Parking tickets & violations

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Cheque or money order only, made payable to the City of Kelowna.

City of Kelowna
City Hall, 1435 Water St
Kelowna BC V1Y 1J4 

Don’t send cash in the mail. A dishonoured cheque is not considered payment within the required timeframe, and additional charges apply for non‑sufficient‑funds cheques.

Postmarks are not accepted as proof of payment date.

If you received a warning notice, no payment is required. It is only a warning. 

If the reason for the notice is unclear, please call the issuing department listed on the back of the notice.

You may only angle‑park where signage indicates it is permitted. Otherwise, you must park parallel to the curb to support safe traffic flow.

On the approach side of a bus stop, you must park at least 30 metres away.

On the exit side, you must park at least 5 metres away, unless otherwise indicated by signage.

Your vehicle must be parked within 30 centimetres of the curb.

You must park at least 6 metres from the entrance or exit of a hotel, theatre, public meeting place, fire hall, or fenced playground. 

You must park at least 10 metres away from an intersection.

Vehicles parked on a roadway must display valid, readable licence plates.

Readable plates in good condition are required for Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) to function properly. If a plate begins to peel or delaminate, ALPR cameras cannot read it and the plate must be replaced. Failure to replace delaminated plates can result in tickets and fines.

Replacing delaminated plates:

• Contact ICBC or an Autoplan broker to replace your plates.
• If the damage is due to delamination, replacement plates are issued at no cost.

If you received a ticket for a delaminated plate:

• Replace your plates within 30 days to avoid additional fines.
• If this is your first bylaw offence notice for delamination, you may request to have the penalty waived. Email your new registration and Bylaw Offence Notice number to [email protected].
• After 30 days, the ticket is sent to collections and can no longer be reduced to a warning.

RVs, buses and oversized vehicles may use metered lots. Payment is required for each occupied stall.

Parking on a boulevard is prohibited. All off-street parking must be within the property boundary accessible via driveway (do not park on front lawn of property).

Where a Do Not Park sign is posted, stopping—even briefly—has the same meaning. Stopping or parking in these areas is not permitted.

Parking in private lots—such as condos, apartments, townhouses, or commercial properties—is managed by the strata or property management company. Infractions in these areas should be reported directly to the strata council or the business, not the City.

Taxi Hydrant Zones allow temporary taxi parking while drivers wait for a fare or pick up/drop off passengers. This pilot program helps make better use of curb space without reducing public parking.

Kelowna currently has six clearly marked Taxi Hydrant Zones. Only licensed and marked taxis may use these zones.

You must park your vehicle in the same direction as traffic on that side of the street. Parking against the flow of traffic is not permitted.

Detached trailers—including boat trailers—are not permitted on City on‑street or off‑street parking areas. A trailer parked on the street must always be properly attached to its towing vehicle. Unhitched trailers are subject to ticketing.