12.REQUEST FOR PERMIT PARKING ON KITCHENER AVENUE BETWEEN

GILBERT AVENUE AND CALEDONIA ROAD, Ward 28, York-Eglinton.

Commissioner of Operations Services, York Civic Service Centre

(May 26, 1998)

Purpose:

The Commissioner of Operations Services is requested to investigate and report on the feasibility of implementing on-street permit parking on Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Traffic budget.

Recommendations:

 Subject to a poll revealing the majority of residents are in favour, York Community Council approve the implementation of on-street permit parking on Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

Council Reference/Background History:

Councillor Joe Mihevc, by memo dated May 5, 1998 (Appendix I), is requesting a report on the feasibility of implementing on-street permit parking on Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

Kitchener Avenue traverses in an east/west direction, between Gilbert Avenue and Nairn Avenue, providing two-way vehicular traffic flow.

Currently on-street parking is exclusively permitted on the north side of Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road. The parking duration is a maximum unsigned three (3) hour limit anytime.

Field surveys reveal there is a total complement of eight (8) curbside parking spaces available on the north side of Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

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 and unsigned parking regulations.

We, therefore, support the introduction of on-street permit parking on Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

Conclusions:

On-street parking is a service benefit for every municipally addressed taxpayer, without adequate off-street parking facilities. We, therefore, support and recommend the implementation of on-street permit parking on Kitchener Avenue between Gilbert Avenue and Caledonia Road.

Contact Person:

Stephen C. Brown

Manager Traffic/Parking

394-2655

394-2888 (fax)

(Communication dated May 5, 1998, addressed to the Commissioner Operations from Councillor Joe Mihevc.)

I have received some calls from residents on Kitchener Avenue, regarding the possibility of permit parking on this street from Caledonia Road to Gilbert Avenue.

Could you please investigate the feasibility of this request and report back.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.