Hamilton police will stop issuing parking tickets this summer, which means the city will soon be without any public parking enforcement on Sundays.

Right now, police issue about 500 parking tickets per year, says a new report coming to city council's planning committee next week. And they're the only enforcement on Sundays, when the city has no parking staff on duty.

As of July 31, the report says, officers will stop writing parking tickets altogether. So from 5:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, no one will be writing tickets for public parking spaces.

"There will be no staff available to respond to parking complaints on Sundays between 5:45 a.m. and 10 p.m., except for police when an emergency requires their response," the report says.

Police didn't write many tickets anyway. The job was "low priority" for officers, who write paper tickets. City parking officials use a handheld computerized system. So when police officers hand in their tickets, city workers have to review and input each one.

That costs more than the revenue it generates, the report says.

Both sides have agreed that Hamilton Police Service will get out of the parking game, the report says. Police will still be available for emergency situations that require towing.

Sunday complaints are often "left unresolved" anyway, the city says.

Right now, city parking enforcement officers work 23 hours per day, six days a week from 6:45 a.m. to 5:45 a.m.

The planning committee will discuss this on May 16.