Changes to Brampton bylaws include doubling the fee for late parking payments, and increased fines for screening no-shows.
The changes were approved by a committee of Brampton City Council on Wednesday and still need final approval, but will see late payment fees for parking fines doubled from $15 to $30.
Other changes to parking-related bylaw fees include screening non-appearance fees going up from $50 to $60, while Ministry of Transportation Ontario search fees are down from $15 to $10.
Non-parking related late fees have also been increased from $25 to $30, while screening non-appearance fees will go up from $50 to $60.
Changes to Brampton’s administrative penalties late last year saw fine increases for blocking a driveway, snow clearing interference, parking over a curb or sidewalk, and parking within three metres of a sidewalk, among other infractions.
Parking in front of a driveway comes with a fine of $100 for the first offence, doubling to $200 for the second and increasing to $300 for every following infraction.
Council also approved escalating fines under the Residential Rental Licensing program bylaw, upping the maximum fine for an illegal unit from $1,200 to $1,500. Some $700,000 in fines have been issued and thousands of rentals have been brought up to code since the landlord registration program launched in Brampton.
And new encroachment bylaws brought in last year prohibit extending a backyard beyond the property line into a park for storage, or building a fence, planting trees or bushes, installing raised gardens, columns, gate access to driveway, raised curbs or permanent sports equipment on a boulevard in a front yard.
For more information on parking and bylaw fines in Brampton, visit www.Brampton.ca.
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