Uniformat G2020

Parking lot, asphalt

Also called asphalt parking lot, paved parking

• Confidence C
• Version 0.4.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

This is version 0.4.0. The latest is 0.5.0.

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

1 tasks in 1 work order.

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6Semi
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9. 9
10. 10
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12. 12Semi

Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.

Know the answer? Send it with a source to [email protected].

Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Parking lot, asphalt, v0.4.0. https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.4.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_parking_lot_asphalt_0_4_0,
  title = {Parking lot, asphalt},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.4.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.4.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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