Bylaw Requirements

Richmond’s bike parking rules cover how many spaces a project needs, where they can go, and how the bike room itself has to be built. Get any of it wrong and you can stall a development permit or…

Surrey’s bike parking rules changed in May 2025. Required counts for multi-family projects dropped, and rules on where you can put them opened up. Here’s what applies today. Key Takeaways Where the Rules Live Surrey bike parking requirements…

Burnaby’s bike parking rules sit in a specific place: Schedule X of the Zoning Bylaw, added in March 2024 and still in force. Before that update, bike parking was mostly negotiated on a project-by-project basis through rezoning. Now…

The City of Vancouver regulates bike parking requirements down to the centimetre: room size, door hardware, lighting, and electrical outlets all matter. Get it wrong and you can stall a permit or fail inspection. Here’s everything it requires,…

Are bike repair & wash stations required in Metro Vancouver? In a growing number of cities, yes. Coquitlam, New Westminster, Surrey, and Burnaby now require new buildings with bike parking to include maintenance facilities, not just storage. For…