Ticket for Parking on Driveway?

[Dvas Romeo]

I have heard that it's possible in Mississauga (although unlikely) to get ticketed for parking on the lower portion of the driveway (area between the sidewalk and road curb). Can anybody confirm if this is correct?

[majic]

I have heard that it's possible in Mississauga (although unlikely) to get ticketed for parking on the lower portion of the driveway (area between the sidewalk and road curb). Can anybody confirm if this is correct?

I BELIEVE that your house's property ends at the water main.. so anything between there and the road (including the road) is the town/city's property.. now whether they enforce it or not depends on whether they have tight anuses (heh borat) or if they havent made their quotas

[Skarbro]

The end of your driveway is the boulevard and is always owned by the municipality (whether you have a sidewalk or not). You can't park there over night. Although I used to do it for years and never got a ticket. Someone in your neighbourhood basically has to complain to the cops before they will actually ticket you (piss off any neighbours lately? ;D ). It's not well enforced.

[Kevin@nextmod]

Just walk up to the counter when you pay and tell them you had a party last night and have no where else to park it but there. Fight it with the cashier and tell them you want to pay half.

Works for me every time.

[Skarbro]

Here's the information on Mississauga parking by-laws:

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/parkingbylaw

Sidewalk and Boulevard Parking:

No person may park a vehicle on the paved or grass portion of the City Boulevard. The boulevard is that portion of the driveway between the property line or sidewalk and the road.

No person may park a vehicle in such a way as to partially obstruct or block the sidewalk from pedestrian traffic. (Traffic Consolidation By-law 555-00)[/url]

[FLIPDADY]

I got one in Aurora so I'm not surprised. Maybe it depends on the length of the area you're parking on. If your car sticks out too far.

[majic]

Just walk up to the counter when you pay and tell them you had a party last night and have no where else to park it but there. Fight it with the cashier and tell them you want to pay half.

Works for me every time.

man.. i'd tell you to "tell that to the judge.. NEEEEXT" ;D

[Broli]

i always park like that at a friends house!
so far no tickets!!

so no reason to stop!

[majic]

i always park like that at a friends house!
so far no tickets!!

so no reason to stop!

where would this be?

[Broli]

hmmmm

lol

well it is at . .. . .

never will i speak of this again!
too many assbstds trying to get me a ticket!

[Caz]

If the driveway is full and you can't park on the road, I am sure they will reduce any fine you may get as long as you aren't overhanging the road or sidewalk.

[Broli]

makes sense!

but i can totally park on the road

lol

[Skarbro]

If the driveway is full and you can't park on the road, I am sure they will reduce any fine you may get as long as you aren't overhanging the road or sidewalk.

I wouldn't count on that!

[cntrl]

your neighbors ratted you out. it happened to me and I asked city hall. they said that officers normally don't patrol smaller streets for such an infraction, but if someone called you in and bitched, they come by and issue the ticket. so its your neighbors that called you in. GL in fighting the ticket though.

[Skarbro]

Sometimes the neighbours ratted out another car altogether, not yours. What the cops have to do is check the entire street for other cars illegally parked and give them tickets too. It looks bad on them if they target just one car.

[3GFX]

We have a parking lot on our street. Our student house alone has 3 cars with a garage and one car driveway. We park on car at the end and no one has gotten a ticket. Our neighbor even parks his car at the end right next to us.

The key thing (word of mouth) to avoid a ticket is to not go over the curb, or the sidewalk. Stay at the spot at the end of the driveway.

[mazidane]

I parked at the end of my driveway a few weeks back and got a ticket.

One of my neighbours across the street complained about another car being improperly parked and when the damn ticket dude came he took the oppotunity to fill his quota, bastad, $27 down the hole! I could have bought one of them "unique" ps3 for sale emails with that! ;D >

Talk about being SOL............... it was my driveway as well which made it worse!

[mEtH]

If I recall there was a law passed so that you can park on the lower portion now. All the street signs around me were changed from a red P with a line through it to a green P. For all those who dont know, the green P means you can park there :o and you dont have to pay some machine either

[Skarbro]

I parked at the end of my driveway a few weeks back and got a ticket.

One of my neighbours across the street complained about another car being improperly parked and when the damn ticket dude came he took the oppotunity to fill his quota, bastad, $27 down the hole! I could have bought one of them "unique" ps3 for sale emails with that! ;D >

Talk about being SOL............... it was my driveway as well which made it worse!

I don't think it was about filling a quota. They always hit the whole street when someone complains about one car so that the other guy can't say that they didn't give everyone tickets.

If I recall there was a law passed so that you can park on the lower portion now. All the street signs around me were changed from a red P with a line through it to a green P. For all those who dont know, the green P means you can park there :o and you dont have to pay some machine either

The green P means you can park on the street, not the boulevard. I don't know of a single municipality that lets you park on the boulevard legally. What municipality do you live in?

[mEtH]

The sign is for the boulevard, i'll try and stop to take a picture with my phone today haha! Im in Peel Region (Mississauga).