September 1, 1998
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Angie Antoniou, Acting Assistant Director, By-law Administration and Enforcement, City Works Services
Subject:Results of the Poll for Front Yard Parking at 95 Montgomery Avenue (North Toronto)
Purpose:
To report the results of the poll conducted in connection with front yard parking at 95 Montgomery Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
That Toronto Community Council may recommend that:
(1)City Council approve the application for front yard parking and that such approval be subject to the applicant
complying with the criteria set out in Municipal Code Chapter 400, Traffic and Parking, of the former City of Toronto
Municipal Code; and
(2)the applicant obtain permission from Urban Planning and Development Services for the alteration of the front porch.
Background:
The Toronto Community Council, at its meeting of May 6, 1998, had before it a communication (April 27, 1998) from
Councillor Walker, respecting front yard parking at 95 Montgomery Avenue, recommending that the request for front yard
parking be approved, subject to the applicant entering into the agreements and paying the fee prescribed by the former
Municipal Code.
The Toronto Community Council requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to accept and process the
application, including conducting a poll of area residents, and report back to the Toronto Community Council.
Comments:
Mr. Tony DiLeo, owner of 95 Montgomery Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1E1, submitted an application for front yard
parking on February 10, 1998. The application was refused as the proposal did not meet the current criteria of the
Municipal Code. The refusal was appealed to the Toronto Community Council, which approved the parking and requested
that the formal poll be conducted.
The polling was conducted in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 90, Polling and Notifications Procedures, of the
former City of Toronto Municipal Code. The area polled was on both sides of Montgomery Avenue, from Nos. 77 to 137
on the south side and between Nos. 118 to 140 on the north side. The deadline for receiving the ballots was August 24,
1998. The results of the poll were as follows:
Polling Summary
The majority of the ballots cast were in favour of the parking proposal.
The vehicle the applicant intends to park in the front yard is 4.4 metres in length. The maximum length of a vehicle that can
park fronting this property is 3.8 metres. In order to accommodate the vehicle, the applicant would be required to reduce the
size of the front porch by 0.6 metre.
As the polling results were in favour of front yard parking at this location, it is recommended that it be approved. However,
modifications to the front porch would have to be made in order to accommodate the parking of the vehicle and a building
permit must be obtained to alter the front porch by reducing it by 0.6 metre, to meet the physical criteria of the Municipal
Code.
