Adjustment to Six Months Alternate Side Parking
Regulations - Harvard Avenue from Roncesvalles Avenue
to Callender Street (High Park)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (June29,1998) from the
Director, Infrastructure and Transportation, City Works Services:
Purpose:
To adjust the months of the parking regulations on Harvard Avenue for alternate side parking to six months at a time
on one side of the street and six months at a time on the opposite side.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable
Recommendations:
(1)That the existing six months alternate side parking regulations on Harvard Avenue, from Roncesvalles Avenue to
Callender Street, be rescinded and replaced by the following:
(a)That parking be permitted on the north side for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday to Saturday, from December 1st of one year to May 31st of the following year inclusive;
(b)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the north side from June 1st to November 30th inclusive;
(c)That parking be permitted on the south side for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday to Saturday, from June 1st to November 30th inclusive;
(d)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the south side from December 1st of one year to May 31st of the following
year inclusive;
(2)That the permit parking system, which operates from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily, be adjusted to reflect the
changes noted in Recommendation No. 1, above; and
(3)That the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto,
including the introduction in Council of any Bills that may be required.
Comments:
At the request of Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, on behalf of residents of Harvard Avenue, Works staff have
investigated adjusting the existing six months alternate side parking regulations on Harvard Avenue, from
Roncesvalles Avenue to Callender Street to allow parking continuously on one side of the street for six months from
December 1st of one year to May 31st of the following year inclusive, and on the opposite side for six months from June
1st to November 30th inclusive, to eliminate the change over that normally occurs between October 1st of one year and
March 31st of the following year inclusive, and between April 1st and September 30th inclusive.
Harvard Avenue operates one-way eastbound with a pavement width of 6.4 metres and a speed limit of 40 kilometres
per hour. The following parking regulations, based on the six months alternate side parking system, are currently in
effect:
North side:
-Parking is permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from
October 1st of one year to March 31st of the following year inclusive; and
-Parking is prohibited at anytime from April 1st to September 30th inclusive.
South side:
-Parking is permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from April
1st to September 30th inclusive; and
-Parking is prohibited at anytime from October 1st of one year to March 31st of the following year inclusive.
The permit parking system, operates from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., daily, in accordance with alternate side parking and
parking, when otherwise permitted, is allowed for a maximum period of three hours.
Residents have requested that the changes as noted in Recommendation No. 1 be implemented as these dates more
closely meet their needs.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Spiros Stamopoulos, Traffic Investigator, 392-7771