Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
I am an ex security gaurd.
Security gaurds can write legal tickets if the property they are on has gone through the proper chanels with the city. The gaurds are then trained by the city. This is legal and there are no loop holes for court. The company that I worked for did this. If the ticket is yellow then it is a real city ticket. Private companies can have warning tags or even there own tickets but they can not look like city tickets (can not be yellow). The problem with some of these private tickets is that the city now allows then to charge. These charges are more then a city ticket. They will not imact your plates or anything but if the company chooses too they can send collectors after you and it will efect your credit. A friend of mine that worked security at Ryerson had this happen to him. He got a few of these fines at a private lot and never paid. I while later the collectors came looking for him. So parking on private property is never safe. Also Toronto parking enforcement officers can come on to any property that has been aproved for tickets in the city and give all the tickets they want without talking to the property owners. This is not common but they do it from time to time. At one property these a**es give our MARKED securty vehicale a ticket. So just a word of caution again private property is a bad place to park illegaly.
Also the new amendment that lets bikes park at pay and display with no ticket does not apply to private or municiple property.
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
Two or 3 weeks ago I parked right across the street from Level nightclub, In front of Therapy lounge. It was a pay and display area. I was not sure about the law concerning pay and display so I asked one of the many cops that jang around there if I have to pay. He said I have to so I did. I guess this was not in his line of work.
Anyways my question is. If they tow my bike for not paying parking,where I do not have to, who takes the towing charges?
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
You dont have to pay for the bike. But be carefull downtown around the clubs, you will not get towed from a section that is pay and display but you will get towed any where else.
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
So after reading this thread, I went for a walk and asked a couple of enforcement officers doing Yonge/Bloor/ Jarvis area what's their instructions on motorcycle parking. I got two very definite answers.
(1) Motorcycles and Scooters are allowed to park free in pay and display areas.
(2) Question: What are the advised parking angles and time allowed.
Answer : We are not specifically briefed on this. We are mandated simply not to tag motorcycles and scooters parked in the pay and display area.
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
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Cabaler
A bunch of bikes (including mine) park at one of the metered spots behind Swiss Chalet near York Mills and Yonge. Sometimes 6 bikes are crammed into the one spot. These metered spots are larger/longer than spots furthur downtown.
We all park perpendicular to the curb. And are well enough away from traffic.
Never had any trouble. I guess as a group it's better?
I've seen you guys there!!!
Like the above post stated: i think the angle requirement is to prevent riders from jamming themselves between 2 parked cars...but I think there is a limit to 3 motorcycles/space.
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
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djillogik
I got a ticket today for "Park vehicle on private property without consent". It was issued by the Municipal Parking Corporation and not the City of Toronto. I have never received a parking ticket like this one, its a white ticket rather than the usual yellow, is this valid?
It was basically just some guy sitting in his car waiting for people to park in the lot and walking off rather than going into one of the stores in the plaza. Does anyone have knowledge on such tickets?
Private companies can issue private "parking tickets" that are NOT city of Toronto Parking Tickets. They are not yellow, and do not involve by-laws or the courts directly. In effect by parking you vehicle on their property, you are agreeing to be charged an amount by that company. Although not a city parking ticket, if you don't pay it, they can take you to small claims court, where you will not have a leg to stand on, and they can send it to collections, which will affect your credit rating, which can be bad, if you need credit (credit cards, loans, mortgage, etc)...so you decide if it's worth it...
BTW, security guards can be licenced to issue City of Toronto Parking Tickets...
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
What about parking a motorcycle overnight in permit parking areas that are pay and display during the day?
For instance, a street is pay and display from 8am to 6pm, and permit parking from 6pm to 8am. A bike can't park there overnight, can it?
Re: City of Toronto motorcycle parking exemptions/ammendments
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Ant
What about parking a motorcycle overnight in permit parking areas that are pay and display during the day?
For instance, a street is pay and display from 8am to 6pm, and permit parking from 6pm to 8am. A bike can't park there overnight, can it?
Um, I think you've answered yourself.