If you are driving in the City of Port Moody during the Summer, you will want to make sure that you are parking legally. Data from Port Moody Bylaw Enforcement has shown that since 2008, the month of July has seen nearly double the bylaw tickets issued for parking-related infractions when compared to Winter months like January. Specifically, these tickets are issued for Port Moody's Bylaw #1528, Section 6.2.7 described as "Stop/Park in Contravention of Traffic Control Device". British Columbia's Motor Vehicle Act defines a Traffic Control Device as "a sign, signal, line, meter, marking, space, barrier or device". Essentially, if a vehicle is not parked correctly according to the rules of the parking space, Port Moody Bylaw Enforcement will issue a ticket using that bylaw section.
In July 2019, Tri-City News published an article about RibFest, a popular 3-day event for barbequing, live music, and family activities that takes place annually in July at Rocky Point Park. According to Tri-City News' article, RibFest is an event that keeps Port Moody Bylaw Enforcement quite busy. Their article mentions that RibFest days have historically been some of Port Moody's most ticketed days over the last decade, with 73 tickets issued on both July 23rd, 2016 and July 23rd, 2017. RibFest, and other popular multi-day summer events at Rocky Point Park such as Golden Spike Days are certainly large contributors to Port Moody's summer spike in parking tickets issued. According to Port Moody's data, around 49% of all parking tickets have been issued between June and September since 2008.
In July 2015, Tri-City News shared an article discussing Port Moody's decision to move from warnings to fines for parking at Rocky Point Park. The rules they enacted enforce a four-hour parking limit at the park on weekends. This move came with an additional bylaw officer stationed at the park on weekends in order to issue parking tickets to bylaw offenders. Given that Rocky Point Park and the nearby 'Brewers Row' are already popular weekend destinations, this increase in weekend enforcement is a likely contributor to why Saturdays and Sundays have historically been the most ticketed days of the week. In fact, since 2008, a whopping 48% of parking tickets in Port Moody have been issued during the weekend.
What may come as a surprise is that when it comes to bylaw sections referenced, the aforementioned "Stop/Park in Contravention of Traffic Control Device" section makes up a significant majority of all bylaw tickets issued! In fact, when it comes to monthly ticket volume, it is nearly a perfect match with the volume of every other bylaw ticket issued in Port Moody.
In November 2015, Tri-City News published another article referencing Port Moody's new parking regulations at Rocky Point Park. In this case, the new parking regulations found their way to a number of the lifeguards working at Rocky Point Pool. Unfortunately, the new four-hour parking limits were also applied to employees of the pool, who were often unable to move their vehicles over the course of their shifts. Between August 1st and September 20th 2015, Tri-City News reported 200 tickets issued for overstaying the four-hour parking limit. The article also reports that after September 20th, staff determined that park attendance was down, and enhanced enforcement was no longer necessary. This correlates to Port Moody Bylaw Enforcement's data, which shows that issued tickets tend to level out starting in September after the summer spike.
