Off-Street Parking and Loading Bylaw Review

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Community Planning
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Maple Ridge Off-Street Parking and Loading Bylaw No. 7970-2023 was adopted at the December 16, 2025, Regular Council Meeting. This bylaw is now being used by staff and Council during the review of new rezoning and development proposals across the City to ensure that minimum parking needs are being met on-site and to help manage potential parking impacts on surrounding streets and neighbourhoods.

Background

The review process for Maple Ridge Off-Street Parking and Loading Bylaw No. 4350-1990 was initiated in the spring of 2022 to modernize the City’s off-street parking requirements and incorporate best practices from across the Metro Vancouver region. In alignment with the City’s Climate Action Plan and Strategic Transportation Plan, the new Parking Bylaw (Maple Ridge Off-Street Parking and Loading Bylaw No. 7970-2023) introduces requirements that support more sustainable mobility options, encourage modal shift, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By reducing the minimum number of off-street parking spaces that would be required in areas like the Town Centre and Lougheed Transit Corridor, the new requirements will support more transit-oriented development near the future Langley-Haney Place Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line.

Parking Bylaw Purpose

Maple Ridge Off-Street Parking and Loading Bylaw No. 4350-1990 was adopted in 1990 and has been amended several times. The purpose of this bylaw is to regulate parking on properties (i.e., off the street) for different land uses within the City. This includes parking that may be located in a garage or carport, surface parking lot, underground parkade, or on a private driveway. To ensure that off-street parking needs are met as part of new development, the bylaw includes requirements for the size, type, and number of parking spaces that must be provided on a property based on the use of land and the types of buildings. The bylaw also includes loading space requirements for buildings that receive or deliver goods, as well as requirements for electric vehicle charging and bicycle parking to support sustainable and active mobility. Parking located on public streets is regulated by a separate bylaw (Maple Ridge Highway and Traffic Bylaw No. 6704-2009).
 

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