May 4, 1998
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Andrew Koropeski, Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation, City Works Services
Subject:McCaul Street, east side, from Elm Street to a point 43.0 metres north - Provision of additional parking meters
(Downtown)
Purpose:
The intent of this proposal is to increase parking opportunity on McCaul Street.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
The estimated cost of purchasing and installing the additional parking meters is $6,000.00 which can be accommodated in
The Parking Authority of Toronto=s 1998 Operating Budget.
Recommendations: (1) That the parking prohibition at anytime on the east side of McCaul Street, from Elm Street to a
point 134.0 metres north, be rescinded;
(2) That parking be prohibited at anytime on the east side of McCaul Street from a point 43.0 meters north of Elm Street to
a point 91.0 metres further north;
(3) That parking meters be installed on the east side of McCaul Street, from Elm Street to a point 43.0 metres north to
operate from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, for a maximum period of one hour, at a rate of $1.00 per hour;
(4) That the parking meter operational hours on McCaul Street, from College Street to Dundas Street West be adjusted:
a) on the east side from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, to apply from
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday;
b) on the west side from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, to apply from
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday; and
(5) 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 area business proprietors and in consultation with Downtown Councillor Olivia Chow, Works staff have
reviewed installing additional parking meters on the east side of McCaul Street from Elm Street to Baldwin Street to
increase parking opportunity in this neighbourhood for patrons of nearby businesses and residential permit parkers.
McCaul Street, from College Street to Dundas Street West operates two-way on a pavement width of about 11.0 metres.
Parking is currently allowed at metered parking spaces for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday to Saturday on both sides of the street. Parking is otherwise allowed for a maximum period of three hours, except
from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily when permit parking regulations apply.
A recent site investigation by staff of City Works Services has revealed that vehicles frequently park on the east side of
McCaul Street, from Elm Street to a point 134.0 metres north (where parking is currently prohibited at anytime), often
occupying most of the available curb area. This situation does not adversely affect traffic operation on McCaul Street
between Elm Street and Baldwin Street (43 metres north of Elm Street) but does have an adverse impact on delivery
operations at Silverstein=s Bakery (Premises No. 193 McCaul Street), from a point 43.0 metres north of Elm Street to a
point 91 metres further north, where vans often stop to load/off-load merchandise or enter off-street loading bays at the
bakery.
Based on this assessment, parking could be permitted on the east side of McCaul Street between Elm Street and a point
43.0 metres north and in combination therewith, six parking meters should be installed to operate in conjunction with the
parking meters currently installed elsewhere on McCaul Street from Dundas Street West to College Street.
It was noted during our review that the current parking meter operational hours indicated in Chapter 400 of the City of
Toronto Municipal Code do not reflect the actual hours of parking meter operation on McCaul Street. To rectify this
situation, the recommendations above include a Ahousekeeping@ amendment to the operational hours of the parking
meters to include the rush hour periods from Monday to Friday, which should have been amended when the stopping
prohibitions during the morning and afternoon rush hour periods were rescinded earlier this year on McCaul Street from
Dundas Street West to College Street (Clause No. 35 in Toronto Community Council Report No. 2, By-law No. 105-1998,
City Council meeting of March 6, 1998).
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Curt Russell, 392-7771
Director.
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