June 24, 1998
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Andrew Koropeski, Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation, City
Works Services
Subject:Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue -
Implementation of alternate side parking. (Davenport)
Purpose:
To consider a report to implement alternate side parking on Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair
Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
1. That in order to implement alternate side parking on Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair
Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue, the recommendations noted in Appendix "A", attached,
should be approved; 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, Works staff have
investigated the feasibility of implementing alternate side parking on Prescott Avenue, from
St. Clair Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue, for the purpose of allowing both sides of the
street to be mechanically swept to remove litter and debris and to maximize the number of
available on-street parking spaces during winter months.
Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue operates two-way with a
roadway width of 7.3 metres. Parking on the east side of the street is allowed for a maximum
period of three hours outside of the 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily permit parking hours of
operation, excepting the section of street from St. Clair Avenue West to East Avenue, where
parking is restricted to a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday
to Friday. Parking on the west side of the street is prohibited at anytime.
There are currently a total of 34 on-street parking spaces on the east side of the subject
section of roadway and 43 potential spaces on the west side. Implementing alternate side
parking would result in a total of nine additional parking spaces being made available to
residents during winter months and on a semi-monthly basis at other times. However, it
should be noted that streets where alternate side parking operates must reflect the side of the
street with the least number of parking spaces. Accordingly, the inventory of permit parking
spaces on this street and in permit parking area 3C would remained unchanged.
The provision of alternate side parking on this section of Prescott Avenue will also provide
the opportunity to mechanically, as opposed to manually, sweep both sides of the 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 "A"
In order to implement alternate side parking on Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue
West to Rockwell Avenue, it is recommended that parking regulations on this street be
amended as follows:
1. That the "No Parking Anytime" prohibition on the west side of Prescott Avenue, from St.
Clair Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue, be rescinded;
2. That the permit parking system operate on an alternate side basis on Prescott Avenue,
from St. Clair Avenue West to Rockwell Avenue, from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. daily;
3. That parking on the west side of Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to
Rockwell Avenue be prohibited from the 16th day to the last day of each month from April
1st to November 30th inclusive;
4. That parking on the east side of Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to
Rockwell Avenue be prohibited from the 1st day to the 15th day of each month, from April 1st
to November 30th and at anytime from December 1st of one year to March 31st of the next
following year inclusive;
5. That parking on the west side of Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to the
first lane north thereof, be permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the 1st to the 15th of each month from April 1st to
November 30th inclusive and December 1st of one year to March 31st of the next following
year; and
6. That the "One Hour, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday" regulation which
operates on the east side of Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to East Avenue, be
adjusted to apply from the 16th to the end of each month, from April 1st to November 30th
inclusive.