Broadened definition of commercial vehicles could restrict what vehicles you can park on your residential lot.

City Council is considering a definition of commercial vehicles to be added to the zoning bylaw in order to improve enforcement of the existing bylaw which restricts commercial vehicles on residential lots.  This may be both good news and bad news for some neighbourhoods.  

At present the Zoning Bylaw states that no person shall keep in any part of a Site in any Residential Zone any commercial vehicle, loaded or unloaded, of a maximum gross vehicle weight exceeding 4500 kg, or more than one commercial vehicle under 4500 kg.

On July 19^th, City Council will be considering adding the following definition of a commercial vehicle to the Bylaw:   A commercial vehicle means a vehicle that:

i.              is designed primarily for commercial purposes;

ii.             is being used for commercial purposes;

iii.            is licensed for commercial purposes; or

iv.           has dual rear wheels.

This definition would prohibit more than one vehicle such as a cube van, welding truck, bobcat, company car or dual wheeled truck from a residential lot.  For example, you could not have a dual wheeled truck and a company car on your lot or any other combination of vehicles which both fall within the commercial vehicle category. 

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