Parking

By-law 39-2016 - Parking and Idling

Parking by-law information

Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP)
By-law 40-2016 - Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP)

Policies related to Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMP):

• Rules of Procedure for Screening and Hearing Meetings
• Financial Management Policy
• Preventing Inappropriate Interference with the Administration of AMP
• Preventing Conflicts of Interest
• Requesting an Extension of Time to Pay a Penalty
• Requesting an Extension of Time to Dispute a Penalty
• Requesting Leniency of a Penalty Due to Undue Hardship
• Process for Filing a Complaint Regarding the Administration of AMP

Fire Route Signs:

Fire Route Sign Guidelines

Resources:

Parking 101 [PDF, updated Jan. 2018]

Winter parking

On-Street Residential Parking Permit

For some residents in Burlington, parking all the family vehicles in the space provided at their home can be a challenge.

On July 11, 2016, report TS-04-16 was presented to Burlington City Council, recommending the introduction of a residential pay parking permit program for residents who have more vehicles than they can park on their own property (garage and driveway).

At the July 18 meeting of Burlington City Council, the following was approved:

• The city's Neighbourhood On-Street Parking Program (NOSPP) will continue in the neighbourhoods (e.g. Uptown and Orchard) and streets that currently have this designation. No new applications for an NOSPP designation will be accepted. 
• Effective, Sept. 1, 2016, a pay permit will be available for streets in the Alton community. A limit of one permit per household will be issued. The cost for the permit will be $30 per month or $350 per year.
  
  The pay permit will allow vehicles to park on the street 24 hours a day, not to exceed 48 hours on the same street. All other parking offences are applicable.

• Staff will report back to Council in one year with an update about these parking changes.

View the July 18, 2016 meeting of Burlington City Council

Residential Parking Permit Application

Please complete the application form below and forward it to the City of Burlington by email at parking@burlington.ca, by mail or in-person at Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant Street, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z6

Download the Residential Parking Permit Application

Parking permits for Burlington's municipal parking lots in downtown, can be purchased:

• In person:  City Hall, 426 Brant Street, Burlington, ON
• Email: parking@burlington.ca

The following resources provide information about parking downtown:

• Downtown Parking 101 [PDF]
• Downtown Parking - A Guide for Downtown Businesses [PDF]
• Free parking information 
• Interactive parking map
• Special event parking map 

In May 2016, the City of Burlington introduced new pay-by-plate parking machines in downtown Burlington.

The new pay-by-plate machines offer users a variety of advantages, including the ability to: 

• Pay by coin ($2, $1, $0.25), credit or online
• Park at various locations throughout the downtown when there is remaining paid time on a ticket
• Add time to parking purchases remotely using HonkMobile ($0.35 transaction fee applies)
• Choose the option of a printed receipt. Every payment is linked with a license plate number - dashboard tickets are not required.

Beginning Monday, April 30, 2018, residents and visitors can now use the HonkMobile app to search, pay for, and top-up parking payments directly from their smartphone, tablet or computer.

The HonkMobile app can be downloaded from the App Store or the Google Play store using any internet connected device. Users are required to sign up for an account and pay a transaction fee of $0.35 for each payment.

HonkMobile replaces the city’s former online payment tool Telepark and can be used on-street and in city parking lots.

In spring 2018, the City of Burlington introduced some new parking initiatives designed to make it easier for users to find a parking space in downtown Burlington.

Occupancy sensor technology
Throughout 2017 and 2018, the City of Burlington installed occupancy sensors in Burlington’s downtown, at every on-street parking space and all parking spots at city-owned parking lots. Burlington is one of the first cities in Canada to use this new occupancy sensor technology that keeps track of occupied and available parking spaces.

How it works?
Small occupancy sensors placed in every parking space send a wireless signal to a nearby receiver when a vehicle is parked in a parking spot.

Using the data from the occupancy sensors, real-time parking supply information is displayed on new digital counter signs installed at all city-owned parking lots. The digital counter signs show drivers the number of available parking spaces in each lot.

In addition, new digital wayfinding signs have been installed on primary downtown streets to help direct drivers to parking lots with available spaces. The wayfinding signs display real-time information about the number of available parking spaces in nearby lots and use directional arrows to guide drivers to those parking lots.