Enforcement of Hamilton’s on-street parking rules to resume next week

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Published August 14, 2020 at 6:05 pm

Hamiltonians will need to pay closer attention to how they park on streets across the city plans to resume more enforcement starting Monday (August 17).

Hamiltonians will need to pay closer attention to how they park on streets across the city plans to resume more enforcement starting Monday (August 17).

In a press release, the City of Hamilton said Parking Enforcement staff will begin re-enforcing the 12-hour on street and overnight parking by-law after months not doing so to help accommodate residents self-isolating and working from home.

With the City’s move into Stage 3 of the provincial reopening plan a couple of weeks ago, the release says, and many residents returning to work, enforcement of the by-law will restart next week.

Parking staff will continue to use discretion and take an educational approach with residents in the first few weeks of re-enforcement, the press release says.

When the City decided to relax parking enforcement they also suspended payment at lots and meters on March 25 to allow parking staff to be redeployed to support the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pay parking and its enforcement was reinstated in mid-May.

To learn more about Hamilton’s parking bylaws and violation penalties, visit the City’s website.

The move to reinstate parking enforcement aligns with the City’s timeline to bring more municipal services online.

Municipal Service Centres (MSCs) in Ancaster, Glanbrook, Stoney Creek, Dundas and Flamborough will also be reopening next week.

Residents will be able to pay property taxes, parking tickets and traffic tickets, pick up new blue boxes, get animal licenses, pick up composters, purchase HSR bus tickets and passes, apply for a marriage license, apply for a burn permit and pick up well water test kits.

A number of changes to protect against the spread of COVID-19 will be in place when the buildings reopen, and masks or face coverings are required.

The MSCs in Ancaster, Glanbrook and Stoney Creek will be open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The MSCs in Dundas and Flamborough will be open Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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