Off-street parking is not available in all Toronto boroughs. Allowed locations can be found here. But even in areas where this is possible, there are laws that can prevent you from parking your car in front of your home. You may be wondering why there is a law that prohibits you from using your front yard as a parking lot, but the City of Toronto has its reasons for these regulations, such as replenishing the groundwater level to water our trees, ensuring that our rainwater system remains sufficient to collect rainwater, or preventing the development of an urban heat island effect. which increases temperatures in cities. Hello. I own a property on Dufferin that has a shared lane with the property next door that leads to each of our reversing and parking areas. My neighbor continues to park his vehicle at the front of the roadway and blocks access to the back so that my tenants cannot park their vehicle. It is obviously not legal for him to obstruct the common roadway, but he continues to do so, which is a terrible inconvenience for my tenants. What is the protocol and the best way to approach this issue as things heat up and I want to avoid an escalation of the conflict? After the closure, Meghan contacted the city to arrange the transfer of the license for the front yard parking lot.
She was informed that only the front and rear aisle locations are legal and that the front entrance space requires an urban permit. The third room in front of the house is illegal. The saving grace in all of this seems to be the title insurance policy that we arranged when we concluded. Once we provided the insurer with a letter from the city requesting that one of the parking lots be cordoned off with planters, the insurer agreed to cover the costs and investigate any depreciation of the property caused by the loss of parking space. A front garden parking garage is an area where we want to be very careful in fulfilling our duty of care. It is important to ensure that it is licensed and registered with the city and legal. In this way, new owners can continue to park there if they own the property, provided they transfer the property, continue to renew the license every year and keep it in good condition. 2.
Now determine how much of your front yard needs to be set up. The front of the plot in this case is 16 m, you must have 60% of your front garden as a landscaped open space. If you want to build a front parking garage, you must meet certain conditions. You can find them all in the bylaws, but we`ve selected some that most people need to know. There are five types of parking permits available: In Toronto, homeowners have several options for parking our beloved cars. For example, condominiums have underground or above-ground lots, and condominium townhouses have designated parking spaces or garages. Now, with condos, the options are garages, private driveways, mutual driveways, access to a rear parking garage or garage, rights of way, no parking at all or a parking garage in the front yard. Here`s what the City of Toronto has to say about allowing parking in the front yard: The current owner has been parked in front of the house for 20 years without a permit and has never had a problem! Older houses have not always had driveways and today the owners have to build new ones.
All new homes must be built with a driveway. You should know that if you buy a house that has a driveway, it does not necessarily mean that you have the right to park there. A front garden parking license is not automatically transferred to the new owner of the property, so you will need to apply for the license after purchasing a home. You can apply for a permit as long as on-site parking is not available or feasible, via a driveway or contiguous street or alley. More information and application forms can be found on the city`s website: www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/applying-for-a-parking-permit/residential-on-street-parking/ A request for front yard parking is not accepted for residential parking in the front yard in the old City of Toronto neighbourhoods: It turns out that one of their neighbours had filed a complaint that the third room was illegal. The requirement for flexible landscaping in the front yard is 75% of the front yard area, excluding the area occupied by a driveway. In our case, 72 square meters (front garden – entrance area) * 0.75 = 54 square meters. So, 54 square feet of your front yard space should be soft landscaping. Our landscaping installation teams skillfully build your newly designed parking garage and other landscaping elements.