Parking in Waterloo Region

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What's the logic, though? If you need to park on the street because you bought too many cars for the garage/driveway/car storage you purchased, what do you do come winter? If you have a summer guest for a night, the exemption system works for that purpose, but for what purpose is 8 months of an extra spot or two needed?

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The idea behind the by-law is that the road is not a parking lot, and we shouldn't be parking our cars there in a consistent manner.  I think the city compromised on the non-winter months to appease tax payers, but the trade off was NO EXEMPTIONS in the winter when plows were on the road. 

Does it suck if you have a guest in the winter and no place to park?  Yes.  So you take your chances parking on the street. 

Like all things parking related, you will never please all the people all of the time, and as a former officer, I'd say you upset 99% of the people 99% of the time!

I do take issue with cities like Waterloo who provide an exemption.  If you can get permission to break the law, why is it even a law?  I don't see the OPP handing out 10 speeding exemptions a year as I'm really late today, or an assault exemption as "I might get really drunk and punch someone tonight".  Really, why should I pay $30 fine cause I forgot to call, and someone else is blocking the same snow plow and it's OK?  Just rubs me the wrong way.

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