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The following note was on my vehicle when I left the hospital Friday afternoon after visiting a family member. I was parked a little way down from Shopper's Drug Mart. Has anyone else received one???

If you were parked on the public street your fine… shoppers doesn’t own the road… they just salty cuz some of the staff like to park there

really starting to hate this city. their concerns are this and planting trees on dilapidated streets (north end) when they could actually repair things and maintain what was our once bustling city core, turned into nothing but the worm that eats the apple inside out.

What street were you parked on? Victoria? Russell?

If you are parking in conformance with what the street signs say then the crotchety note leaver can pound sand

If you where parked on Russell st the same block as shoppers it’s 2hr parking unless you have a city parking permit. I suspect it’s a home owner who’s is grumpy when they can’t find a spot close to home. They did give options though on a fairy nicely written note.

on a public street, and there are no parking meter's and no signage, then your allowed to park there as you wish. I realize those 400 blocks near the hospital are usually packed with hospital staff, but the staff need to park somewhere.

Imagine living in the 400Blk Russell Street, being living there all your life but you can never find a parking spot because hospital staff are to cheep to parking in the paid staff parking lot. The City comes by and establishes a by-law that limits parking to 2 hours so hospital staff can't park there. Now all the parking spaces are taken up by people visiting at the hospital and too cheap to put $.50 in the meter. The problem continues, and this resident wants is to park on the street close to his/her house.  
 
P/S the note wasn't from Shoppers. It was from an angry resident I'm guessing.

Or maybe some of the people parking there are visiting family members/close friends that are in serious trouble health wise, and the last thing they want to worry about is where they park. Have some compassion please. Not everyone going to the hospital is there for Timmy’s.

Why wouldn't visitors park in the hospital lot? Too cheap, would be my guess. The lot is so convenient, and hasn't been full the times I have parked there this year. (I guess cuz everyone else has been parking on the street?)  
 
I suspect this note came from a homeowner and not from anyone at SDM, and I can see their point. Some of them likely need to park on the street and they prefer to park near their home rather than 3 blocks away. Do you expect them to carry groceries from 3 blocks away just so you can park in front of their house instead of in the hospital lot? If there is a by-law that says 2 hour parking, then you need to follow that- you are fortunate not to come back to your car and find a parking ticket.

There is staff parking at the hospital. It's not free, but if the staff don't want to pay for parking, then they are required to follow th eparking rules on the city streets just like everyone else. The 2 hour zone by Lions Manor is often plugged up with vehicles that are parked there all day.

This site makes me laugh. So so so much complaining. Why not just buy a house that has a driveway or a garage or a back lane with parking? It would be like buying a house in a school zone, and then complaining about the 30 km speed limit or the amount of foot traffic there is before/after school. Get busy living and spend less time moaning and groaning.

Insteading of wondering why people don't buy a house with a driveway, alley, etc, wouldn't it just make more sense for people to follow the parking rules as laid out in the signage that is posted? The signage came about from residents complaining about the inability for people to park on the street. Why should the residents, family or friends have to park blocks away when they want to visit because of someone else who has opted out of pay parking in order to park for free on a daily basis. I'll bet if you lived in this area, you would be complaining too.

Yes, people need to follow the posted rules. But complaining about people parking on your street when you live next door to a hospital is like complaining about the trains when you live next to a train track. It was there long before you moved to the housed, so there should be no surprises there.  
 
I mean, it's the same at the university too. It's 2 hour parking, and it's always full. And believe me, they monitor it. Same near the hospital. I've seen them out chalking lots of times.  
 
If parking and getting a ticket is cheaper than paying for parking, while kinda an a**hat move, maybe means the parking fines are generally too low.  
 
Edited by Abbysmum, 2024-07-15 13:56:50

1 - Are there signs that the street is 2 hour only parking?  
2 - Given that the note is on a pharmaceutical company notepad, I'm going to agree that the note-writer was likely from Shopper's Drug Mart.

It’s because also the hospital took over a bunch of the staff parking spots to expand cancer care and such meaning if you’re not there by 7am you’re stuck parking on the street whether you pay for a spot in the hospital lot or not due to it being full… it’s not always a matter of hospital worker being “cheap” but then again visitors can also just as easily pay to park in the visitor lot but don’t so that’s no different? Most of the ones down Russel are visitors not hospital works they park closer to the school and the agree that goes directly to staff doors..

If you would have read the first post you would have seen and read the note, the complain was NOT about parking on the street. The complaint was about breaking the rules. The OP was parked longer than 2 hours in a 2 hour max parking area.

Sorry I make sure I am not there longer than 2 hrs. I read the sign.

If you would have read the first post you would have seen and read they are actually complaining about 2 things - parking over 2 hours and hospital parking generally. That's how I'm interpreting it.

Does it say in the bylaws that the street in front of your house is for you to park? It’s all public parking with some exceptions like 2 hour parking. Way to many people feel they are entitled to so many different things any more it’s crazy.

I visit the hospital often and pay my $3 for parking every time. It’s $3 - it’s not much if you are visiting someone. The pay stations are easy to use.  
 
We used to live on a street that had no driveway. I feel for those people who have houses in the area. It’s not easy lugging groceries around the block. We actually moved because our neighbor would have so much company all the time and we could never park in front of our own home.  
 
Maybe the city needs to put meters up and give area residents a parking pass to use?

When they purchased the house there was much more parking available. Only in Brandon are buildings built on parking lots.  
 
Speaking of, why are all the staff of rotary villas parking in the Co op parking lot? What happened to their parking? Time to consider either getting a bus pass or commuting. If I see one more person cut me off to park along the wall only to walk to the neighboring building I will be doing more than leaving a note.

To do with entitlement. With the amount of money people pay in property taxes they should be able to park in front of their own home. What if that home belongs to a senior with groceries or shopping to carry? I am always mindful to park between houses as opposed to right in front of them. Too much misuse of the word entitlement and not enough spent on that old fashioned, yet forgotten one...consideration.

Doesn't everyone there have a back lane?

Lots areas no backlanes not just East End  
Lived on Creighton Blvd across from Tim’s on Victoria Ave had driveway , no backlanes was a real pain when  
Walk in Clinic was open . Had our driveway blocked some days .  
Where we live now has a backlanes access to our backyard.

Yes probably resident.  
 
No one is entitled to the parking on street. It is for everyone. If it says 2 hours. I doubt it is staff as no shift would be only 2 hours long.  
 
Hospital parking has been reduced so much by construction that there are fewer and fewer parking spots.

someone should of thought of maybe underground parking