Deep Cove is slashing visitor parking this summer [Video]

If your summer plans include hiking Quarry Rock or eating a famous doughnut, you may want to leave your car behind.

The District of North Vancouver has voted to dramatically reduce on-street parking in the small waterfront community of Deep Cove, which has become an increasingly popular sunny day destination over recent years.

On any given weekend, you’ll see people parking in residents’ driveways, in illegal spots and “driving around the block dozens of times trying to find parking near the (Cove Forest) park,” said Coun. Lisa Muri at a council meeting last week.

“This has been a problem for years; this has been a problem since Instagram was invented,” she said.

In order to try and balance the needs of residents, visitors and local businesses, district staff came up with its latest parking strategy, which is to quadruple the number of street parking spaces that are limited to residents only during peak season.

Staff estimated there are 910 street …