Options for Winter Access to Laneway Homes and Garages

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The decision

2026-02-25 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted

As filed

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee: 1. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to include, in the next winter services report, options and associated costs to provide improved winter access for pedestrians, cyclists, and / or motor vehicles to laneway homes and / or garages.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

As part of the city's strategy to expand missing middle housing, the city has been actively encouraging laneway homes. However, the city does not currently provide any snow clearing from laneways. Increasingly, this means that residents of laneway homes have great difficulty accessing their homes following heavy snowfalls, such as those we have experienced in the last two winters. In many downtown neighbourhoods, laneways also provide residents with their only access to parking.

Staff recommended

Councillor Dianne Saxe recommends that: 1. The Infrastructure and Environment Committee request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to include, in the next winter services report, options and associated costs to provide improved winter access for pedestrians, cyclists, and / or motor vehicles to laneway homes and / or garages.

On the record

The item as the City filed it