November has come, and your overnight parking has gone, Callander. The municipality reminds you that from November 1st to the end of March, thou shalt not park your vehicle on a street or road overnight, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
After all, it could snow anytime, and the plows must make it through all streets without having to weave around your car.
The rules are all outlined in the Traffic and Parking By-law, and the document also outlines fines for overnight winter street parkers. The set fine for those who “park to interfere with snow removal” is $40.00. However, if you agree to the fine and voluntarily pay, that fine could be reduced to $30. There’s more, as there is a specific infraction for folks who “park overnight in winter months.” These fines are the same as interfering with snow removal.
Besides warning drivers to remove their vehicles from the roads overnight, the municipality also wanted to remind residents that when you’re shovelling your driveway, don’t take that snow and leave it on the roads.
Staff noted that “residents often deposit snow and ice from their property onto the street or sidewalk not realizing that this contravenes Municipal by-laws, contributes to unsafe driving and walking conditions and increases the cost of providing winter road maintenance.”
If you feel rebellious, and plan to demonstrate this nature by defying this request and shovel your snow onto your street, you could be fined. Callander has a by-law aptly titled “a by-law for prohibiting the depositing of snow or ice on any highway or bridge within the Municipality of Callander.”
This includes your streets and roads as well. The fine? A hefty $150, which should calm those rebellious shoveling urges.
David Briggs is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of BayToday, a publication of Village Media. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.
