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General Provisions for Motor Vehicle Parking, Queueing and Loading
(Section 100)
(By-law 2021-218)
100.
(1)
Parking, queuing and loading spaces and all driveways and aisles leading to those spaces
must be provided for each land use in accordance with the provisions of Part 4 of this by-
law, and:
(a)
Must be set aside for and used exclusively for that purpose;
(b)
Must not be obstructed; and
(c)
Except for driveways, must be located on the same lot as the use or building for
which they are provided, except where otherwise permitted.
(2)
Calculations of the minimum required or maximum permitted number of parking, queueing
or loading spaces are to be pro-rated and rounded to the nearest whole number.
(3)
All motor vehicle parking spaces, queuing and loading spaces, and aisles and driveways
leading to those spaces, must be finished with a surface that:
(a)
In Areas A, B and C on Schedule 1, is paved with asphalt, cement, porous pavement,
honeycomb block, turf block, cobblestones or similar hard, stable and dust-
preventative material and may include wheel strips with hardened or compacted
materials. (By-law 2023-222)
(b)
In Area D on Schedule 1, is usable in all seasons
(4)
All motor vehicle parking spaces and queuing and loading spaces must have unobstructed
access directly to a public street by:
(a)
A driveway or private way
(b)
A public lane
(c)
An aisle leading to a driveway, private way or public lane
(d)
Some combination of (a), (b) and (c)
(5)
Despite Subsection (1), an outdoor commercial patio, seasonal garden centre or temporary
special event accessory to a restaurant, retail store, retail food store, shopping centre or
place of worship, or a farmer's market accessory or ancillary to any use, may be located
such that it temporarily prevents the use of a portion of the required or provided parking
spaces, aisles or driveways, provided that:
(a)
The majority of the parking spaces continue to be available in compliance with this
by-law,
(b)
The fire route remains unobstructed at all times, and
(c)
For the purpose of this subsection, a temporary special event includes a seasonal or
short-term fair, carnival, show, exhibit or other similar events.
(6)
Despite clause (1)(c):
(a)
A parking lot located in an AM, TM or VM Zone, or on a property fronting on Rideau
Street, Sparks Street or Bank Street in the MD Zone need not have its driveway or
aisle located on-site, provided that access to the parking lot is provided from another
lot in either an AM, TM, MD or VM Zone.
(b)
In a Residential zone, a driveway that meets the provisions of Section 107 may be
shared between two abutting lots with frontage on the same street.
(7)
Despite Subsection (1):
(a)
Where a required parking space must be eliminated to provide a mobility-disabled
parking space required under the City of Ottawa Traffic and Parking By-law, the
number of provided parking spaces is deemed to meet the requirements this by-law.
(b)
Where a required parking, queueing or loading space is eliminated as a result of
providing barrier-free access to a building existing as of June 25, 2008, the number of
provided parking, queuing and loading spaces is deemed to meet the requirements
this By-law.
(8)
A stacked, townhouse, semi-detached or linked-detached dwelling may have a common
parking garage provided the parking garage is located no more than 1.2 metres above
grade.
(9)
Despite clause (1)(c), required parking may be shared between a school and any permitted
use on lands zoned L1 or O1, provided that:
(a)
Such L1 or O1 lands are within 300m of the school, and
(b)
At least 50% of the required parking spaces for each principal use are provided on-
site.
(10)
Despite Subsection (1), parking spaces required or provided for a land use may be used as
part of an electric vehicle charging station.
(11)
Outdoor commercial patios and outdoor retail spaces in association with a permitted retail
use may locate on the same lot or on a lot within the same city block as or across the street
from the permitted use and may locate on required or provided parking spaces or aisles,
except in the case of an accessible parking space as defined under the Traffic and Parking
By-law. (By-law 2021-406)