04-26-2015, 05:52 PM
Interesting, I had previously assumed that Kitchener had the same No Overnight Parking that Waterloo has. The devil's in the details.
This explains why I've generally heard that it's much less enforced in Kitchener.
In Waterloo, the mere presence of your vehicle between 2am and 6am on a city street breaks the rule, and so an enforcement officer can immediately write up a ticket.
In Kitchener, there needs to be some proof that you've been there for more than 3 hours, which requires the officer to return over 3 hours later, and determine that it is the same car. If the officer sees your car at 3am, they have to make a point to return at 6am or later in order to write you up.
This explains why I've generally heard that it's much less enforced in Kitchener.
In Waterloo, the mere presence of your vehicle between 2am and 6am on a city street breaks the rule, and so an enforcement officer can immediately write up a ticket.
In Kitchener, there needs to be some proof that you've been there for more than 3 hours, which requires the officer to return over 3 hours later, and determine that it is the same car. If the officer sees your car at 3am, they have to make a point to return at 6am or later in order to write you up.