Uniformat G2020

Parking lot, asphalt

Also called asphalt parking lot, paved parking

• Confidence C
• Version 0.3.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-21

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

Basis

• 25 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p1 · HUD CNA 3.2.4.1 “Asphalt Pavement” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)
  Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD also gives asphalt seal coat 5 years (3.2.4.2).
• 20 years · Amherstburg: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, Appendix A: TCA Categories, Life Years, and Thresholds, p8 · “General - Land Improvement - Parking Lots” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 15 years · Barrie: City of Barrie Corporate Asset Management Plan: Proposed Levels of Service, p110 · “Park Parking Lots” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 · “Land Improvements - Asphalt Parking Lot” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 18 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p12 · “Land improvements - Driveways and parking lots” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Meaford: By-law 2020-83, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix A Estimated Useful Lives, p16 · “Land Improvements - Parking Lot - Asphalt” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20–25 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 · “Land Improvements - Parking Lots” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · The Blue Mountains: POL.COR.19.04 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p11 · “Land Improvements - Parking Lot - Asphalt” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Welland: FIN-001-0012 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p8 · “Land Improvements - Parking Lots” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Parking lot, asphalt, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.3.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_parking_lot_asphalt_0_3_0,
  title = {Parking lot, asphalt},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.3.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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