The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (March 19, 1998) from the Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation, City Works Services:

Purpose:

To extend parking meter hours of operation on Hayden Street, between Yonge Street and Church Street, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Not applicable

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1) The hours of operation of the existing parking meters on the south side of Hayden Street, from a point 30.5 metres east of Yonge Street to Church Street, be adjusted to operate from 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday for a maximum period of one hour and from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, for a maximum period of three hours, at a rate of $1.00 per hour; and

(2) The appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

Comments:

At the request of Councillor Kyle Rae on behalf of area businesses, staff of City Works Services have investigated extending the parking meter hours of operation on the south side of Hayden Street, from a point 30.5 metres east of Yonge Street to Church Street, to operate until 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday. The proposed extension of parking meter hours will increase parking opportunities for business proprietors and their patrons.

Hayden Street, from Yonge Street to Church Street, operates one-way eastbound on a pavement width of 6.7 metres. The following parking regulations are in effect on this portion of Hayden Street:

North Side

- Parking is prohibited at anytime

South Side

- From Yonge Street to a point 30.5 metres further east, parking is prohibited at anytime (for on-street deliveries);

- From a point 30.5 metres east of Yonge Street to Church Street, parking is regulated by parking meters for a maximum period of one hour, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, at a rate of $1.00 per hour;

- Permit parking is in effect daily, from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m; and

- Parking is otherwise allowed to a maximum period of three hours.

In order to accommodate the parking needs of local business patrons after 6:00 p.m., the existing parking meters which currently operate for a maximum period of one hour, from 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, should be extended to operate for a maximum period of three hours from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, at a rate of $1:00 per hour. This proposal will encourage parking turnover and have no adverse impact on the permit parking operation on this street

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Gary O'Neil, 392-7771