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MattersTransportationFirst seen Dec 15, 2025

Downtown and off-street parking review

Watt Consulting presented recommendations for managing downtown street parking and modernizing off-street parking requirements. The proposals include better time limits, signs and enforcement, and reducing or removing minimum parking requirements in the city centre alongside travel-demand measures.

Where it stands: Watt Consulting presented recommendations Dec 16, 2025; no decision recorded.

Background

Earlier and later steps of the same initiative.

  1. Dec 16, 2025

    Parking bylaw and downtown parking strategy

    The city is preparing changes to off-street parking rules based on a consultant’s recommendations, alongside work on a downtown on-street parking strategy. A policy will also require off-street parking requirements to be reviewed at least every five years.

Timeline

Every time this matter appeared in council records, newest first.

  1. December 15, 2025· Council

    Consultants present parking management and bylaw recommendations

    Consultants from Watt Consulting presented recommendations for downtown on‑street parking management and an off‑street parking bylaw modernization to align parking supply with demand and best practices.

    Discussion

    Consultants presented data showing the downtown overall has sufficient parking supply but uneven block-level demand; recommendations emphasized improved management (time limits, signage, enforcement), removal or reduction of minimum off‑street parking in the city centre combined with TDM measures, and modernized bike/accessible/loading standards. Council asked detailed operational questions about TDM feasibility, transit dependency, enforcement, and effects on local businesses.

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