Front Yard Parking - 95 Montgomery Avenue
Results of the Poll (North Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report
(September 1, 1998) from the Acting Assistant Director, By-law Administration and
Enforcement, City Works Services:
Purpose:
To report the results of the poll conducted in connection with front yard parking at 95
Montgomery Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
That Toronto Community Council may recommend that:
(1)City Council approve the application for front yard parking and that such approval be
subject to the applicant complying with the criteria set out in Municipal Code Chapter 400,
Traffic and Parking, of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code; and
(2)the applicant obtain permission from Urban Planning and Development Services for the
alteration of the front porch.
Background:
The Toronto Community Council, at its meeting of May 6, 1998, had before it a
communication (April 27, 1998) from Councillor Walker, respecting front yard parking at
95 Montgomery Avenue, recommending that the request for front yard parking be approved,
subject to the applicant entering into the agreements and paying the fee prescribed by the
former Municipal Code.
The Toronto Community Council requested the Commissioner of Works and Emergency
Services to accept and process the application, including conducting a poll of area residents,
and report back to the Toronto Community Council.
Comments:
Mr. Tony DiLeo, owner of 95 Montgomery Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1E1, submitted
an application for front yard parking on February 10, 1998. The application was refused as
the proposal did not meet the current criteria of the Municipal Code. The refusal was
appealed to the Toronto Community Council, which approved the parking and requested
that the formal poll be conducted.
The polling was conducted in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 90, Polling and
Notifications Procedures, of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code. The area polled
was on both sides of Montgomery Avenue, from Nos. 77 to 137 on the south side and
between Nos. 118 to 140 on the north side. The deadline for receiving the ballots was
August 24, 1998. The results of the poll were as follows:
Polling Summary
The majority of the ballots cast were in favour of the parking proposal.
The vehicle the applicant intends to park in the front yard is 4.4 metres in length. The
maximum length of a vehicle that can park fronting this property is 3.8 metres. In order to
accommodate the vehicle, the applicant would be required to reduce the size of the front
porch by 0.6 metre.
As the polling results were in favour of front yard parking at this location, it is
recommended that it be approved. However, modifications to the front porch would have to
be made in order to accommodate the parking of the vehicle and a building permit must be
obtained to alter the front porch by reducing it by 0.6 metre, to meet the physical criteria of
the Municipal Code.