TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT MEMORANDUM
MEETING DATE: July 7, 2025 Report No. DEV-25-033
TO: Council
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Proposed amendment to the Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089
INFORMATION:
At their June 9, 2025, meeting, Council gave first reading to Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089 and asked staff to:
1) Review the letter submitted by the UDI dated June 9, 2025 (Appendix "A").
2) Present the Bylaw to the next Advisory Planning Commission meeting for their review.
Staff have completed both tasks and are suggesting amendments as outlined below.
Based on the letter from the UDI, staff are recommending the following amendments (proposed amendments are highlighted on the copy of the bylaw attached as Appendix "B"):
- The definition of Gross Floor Area be amended by adding the following to the end of the list in the definition:
o Electrical rooms including generator rooms.
o Rooms dedicated to communications equipment.
o Storage and locker rooms where the floor is a minimum of 1.8 m below finished grade.
These uses within a building do not generate parking and therefore should be exempted from the parking calculations.
- Section 5 (1) be amended by deleting subsections (d) and (e):
a. Bicycle Spaces (not including End-of-Trip Facilities), and
b. Mobility Scooter Parking Spaces.
Requiring any change of use to meet these requirements in an existing building could render the proposed use infeasible.
- Section 15 (2) be amended as follows:
o Energized Electric Vehicle Outlets shall not be placed within the minimum vehicle Parking Space dimensions or drive aisle as identified in this Bylaw.
Staff agree with the Urban Development Institute that Electric Vehicle Outlets can be accommodated within the Parking Stall.
- Table 5 be amended by reducing the "Minimum Energized Electric Vehicle Outlets" for "All other Commercial" from 20% to 10%. This may help reduce the costs associated with commercial development.
Staff bel...
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