Chapter 4 I Transport and Mobility
Parking Management
4.104 Separate standards are prescribed for the Docklands and Tivoli and are set out in Chapter 10 Key Growth Areas and Neighbourhood Development Areas. 4.105 These standards will be reviewed periodically as the measures and interventions prescribed in CMATS come on stream.
4.99 Car parking is a key issue, both from the point of view of the continuing health of the city’s economy, and its influence on the choices made amongst modes of transport. Cork City Council is committed to encouraging alternatives to the private car and will continue to encourage a shift toward increased use of sustainable transport. 4.100 The availability and price of parking are major deter- minants of the relative attractiveness of the private car versus sustainable transport options and an extremely effective demand management tool. 4.101 Parking management measures can include pricing, supply and enforcement controls. Parking restraint can also be applied as a fiscal measure alongside land use planning measures. 4.102 Cork City Council has been guided by the provisions of and the anticipated roll out of CMATS in deter- mining new Parking standards for the City and the Urban Towns. 4.103 This Plan includes comprehensive car parking standards which are set out in Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development. Four parking zones have been established for the City with the aim of ensuring adequate residential parking/car storage and control of destination carparking (non-residential uses), whilst also allowing greater flexibility in car parking standards on sites well served by public transport. The four zones are detailed in Table 4.6.
Parking for New Development
4.106 As a mechanism in achieving the City Councils overarching aim of providing for a co-ordinated approach to the development of the City the following approach will be taken towards new developments: • Direct high-density residential land use and high trip generating uses including employment and retail to areas that are currently, or will be, served by high frequency transport services; • Set maximum parking standards across the City including the Urban Towns, taking into account accessibility to public transport and / or access to local services including education and employment; • Set out car-free or low car standards in develop- ment areas within an 800m walking catchment area of Cork city centre and / or of quality public transport; and • Ensure that alternatives to private car ownership are made available including provision of car club bays and membership, public transport cards and increasingly, provision of and membership of cycle hire schemes.
Car Parking Zones
Primary Areas
Zone 1
Cork City Centre and Inner City
Zone 2
Areas accessible to mass transit (existing or proposed Light Rail Corridor, Core Bus Network)
Most City Suburbs, including Ballincollig, Ballyphehane, Ballyvolane, Bishopstown, Blackrock, Blackpool, Douglas Mahon, Mayfield, Sundays Well, Togher
Zone 3
Blarney, Glanmire, Rochestown, Tower
Zone 4
City Hinterland, Kerry Pike, Killeens, Upper Glanmire
Table 4.6: Car Parking Zones.
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