Parking in Waterloo Region

[Pheidippides]

ByLaw Question...

So this morning I come out to find a ticket on my car - $20, saying that I violated the parking ByLaw for leaving my car parked for more than 3 hours.  Zuh?  People park on my street all the time overnight and for days at a time.  A quick search online confirms that yea, you can't park anywhere in Kitchener for more than 3 hours unless posted otherwise!  I'll have to have a chat with my neighbours about this.

https://www.kitchener.ca/en/livinginkitc...ations.asp

How the heck does this 3 hour thing jive with the "No Overnight Parking from Dec. to March" then?  This 3 hour rule thing means you can never park overnight, doesn't it?

I've been burned by that by-law before. As a long time resident I wasn't aware of it (I own that I was guilty of ignorance), but apparently it is posted at all entrances to the city (you just have to read it while going 70kph).

My biggest problem with the by-law is that I have never heard of it applied outside of the neighbourhoods immediately adjacent to the downtown core (e.g. in the suburbs). What does that say about equitable by-law enforcement across the city? Another reason to stay in the 'burbs, a two car driveway and consequence free parking on the roads too.