Regulations and restrictions

Starting Monday, September 21, the City will resume the enforcement of parking in excess of time limits in all areas of the city, including those that are not marked with signs.

Parking limits in unsigned areas are three hours, Monday to Friday, between 7 am and 7 pm, and six hours on weekends and statutory holidays, between 7 am and 7 pm.

Initially, parking control officers will issue warning notices to vehicles that are parked longer than the allowable time limits. Officers will begin to issue tickets on Thursday, October 1.

Enforcement of overtime parking on streets without posted signs will only occur on a complaint basis. More than 1,000 complaints have been received citywide regarding vehicles that have not been moved in a significant time.

Parking enforcement ensures safety, traffic flow, emergency vehicle access and parking space availability as services begin to reopen and normal traffic patterns resume. It has also become necessary to resume the enforcement of overtime parking on residential streets in preparation for snow clearing operations during the winter months.

All other parking restrictions remain in effect, including no-stopping zones, no-parking zones, fire routes, accessible parking spaces and rules around sidewalks, driveways and fire hydrants. Parking restrictions continue to be enforced in areas with Pay and Display machines.

Department of Corporate Services

EXTRACT FROM GENERAL REGULATIONS OF BY-LAW 2017-301

Parking Prohibited - Whether Signs Have Been Erected or Not

1. In excess of three (3) hours, Monday to Friday, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; 

2. In excess of six (6) hours on weekends and statutory holidays, between 7:00 a.m. and 7 p.m.

3. within 300 metres of previous parking space within one (1) hour; 

4. within 9 metres of an intersection;

5.  within 3 metres of a fire hydrant; 

6. within 1.5 metres of a driveway; 

7. on a roadway which is 6 metres or less in width; 

8. on any portion of a highway not intended for vehicle parking;

9. during snow removal and street sweeping operations; 

10. angle parking is permitted on a highway where the angle has been designated by signs or markings on the roadway; 

11. no person shall remain parked on any highway where there are parking meters unless such vehicle is parked entirely within the area designated as a parking meter space.

 Stopping Prohibited - Whether Signs Have Been Erected or Not: 

1. within a pedestrian crossover, within 30 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossover or within 15 metres of the leaving side of a pedestrian crossover; 
2. within thirty (30 m) metres of the approach or leaving side of a roundabout;
3. within 34 metres of the approach side of a bus stop and within 18 metres of the leaving side of a bus stop; 
4. within an intersection or crosswalk; 
5. between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. within 30 metres of the approach side of a school crosswalk and within 10 metres of the leaving side of a school crosswalk; 
6. upon a bridge, within an underpass or within 30 metres of any such structure unless parking is otherwise permitted by signs; 
7. on or partly on or over a sidewalk;

No person shall park or stop any vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked or stopped on any highway except as follows:

1. where there is a raised curb, on the right side of the roadway, having regard to the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, with its right front and rear wheels parallel to and not more than fifteen (15) centimetres away from such curb; or
2. where there is no curb or a rolled curb, on the right side of the highway having regard to the direction in which the vehicle was travelling, with the right front and rear wheels parallel to and as near to the right hand limit of the highway as is practicable without stopping over any part of a highway which is landscaped or which is not intended for the use of vehicles.

All City of Ottawa parking regulations and restrictions will apply on statutory holidays.

The following is a list of parking infractions along with the associated fines. The first dollar amount on each line is the amount due when paying voluntarily within 15 days of the ticket’s date of issuance. The second amount is the set fine.

Part A – Parking Rules of the Road

Part B – Parking: Private and City Property

Part C – Parking for the Physically Disabled

Part D

The objectives of the Deputization Program:

• To reduce private parking violations by authorizing owners, on-site personnel, or their agents to issue Parking Infraction Notices for motor vehicles parked on private property
• To enforce infractions in a more timely manner than could be achieved by By-law Enforcement Officers dispatched to the property
• To reduce the number of requests made to By-law Officers for service to private properties – as a result freeing resources for right-of-way and traffic management.

Interested parties can begin the authorization process by collecting the necessary information required in the Deputization Program Application.

The completed application should be forwarded to the address found on this page. Upon review of the application, the By-law & Regulatory Services Office will contact you.

Should you have any questions in regards to the application or the process of Deputization Program, please contact Kevin Heiss at 613-580-2424 x 41864.

• Application [ PDF - 158kb ]
• Certificate of Insurance (sample) [ PDF - 39kb ] 

Rules and Regulations for Private Property Owners

• The Deputization Appointment provides the authority to issue Parking Infraction Notices for motor vehicles parked on private property without the consent of the property owner as defined in Bylaw 2017-301, or motor vehicles illegally parked in a signed fire route or a signed disabled parking space.
• The Deputization Appointment does not provide the authority to tow, move or remove the motor vehicles. Any towing, moving or removing of the motor vehicles shall be undertaken only with the presence and assistance of a City of Ottawa Parking Control Officer or, in an emergency situation only, an Ottawa Police Officer, except in accordance with the Towing Pilot as described below.

Private Parking Enforcement Agency Towing Pilot

1. Algonquin College
2. Capital Parking
3. Capital Security
4. Capital Systems
5. Carleton Parking
6. CHEO
7. Garda Security
8. Indigo
9. La Cite Collegiale
10. Macdonald-Cartier Ottawa Airport
11. Murray & Murray
12. Ottawa Community Housing
13. Ottawa Hospital
14. Park Safe Inc.
15. Phoenix Security
16. Praetorian Garde
17. Precise Park Link
18. Queensway Carleton Hospital
19. Response Security
20. Royal Ottawa Hospital
21. University of Ottawa

Application Requirements – Property Owner

PLEASE NOTE: In this section the term “owner” (when used in relation to property) denotes “the registered owner of the property”.

The Property Owner must submit along with the attached application form the following materials:

• Proof of property ownership (i.e., City of Ottawa tax bill) or (copy of Board meeting minutes if Condominium Corporation);
• Certificate of Insurance (sample attached …note highlighted requirements);
• Written request naming nominees for Deputization;
• Properties for which nominees will be deputized;
• Completed Criminal Records Check (green form). This may be obtained by attending any of the Ottawa Police Service Branches. The check must not be older than 90 days.

Conditions for Deputization

Each nominee for Deputization Program shall:

• Be either the registered owner of the property, or a person authorized in writing by the Private Property Owner to enforce the parking regulations on the property;
• Be approved by the Ottawa Police Services Department;
• Have been appointed by Ottawa City Council as a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer to enforce relevant provisions of the Traffic and parking By-law Number 2017-301 and the Fire Routes Bylaw Number 2003-499, as applicable;
• Have participated in and passed the City of Ottawa Training Session on the issuance of Parking Infraction Notices under Part II of the Provincial Offences Act.

Indemnification

• The Private Property Owner or his/her agent shall provide evidence of such insurance (Certificate of Insurance or Insurance Policy) to the City of Ottawa prior to the commencement of the Deputization Program, and shall keep that evidence current at all times.
• The Private Property Owner shall be responsible for the act or acts of each and every deputized individual in the same manner and to the same extent as if such act or acts were performed by the Private Property Owner.

Regulations

• The Private Property Owner agrees that:
  • All issued Certificate of Parking Infractions, spoiled Parking Infraction Notices and Certificate Control Lists will be remitted within 3 business days following the day of issue to one of the following Client Service Centre locations:
    • 110 Laurier Avenue West (Ottawa)
    • 100 Constellation Crescent. (Nepean)
    • 580 Terry Fox Drive (Kanata)
    • 255 Centrum Boulevard (Orleans)
  • Upon receipt of a Notice of Trial it will be responded to promptly.
  • The By-law Services branch will be advised immediately in writing when an appointed Municipal Law Enforcement Officer is no longer in the employ of the Private Property Owner or is no longer authorized to enforce parking regulations on the property of the Private Property Owner;
  • For each new person to be deputized, the Private Property Owner will submit a written request with the name of the person to be deputized, a completed Personal Record Search Form (with the appropriate payment), as well as Proof of Insurance as described in Section 3.
• The Private Property Owner will respond in writing within ten (10) days to any inquiry/correspondence from the public regarding Provincial Infraction Notice’s issued by deputized personnel.
• The Private Property Owner will ensure that deputized personnel communicate effectively, courteously and tactfully with all persons having questions about parking tickets issued.
• The Private Property Owner will ensure that deputized personnel will appear in Provincial Offences court, as required, to defend tickets issued.
• The Private Property Owner understands and agrees that the Corporation shall retain all monies collected, as a result of the issuance of Parking Infraction Notices.
• The Private Property Owner shall observe and comply with all laws of Ontario and Canada, as well as by-laws, rules, regulations, notices, orders and demands of the Corporation.
• The Private Property Owner understands and agrees that any abuse of the deputization privilege or a breach of any of the rules or regulations of the Deputization Program may result in the revocation of the authority to issue Parking Infraction Notices.

Any notice required respecting the Deputization Program must be mailed to the City of Ottawa by personal delivery or by registered mail, postage prepaid and addressed to:

City of Ottawa
Emergency and Protective Services
By-law & Regulatory Services
735 Industrial Avenue, 2^nd floor
Ottawa, ON K1G 5J1

Attention: Deputization Program