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File #: 25-191    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Bylaws Status: Passed
File created: 5/23/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/9/2025 Final action: 6/9/2025
Title: Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089, Staff Report No. DEV-25-022
Attachments: 1. Appendix A DEV-25-022 Parking Bylaw N. 3089 First, Second, and Third Readings, 2. Appendix B DEV-25-022 Esquimalt Parking Bylaw Tracking Table v5 - Dec 17 2024 (003)
TOWNSHIP OF ESQUIMALT STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: June 9, 2025, Report No. DEV-25-022

TO: Council
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation
That Council give first, second, and third readings to Parking Bylaw, 2025, No. 3089 attached as Appendix "A" for staff report DEV-25-022.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Parking is a complex issue that impacts two of the most pressing issues that Council is facing, namely, climate change and affordable housing. These two areas are inextricably linked through parking as follows:

* Reduced parking supply is linked to reduced vehicle ownership.
* Reduced vehicle ownership is linked to reduced driving.
* Reduced driving results in reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
* Reduced parking supply also means smaller parkades which reduces the cost of construction.
* Reduced costs of parkade construction mean reduced costs of housing.
* Reduced parkade size also requires less greenhouse gas intensive materials such as concrete and steel which results in less embodied greenhouse gas emissions.

The proposed Parking Bylaw contains several regulatory measures aimed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with motor vehicle travel and to reduce the cost of housing by reducing the number of parking stalls required. Specifically, the proposed Parking Bylaw contains regulations related to parking for electric vehicles, parking requirements for bicycles, and transportation demand management provisions allowing for a further reduction in parking requirements upon the provision of transportation demand management tools. All of these can contribute to reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and reduce housing costs.

The process to develop the proposed Parking Bylaw has been long and thorough. It has involved extensive public consultation, Council review, and research. To realize the benefits associated with the proposed Parking Bylaw, implementatio...

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