Stay home, stay put reminds the City of Vancouver

The City of Vancouver will resume parking enforcement in areas of Kitsilano and Point Grey in order to discourage out-of-neighbourhood visitors from driving to local beaches and trails.

Starting Friday, April 17, the enforcement of permit and residential parking zones will resume on streets north of 10th Avenue and west of Burrard Street. This includes: Residential permit-parking areas, resident parking only areas, and Vancouver resident permit-parking streets.

Last week, parking enforcement was similarly reinstated in Vancouver's West End.

In addition to parking enforcement of permit zones, the City of Vancouver says they will be removing parking next to Kits Park and installing "local traffic only" signage on nearby streets. The changes are meant to give pedestrians and cyclists more room to practice physical distancing.

Physical distancing, as well as decreasing the number of visitors overall, is the goal of the parking enforcement measures returning in Kitsilano and Point Grey.

The City of Vancouver has already closed the parking lots at Kits Beach and Jericho Beach.

Their message: Stick to where you live.

"We ask that people stay in their own neighbourhoods and take advantage of local parks and green space to exercise and get fresh air rather than converging on popular trails and beaches," says the City of Vancouver.

The City’s ‘Stay Home, Stay Put’ public campaign is reminding everyone of the five main actions they can take to help limit the spread of the virus, including:

Maintain physical distance of at least 2 metres with others outside your home

Avoid any gatherings of people on private property, at work, or in parks

Work from home if possible

Only go out for essential activities such as shopping for groceries, picking up prescriptions, and exercising alone or with members of your household

Stay home if you are sick or showing symptoms

"These steps will help keep us, our loved ones, neighbours and colleagues safe—and means we will be in a much stronger position to recover and rebuild when this pandemic is over."