About Parking Services
About Parking Services
See how our smart parking strategy makes visiting parks, shops, and services easier—funded by fees, not property taxes.
A better way to park
Our parking system isn’t just about stalls and meters — it’s a service that keeps Kelowna moving, supports local businesses, and protects taxpayers. Everything we do ensures parking remains fair, reliable, and sustainable for everyone, with modern facilities available across our five urban cores.
Parking rules, regulations, and rates are part of Kelowna’s city‑wide parking management strategy, endorsed by Council in January 2014. The strategy is guided by a set of parking management principles that shape every decision we make:
1. Short‑term parking stays available when you need it
We prioritize quick‑turnover spaces so residents, visitors and customers can reliably find parking near shops, services and community destinations. This means shifting away from using public spaces for long‑term storage of vehicles.
2. Parking pays for itself—not through your taxes
Every part of the system has real costs: building and maintaining lots, equipment, enforcement, technology upgrades, customer service tools, land, and ongoing management. By design, parking revenue covers these costs so general taxation doesn’t have to.
3. Better tools and options for a smoother parking experience
Modern payment choices, fair practices and real‑time information make parking easier to find and use. These improvements also support vibrant business areas and balanced neighbourhoods.
4. A transportation network that works for everyone
Parking is one piece of a bigger mobility picture. To reduce congestion and support transit, walking and cycling, parking can’t be unlimited and ultra‑cheap. Balanced pricing helps encourage healthier, more sustainable travel choices.
5. Strong partnerships with businesses, institutions and developers
The City coordinates parking policies with private and institutional partners so the whole system—public and private—works efficiently and cost‑effectively
Parking fees fully fund the parking system with no reliance on property taxes. Revenue covers day‑to‑day operations — enforcement, signage, and maintenance of parkades and lots — and any net revenue goes into reserve funds that renew infrastructure and support major future investments. This ensures the system remains self‑sustaining and protects taxpayers.
Rates follow Schedule A of Traffic Bylaw No. 8120 and are adjusted annually for inflation.
Delivering a safe, clean and reliable parking system takes a coordinated team. Four City departments work together so residents get consistent service and quick responses when something needs attention.
Kelowna Parking
Keeps daily operations running:
- Manages monthly permits
- Cleans and maintains parkades and lots
- Enforces rules in pay‑parking areas
Parking Services
Helps neighbourhoods and businesses shape parking that works for them:
- Handles petitions for new parking restrictions
- Installs new signage
- Enforces time restricted parking
Bylaw Services
Steps in where parking becomes a safety or community concern:
- Addresses abandoned vehicles
- Enforces parking violations outside pay parking, time restricted zones, or institutional parking areas.
- Learn more about Bylaw Enforcement
Traffic Operations
Ensures parking signs and safety‑related restrictions are clear and reliable:
- Repairs damaged or missing parking signs
- Reviews requests for restrictions related to sightlines and traffic safety
- Learn more about Traffic Operations
Parking Area Plans
Parking area plans help the City proactively manage change and respond to the evolving needs of neighbourhoods as Kelowna continues to grow. They give us a structured way to address:
- Changes in parking supply as land use evolves
- Growing demand for short‑ and long‑term parking
- Impacts of new development on nearby residential streets
- Report to Council: Downtown Area Parking Plan - Bylaw Updates - July 29, 2019
- Report to Council: Endorsement of Downtown Area Parking Plan recommendations – July 15, 2019
- Presentation - Downtown Area Parking Plan and Bylaw Updates
- Attachment A - Letter from the Executive Director - Downtown Kelowna
- Attachment B - Urban Systems Executive Summary and Data Collection
- Attachment C - Amendments to Residential Parking Permit Program Policy 366
- Attachment D - Amendments to Eco-Pass Parking Permit Program Policy 375
- Attachment E - Private Off-Street Parking Lots - 2019 Kelowna Market Rates
- Report to Council: Project update – March 2019
- Report to Council: Downtown Area Parking Plan development - December 2017
- Open house presentation materials - October 24, 2017
Interim downtown parking plan (2015)
- Report to Council: Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan – Dec. 2016
- Attachment 1: Urban Systems Report – Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan
- Attachment 2: Urban Systems Appendix A-C – Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan
- Attachment 3: Recommendations Map – Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan
- Attachment 4: Support Letter from KSAN – Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan
- Attachment 5: Amendments to Council Policy 366 Residential Parking Program
- Presentation: Hospital Area On-Street Parking Plan
- Report to Council - Parking Management Strategy – Phase 2 - Jan. 2014
- Attachment A: Consultation Report from Project Consultant, Urban Systems
- Attachment B: Letters Received from Stakeholder Groups
- Attachment C: Web links to Video Presentation, Meeting Notes & Online Comments
- Attachment D: Private and Institutional Parking – 2013 Kelowna Market Rates
- Attachment E: Colliers International Rate Survey – Canada
- Presentation
- BL10905 Amendment No. 23 to Traffic Bylaw No. 8120
- Report to Council: Parking Management Strategy Framework - May 2013
- Parking Management Strategy Video
