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The three-hour parking limit on streets without posted hours could be doubled under a new city proposal.

City staff are collecting feedback on an idea to extend the parking limit to six hours during weekends and statutory holidays on streets that don’t have signs displaying the parking hours.

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In Ottawa, the assumed maximum parking limit between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. is three hours on streets that don’t have the parking rules posted. Most residential streets outside the core neighbourhoods would fall into this category.

It’s common for the city’s traffic department to receive requests from councillors or residents to change the street parking rules, sometimes because of safety concerns. Council recently formalized a petition process for residents who want to change the parking rules in their communities.

The street parking rules in Ottawa are similar to other cities. According to the city, all major municipalities have parking rules for streets without posted parking hours. About half of the cities examined by staff use three hours as the maximum time limit.