Implementation of Alternate Side Parking -
Hope Street (Davenport)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report
(September 1, 1998) from the Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation
Division, City Works Services:
Purpose:
To implement alternate side parking on Hope Street in order to enhance street cleaning
opportunity on both sides of the street.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
(1)That the no parking at anytime prohibition on the north side of Hope Street, from
Dufferin Street to Harvie Avenue, be rescinded;
(2)That parking on the south side of Hope Street, from Dufferin Street to Harvie Avenue, be
prohibited from the 1st day to the 15th day of each month, from April 1st to November 30th
and at anytime from December 1st of one year to March 31st of the next year inclusive;
(3)That parking be prohibited on the north side of Hope Street, from Dufferin Street to
Harvie Avenue, from the 16th day to the last day of each month, from April 1st to November
30th inclusive; and
(4)That the appropriate City Officials be requested to take whatever action is necessary to
give effect to the foregoing, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that are
required.
Comments:
At the request of Councillor Betty Disero, on behalf of area residents, Works staff
investigated the feasibility of implementing alternate side parking on Hope Street.
Hope Street, from Dufferin Street to Harvie Avenue operates two-way on a pavement width
of 7.3 metres. Parking is prohibited at anytime on the north side of Hope Street and parking
is permitted on the south side of the street for a maximum period of three hours outside the
hours of permit parking operation from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily.
There are presently 56 parking spaces available on the south side of Hope Street and a
potential of 57 spaces on the north side of the street. For practical purposes, the inventory of
available on-street permit parking spaces on streets where alternate side parking is in effect,
must reflect the side with the least number of spaces (i.e. 56 spaces on the south side).
Accordingly, the implementation of alternate side parking on Hope Street would not result
in any additional parking permits being made available for area residents.
Alternate side parking would, however, allow for regular mechanical street sweeping on
both sides of Hope Street from spring to fall.
I note that implementation of alternate side parking on a street that operates two-way on a
pavement width of less than 8.5 metres is not normally advisable. When parking
simultaneously occurs on both sides of the street during the changeover period, the travelled
portion of the roadway can be reduced to the extent that traffic flow can be impeded.
However, in this instance the volumes are quite low and only minor inconvenience would be
expected. If obstructions become problematic, the plan can be revisited.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Brian Holditch
Traffic Investigator, 392-7771