At their meeting on April 27, 2020, Colwood Council supported revised off-street parking standards specific to the Commons in Royal Bay and the Landing at Royal Beach. A public hearing and bylaw amendments are required before these new standards would come into effect for new buildings constructed in these areas.

Off-street parking standards refer to the number of spaces property owners must provide on each residential or commercial property. For example, a one-bedroom unit would be required to have at least one parking space.

The new standards propose more spaces than what was recommended based on transportation studies undertaken by Urban Systems for Royal Bay Latoria South and by Watt Consulting for Royal Beach. They are lower than what is currently required in Colwood's Land Use Bylaw. Note that there will be opportunities over time for the City to "ground-truth" how how parking standards play out in the community and recommend adjustments.

For residential properties, the required number of parking spaces are calculated based on the number of bedrooms, plus spaces for visitors. Retail, grocery and office parking standards are calculated based on floor area.

To determine the new proposed standards, recommendations from the transportation studies were compared with parking standards in other municipalities of a similar size and make-up that use the same calculation method.

Council also directed staff to bring back a report outlining how the City might undertake a study to explore the implementation of on-street pay parking.

Council has the ability to review and adjust parking standards on an ongoing basis, which is an important consideration in these large-scale developments that are expected to build out over the next 10 to 20 years throughout evolving conditions.

Learn more

Read the detailed report titled Off-street Parking Standards for Latoria South and Royal Beach.

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