Aurora revamps rules around parking at Town Park
There is new 3-hour limit weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

YorkRegion.com
Jan. 25, 2016
Teresa Latchford

Don’t plan on parking at Aurora’s Town Park for more than three hours come March.

As part of a new parking permit program, the town has revamped rules around parking around the Wells and Mosley streets facility. The new program restricts vehicles to a three-hour parking limit on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The town has also earmarked 15 spaces to be offered to residents living nearby who will have an opportunity to purchase a permit on a first-come, first-serve basis. These permits are limited to one per family and can last up to six months. Applications for the permits will be available beginning Feb. 16 at Access Aurora located at town hall, according to building and bylaw services director Techa van Leeuwen.

“For the first month, warning notices will be issued to vehicles in violation as a transition,” she said. “For the second month, we will be providing an option to make a food donation for a food bank in lieu of ticket payment.”

New rules are intended to create more parking for those using the park or nearby facilities and to discourage GO commuters from utilizing the spaces.

Full enforcement of the new parking program will begin March 15 and will not require the addition of enforcement staff as existing staff will monitor the area as part of their day-to-day duties, van Leeuwen confirmed.

Town staff will also be monitoring the surrounding area around Town Park to determine any impact the new program has on local residential streets.

“We will continue to monitor for at least six months and we will be reporting to council prior to summer,” she added.

Last year, council asked town staff to look into an on-street and just-in-time parking permit program to help address issues across town.

For more information about the parking permit program, visit aurora.ca/parking or call Access Aurora at 905-727-1375 or email info@aurora.ca