Pickering Council has passed a request to create a paid parking lot at 920 Liverpool Road. The date of implementation was not mentioned.
The recommendation given by the Durham Regional Council is that they enact the draft amendments to Fees and Charges By-law No. 6191/03 to implement a fee of $1.50 per hour. As well as, that the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be authorized to take the actions necessary to implement their recommendations.
The municipal parking lot is adjacent to the East Shore Community Centre but it is not required by the facility as overflow parking, said a city announcement.
Instead, the municipal parking lot is used mostly by customers of nearby businesses. Staff propose that parking in this municipal lot be offered for the modest fee of $1.50 per hour year-round, with overnight parking prohibited between 1 am and 5 am daily.
Fees & Fines
Amendments to the Traffic and Parking By-law will set the fee for parking in the lot and will also create an offense for failure to pay.
By approving these amendments, council enables staff to add the parking lot to the HotSpot service agreement, order and install the required signs.
Staff will submit a request to the Ministry of the Attorney General to create a short-form wording and set fine of $60.00 for the offense of parking without paying the required fee, all as required by the Provincial Offenses Act, said the city.
Cost & Revenue
Implementation of the recommendations is expected to result in a modest increase in revenue. The cost related to the installation of paid parking signs will be easily absorbed within the By-law’s Current Budget for 2026, the city said.
A revenue estimate of approximately $36,000 annually is expected based on observed 50 per cent usage of spots Monday to Friday and minimal usage on weekends.
Payment for parking would be administered through the existing service agreement with HotSpot Parking Inc., at a cost of 15 per cent of revenue. This would result in an annual cost of approximately $5,400, which would result in net annual revenue of approximately $30,600.
Revenue from fines for non-payment of parking tickets is not included in this estimate. The cost of enforcement related to this lot will be absorbed within the current budget for staffing and will not require any additional resources
Below is a chart setting out parking rates charged by area municipalities. The proposed fee of $1.50 per hour can be adjusted in future based on the actual usage of the lot
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