REQUEST FOR DIRECTION
DATE: August 21, 2023 Report No. DEV-23-058
TO: Dan Horan, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Bill Brown, Director of Development Services, and Joel Clary, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Review of the Integrated Parking Management Strategy and Parking Bylaw
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Does the Committee of the Whole have any additional input, questions, or concerns related to the draft Parking Strategy and Parking Bylaw?
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Committee of the Whole recommend that Council receive: Staff Report DEV-23-058, the Integrated Parking Management Strategy, and the Parking Bylaw for information and direct staff to:
* bring forward actions in the Integrated Parking Management Strategy with budget and capacity implications for Council consideration as part of Council Priorities and budget processes.
* finalize the Parking Bylaw for Council's consideration with the following additions:
o Parking in the Front Face of a Single or Two-Family Dwelling be permitted for suites.
o Include payment in lieu of providing parking provisions.
as described in Staff Report DEV-23-058.
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BACKGROUND:
Appendices
Appendix A: Integrated Parking Management Strategy
Appendix B: Parking Bylaw
Appendix C: Consultants' Presentation
Chronology
May 2, 2022 - Council awards parking study contract to Urban Systems (see staff report EPW-22-007).
August 22, 2022 - Consultants present preliminary findings to the Committee of the Whole (see staff report DEV-22-076)
The development of an Integrated Parking Management Strategy and updating the Parking Bylaw was identified as a priority in the previous Strategic Plan. As on-site and on-street parking are inextricably linked, these two initiatives were integrated so that both the Parking Strategy and the Parking Bylaw would reflect a wholistic approach to the management of parking. Each of these documents is discussed below.
Integrated Parking Man...
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