City Council · February 27, 2024 · Item 9.1
Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy effective March 1, 2024 attached as Attachment-1 to the report entitled “Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy”…
Amendment under the agenda item Payment-in-lieu of Parking Policy - 2024-42
Carried (11 to 2)
11 in favour, 2 against
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That the Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy effective March 1, 2024 attached as Attachment-1 to the report entitled “Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy”, be approved. That Schedule A of the Development Application Fee Bylaw be amended to include the “Estimated cost of a parking space” and the “Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking application fee”.
Moved by Councillor Goller, seconded by Councillor Downer.
How the room voted
In favour (11)
- Allt
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Gibson
- Goller
- Klassen
- O'Rourke
- Richardson
Against (2)
- Billings
- Guthrie
What council was given
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- Payment-in-lieu of Parking Policy - 2024-42.pdf
Staff recommend Council approve a new Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy, effective March 1, 2024, letting developers pay the city money instead of providing required parking spaces. Council is also asked to add the estimated cost of a parking space and an application fee to the development fee bylaw. The policy comes out of the 2023 Downtown Parking Master Plan and the city's federal Housing Accelerator Fund commitments.
- Attachment-1 Payment-in-lieu of Off-street Parking Policy.pdf
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What was said
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2:13:01Well, then maybe I can look to do that then now.
2:13:06Is there someone willing to move it?
2:13:08Councillor Goller, second.
2:13:10Councillor Downer.
2:13:13All right.
2:13:13Is there anything more before I call the vote?
2:13:17Councillor Allt, did you want to say something?
2:13:21No.
2:13:22OK.
2:13:23Councillor Billings, did you want to say anything?
2:13:27I, the reason why is just the way the policy is set up.
2:13:32I think that if we're going to charge a developer for not
2:13:35providing enough parking, then that revenue specifically
2:13:39should only go towards future infrastructure
2:13:42or just have the no minimum parking requirements downtown
2:13:47and get these future units built faster.
2:13:54OK.
2:13:56So I did not know Councillor Billings was going to pull that.
2:13:59And just so everyone knows, I was going
2:14:01to pull it if Councillor Billings hadn't.
2:14:05So as you might recall, some of you
2:14:07I indicated at committee that I think I quote,
2:14:10I was kind of holding my nose in regards to this.
2:14:13So not an issue for me to make a big scene about it all.
2:14:17But I struggle with this because I struggle with the no parking
2:14:21minimums issue, as I'm sure you've all heard for many months
2:14:25on this issue.
2:14:26So it's hard for me to sort of support a policy on something
2:14:31that I already fundamentally don't agree with and feel
2:14:34that no parking minimums is the way to go in the downtown.
2:14:36So I know that there's support for this, which is totally fine.
2:14:40But that's just kind of my reasons
2:14:41for not supporting it here tonight as well for myself.
2:14:44So with that, I'll call the vote then.
2:14:48Is anyone against?
2:14:49So two against.
2:14:53Billings, Guthrie.
2:14:55OK.
2:14:55That passes.
2:14:56And we can move on.
2:14:56Thank you.
2:14:58Let's go into now.
2:15:02As I said in my close meeting summary,
2:15:05that we were going to have a couple of appointments brought
2:15:07forward from the close meeting of the February 2024
2:15:12public appointments to the Committee of Adjustment.
2:15:16It says here that Cole Siegel and Pamela Membrano
2:15:21be appointed to the Committee of Adjustment for a term ending
2:15:24in November 2026 or until such time as a successor is appointed.
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