City Planners Propose Changes to Parking

City planners propose changes to parking

'Parking takes up a lot of landscape . . . if we can reduce some of that and put in development while still functioning as a thriving city, that's the kind of thing we're looking for'

Parking plan would reduce available spots by up to 40%

In an effort to better align with best practices across the province, City planners propose changes to Sault Ste. Marie’s zoning bylaws related to parking. Using data collected since 2014, they have developed a series of proposed reforms to parking requirements. In addition to their own data, staff also looked at the practices of 13 comparable cities in Ontario, Michigan, and Minnesota, and made use of the report from CIMA+, a consultant hired b…