Whereas the Southfields Community is a new urbanism residential community with limited transit opportunities, so there is a high auto dependency and a demand for overnight residential parking;
Whereas Bill 23 provides as-of-right permissions for up to three additional units per lot with only one off-street parking space per unit requirement, which will further increase parking needs in the Community;
Whereas the high demand for residential parking is impacting on-street parking and resulting in illegal parking on boulevards and properties;
Whereas parking management solutions should be approached strategically to meet the demands of the local context while minimizing negative impacts; and
Now therefore be it resolved that staff be directed to develop a terms of reference, workplan and budget for a parking management strategy that will identify potential initiatives, actions, programs and strategies to address on-street and off-street residential parking in the Southfields Community and report back to Council in the third quarter of 2023.