner of the motor vehicle is also liable to such penalty unless at the
time the offence was committed the motor vehicle was in possession of a person other
than the owner or his Chauffeur without the owner`s consent.
9.
That By-law No. 88-133 and any other by-law inconsistent with the provisions of this
by-law are hereby repealed.
PASSED this 21st day of January, 1991.
(SIGNED) B. TURNBULL
MAYOR
(SIGNED) R.C. KEELING
CLERK

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SUMMARY PAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAW NO. 91-9
1.
By-law No. 88-133
- increase fine amounts
2.
By-law No. 91-57
- amending Schedule B
3.
By-law No. 91-167
- amending Schedule B
4.
By-law No. 92-45
- amending Schedules A and B
5.
By-law No. 92-73
- amending Schedules A and B
6.
By-law No. 93-19
- amending Schedule B
7.
By-law No. 93-65
- amending Schedules A and B
8.
By-law No. 93-91
- amending Schedules A and B
9.
By-law No. 93-121
- amending Schedule B
10.
By-law No. 93-148
- amending Schedules A and B
11.
By-law No. 94-31
- amending Schedule A
12.
By-law No. 94-45
- amending Schedule B
13.
By-law No. 94-86
- amending Schedule B
14.
By-law No. 94-123
- amending Schedule B
15.
By-law No. 94-146
- amending Schedule B
16.
By-law No. 95-155
- amending Schedule B
17.
By-law No. 95-89
- amending Schedules A and B
18.
By-law No. 02-51
- increase in parking fine (section 5(I)(d))

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SUMMARY PAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAW NO. 91-9
18.
By-law No. 95-127
- amending Schedule B
19.
By-law No. 96-127
- amending Schedule B
20.
By-law No. 97-97
- elimination of early fine payment provision (Section 5 (i) and (ii))
21.
By-law No. 97-107
- Amending Schedule B
22.
By-law No. 97-156
- Amending Schedule A and B
23.
By-law No. 98-52
- Amending Schedule A and B
24.
By-law No. 98-132
- Amending Schedule A and B

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