How to obtain a permit
Service Ontario issues the permits. Visit the Service Ontario website or call 1-800-267-8097.
What is allowed with this permit?
Vehicles displaying a valid permit may park:
- For up to four hours when the three hour general parking limit applies, unless otherwise signed
- Without paying where a fee is required for a parking space on-street or in a parking lot. That is:
- Meters, pay by plate machines and paid permit parking areas on-street (up to the posted time limit)
- Pay and display machines in municipal lots (up to 24 hours)
What is not allowed with this permit?
Vehicles displaying a valid permit cannot park:
- In no stopping zones
- In no parking zones
- Longer than the posted limit, e.g. one hour or two hours permitted parking
- Between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. December 1 to April 1
- On or over a sidewalk or boulevard
- Within an intersection or crosswalk
- Within 10 m of an intersection
- In such a manner as to interfere with the movement of traffic
- In such a manner as to interfere with snow clearing
- In such a manner as to interfere with highway maintenance operations
- Upon a bridge
- In front of or within 2 m of a driveway
- Within 3 m of a fire hydrant
- In a fire route
- Within any bus stop or school bus loading zone
- In any other location where parking would create an obvious hazard or impediment
Other details
Accessible parking permits shall not be altered or defaced in any way. Photocopied or reproduced copies (by any means) are not valid. Persons using copied, altered or fraudulently obtained permits may be charged under the Highway Traffic Act.
Accessible parking permits are issued to the individual with the disability; the permit privileges are not transferable. The permit is not valid when displayed on a vehicle and the vehicle is not being used to pick up or transport the permit holder. If someone is using your permit to park in an accessible parking space when you are not present, a parking ticket may be issued for parking in the space without a valid permit and they are subject to being charged under the Highway Traffic Act.
The permit may be retained for misuse and may not be returned to the permit holder. The permit holder must re-apply to Service Ontario for a new permit only after the court case is completed.
For more information on Accessible Parking Permits, please refer to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act and the Revised Regulations of Ontario 1990, Reg. 581
City of Oshawa Traffic By-Law 79-99 establishes parking privileges on public parking areas and on roadways under the jurisdiction of the City of Oshawa for holders of accessible parking permits issued by the Province of Ontario. Any vehicle in which a valid accessible parking permit is properly displayed will be permitted the privileges outlined above. Motorcyclists with an M or M2 valid driver's licence and a valid Accessible Parking Permit may display their Accessible Parking Permit motorcycle plate decal instead of displaying their Accessible Parking Permit as long as they carry with them their Accessible Parking Permit in the event they are asked to produce a permit for inspection by law enforcement.
