Parking Study

Norfolk County retained LEA Consulting Ltd. (LEA) to develop a forward-thinking, comprehensive parking policy that includes management and implementation timelines.

Goals

• Develop a vision, guiding principles and policy framework that addresses identified parking issues with the broader economic, social and environmental goals of Norfolk County;
• Develop a business and financial model for parking and enforcement options;
• Develop an implementation strategy that includes timing, priorities, and resource recommendations.

Background

In recent years, Norfolk County has completed focused studies on various parking-related studies aimed at determining seasonal parking practices and paid parking studies.  Beyond downtown areas, the urban waterfront area offers a different set of issues concerning parking.  The County wishes to continue its policy of ensuring good principles of urban design and that streets are designed to accommodate multimodality, including active transportation, automobiles, service vehicles and public transit.  This study will focus on developing a Comprehensive, County-wide Parking Study that examines parking policy in all contexts consistent with the County’s Official Plan (2018), Comprehensive Zoning By-law (2014) and related design guidelines.

The process

The study will be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 will articulate the link between identified parking issues and the broader economic, social, and environmental goals, as well as planning, access, mobility, and urban design objectives, and develop a vision, guiding principle, and policy framework for the County-wide Comprehensive Parking Study.

Phase 2 will include developing options that include a business and financial model for parking and enforcement options. This includes developing a detailed implementation strategy that will include recommendations on timing, priorities, resource requirements, and targets.

Consultation

Norfolk County values input from its community and is dedicated to having a dialogue with the community that is open, transparent, accessible, and inclusive.  Norfolk County welcomes members of the public to utilize the public engagement platform EngageNorfolk to contribute to the Norfolk County Comprehensive Parking Study.  The Project Team will engage and collaborate with the public and stakeholders to learn and discuss the evolving role of parking in the community, the cost of parking, parking requirements, and any other parking-related issues.

Following the completion of the study, a draft and final Comprehensive Parking Study will be made available for review.

Information is collected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.  All comments will become part of the public record except for personal information.