Zoning Bylaw No. 12375
Sections 8.3 & 8.4 Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
Last Updated:
September 26, 2022
Sections 8.3 & 8.4 Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
8.3 Required Off-Street Parking Requirements
| Table 8.3.1 Residential Multi-Dwelling Parking | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Base Parking Requirement (Number of spaces) | Minimum Visitor Parking Requirement .1 , .2 | |||
| Urban Centre and Health District Zones | MF1 Zone .4 , Village Centre Zones, and Zones fronting a Transit Supportive Corridor | All other zones within the Core Area | All other zones outside the Core Area .3 | ||
Residential Security Operator Unit | Min 0.8 spaces & Max 1.25 spaces per bachelor dwelling unit | Min 0.9 spaces .4 & Max 1.25 spaces per bachelor dwelling unit | Min 1.0 space & Max 1.25 spaces per bachelor dwelling unit | Min 1.0 space & Max 1.25 spaces per bachelor dwelling unit | Min 0.14 spaces .1 & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit |
| Min 0.9 spaces & Max 1.25 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.0 space .4 & Max 1.25 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.2 spaces & Max 1.6 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.25 spaces & Max 1.6 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | ||
| Min 1.0 space & Max 1.5 spaces per 2 or more bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.1 spaces .4 & Max 1.6 spaces per 2 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.4 spaces & Max 2.0 spaces per 2 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.5 spaces & Max 2.0 spaces per 2 bedroom dwelling unit | ||
| Min 1.4 spaces .4 & Max 2.0 spaces per 3 bedroom dwelling unit | Min 1.6 spaces & Max 2.5 spaces per 3 bedroom or more dwelling unit | Min 2.0 spaces & Max 2.5 spaces per 3 bedroom or more dwelling unit | |||
| FOOTNOTES (Section 8.3.1): .1 Visitor parking is to be easily accessible to the access points of the corresponding development and/or buildings. Visitor parking is a separate minimum parking requirement that rounds up or down independent of the basic parking requirement. .2 Regardless of the parking rate (spaces per unit). The minimum number of dwelling units when the first visitor parking space is required is five (5) dwelling units. For example, a lot with four (4) dwelling units does not require a visitor parking space. .3 Minimum and maximum parking rates for various Comprehensive Development Zones are outlined in Table 8.3.1a Other Residential Parking. .4 For MF1 zoned lots, the first four dwelling units shall have a minimum of one (1) parking space per dwelling unit. The parking rate identified above applies to the fifth dwelling unit and any more dwelling units. | |||||
| Table 8.3.1a Other Residential Parking | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Base Parking Requirement (Number of spaces) | Visitor Parking Requirement .1 | |||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Bed and Breakfast Homes | 1.0 space per sleeping unit | 1.5 spaces per sleeping unit | n/a | ||
| Boarding or Lodging Houses | 1.0 space; plus 0.9 stalls per sleeping unit | 1.5 space; plus 2.0 spaces per sleeping unit | n/a | ||
| Carriage House or Secondary Suites | 1.0 space .2 | 2.0 spaces | n/a | ||
| Congregate Housing & Supportive Housing | 0.35 spaces per sleeping unit; plus 0.5 spaces per non-resident on-duty employee or 3.0 spaces (whichever is greater) | n/a | Min 0.14 spaces & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||
| Group Home | 1.0 space; plus 0.35 stalls per sleeping unit | 2.0 spaces; plus 1.0 stall per sleeping unit | n/a | ||
| Home-Based Business, Major | 1.0 space | 2.0 spaces | n/a | ||
| Home-Based Business, Major for Health Services on lots located on Royal Avenue or Christleton Avenue | 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA, | 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | ||
| Home-Based Business, Minor | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Home-Based Business, Rural | 1.0 space | n/a | n/a | ||
| Mobile homes | 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit | 2.5 spaces per dwelling unit | Min 0.14 spaces & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||
| Residential units within the CD20 Zone | 1.0 space per dwelling unit, except 0.15 spaces per student only residences | 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit | Min 0.14 spaces per dwelling unit, except 0.05 spaces per student only residences & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||
| Residential units within the CD22 zone | 1.1 spaces per dwelling unit greater than 2 bedrooms
| 2 spaces per dwelling unit greater than 2 bedrooms | Min 0.14 spaces & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||
| 1.0 space per 2 bedroom dwelling unit | 1.6 space per 2 bedroom dwelling unit | ||||
| 0.9 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | 1.25 spaces per 1 bedroom dwelling unit | ||||
| 0.75 spaces per bachelor dwelling unit | 1.0 space per bachelor dwelling unit | ||||
| Residential units within the CD26 zone | 1.0 space per dwelling unit | 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit | Min 0.14 spaces & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit | ||
| Residential Security/Operator Unit | 1.0 space per dwelling unit | 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit | n/a | ||
| Short-Term Rental Accommodations: | |||||
| Multi-Dwelling Zones and Core Area and Other Zones | No additional parking required (i.e., equivalent to the parking requirements for the principal dwelling unit within that zone) | n/a | n/a | ||
| Agriculture & Rural Zones and Single & Two Dwelling Zones | 1.0 space per two sleeping units | n/a | |||
| Agriculture & Rural Zones and Single & Two Dwelling Zones | 2.0 spaces per dwelling unit | n/a | 0.0 spaces or Min 0.14 spaces & Max 0.2 spaces per dwelling unit .3 | ||
| FOOTNOTES (Section 8.3.1a): .1 Visitor parking is to be easily accessible to the access points of the corresponding development and/or buildings. Visitor parking is a separate minimum parking requirement that rounds up or down independent of the basic parking requirement. .2 Parking space can be located in the driveway and in tandem with the single detached dwelling parking as long as two additional off-street parking spaces are provided for the principal dwelling. Notwithstanding Section 8.1.4, parking for secondary suites or carriage houses can be surfaced with a dust-free material. .3 Within residential strata (non-MF1 zoned developments) with three (3) or more dwelling units the visitor parking requirement is 0.14 spaces per dwelling unit. | |||||
| Table 8.3.2 Commercial m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| 1.0 space per 10 boat storage spaces plus 2 spaces for employees | 1.25 spaces per 10 boat storage spaces plus 2 spaces for employees | ||||
| Hotels / Motels | 0.8 spaces per sleeping units plus requirements of other uses in the UC1 zone; 1.0 space per sleeping unit plus requirements of other uses in all other zones | 1.5 spaces per sleeping units, plus requirements of other uses | |||
| All commercial uses in the UC1 zone even if listed separately below .1 , .2 | 0.9 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| All commercial uses in the UC2, UC3, UC4, UC5, and VC1 zone even if listed separately below .1 , .2 | 1.3 spaces per 100 m2 GFA .3 | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| All commercial uses in the CD22 zone even if listed separately below .1 , .2 | 1.0 spaces per 100 m2 net floor area | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| All commercial uses in the CD26 zone even if listed separately below .1 , .2 | 1.75 parking spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| Animal Clinics, Major and Minor Health Services (includes dental offices, surgeries, and similar uses) | 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| Food Primary Establishment Liquor Primary Establishment | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA or 5.0 spaces (whichever is greater) | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| Fleet Services | 2.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA; or 1 spaces per vehicle in fleet plus 1 per employee on duty (whichever is greater) | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA; or 1.25 spaces per vehicle in fleet plus 1.25 spaces per employee on duty (whichever is greater) | |||
| Personal Service Establishment | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| Warehousing | 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA (minimum 2 spaces); plus 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | 1.0 space per 100 m2 GFA; plus 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | |||
| Financial Services Offices | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| All other commercial uses not listed above and for commercial zones not list above: .1 | |||||
| GFA less than 1,000 m2 | 2.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| GFA 1,000 m2 to 2,000 m2 | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 3.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| GFA 2,000 m2 to 20,000 m2 | 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 4.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| GFA greater than 20,000 m2 | 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | 5.25 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | |||
| FOOTNOTES (Section 8.3.2): .1 For shopping centres, calculate the area by adding all the tenant spaces together. .2 This rule only applies to land use categories that are based on a number of parking spaces per GFA. .3 The minimum parking requirement may be affected by Figure 8.3 Parking Exception Areas. | |||||
| Table 8.3.3 Agriculture m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Greenhouses and Plant Nurseries | 6.7 spaces per 100 m2 GFA of retail sales | n/a | |||
| Farm Retail Sales Stands | 5.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA, but a minimum of 4 spaces | n/a | |||
| Table 8.3.4 Industrial m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Bulk Fuel Depot | 2.0 spaces | n/a | |||
| 1.0 space per 100 m2 GFA (includes mezzanine area); plus 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA (includes mezzanine area); plus 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | ||||
| Warehousing | 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA (minimum 2 spaces); plus 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | 1.0 space per 100 m2 GFA; plus 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA for all floor area devoted to accessory activities such as any indoor display, office, administrative or technical support, or retail sale operations | |||
| Table 8.3.5 Institutional m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Cemetery | 0.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Detention and Correction Services | 1.0 space per 2 inmates (capacity) | n/a | |||
| Emergency and Protective Services | 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Hospitals | 1.0 space per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Education Services | 1.3 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Temporary shelter services | 1.0 space per 3 beds | n/a | |||
| Table 8.3.6 Community, Recreational, and Cultural m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Bowling Alley | 2.0 spaces per alley | n/a | |||
| Campsite | 1 per camping space | n/a | |||
| Child Care Centre, Major (includes preschool) | 1.0 space per 11 children (capacity) | n/a | |||
| Child Care Centre, Minor | 1.0 space plus 1.0 more space if the child care centre contains employees from offsite | ||||
| Cultural and Recreation Services Exhibition and Convention Facilities: | |||||
| GFA less than 1,000 m2 | 2.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| GFA 1,000 m2 to 2,000 m2 | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| GFA 2,000 m2 to 20,000 m2 | 3.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| GFA greater than 20,000 m2 | 4.0 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Cultural Facility (e.g., Museum, Art Gallery) | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Curling Rink | 4.0 spaces per curling sheet | n/a | |||
| Golf Course | 6.0 spaces per hole; plus, the parking required for other secondary uses | n/a | |||
| Golf Driving Range | 2.0 spaces per tee | n/a | |||
| Library | 2.5 spaces per 100 m2 GFA | n/a | |||
| Participant Recreation Services, Outdoor (except golf courses) Participant Recreation Services, Indoor (except curling rinks, swimming pools, and racquet clubs) | 1.0 space per 100 m2 GFA, plus 1.0 space per 3 users (capacity) | n/a | |||
| Racquet Clubs | 3 spaces per court | n/a | |||
| Recycling Drop-Offs | 1 per recycling container, (minimum of 2 spaces) | n/a | |||
| Religious Assemblies | 1 per 5 seats or 10 per 100 m2 of GFA (whichever is greater) | n/a | |||
| Spectator Entertainment Establishments | 1 per 4 seats | n/a | |||
| Spectator Sports Establishments | 1 per 4 seats | n/a | |||
| Swimming Pool (Public) | 25.0 per 100 m2 of pool water surface | n/a | |||
| Table 8.3.7 Water Uses m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Parking Requirement | ||||
| Minimum | Maximum | ||||
| Marinas | 1.0 space per 2 boat spaces plus 1 per business | n/a | |||
| Figure 8.3 - Parking Exceptions Area |
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1. Notwithstanding Table 8.3.2 Commercial Parking Requirements, the minimum parking requirement for all UC1 zoned lots in Area 1 & 2 shown in Figure 8.3 shall be 0.9 stalls per 100 metre2 of Gross Floor Area (GFA). This rule only applies to land use categories that are based on a number of parking spaces per GFA. |
2. All lots in Area 2 shown in Figure 8.3 shall not be required to meet any vehicle parking space requirements if the height of the buildings on the lot are: |
8.4 Off-Street Loading
8.4.1 Where development is proposed, including new development, change of use of existing development, or enlargement of existing development, off-street loading spaces shall be provided by the property owner in accordance with the requirements of this Bylaw. Detention and correction services located within a security fence are exempt from providing off-street loading spaces.
Number of Spaces
8.4.2 The number of off-street loading spaces, including bus loading spaces, required for each use is specified in Table 8.4 Minimum Loading Required. The maximum number of loading spaces required by this section is three (3) spaces.
8.4.3 Where calculation of the total number of loading spaces yields a fractional number, the following counting rules apply (unless specifically defined in Table 8.4 Minimum Loading Required):
- any fraction less than one-half (0.5) rounds down to the nearest whole integer (including zero); and
- any fraction one-half (0.5) or greater rounds up to the nearest whole integer.
8.4.4 Where gross floor area is used as a unit of measurement for the calculation of required loading spaces, it must exclude all parking and loading areas, secure bicycle parking areas, common stairways and mechanical rooms within the building.
8.4.5 Where Table 8.4 Minimum Loading Required does not clearly define requirements for a particular development, the single use class or combination of use classes is most representative of the proposed development shall be used to determine the loading space requirement.
8.4.6 Where a development consists of a mix of use classes, the total off-street loading requirement shall be the sum of the off-street loading requirements for each use class, unless there is a complementary demand or differences in periods of use for loading that warrants a different requirement.
Location
8.4.7 Off-street loading spaces shall be provided entirely within the lot of the development being served.
8.4.8 Off-street loading spaces shall be oriented away from residential development.
Size and Access
8.4.9 Each off-street loading space shall be of adequate size and accessibility to accommodate the vehicles expected to load and unload, but in no case shall a loading space be less than 28 metres2 in area, less than 3.0 metres in width, or have less than 4.0 metres in overhead clearance.
8.4.10 Each required bus loading space shall be a minimum of 3.6 metres in width, a minimum of 12.2 metres in length, and have a minimum clearance of 4.6 metres.
8.4.11 Access to any loading area shall be provided, wherever possible, internally to the development or from a lane abutting the development.
8.4.12 Access to any loading area shall be arranged such that no backing or turning movement of vehicles going to or from the site causes interference with traffic on the abutting streets or lanes.
| Table 8.4 Minimum Loading Required m2 = square metres / GFA = gross floor area | |||||
| Land Use / Type of Development | Required Loading Spaces | ||||
| Child Care Centre, Major | For 1 – 25 children | 0 loading spaces | |||
| For 26 or more children | 1 loading space | ||||
| Commercial Uses and Industrial Uses | 1 per 1,900 m2 GFA | ||||
| Cultural and Recreation Services and Institutional Uses (except Education Services listed below) | 1 per 2,800 m2 GFA | ||||
| Food Primary Establishment | 1 per 2,800 m2 GFA | ||||
| Hotels/Motels | 1 per 2,800 m2 GFA | ||||
| Liquor Primary Establishment | 1 per 2,800 m2 GFA | ||||
| Education Services | 1.5 car loading spaces per 100 students, minimum 5; plus 3 bus loading spaces | ||||
