Plying of staff buses by companies with more than 50 employees, two main gates to facilitate parking in residential buildings, promotion of community parking among others would be soon made mandatory in Chandigarh.
For, the UT Administration is all set to notify its vehicle parking policy.
With the city getting clogged with increasing number of private vehicles every year, the policy is aimed at addressing parking woes of the city residents.
As per the policy, it would be mandatory to ply staff buses by Industrial/IT companies with more than 50 employees. In case of violation, penalty per car per day will be levied for all cars parked outside the premises.
To facilitate parking and movement of vehicles, two main gates shall be permitted along accessible road in the front boundary wall of the residential buildings. Also, stilt parking at ground floor shall be allowed within the permissible ground coverage, FAR and height of the building.
Apart from this, working Place Parking Levy (WPPL) shall be introduced in public institutions at an initial stage and the same may be extended to private institutions/ organizations in the city, the policy stated.
“The Administration will soon notify the parking policy. The Administrator’s Advisory Council has already approved the policy,” said a senior officer of UT Administration.
We have sent the draft to the Legal Department seeking recommendation on rules under which the policy will be notified, he added.
Some of the other features of the policy include community parking in each sub-sector to be created by using neighborhood and commercial and institutional parking lots overnight on rental basis, to be managed and run by the registered Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs).
Also, all institutions will be asked to clearly demarcated pick-up or drop off zones and implement signages showing time limits of pick-up and drop off school children.