April 20, 1998

To:Toronto Community Council

From:Andrew Koropeski, Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation, City Works Services

Subject:Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue - Implementation of alternate side parking. (Davenport)

Purpose:

To consider a request to implement alternate side parking on Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Not applicable.

Recommendations:

In order to implement alternate side parking on Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue, the following should be adopted:

1. That the recommendations noted in Appendix AA@, attached, be implemented; and

2. That the appropriate City Officials be requested to take whatever action is necessary to give effect to the foregoing, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that are required.

Comments:

At the request of Councillor Betty Disero, on behalf of area residents, City Works Services has investigated the feasibility of implementing alternate side parking on Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue, for the purpose of allowing both sides of the street to be mechanically swept to remove litter and debris.

Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue, operates one-way eastbound with a pavement width of 7.3 metres.

On the section from Dufferin Street to Via Italia, parking is regulated as follows:

North side:

Parking is prohibited at anytime.

South side:

- Standing is prohibited from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from Dufferin Street to a point 49 metres west;

- Parking is prohibited from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from a point 49 metres west of Dufferin Street to a point 27 metres further west; and

- Parking is allowed for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from a point 76 metres west of Dufferin Street to Via Italia.

On the section from Via Italia to Greenlaw Avenue, parking is regulated as follows:

North side:

- Parking is prohibited at anytime.

South side: - Parking is prohibited at anytime from Via Italia to a point 30 metres west;

- Parking is prohibited at anytime from Greenlaw Avenue to a point 54 metres east; and

- Parking is allowed for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from a point 30 metres west of Via Italia to a point 54 metres east of Greenlaw Avenue.

The permit parking system operates on both sections of Mackay Avenue from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily, and parking when otherwise permitted is allowed for a maximum period of three hours.

There are currently a total of 16 south side parking spaces on the the section of Mackay Avenue from Dufferin Street to Via Italia and a total of 21 south side parking spaces on the section from Via Italia to Greenlaw Avenue. Staff have determined that an equal number of parking spaces (on a per block basis) would be made available on the north side of the street if alternate side parking were to be implemented. Accordingly such a course of action would not result in the loss of any on-street parking opportunities for area residents and the inventory of permit parking spaces on this street and in permit parking area 3E would remain unchanged.

The provision of alternate side parking on Mackay Avenue will also provide the opportunity to mechanically, as opposed to manually, sweep both sides of this street to remove litter and debris on a more frequent basis.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Colin Booth

Senior Traffic Investigator, 392-7771

Director.

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Appendix AA@

In order to implement alternate side parking on Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue, it is recommended that parking regulations on this street be amended as follows:

1. That the No Parking Anytime@ prohibition on the north side of Mackay Avenue, from the west limit of the first lane west of Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue be rescinded;

2. That the ANo Parking Anytime@ prohibition on the south side of Mackay Avenue, from Greenlaw Avenue to a point 54 metres east be rescinded;

3. That parking on the north side of Mackay Avenue, from the first lane west of Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue be prohibited from the 1^st day to the 15^th day of each month , from April 1^st to November 30^th and at anytime from December 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year inclusive;

4. That parking on the south side of Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue be prohibited from the 16^th day to the last day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive;

5. That the permit parking system operate on an alternate side basis on Mackay Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Greenlaw Avenue, from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily;

6. That parking on the north side of Mackay Avenue be permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the 1^st to the 15^th of each month, April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive;

7. That the AOne Hour, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday@ regulation which operates on the south side of Mackay Avenue, from a point 76 metres west of Dufferin Street to Via Italia, be adjusted to apply from the 1^st to the 15^th day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive and December 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year; and

8. That the AOne Hour, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday@ regulation which operates on the south side of Mackay Avenue, from a point 30 metres west of Via Italia to a point 54 metres east of Greenlaw Avenue, be extended and adjusted to operate from a point 30 metres west of Via Italia to Greenlaw Avenue from the 1^st to the 15^th day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive and December 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year.