REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: January 21, 2021 Report No. DEV-21-007
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Tricia deMacedo, Policy Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT:
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Parking Bylaw Amendment - Electric Vehicle (EV) Ready New Construction
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council resolves that Parking Bylaw, 1992, No 2011, Amendment Bylaw No. 3014, 2021, attached as Appendix A to Staff Report No. DEV-21-007, which would introduce requirements for parking stalls in new residential construction to have a minimum number of energized electric vehicle outlets, be given 1st, 2nd and 3rd readings.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Climate Emergency Declaration 2019
Climate Action Charter
Official Community Plan
Parking Bylaw, 1992, No. 2011
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community - Develop and implement strategies that reduce impact on the environment consistent with our Climate Action Charter goals
BACKGROUND:
Supporting electrification of vehicles is a key climate action at both the federal and provincial levels of government. Esquimalt's Climate Emergency Response Report includes a recommendation to require 100% electrification of new parking stalls in residential developments in order to support EV ownership. At their regular meeting of Council on September 28, 2020, Council directed staff to "prepare the necessary amendments to the Parking Bylaw, 1992, No.2011 to require electric vehicle (EV) ready construction in all new residential buildings to come into force by July 1, 2021." Staff have prepared an amendment to the parking bylaw (Appendix "A"), that would bring this requirement into effect for all building permit applications for residential construction after July 1, 2021.
The Advisory Planning Commission reviewed the regulatory details in the amending bylaw at their regular meeting on January 19, 2021 and members approved the following motion at that time:
That the Advis...
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