http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6505...d-by-deal/
The reason they couldn't use street parking is because of the zoning requirements.
Quote:The redesigned, three-metre-wide trail cuts across the store’s parking lot and eliminates roughly 40 spaces, or about 80 per cent of the parking. The loss of that parking could have led to the store losing its commercial zoning and forced its relocation.
That won’t be necessary, however, after the store purchased the neighbouring convenience store and will use the excess parking on that site at the corner of Moore Avenue and Union Street.
The reason they couldn't use street parking is because of the zoning requirements.