Provide Preferential Carpool Parking Spaces
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Description
- Provides an incentive to ridesharing by providing reserved spaces to carpool vehicles and reduces parking demand.
Guidance
Option 1:
- No preferential carpool parking spaces provided.
Option 2:
- Provide carpool parking spaces in desirable locations such as close to building entrances, in accordance with the Comprehensive Zoning By-Law.
- Use signage and pavement markings to indicate designated carpool parking spaces.
- Carpoolers may be required to register to be eligible for preferential spaces. Unless parking facilities are attended, a transportation or parking coordinator would need to be designated to monitor carpoolers (may be monitored by joining the Smart Commute North Toronto-Vaughan program).
Development Review
- The applicant shall submit a site plan, site plan drawing, concept plan, pavement marking & signage plan, or other applicable document that shows the location of proposed carpool parking spaces.
- City of Vaughan staff shall review the proposed locations and provide a recommendation for either approval or modifications to meet City requirements.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Submit completed monitoring survey results to the City of Vaughan at the required intervals, highlighting number of car pool users where feasible (e.g. parking counts).
- Provide photo evidence of carpool parking spaces in use.
York Region Required
No
Category
Parking
Character Areas
VMC
Group 1
Group 2
Other Zones
Land Uses
Commercial
Industrial
Institutional
Effectiveness
3
Typical Cost
Design Costs
Points
1
Additional Resources
- The Vaughan Comprehensive Zoning By-law states:
- For an employment use in the VMC, MU, and EM1 Zones, a reduction of two minimum required parking spaces for every dedicated car-pool parking space shall be permitted to a maximum of 5 parking spaces or 5% of the total minimum required parking spaces for non-residential uses, whichever is less.
Development Engineering