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Bicycle Parking Space Rates and Provisions (Section 111)
111.
Minimum Parking Rates
(1)
Bicycle parking must be provided for the land uses and at the rate set out in Table 111A
for lands located in Areas A (Central Area), B (Inner City Area) and C (Suburban Area) on
Schedule 1 and in the villages of Ashton, Burritt's Rapids, Carlsbad Springs, Carp,
Constance Bay, Cumberland, Dunrobin, Fallowfield, Fitzroy Harbour, Galetta, Greely,
Kars, Kenmore, Kinburn, Manotick, Marionville, Metcalfe, Munster, Navan, North Gower,
Notre Dame des Champs, Osgoode, Richmond, Sarsfield, Vars and Vernon located in
Area D on Schedule 1.
(2)
Where a building contains more than one use, bicycle parking must be provided for that
building in accordance with the proportion of the building occupied by each use and the
rate set out in Table 111A for each use.
TABLE 111A - BICYCLE PARKING SPACE RATES
I
LAND USE
II
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SPACES
REQUIRED
(a) retirement home; retirement home, converted; rooming house;
rooming unit other than within a post secondary educational
facility (By-law 2018-206)
0.25 per dwelling unit or rooming unit
(b) (i) apartment building, low rise; apartment dwelling, mid rise;
apartment dwelling, high rise, dwelling unit in the same building
as a non-residential use; stacked dwelling without a garage or
carport for each dwelling unit (By-law 2014-292)
(ii) stacked dwellings with a garage or carport for each dwelling
unit (OMB File #PL080959 issued November 5, 2009)
0.50 per dwelling unit
no bicycle parking required
(OMB File #PL080959 issued
November 9, 2009)
(c) rooming unit or dwelling unit within a post secondary
educational facility
0.75 per dwelling unit or rooming unit
(d) school
1 per 100 m2 of gross floor area
(e) bank; convenience store; day care; office; post office; post
secondary educational institution; restaurant; retail food store;
retail store
1 per 250 m2 of gross floor area
(f) library; municipal service centre; personal service business;
retail food store 8,000 m2 of gross floor area or greater; retail
store 8,000 m2 of gross floor area or greater; service or repair
shop; shopping centre
1 per 500 m2 of gross floor area
(g) airport; bus station; hospital; hotel; light industrial use; medical
facility; technology industry; train station
1 per 1000 m2 of gross floor area
(h) animal hospital; storage yard; truck transport terminal;
warehouse
1 per 2000 m2 of gross floor area
(i) all other non-residential uses
1 per 1500 m2 of gross floor area
Location of Bicycle Parking Spaces
(3)
Bicycle parking must be located on the same lot as the use or building for which it is
provided.
(4)
Bicycle parking spaces must be located in order to provide convenient access to main
entrances or well-used areas.
(5)
Deleted as per (OMB File #PLO80959 issued November 5, 2009)
(6)
A bicycle parking space may be located in any yard.
(7)
A maximum of 50% of the required bicycle parking spaces or 15 spaces, whichever is
greater, may be located in a landscaped area. (By-law 2011-124)
Bicycle Parking Space Provisions
(8A)
A bicycle parking space must comply with the minimum parking space dimensions
specified in Table 111B. (By-law 2021-215)
(8B)
Despite Table 111B, in the case of stacked bicycle parking, the minimum width of a
bicycle parking space is 0.37 metres. (By-law 2021-215)
TABLE 111B - MINIMUM BICYCLE PARKING SPACE DIMENSIONS
I
Orientation
II
Minimum
Space
Width
III
Minimum
Space
Length
(a) Horizontal
0.6 metres
1.8 metres
(b) Vertical
0.5 metres
1.5 metres
(By-law
2010-237)
(9)
A bicycle parking space must have access from an aisle having a minimum width of 1.5
metres.
(10)
Where four or more bicycle parking spaces are provided in a common parking area,
each bicycle parking space must contain a parking rack that is securely anchored to the
ground and attached to a heavy base such as concrete.
(11)
A minimum of 50% of the bicycle parking spaces required by this by-law must be
horizontal spaces at ground level. (By-law 2021-215)
(12)
Where the number of bicycle parking spaces required for a single office or residential
building exceeds fifty 50 spaces, a minimum of 25% of that required total must be
located within:
(a)
a building or structure;
(b)
a secure area such as a supervised parking lot or enclosure with secure
entrance; or
(c)
bicycle lockers.
(13)
Despite Section 101, the motor vehicle parking required for any non-residential use may
be reduced by one motor vehicle parking space for every 13 square metres of gross
floor area provided as shower rooms, change rooms, locker rooms and other similar
facilities intended for the use of bicyclists in conjunction with required or provided
bicycle parking. (By-law 2015-190)