City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250: Tandem Parking Provisions (Sec. 105)

Ottawa, Ontario · No. 2008-250 · summary & facts

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Tandem Parking Provisions (Section 105) 105. (1) Despite Section 100(5): (a) Where an office use, a light or heavy industrial use, a warehouse, a hospital, a funeral home, or a place of worship is required to provide 50 or more motor vehicle parking spaces, 10% of those required motor vehicle parking spaces need not have direct, unobstructed access to a public street. (b) Where a bed and breakfast use has three guest rooms, one required motor vehicle parking space need not have direct, unobstructed access to a public street. (c) Where a group home is less than 350 square metres in gross floor area: (i) up to three in-tandem parking spaces are permitted, (ii) two of the three parking spaces may be located in the driveway, and they may be located in a front yard if they are located in the driveway that leads to a required parking space; (iii) only one of the three parking spaces must have direct access to a public street or public lane by a driveway; and (iv) where parking is occurring in-tandem anywhere on the lot, no parking is permitted in the rear yard of the lot. (d) In the case of a Duplex Dwelling, Three-unit Dwelling or Low-rise Apartment Dwelling located within the area shown as Area A on Schedule 321, where two parking spaces are required under this By-law, one of the required parking spaces may be parked in tandem on a driveway that leads to a required parking space. (By-law 2014-189) (e) 25% of the required motor vehicle parking spaces for an automobile service station need not have direct, unobstructed access to a public street. (2) Despite Section 100(5), attendant parking is permitted in the Area A on Schedule 1 (Central Area) for a hotel, or in a principal use or accessory use parking garage or parking lot, provided: (By-law 2011-124) (a) the regulations with respect to minimum parking space dimensions and aisle widths do not apply and no minimum dimensions are required, except that at least one aisle is required, extending from the parking garage driveway to within the length of a parking space of either the rear lot line or side lot line; and (b) the regulations with respect to tandem parking do not apply, and tandem parking is permitted without any restrictions as to the percentage of tandem-parked vehicles that is permitted or to the number of parked vehicles which obstruct other parked vehicles. (3) In the case of an apartment building, mid - high rise and low rise and stacked dwelling, where a dwelling unit has a driveway accessing its own required parking space, additional required parking may be located in tandem in the driveway. (By-law 2016-249)