ELORA – Centre Wellington Township officials are reminding residents about overnight winter parking restrictions that came into effect on Nov. 1 and remain in place until March 31.
The restrictions state there is to be no parking on all public roadways between the hours of 2 and 6am.
Township officials say the parking restrictions ensure the safe, effective and efficient removal of snow from local roads.
Downtown residents who don’t have access to overnight parking can park in municipal parking lots overnight but parking is limited to 24 hours.
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 not parked in accordance with the following conditions are subject to tickets and/or towing:
– 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; and
– vehicles parked parallel to the road must be facing the direction of travel.
Residents can not park on the lower driveway apron if the driveway is connected to a neighbour’s driveway and/or if the driveway is within 15 metres of an intersection.
The township has retained Alpha Enforcement to monitor on-street parking and ticket those parked on the streets.
For more information visit centrewellington.ca/parking.
