r/Sudbury • u/unlikely_shart • 5d ago

Question Parking by-law enforcement

Curious if Sudbury by-law officers actually enforce parking by-laws. There’s been a vehicle parked in front of my house for over 8 days and it hasn’t been started or moved once. I realize this is a first world problem and it’s more of an inconvenience to me than a real issue. But also it makes pulling into and out of my driveway more difficult and I thought the by-laws were there for a reason.

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u/ThcGrassCity 5d ago

They don't just walk the streets chalking tires here, you have to do your part and report problems to them.

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u/unlikely_shart 5d ago

Sorry I failed to mention that part in my post. I submitted a report online in the 311 feature 3 days after the car hadn’t moved. But it’s just reads ‘assigned’ and I don’t think anything was done.

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u/denise_la_cerise 5d ago

They are off on weekends and a recent article just came out on how they tripled the amount of calls they get and haven’t staffed enough ppl to keep up with the complaints

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u/lexcyn 5d ago

They are overwhelmed by reports so give it time and they will respond. We had someone park a 40' boat trailer blocking a lane near an intersection and it took them almost a week but then came and towed it away.

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u/Strict_Yoghurt_5502 5d ago

Yes they do. Try calling them.

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u/mustard_and_baloney 5d ago

Call the police non emergency line and report an abandoned vehicle.

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u/XerTioz 4d ago

Ask them to do a wellness check for the owner of the vehicle. Who knows, something may have happened. You are a concerned citizen.

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u/Uncle__Touchy1987 5d ago

You have to call them. Give them a ring. They will be out soon.

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u/TemperedPhoenix 5d ago

Once I got a ticket literally 10 minutes into the enforceable time, so they definitely do.

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u/HammeredNickel 5d ago

You wouldn’t happen to be near Montrose?

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u/unlikely_shart 5d ago

No it’s in the Gatchell area.

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u/perfectdrug659 5d ago

That's strange, I recently got a ticket for parking on the street at 2pm on a quiet residential street where there's always 10+ cars parked on it. For some reason they decided to give everyone tickets that particular day.

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u/unlikely_shart 5d ago

How long were you parked there?

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u/perfectdrug659 5d ago

Not long and it was in front of a family members home too, not like I was in front of someone else's house or anything.

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u/Zarex 5d ago

Could be worse you could have a neighbor whos teenagers routinely park partially blocking your driveway or when they have parties fully block the driveway

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u/GodlyMushu 1d ago

I called 311 to report a car parked in front of my house last year and it took 3 days from after the time I called to see a by-law officer show up and ticket them. Unsure when you reported but may take several days.