Subject: Permit Parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue
(January 23, 1998) From Commissioner, Operations Services
Purpose:
Councillor Joe Mihevc, Ward 28, York Eglinton, is requesting the feasibility of implementing on-street permit parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Traffic budget. Implementation of on-street permit parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue could provide a potential annual revenue of $2,040.00.
Recommendations:
Subject to the Director of Council Services and City Clerk=s poll revealing the majority of residents are in favour, York Community Council approve the implementation of on-street permit parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
Council Reference/Background/History:
Internal memo, dated October 16, 1996, from Councillor Joe Mihevc, Ward 28, York Eglinton, to Stephen Brown, Manager Traffic/Parking.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Valewood Avenue traverses in an east/west direction, between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
Currently on-street parking is legally permitted exclusively on the north side of Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Cherrywood Avenue whereas between Humewood Drive and Wychwood Avenue, on-street parking is legally permitted exclusively on the south side of Valewood Avenue. The current parking regulation is a maximum unsigned three (3) hour parking duration anytime.
Field surveys reveal there is a total complement of thirty-four (34) curbside parking spaces available on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
On-street permit parking provides those residents, without adequate off-street parking facilities to legally park their vehicles on the streets on which they reside for extended periods of time, with impunity from the signed or unsigned parking regulations. We, therefore, support the introduction of on-street permit parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
Conclusions:
On-street permit parking is a service benefit for every municipally addressed taxpayer without adequate off-street parking facilities. We, therefore, recommend the implementation of on-street permit parking on Valewood Avenue between Arlington Avenue and Wychwood Avenue.
Contact Person:
Stephen Brown,
Manager Traffic/Parking
394-2655
394-2888 (fax)