To: From: Date: fea ee AWTORITA TA’ L-IPPJANAR PLANNING AUTHORITY REPORT TO PLANNING AUTHORITY Planning Authority Board Members Director of Planning 13 August 1998 Subject: COMMUTED PARKING PAYMENT SCHEME FOR MOSTA. LOCAL COUNCIL AREA 1 INTRODUCTION In accordance with the recommendation in paragraph 7.4 of the report entitled “Commuted Parking Payment Scheme for Malta, which was approved by the Planning Authority Board on 23 October 1997, and by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Environment on Ist July 1998, the details for the CPPS zone for Mosta Local Council area have now been established. The CPPS does not apply to the local council area as a whole, but to a zone covering the main commercial area of Mosta. DEFINING THE COMMERCIAL CENTRE From land-use surveys of the Mosta Local Council area, undertaken by the Strategic Planning Unit, the commercial centre of Mosta is clearly focused around the Mosta Dome, continuing north-west and south-east along much of Constitution Street and Eucharistic Congress Street respectively. Further commercial development along sections of Main Steet close to the Church, is also included in the commercial centre. PARKING DEMAND From a survey undertaken in December 1997, the Mosta central area currently has a capacity of 450 parking spaces. The survey indicated that some areas, particularly those close to the Civie Centre were consistently over capacity during the survey period (9am to 1pm), and that the peak hour for parking occurred Aloe Hppjanar- Fleniana PO. Box 200, Valea CMA 03. Mata pulmo pa'malts org e-mal: eraunee@pa-mala.org Tet (-386)200076. Fax (4356) 2268633 3.4 35 41 between 10.30.am and 11 30 am. During the survey a total of just over 1000 vehicles were recorded as parking within the commercial area. It is important to note that 50% (493) of these vehicles parked for approximately half and hour, with another 15% (150) parking for approximately onc hour - these can be termed “short-term parkers”. Long-term parkers are those who remained for four hours or more and these amounted to 14% (135) of the vehicles recorded. From the above figures itcan be seen thet when short-term parking is occurring a large number of vehicles can be catered for in a limited number of spaces. The figures also indicete that parking demand at present is at its limit, and there is a high turnover of use of the spaces available. Therefore the desired level of spaces should account for the present demand together with limited future growth, toa level of parking supply that is both environmentally and socially acceptable to the area. To make a comparison, the ultimate demand for parking has been worked out by estimating the maximum developable land area that there is in the commercial centre, and taking account of the permissible height limits. The total comes to approximately 110,000m?, Thus, the ultimate 1g demand based on Planning ‘Authority parking standards (1 space per 50m) would amount to approximately 2200 car parking spaces. ‘The survey indicates that the greatest demand for parking is for short-term spaces, and therefore to assist parking management in the area and encourage the use of the proposed car park by long-term parkers, much of the on-street parking should be given « time-limit. In this way the capacity of the existing on-street spaces would increase drastically. The Mosta Local Council are interested in progressing such parking management and would encourage its implementation when their proposed multi-storey car park becomes operational. From this information a final supply figure of 750 parking spaces is being recommended, made up of 450 short-term on-street spaces and 300 longer-term spaces in the proposed multi-storey car park. LOCATION OF CAR PARK. ‘The Mosta Local Council has already obtained a permit to develop @ multi-storey ccar-park to the rear of the Mosta Dome. The site is currently a bocei pitch, public garden and children’s play erea and these are to be reinstated on the roof of the car-park and at the same level. The car park has been designed to provide 300 parking spaces, and the location of the car park is indicated on map CPPS/MST1.5.1 61 THE CPPS ZONE ‘The studies show thet existing parking is used to its fullest in Mosta and that there is a need for the CPPS. The car park is in an optimal position to cater for the commercial centre and the CPPS zone is being proposed to extend a little beyond the commercial centre to allow for future medium-term growth, This is mainly based on a suggestion by Mosta Local Council. The boundary of the zone has been set to ensure that all development will occur within “walking distance” of the car park site. The zone is labelled MST1 and the boundary is shown on the attached map CPPS/MST1. CPPS LEVY ‘The estimated cost of building the car park is Lm 480,000 which amounts to a cost of Lm 1,600 per space. Therefore, to spread the costs of provision over a greater number of developers, itis being suggested that half this price, Lm 800, is allocated as the levy required from developers per parking space. ‘The Planning Authority is committed, within the extent of its authority, to ensure that the car park described above is provided within a time period of 10 years. This takes into account Mosta Local Council's ongoing development and traffic management plans. Recommendation ‘That the proposed zone for the Mosta area is approved as described in the attached report and on plan CPPS/MST1/130898. ‘That the levy for the Mosta CPPS zone is set at Lin 800, until such time as the zone is reviewed. Godwin Cassar Director of Planning