The City of Kitchener's Community and Infrastructure Services Committee the other day approved a staff plan to allow vehicles to park overnight during the winter months using a similar system of exemptions as Waterloo. Each household would be allowed five such exemptions each winter season.
One thing I never knew that was discussed in the committee was that bylaw does not enforce parking regulations over "the holidays" (they didn't defined what that meant, but I guess the week or so defined by Christmas and New Year's).
I have to question why such a system is required and why overnight parking is restricted at all. If an exemption system were put in place, those exemptions would be void if a snow event were declared, after all. Why not just disallow parking during snow events (and maybe other times, like leaf collection and snow clearing, if necessary), and allow it at all other times?
Oh, and charge for it, naturally.
One thing I never knew that was discussed in the committee was that bylaw does not enforce parking regulations over "the holidays" (they didn't defined what that meant, but I guess the week or so defined by Christmas and New Year's).
I have to question why such a system is required and why overnight parking is restricted at all. If an exemption system were put in place, those exemptions would be void if a snow event were declared, after all. Why not just disallow parking during snow events (and maybe other times, like leaf collection and snow clearing, if necessary), and allow it at all other times?
Oh, and charge for it, naturally.