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North Shore Community Newsletter 8 – Parking

  • Posted by Ian Mutton
  • On June 26, 2018
  • Parking

There’s a disconnect between Planning Rules and Reality of Finding a
Parking Spot

Why’s it hard to find a parking spot in North Sydney’s Council area?

Yes! Between 2011 and 2016 the number of:

  • dwellings increased by 1,763
  • resident with no cars decreased by 213

It’s set to get worse.

  • The Government tells us to prepare for a 30% increase in population over the next 20 years.

Where to park those cars?

  • Our Council restricts the number of parking spaces for each studio/one bedroom apartment to 0.5 – that’s right, ½
  • That restriction relieves developers of the cost burden of providing car spaces leaving owners to park on the streets.

Why?

  • Our Council wants to minimise reliance on private cars; to facilitate the use of
    public transport, walking and cycling.

Policies detached from reality serve no good cause.

  • Try transporting kids around to sporting events in buses, on bikes and by foot.
  • Not everyone can use public transport to get to work and travel around with work.

What’s needed? There’s no “one” answer; what’s needed in the short term:

  • Amend the policy (North Sydney DCP 2013) to require a minimum of one parking spot for every new home – no matter how small.
  • Give North Sydney Council area residents priority access to on street parking.
  • Adopt schemes that facilitate the orderly use of shared cars and bikes.

 

 

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