Downtown pay parking has resumed in City-owned lots

Over the last few months, the downtown City-owned parking lots were free to park in. 

It was in April when Yorkton Council waived the parking fees in response to COVID-19.

“Over the last month, a number of downtown businesses were forced to close or drastically change their service delivery due to COVID-19 Public Health Orders put in place to slow the virus spread,” explained Nicole Baptist, Bylaw & Safety Supervisor, with the City at the time. “With the closures, City Administration noticed that traffic and parking on downtown streets and parking lots decreased.  Administration believes it’s important to avoid being an impediment for those working or visiting downtown during this time. As such, we would like to offer free parking in the downtown parking lots.”

Now, as of Sept. 1, pay parking in the downtown lots has resumed. 

This means that anyone parking in the downtown City-owned parking lots must pay at the multi-space pay stations, or purchase a parking permit from City Hall or the City of Yorkton website.  

With pay parking resuming, that also means that enforcement has resumed too.