Provide Dedicated Carshare Vehicle Spaces
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Description
- Developer partners with a carshare provider and subsidizes a carshare operation on-site as needed, including provision of dedicated spaces.
- Carshare vehicles are typically self-service, pay-per-use vehicles available only to registered members.
- Carshare vehicles reduce the need to store private vehicles for a long period, as a single vehicle can be shared between multiple users, resulting in lower vehicle ownership and reduced parking demand.
Guidance
Option 1
- The Vaughan Comprehensive Zoning By-law identifies carshare parking reductions:
- For an apartment dwelling in a Residential, Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, or Mixed-Use Zone, the maximum reduction to the total minimum required parking spaces shall be four for each dedicated car-share parking space.
- For an apartment dwelling in a Residential, Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, or Mixed-Use Zone, the maximum number of car-share parking spaces shall be calculated as the total number of dwelling units divided by sixty, rounded to the nearest whole number.
- Applicants should enter into an agreement with a carshare provider and the City and financially commit to joining the program prior as a condition of approval.
Development Review
- The applicant shall submit a site plan, site plan drawing, concept plan, engineering submission, or other applicable document that shows the location of proposed car share parking spaces.
- The applicant shall submit the agreement with Carshare provider as a condition of the applicable development agreement and/or through a letter of credit.
- City of Vaughan staff shall review the proposed locations and service agreement and provide a recommendation for either approval or modifications to meet City requirements.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Submit completed monitoring survey results to the City of Vaughan at the required intervals, highlighting number of car share users, as well as photo evidence of carshare spaces and vehicles.
York Region Required
No
Category
Parking
Character Areas
VMC
Group 1
Group 2
Other Zones
Land Uses
Residential
Institutional
Effectiveness
3
Typical Cost
Design Costs
Points
2
Additional Resources
Typical agreements between developers and providers are:
- Private access (less common): Parking space and car dedicated to the building with no public access. The developer must ensure profitability for the first two years by either subsidizing vehicle operations or working with the carshare provider to promote the service.
- Public access (revenue guaranteed): Parking space and car provided within the building with public access (usually within commercial parking space). Like the private access agreement, the applicant is typically required to ensure profitability by subsidizing operations.
- Public access (not revenue guarantee): Similar to the revenue guaranteed model, however the applicant is not required to subsidize or to ensure profitability (e.g. subsidize operations), but the condominium board or appropriate governing body is required to write into the by-laws that the parking space will remain dedicated to carshare and will be publicly accessible and must be registered on title.
The minimum guaranteed revenue period for utilizing a carshare space varies across jurisdictions but is typically for between two to three years.
Development Engineering