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October 1, 1998
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Angie Antoniou, Acting Assistant Director, By-law Administration and Enforcement,
City Works Services
Subject:Introduction of Permit Parking On Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and
Christie Street (Davenport and Midtown)
Purpose:
To introduce permit parking on Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and Christie Street,
on an area basis, within permit parking area 5C, to operate during the hours of 12:01 a.m. and
10:00 a.m., 7 days a week.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendation:
The Toronto Community Council may recommend that:
(1)permit parking be introduced on Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and Christie
Street, within permit parking area 5C, to operate during the hours of 12:01 a.m. and
10:00a.m., 7 days a week;
(2)Schedule P of Municipal Code Chapter 400, Traffic and Parking, of the former City of
Toronto Municipal Code, be amended to incorporate Davenport Road, between Bathurst
Street and Christie Street; and
(3)the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to
give effect thereto, including the introduction of all necessary bills.
Background:
In our correspondence of December 9, 1997 to Councillor Disero and former Councillor
Howard Joy, addressing a number of options that can be considered to improve the parking
problems on Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and Ossington Avenue, we also
included the possible implementation of permit parking.
Richard Joy, Executive Assistant to Councillor John Adams, in his e-mail to us dated January
12, 1998, copied to Councillors Disero and Fotinos, requested that we proceed with the
necessary poll on the implementation of permit parking on Davenport road, between Bathurst
Street and Ossington Avenue.
The Toronto Community Council, at its meeting of July 22, 1998, had before it a report (June
26, 1998) respecting South Side of Davenport Road, East of Rains Avenue - Implementation
of a ANo Parking Anytime@ prohibition.
The Toronto Community Council recommended adoption of the foregoing report and also
requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to report to the Toronto
Community Council on the possibility of allowing permit parking on Davenport Road, from
Christie Street to Rains Avenue.
Comments:
Pursuant to the City of Toronto Act, 1990, and as originally requested, a poll was conducted
to determine if there is support to introduce permit parking on Davenport Road, between
Bathurst Street and Ossington Avenue.
Ballots were mailed out on February 26, 1998, with the last date for filing a response being
March 27, 1998. The results of the poll are as follows:
Polling Summary
| Ballots cast
opposed74
in favour48 |
122 |
| No response |
634 |
| Returned by post
office |
3 |
| Total ballots issued |
759 |
In our correspondence of April 14, 1998 to Councillors Disero and Fotinos, we indicated that
since the majority of the ballots returned were opposed to the implementation of permit
parking, permit parking could not be introduced on this street.
However, in a subsequent e-mail on June 16, 1998 to Colleen Bell, Manager, Elections, City
Clerk=s Division, Corporate Services, Richard Joy requested a detailed break down of the
poll, the results of which are as follows:
Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and Christie Street:
Opposed32
In favour33
Davenport Road, between Christie Street and Rains Avenue:
Opposed5
In favour3
Davenport Road, between Rains Avenue and Ossington Avenue:
Opposed37
In favour12
In view of the breakdown of results, permit parking can be introduced on the portion of
Davenport Road, between Bathurst Street and Christie Street.
Conclusions:
Polls for the implementation of permit parking are regulated under the City of Toronto Act,
1990. Under the Act, if the majority of poll notices received are opposed to the passing of the
proposed by-law for permit parking, another poll can only be conducted after the two years
have lapsed.
Based on the results of the poll, permit parking can only be introduced on Davenport Road,
between Bathurst Street and Christie Street. With respect to the introduction of permit parking
on Davenport Road, between Christie Street and Ossington Avenue (which includes the
section of Davenport Road between Christie Street and Rains Avenue), a poll cannot be
conducted until May 2000.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Angie Antoniou, 392-1525
Acting Assistant Director
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