Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

To an alternate point, why, if a person was to park in my driveway do I need bylaw to ticket their vehicle.  Am I not permitted to tow away vehicles parked on my property.  If someone abandons something of theirs on my property is it not mine for the taking?  How can I be held responsible for returning it to the original owner?

If there is no signage on your driveway, it's not a bylaw violation, so the bylaw officer will neither ticket nor have the vehicle towed.

Now, if you do it yourself, that's a whole different kettle of fish.

That was my question.  I am quite certain that if someone leaves something in my driveway that is not a car, I'm in my rights to take it, or have it removed and/or liquidate it to cover the costs of having it removed.  Now, I might be a nice guy and if it say, a phone, or a wallet or something, attempt to have it returned to the owner, but AFAIK there is no legal requirement to do so.

But if that object just happens to be a car, does that change anything?  It seems like it so often does, but I don't think it should.