Visitor Parking Requirements for New Development

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2026-02-04 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on February 4, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to review potential amendments to the definition of and requirements for loading spaces in Zoning By-law 569-2013. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager,

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Transportation Services to continue to study and assess the utilization of visitor parking in areas outside Major Transit Station Areas and Protected Major Transit Station Areas, with a focus on neighbourhoods that do not currently allow on-street permit parking, and consider any implications of that work for the City's current visitor parking requirements, as part of the Strategic Parking Framework. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to report back in the first quarter of 2027 with recommendations on how to accommodate disability-related parking needs within Protected Major Transit Station Areas, and mechanisms to ensure that such parking is not abused. 4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the President, Toronto Parking Authority, to examine the feasibility of expanding city-owned lots to support new areas of density. 5. City Council request the Province of Ontario to establish guidelines to support adequate visitor and accessible parking in Major Transit Station Areas and Protected Major Transit Station Areas, particularly in areas where higher order transit has not yet been built.

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Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 20-0

Absent (6)Amber Morley, Ausma Malik, Brad Bradford, Olivia Chow, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll

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The recommendations in this report build on work started in 2021 to review the parking standards in the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013. These standards were originally adopted by City Council in 2013, based on a series of studies conducted between 2005 and 2007. The first phase of this review resulted in amendments to the standards for automobile and bicycle parking in 2022. The second phase resulted in amendments to accessible parking, bicycle parking, and minor amendments to visitor parking in 2025.

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City Council directed staff to continue the work to review visitor parking standards. This report does not recommend any changes to the visitor parking standards in Zoning By-law 569-2013. As a result of changes to the Planning Act in April 2024 through the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185), municipalities are no longer able to require the provision or maintenance of parking (other than bicycle parking) in Major Transit Station Areas, which includes much of Parking Zone A. Additional analysis of visitor parking utilization through the parking monitoring program suggests the current visitor parking standards in Zoning By-law 569-2013 for Parking Zone B and All Other Areas of the City are adequate. To address concerns related to pick-up and drop-off, this report recommends a further review of the loading space definition and requirements in Zoning By-law 569-2013 to reflect changes in demand and use for loading spaces. Work being done as part of the City's Strategic Parking Framework will develop and implement a framework for managing parking on an area-basis to further address challenges associated with varying demand for parking. Staff will also continue the parking monitoring program to monitor parking in new developments and report back to council on the impact of Bill 185. This reports also provides an update on Council requests to explore the feasibility of requirements for information about area parking supply in agreements of purchase and sale and including visitor parking information in the Application Information Centre.

Staff recommended

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Development Review recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to review potential amendments to the definition of and requirements for loading spaces in Zoning By-law 569-2013.

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2026-01-22 · Planning and Housing Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to review potential amendments to the definition of and requirements for loading spaces in Zoning By-law 569-2013.
2026-02-04 · Toronto City Council · amended

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