The Chief Planner and Director Planning and Building Services provided an introduction.
Shawn Smith, Project Manager, WSP Canada provided the Residential Parking Study Phase 2 Update presentation including the study area, what has been done, project goals, recap from December 2024 Council Workshop and six key observations; impact of existing regulations to on-street parking; additional residential units, predominant year of construction, hot spot areas, minimum parking requirements and vehicle ownership, key objectives to update parking regulations, jurisdictional scan, accessible parking, driveway widenings, updating design standards and interventions for area specific parking challenges, and a public survey in eight hot spots.
Members of Council queried the presenter regarding multigeneration households, Additional Residential Units (ARU), age of housing stock, winter parking, community survey, on-street parking permit process and fee, driveway widening, other jurisdictions, regulatory enforcement, the artificial intelligence driveway project, resident feedback, cycling and road design considerations, the active transportation plan, and the public survey.
Members of Council discussed parking on the road and driveways, driveway widening, considerations for infractions in policy-making, communication with residents, unregistered ARUs, pilot project study area, and condo road on-street parking.