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Although some councillors balked at the sharp fee hike proposed for on-street parking during the winter months, the transportation committee unanimously approved changes to winter overnight parking regulations that could clear the way for residents to park for free in some city-owned parking garages on nights when an overnight parking ban is in effect.
On-street parking during winter storms is a long-standing issue for both city crews trying to clear snowy streets and residents who live in parts of town where on-street parking is common.
The current ban prohibits parking on city streets between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. from Nov. 15 to April 1 whenever an accumulation of seven or more centimetres is forecast in the Ottawa area. Only residents with valid on-street parking permits are exempt from this restriction. All other vehicles can be ticketed or towed.
Public works now is proposing to let residents park overnight for free at five city-owned garages whenever there is an overnight parking ban in effect. The suggested garages include Gloucester, ByWard, Dalhousie, City Hall and Glebe.
Changes are also proposed for on-street parking permit fees. While the price of an annual parking permit would remain at $648, the roads department is recommending that the current monthly fee of $59 change depending on the season: during the summer months, the fee would fall to $30, but during the winter months, it would spike to $140 for each of the months between December and March. Permit holders are exempt from the overnight parking ban during the winter storms.
Several committee members questioned the jump in price, which city staff say is designed to better reflect the true cost of road maintenance. Keeping streets clean in the summer is much cheaper.
Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans questioned whether it wasn’t possible to give residents who will be affected by the steep increase a “softer landing.”
She was also irked that three public meetings on the proposed changes were held outside of the city’s core, where on-street parking is more of an issue (the meetings were held in Kanata, Britannia and Overbrook).
“That doesn’t make any sense to me,” Deans said.
The proposed changes will also give the roads department more flexibility in terms of when it calls for an overnight parking ban, which typically happens six or seven times every winter.
Council will vote on the recommendations Oct. 14.
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On-street parking during winter storms is a long-standing issue for both city crews trying to clear snowy streets and residents who live in parts of town where on-street parking is common.
The current ban prohibits parking on city streets between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. from Nov. 15 to April 1 whenever an accumulation of seven or more centimetres is forecast in the Ottawa area. Only residents with valid on-street parking permits are exempt from this restriction. All other vehicles can be ticketed or towed.
Public works now is proposing to let residents park overnight for free at five city-owned garages whenever there is an overnight parking ban in effect. The suggested garages include Gloucester, ByWard, Dalhousie, City Hall and Glebe.
Changes are also proposed for on-street parking permit fees. While the price of an annual parking permit would remain at $648, the roads department is recommending that the current monthly fee of $59 change depending on the season: during the summer months, the fee would fall to $30, but during the winter months, it would spike to $140 for each of the months between December and March. Permit holders are exempt from the overnight parking ban during the winter storms.
Several committee members questioned the jump in price, which city staff say is designed to better reflect the true cost of road maintenance. Keeping streets clean in the summer is much cheaper.
Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans questioned whether it wasn’t possible to give residents who will be affected by the steep increase a “softer landing.”
She was also irked that three public meetings on the proposed changes were held outside of the city’s core, where on-street parking is more of an issue (the meetings were held in Kanata, Britannia and Overbrook).
“That doesn’t make any sense to me,” Deans said.
The proposed changes will also give the roads department more flexibility in terms of when it calls for an overnight parking ban, which typically happens six or seven times every winter.
Council will vote on the recommendations Oct. 14.
mpearson@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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