Road Safety

There has never been a major incident on our roads and we would like to keep it that way. The road serving 112 homes in The West Village is narrow and there are no sidewalks, so we ask that both drivers and pedestrians be cautious when using the road, especially at the intersections within the development, and that drivers observe the 25km speed limit.

We had a lengthy discussion at the June 3rd 2014 annual general meeting about road safety in the development. The committee was asked to follow up with a message to residents. A paper version was distributed to everyone. To read the electronic version of the 2014 message, please click here. To read the 2012 message on the same topic, please click here.

No Parking on the Roads

Parking is not permitted at any time on West Village Private or Bank Note Private. Residents are responsible for their own vehicles and those of their visitors. We cover the major points on parking below, but for the detailed version please see the Reciprocal Agreement.

Visitor Parking is for Visitors

There are three visitor parking lots in The West Village, each capable of holding six cars. Visitor parking lots are for visitors only. If you have a visitor, please ensure that they put their car in visitor parking and that you use your own driveway, otherwise you risk getting a ticket (see below). If visitor parking is full, your visitors should park outside The West Village. See section below for visitor parking.

2019 Visitor Parking and Snow Removal Process (still relevant in 2023)

Having residents / visitors cars parked in the visitor parking during snow clearing and snow removal operations raise some very high potential safety risk for residents, visitors and snow removal contractors.

For this specific safety reason, we are implementing updated measures to the existing visitor parking policy.

- NO VEHICLES (including both residents and visitors) be parked in the visitor parking on snow storm alert periods and until snow removal operations are completed.

WVP will follow the city of Ottawa winter parking bans as a policy

. WVP residents can be informed of the city of Ottawa winter parking bans by selecting (Winter Parking Alerts) while registering at:

https://ottawa.ca/esubscriptions/signup-form-en.html

o All vehicles parked in the visitor parking lots during snow alert periods and until all snow removal operations are completed in the respective visitor parking lots will be towed at the owner’s expense

. Owners need to contact our parking security company when such incident occurs: Murray and Murray at 613-228-7715

- If all visitor parking’s are full of snow and there is an urgent need piling additional amounts, there is a new emergency contingency plan.

Snow will be pilled in front of the North West end visitor parking in case of an emergency. The street in that direction will be blocked in such instance and all residents will have to enter and exit from the other side of West Village. At all time, no residents driveway would be blocked

and fire hydrants will be accessible for the city of Ottawa emergency services.

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1st, 2017:

  • Residents cannot at any time park in the visitor parking:

    • At the third offence, the resident’s car will be towed at their own risk and expense.

    • On snow storm alert periods, residents’ cars will be towed automatically at their own risk and expense.

  • Registration for visitor parking is required at peak time only (allowing flexibility for contractors and day guests to use visitor parking freely):

    • 5PM to 7AM seven days a week registration is required

    • Security rounds will be performed randomly

    • Residents can request temporary access to visitor parking on-demand only for special conditions and with a 48 Hour notice (e.g. driveway being redone etc…), this access is at the discretion of the Co-Tenancy Committee and a vignette will be provided

  • Registration can be done easily on the internet: https://mmpcs.com/registration/

Enforcement

On your behalf, the co-tenancy committee has contracted Murray and Murray Parking Control Services to provide parking enforcement in The West Village. They are authorized by the City of Ottawa to issue tickets and have done so in the past. Murray and Murray staff patrol The West Village regularly and are aware of which vehicles belong to residents.

Registration for Visitor Parking

If your visitor is going to park in visitor's parking, you will need to register their car with Murray and Murray. Unregistered cars could be ticketed or towed. To register a vehicle for parking, please go to www.registermycar.ca or call Murray and Murray at 613-228-7715.

The code to register is WVT.

Please take extra care in entering the plate number as the computer sometimes fills in the plate number of previous visitors. If this happens you will get a ticket.

You will need to provide your phone number, the licence plate number and make of the visitor's vehicle, and how many nights they will be parked. For location, please use your own address. You may register a vehicle for up to three consecutive days in a given week. If you require more than three days, please contact the co-tenancy committee member responsible for parking to request an extension.