Parking reforms in Nanaimo, BC
- 99,863 residents
Parking minimum removals
Policy record 1
Nanaimo removed parking mandates for residential uses in transit oriented areas (within 400 meters of a bus exchange) in compliance with provincial law in May 2024. Within the Downtown-Specified Area, parking is not required for the first 100 parking spaces that would otherwise be required, except for residential uses.
- Status
- Adopted
- Adoption date
- May 6, 2024
- Scope
- City center / business district
- Transit-oriented
- Affected land uses
- Commercial
- Other
- Residential, all uses
- Requirements
- By right
- Size of project
- Reporter
- Etienne Lefebvre and Samuel Deetz
Citation 1
- Source
- Nanaimo Bulletin Article
- URL
- www.nanaimobulletin.com
Citation 2
- Source
- Nanaimo Parking Bylaw
- Notes
- 7.2.i.; 7.3.ii.; Pages 12, 16
- URL
- www.nanaimo.ca
Policy record 2
Parking mandates were removed for all uses in the Downtown Urban Centre in July 2025.
- Status
- Adopted
- Adoption date
- Jul 7, 2025
- Scope
- City center / business district
- Affected land uses
- All uses
- Requirements
- By right
- Reporter
- Michael Bassili
Citation
- Source
- Nanaimo Bylaw No. 7266.04
- URL
- pub-nanaimo.escribemeetings.com
Parking minimum reduction
Within the Downtown-Specified Area, parking is not required for the first 100 parking spaces that would otherwise be required, except where the use is residential. A fee in lieu of required parking may be provided in designated areas.
- Status
- Adopted
- Scope
- City center / business district
- Main street / special
- Affected land uses
- All uses
- Commercial
- Other
- Requirements
- By right
- In-lieu fees
- Reporter
- Samuel Deetz
Citation
- Source
- Nanaimo Parking Bylaw
- Notes
- 7.3.ii.; 7.3.iii.; Pages 16-17
- URL
- www.nanaimo.ca
