Stopping Amendments - Derrydown Road -
Black Creek
The North York Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (August 26, 1998) from the
Director, Transportation Services, District 3:
Purpose:
To install "No Stopping, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restrictions on the east side of the roadway, and delete
the on-street School Bus Loading Zone on the west side of the roadway.
Source of funds:
All costs associated with the installation of the stopping restrictions and deletion of the school bus loading zone are
included within the 1998 operating budget.
Recommendations:
(1)that Schedule IX, of By-law No. 31001 of the former City of North York, be amended to install a "No Stopping, 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restriction on the east side of Derrydown Road, from a point 23 metres north of the
northerly limit of Bratty Road to a point 121 metres northerly thereof; and
(2)that By-law No. 32759 of the former City of North York, be amended to delete the School Bus Loading Zone located on
the west side of Derrydown Road, from a point opposite the northerly limit of Catford Road to a point 60 metres northerly
thereof.
Council Reference/Background/History:
Principal Susan Jarson, Derrydown Public School, has requested that the existing on-street School Bus Loading Zone on
the west side of Derrydown Road be removed and that stopping prohibitions be installed on both sides of Derrydown Road
adjacent to the school.
The request is the result of participation by the Derrydown Public School in the newly created Parent Safety Program
(P.S.P.), which is being co-ordinated by the Toronto Police Services, 31 Division. The P.S.P. is a community based
program that addresses daily safety problems at elementary schools. City staff's involvement is to provide technical support
and guidance to the P.S.P. Steering Committee, which consist of parent volunteers, school staff/teachers, and the Toronto
Police Services staff, when dealing with traffic/parking operations.
Discussion:
Parking is currently permitted for up to a maximum of three hours on the east side of Derrydown Road, and stopping is
prohibited from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the west side, adjacent to the school.
The P.S.P. Steering Committee has observed that parents are stopping their vehicles on the east side of Derrydown Road.
This results in the children crossing the roadway from between parked cars and restricts the flow of two way traffic, when
vehicles are stopped illegally on the west side of Derrydown Road.
Principal Jarson has advised that due to the construction of an on site School Bus Loading Zone, the existing on-street
loading zone is no longer required.
Conclusions:
Therefore, in order to insure a safer environment for the children attending the school, we support the installation of the
stopping prohibitions and removal of the existing on-street School Bus Loading Zone.
Contact Name:
Michael Frederick, Director of Traffic Operations, 395-7467
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Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina, declared his interest in the foregoing matter in that he lives in the
vicinity of the subject lands.