Uniformat G2020

Parking lot, asphalt

Also called asphalt parking lot, paved parking

• Confidence C
• Version 0.5.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

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.
• 20–25 years · Amherstburg: Asset Management Plan Town of Amherstburg 2025, p75 · “Municipal Parking Lots” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Amherstburg: Asset Management Plan Town of Amherstburg 2025, p113 · “Parking Lots - Parks” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Kingston: City of Kingston 2024 Asset Management Plan, Volume 1: Infrastructure, Transportation, Transit, & Emergency Services, p125 · “Airport Site - Parking Lots – Asphalt” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Lanark: Asset Management Plan 2022, p167 · “Parking lots for social housing assets” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Orillia: City of Orillia Asset Management Plan 2025, p259 · “Parking Lots” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Trent Lakes: Municipality of Trent Lakes Asset Management Plan (Final Report, May 24, 2024), p64 · “Parking Lot” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). 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
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
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.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Parking lot, asphalt, v0.5.0. https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.5.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_parking_lot_asphalt_0_5_0,
  title = {Parking lot, asphalt},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.5.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/parking-lot-asphalt/v/0.5.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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