Yesterday, Geoff Goodall (City's General Manager of Planning and Operations) and Brad McRae (Senior Bylaw Officer) met with 15 residents to discuss the thorny issue of parking on City-owned boulevards.
The Senior Bylaw Officer reviewed the questions that were asked at the last meeting last week and what the City's answers to those questions were
During a PowerPoint presentation - Goodall/McRae outlined a compromise proposal which will allow a property owner, if they receive permission from the City, to extend the driveway width from 3 metres (10 feet) to 9 metres (28 feet) with an application date of October 31st of each year which would see the "extended" driveway with paved material (installed at owner's cost) and a sign post, put in at City's cost, to show where the driveway is and where the City's boulevard starts. Mr. Goodall stated clearly anyone who applies for this proposal cannot have the rear end of the passenger vehicle (no RV/Boats are allowed to be parked in the extended drive) extend beyond the end of the "boulevard parking area".
The following topics were covered as well:
- Secondary Suites and Parking for Tenants & their Guests (subject is up for Public Hearing on May 3rd at 7:00pm in WL Council Chambers)
- Disregard for Parking in an established driveway
- Enforcement – Policy vs Bylaw and how to proceed
It's an election year and we're trying to get as much stuff done as we can
Question – is that because City Staff know they have it good right now with City Council and don't want to wait and see what voters' hand City Staff on November 19th in terms of a new City Council
Just asking….
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