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 16^th day to the last day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive;

4. That parking on the east side of Prescott Avenue, from St. Clair Avenue West to Rockwell 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;

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 1^st to the 15^th 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

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 16^th to the end of each month, from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive.