CoC Hosing Anyone With a Vehicle (Parking Permit Changes)

[killramos]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Coolest feature will be the magnetic license plate cover.

No one has explained what happens when someone has a bunch of people over on a weekend?
2 visitor passes per house.
My lawn is going to look great with cars parked on it.

Jyoti says take the bus

Stay home stay safe

[Maxt]

When I worked down at a shop in Ogden, we shared a building with a trucking company. One day the City decided to put up no parking signs on the street in front of our shop. The trucking company could only fit 2/3 of his trucks in the shop and his 3rd if left in the parking lot, blocked the entrance. On like day 2 of the signs, he just started backing over the signs. I think the city replaced the signs about 3 times then just gave up, on street parking was back on again.

[msommers]

After enough prodding, the CoC replied and completed a study on our street. They deemed there was sufficient parking space and no permits required.

Pretty dumbfounded they did something so logical. But in classic city fashion, they still had enforcement out daily and took 2 months to remove the signs.

[killramos]

Yea my parents were able to get the time limit in front of their house extended from 1Hr to 4 hrs or something so they don’t need to use visitor permits for dinner etc.

[suntan]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

After enough prodding, the CoC replied and completed a study on our street. They deemed there was sufficient parking space and no permits required.

Pretty dumbfounded they did something so logical. But in classic city fashion, they still had enforcement out daily and took 2 months to remove the signs.

You're missing the part where some buddy of a city employee got paid $1mm for the study.

[msommers]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

You're missing the part where some buddy of a city employee got paid $1mm for the study.

I'm jealous. I could have done two streets for the million! But I don't have pronouns so I don't qualify.

[killramos]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

You're missing the part where some buddy of a city employee got paid $1mm for the study.

The city isn’t competent enough to pull off that sort of graft

[davidI]

lol, this has been common in Europe for years and is the natural consequence of higher density living but the hilarious thing is how this is counter-wealth distribution and punishes the poor more than the rich. Detached housing just got more expensive and condos are getting DP'd by the BoC and CoC.

I know converting commercial real estate to residential isn't easy but what about converting some unused offices into parkades?

[mr2mike]

The CoC will only hear it if you're parking your ebike or eScooter.
But there has been instances of aliexpress versions exploding in buildings, causing fires.

Calgary density is nowhere close to European cities.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I know converting commercial real estate to residential isn't easy but what about converting some unused offices into parkades?

Pretty unlikely the bones of a typical office tower would support the loads vehicle parking would put on them. There's a reason most parkades are thicc concrete. Plus you'd need to add ramps, etc.

[dirtsniffer]

Still find it hilarious that all these NIMBYS didn't want to allow public parking on their street, so they pushed ahead getting it permit zoned, only to get reckt once they had to absorb the true cost of the program.

[ExtraSlow]

Permits, but not for me. That's the vibe.

[pheoxs]

I wanna say this is dumb but when I had my house in Airdrie they built a townhouse complex on the opposite side of the street as me. Went from always having space and parking in front of my house to rarely ever having space on the same block. So I sorta understand the need for permits but it is quite dumb to start charging for them.

They did drop prices to just $30 a year for the first car though, so that isn't exactly breaking the bank.

[davidI]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Pretty unlikely the bones of a typical office tower would support the loads vehicle parking would put on them. There's a reason most parkades are thicc concrete. Plus you'd need to add ramps, etc.

Yea, but I'd think putting in some more support pillars and pouring thicker slabs / ramps would be pretty simple compared to trying to route plumbing and electrical and such to serve apartments but I'm not a structural engineer nor architect so maybe someone with that background can explain why it wouldn't work.

Edit: Interestingly, according to this, offices actually have higher live load requirements: https://schaefer-inc.com/office-repu...arking-garage/

[mr2mike]

We should bring in the beyond structural engineers from the bridge collapse thread years ago.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Yea, but I'd think putting in some more support pillars and pouring thicker slabs / ramps would be pretty simple compared to trying to route plumbing and electrical and such to serve apartments but I'm not a structural engineer nor architect so maybe someone with that background can explain why it wouldn't work.

Edit: Interestingly, according to this, offices actually have higher live load requirements: https://schaefer-inc.com/office-repu...arking-garage/

That note about parking structures having lower live loads is interesting, but it does make sense - a good chunk of a parking garage is driving area (lanes and ramps) rather than parking space so your overall average loading drops compared to an office that can be packed to the tits across the whole thing. I looked it up and ASCE code for garages is 40 psf and office space is 50psf, so pretty close.

[davidI]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I looked it up and ASCE code for garages is 40 psf and office space is 50psf, so pretty close.

Cool, thanks. Given the cost of Calgary parking it seems like converting the bottom 2-3 floors could be commercially feasible for a lot of buildings, with a carve-out for a reception/elevator access.

Just need to get EV plug-ins and Trudao and "Free"land will pay for it.

[msommers]

Converting floors of a high rise to parking intuitively seems like a nightmare to execute.

[88CRX]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Converting floors of a high rise to parking intuitively seems like a nightmare to execute.

Its not a nightmare... its impossible. LOL

[jwslam]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

Its not a nightmare... its impossible. LOL

Where there's an EIT there's a way.