The City of Calgary's residential parking permit program helps communities control the number of non-resident vehicles by establishing zones and restricting parking to residents with residential parking permits. This permit system exempts residents from posted 'no parking' and 'two hour' maximum parking restrictions relating to the parking program, however all other parking restrictions and ParkPlus system payment zones still apply.
In order to implement the program in a community, the area must be deemed a Residential Parking Permit Zone.
Not sure if you live in a Residential Parking Permit Zone? Check the map.
Making changes to existing Residential Parking Zones
If you live in an existing Residential Parking Permit Zone and wish to request or make changes to parking restriction street signs:
- Call 3-1-1 and request a Residential Parking Signs Petition.
- The petition will be mailed to you.
- The petition must be completed with 80% agreement from residents on that block.
- Mail the completed petition to The City as per the instructions on the petition package.
- The City will review the petition and implement the change.
Note that Roads establishes residential parking zones, but residential parking permits are issued by the Calgary Parking Authority. Visit their website for information on applicable fees and processes.
Establishing a residential parking permit zone
If you checked the map and do not live in an existing Residential Parking Zone, you can request a zone via your community association or City Alderman:
- Contact your community association or City Alderman with your request.
- The community association or the Alderman’s office will contact the Transportation Department with the request in a formalized letter to the Traffic Engineering Division, P.O. Box 2100, Station M, #4008, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M5.
- A parking survey will be conducted to determine if the area meets one or more of the following zoning criteria:
- Adjacent to a 5,000 vehicle trips per day generator, e.g., hospitals, educational institutions.
- A minimum zone size of 10 blocks and 70 per cent of the vehicles are non-resident.
- The Land use, Planning and Transportation (LPT) Committee and City Council must approve an amendment to the Traffic Bylaw prior to establishing a zone.
- If approved, the community is designated a Residential Parking Permit Zone.
- Residents must then request implementation and enforcement by requesting and then conducting a City of Calgary official petition of individual blocks. Call 3-1-1 to request a Residential Parking Permit Zone Petition.
Participating residents obtain a parking permit from the Calgary Parking Authority, 403-537-7000. A permit is issued for each vehicle registered to a household and visitor permits are issued based on the type of residential dwelling (e.g., a single-family dwelling receives two passes.)
