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Originally Posted by GGG
1) Shovel your car out. Its day 3, there is no excuse to not have it out, if you wait until the plow goes by it gets burried in deeper. So unless you don't plan on using your car until the next chinook it should be dug out by now.
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I question how many cars are still stuck in the snow, despite one's best efforts to shovel it out. Your response also presumes that the owner of the car is physically capable of shoving the car out (although there is a handicap exemption, I question how those who are in the process of applying for such an exemption, but who have not yet received it, during a major snowfall are handled).
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Originally Posted by GGG
2) Cars are only to be left stationary on the street for 72hrs. Day 1 is the snowfall, Day 2 is primary routes, Day 3 is the parking ban day so if they are out of town there car shouldn't be on the street anyway.
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Without commenting on your hypothetical timeline, the City doesn't (strictly) enforce the 72 hour rule. I personally know of cars that have been left stationary for weeks and, even after reporting the matter to the City, nothing is done about it.
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3) I disagree there is a lack of adequate parking. Those in lane homes could have options using their back alley, those in Condos or town houses with out that option at worst could move their cars to a train station for the day or a side street off of the snow route.
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Yes, of course, because the back alley doesn't have any snow on it or it was well-plowed, making it quite easy for one to move their car there, right? And, similarly, I'm sure that the side streets will likely have plenty of parking too.
I don't know about train station parking lot availability, but I do admit that the City Parkades allow for free overnight parking during a snow parking ban (or, at least, that is my understanding). Of course, getting to such a parkade and back home might be an issue....
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I also disagree that it is implemented in an Ad Hoc or irregular fashion. It is issued after every major snowfall.
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And without defining what constitutes a "major snowfall," by its very nature the parking ban is implemented in an irregular and
ad hoc fashion.
The City's own FAQs on the snow ban make that clear...by stating that "parking bans are generally reserved for the few days each year when there is a significant accumulation of snow throughout the city," and that the parking ban will be in effect city-wide, even if one particular area of the city didn't get a lot of snow.
The blanket implemention of a policy that is dependent upon the occurrence of an event that is not adequately defined in the policy itself does not allow for a regular or generalizable understanding of when the policy will be implemented.