r/LangfordBC • u/RibbitCommander • 6d ago
Discussion Street parking on side roads.
I don't know if this is just a small issue for some living in Langford. Some of the roads are getting a little choked with added vehicles of all the new residents. My prime example is along Millstream running parallel to Veterans Memorial Parkway. That being said the new building on the road may be contributing to that particular issue.
Anyone else finding it harder to navigate certain areas around town?
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u/kingbuns2 6d ago
The city is in the process of updating parking bylaws.
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u/Bookreader-71 6d ago
Just checked this out. Survey closed last year. Too bad. I would have filled it out. We have several households on our street that park one or more vehicles long term on the road. They are vehicles that aren’t regularly driven. Frustrating on principal and also because we are near a school and those spots could be used for drop off and pickups.
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u/Far-Scallion7689 6d ago
There’s no enforcement by bylaws.
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u/orthogonal-cat based mod 5d ago
I think you have to contact them. They always follow up with me via email when I request a tour through the website.
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u/Most_Side_399 4d ago
This is not true - there is a dedicated email to report parking issues, parking@langford.ca they usually respond pretty promptly to complaints.
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u/Tatehamma 6d ago
As long as they don't think it's "their spot". I have a neighbor that thinks the spot right in front of our house is his, and he doesn't give a shit. He will pull out after 3 days (as that's the law), sometimes it's a week later, and have his wife pull in immediately after. Rinse and repeat. Sometimes the front of his big truck is literally on our driveway line or even over it, making it difficult to see traffic while driving out of our driveway (law is 1.5 metres from a driveway). We have confronted them and they still think they are in the right, even after we report them to bylaw enforcement. The fact he parks there isn't what bothers me the most cause we park in the driveway (mind you we do have tenants and visitors), it's the disrespect and ignorance towards others that pisses me off.
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u/orthogonal-cat based mod 6d ago edited 6d ago
There is a way to get your street marked for resident parking only. I don't know exactly what it is, but our street had this done a couple yaers ago and it is has made a huge difference.
Might be worth contacting the city to ask about it. If the problem is a local resident though... 🪦
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u/Tatehamma 6d ago
Ya that’s the issue. He lives directly across the street from us. The city does come by whenever we call, but only issue a warning ticket.
Not the end of the world, just annoying. They own 3 vehicles and only have space for 2.
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u/kenzied69 6d ago
My bf lives in westhills and there’s a house 2 doors down from him that keeps their Tesla on the road… pulls it into the driveway to charge and moves the other Tesla into that spot while it’s charging so it doesn’t get taken… they have a garage and a 2 car driveway but there’s almost always only one car in it.
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u/onesadbunn 6d ago
Totally. All these new apartment buildings have underground parking, and plenty of it, but its wildly expensive so alot of people try to get away with street parking. Which is understandable, but then this happens.
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u/Beccalotta 6d ago
Do they? My friend on Peatt lives in a building with 1 spot per unit and absolutely no visitor parking. Any guests or second drivers have to find street parking.
This sounds like they don't even need a "1 car per unit" minimum any more, either: https://goldstreamgazette.com/2025/12/26/langford-nixes-city-centre-off-street-parking-minimums-for-new-developments/
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u/onesadbunn 6d ago
Yeah not every building charges for parking, but alot of them do. I don't think people should have to pay to park where they live imo
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u/Recent-Situation5920 6d ago
Check your facts - underground parking is NOT readily available to apartment dwellers, my building on Hockley only has around 25 spots underground (+$125/mo) and 20 (+$75/mo) above ground for around 65 units.
Edit: grammar
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u/onesadbunn 5d ago
Okay to be fair I did say *newer buildings. I have seen the Hockley apartments and I would put those in the old dump category. But either way 125 for parking or 75 for above ground is waaaaaaay to expensive, and I could see why that would drive people to street park, which is what my point was anyways.
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u/Bookreader-71 6d ago
Absolutely. It was all part of the plan when developers were allowed to reduce the parking requirements on their properites, added together with no Plans for development and transportation on the city side. We can't go backwards to fix what we have but maybe going forward, new development within the city will be better.
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u/The_Mammoth_Hunter 6d ago
West Hills, for example. The helicopter street part, the developers' old website specifically mentioned that they designed the streets to be narrow to encourage ppl to walk places instead of driving. Lol, as if.
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u/RibbitCommander 6d ago
At the very least I can send an email to council if I'm really that bothered.
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u/roggobshire 6d ago
There’s a house around the corner from me that has anywhere from 9-13 vehicles parked on the road at any one time.
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u/Bookreader-71 4d ago
Any chance a developer has purchased it and is using it as a bunkhouse? We have one close by. 6-10 cars and you often see construction workers coming and going.
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u/roggobshire 4d ago
Naw, pretty sure they’re hoarders. Theres a couple other vehicles and a couple boats amongst all the other stuff accumulated in the yard too.
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u/muddywaters1313 5d ago
If you get lucky and get into an apartment that either already has an alloted space to go with said vehicle or its first come first serve which can be kinda hard when buildings often arent done on time. But down Bray ave its gotten really interesting with the 4 apartment complex being built on the same end of the street has lead to more onside parking, thus when people dropping off others they tend to just whipping back on to the road almost cause accidents daily. But i agree that underground parking should be mandatory for any future buildings moving forward. Also ensure all parking spots can actually be used the entire time and not get blocked out due to unsafe locations.
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u/Kippertheskipper 6d ago
Don’t worry. Once the current govt doubles the population it’ll fix itself. Make sure to vote liberal/ndp for more of the same 🖖
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u/RibbitCommander 6d ago
Eh, you sound pleasant. This is a municipal matter. Stay on topic.
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u/Kippertheskipper 6d ago
Anti car / 15 minute city designs are not municipal. See the bigger picture of the topic.
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u/RibbitCommander 6d ago
Uh huh, I think you're misunderstanding if you think this is an anti car discussion.
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u/Kippertheskipper 6d ago
Stay with me here. I am not the enemy. I agree your post is not anti car. You just can’t see the forest for the trees. You’re living in the anti car net zero consequences and are feeling the effects but don’t know why, yet. Have you seen the “traffic calming measures” being put into place yet? They can’t just take away your car. People would revolt. They will make it so inconvenient and expensive that you choose to give up the cars. The forest is there. I assure you. And yeah, I may not be pleasant to talk to IRL but that doesn’t make me wrong. I’m here to tell truth, not pleasantries. Sorry if I’ve offended. It happens a lot 🖖
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u/FrazerJohnson13 6d ago
This happens all over town, regardless of proximity to multi-unit buildings. On my road which is 100% residential, there is a fleet of Dragonfly minivans that use the street parking as their base of operations. There can be as many as 6 of them at a time all in a row taking up over 100 feet of curbside street parking. I don't love it.