Finance

a vehicle used by a Government department or public agency in the delivery of Government programs or services, including:

• a vehicle owned by the Government;
• a private vehicle belonging to an on-call employee who is required to arrive quickly at the workplace, e.g., emergency medical or maintenance staff; and,
• a vehicle owned by or supplied to an employee who is required to use that vehicle in the performance of duty as an employee

space for vehicle parking that:

• is controlled by a department or public agency of the Government
• meets local standards for size and location of vehicle parking;
• is clearly identified and maintained as vehicle parking space, e.g., through signs, marked or implied boundaries, snow removal, surface maintenance, etc.;
• might or might not be served by amenities such as electrical service, heat, cover, lighting, security, etc.; and,
• is identifiable as parking space within an inventory of leased or owned real property and is available to the responsible department or public agency for parking use

General

This directive applies to reserved employee parking and does not apply to parking for Government-owned vehicles unless those vehicles are assigned to specific employees.

Paid reserved employee parking must be in a parking space that is owned or leased by the Government. Departments and public agencies may develop and assign reserved employee parking on vacant owned or leased land or within existing owned or leased parking space, but only if:

1. the land or existing parking space is surplus (i.e., not needed for official vehicles or other essential program purposes);
2. disposal would not be practical; and,
3. the development of additional reserved employee parking would not compete with or discourage the supply of paid parking by the private sector.

Any development of additional reserved employee parking or improvement of existing reserved employee parking must be done with the approval and involvement of the Department of Public Works and Services.

If the private sector does not supply paid parking in the immediate vicinity, the fee for paid reserved employee parking must cover the Government’s fullyburdened cost to provide, operate, and maintain it, including:

1. the cost to lease the land, if applicable;
2. property taxes, if applicable;
3. operation and maintenance, e.g., electrical service, lighting, heat, snow removal, security, surface maintenance, painting (lane lines, fences, posts, signs), etc.;
4. any administration cost; and,
5. the Goods and Services Tax.

Where it is available, an employee may be provided with free reserved employee parking if:

1. driving to work contributes to the performance of duty, e.g., where emergency medical or maintenance staff are expected to drive to work on short notice;
2. a medical doctor certifies that the employee is permanently unable to walk or has a permanent walking difficulty; or,
3. the employee demonstrates that he or she is authorized to use parking that is generally reserved for disabled persons in public places (e.g., as ordinarily evidenced by a vehicle sticker).

Removal of unauthorized vehicles

An employee or any other public officer in the employee’s department or public agency may, at the employee’s discretion, cause the removal of any unauthorized vehicle from reserved employee parking that has been assigned to that employee specifically. Any cost of removal or retrieval from impoundment will be the sole responsibility of the owner of the unauthorized vehicle and neither the employee nor the employee’s department or public agency shall assume any responsibility for the cost.