Fines for Parking Violations are Increased
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 7:15 AM
As part of Budget 2021, fines for parking violations were increased. Amendments to several city by-laws were required before these increases could come into effect.
Effective immediately (Friday Jan 15 at 2 p.m.)* parking fine increases are as follows:
- A pay by phone/pay station parking ticket has increased from $30 to $50
- A parking ticket for violating the Snow Clearing By-Law (including the various winter parking bans) has increased from $55 to $75
- Street cleaning violations increased from $30 to $40
- All parking offences for which the fine was $50 has increased to $60
- All parking offences for which the fine was $60 has increased to $75
Information about Winter Parking Restrictions is at stjohns.ca/snow. When parking in the downtown, look for signs to indicate if paid parking or a permit is required.
You can sign up for e-updates that provide direct notification to your email for:
- Snow removal (downtown)
- Street cleaning (downtown)
- The new 24-Hour Parking Restriction (outside downtown)
*Correction: parking fine increases noted above came into effect on Friday, Jan 15, 2021 at 2 p.m.