November 15, 1999
To: Administration Committee
From: President, The Toronto Parking Authority
Subject: By-law Consolidation Parking Machines - On-Street Parking
Purpose:
To consolidate Section 400-42 of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code and By-law 912-1998 to establish one set of
provisions and schedules for the installation and regulation of parking machines on roadways in the City of Toronto.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
There are no financial implications associated with this initiative.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1) the City Solicitor be authorized to prepare and introduce an amendment to Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former
City of Toronto Municipal Code to delete all references to parking machines and to incorporate the parking locations
established under Chapter 400 into By-law 912-1998.
Background:
At its meeting of December 16 and 17, 1998, Council adopted Clause 16 of Report No. 19 of the Corporate Services
Committee, entitled 'Use of Parking Machines for On-Street Parking'. The intent of Council's action in adopting that report
was to transfer the responsibility for on-street parking machine facilities within the former Metro and Area Municipalities
from City staff to the Toronto Parking Authority, and, to enact by-law 912-1998, a regulation for the designation of
locations, installation and use of on-street parking machines within the City of Toronto.
Comments:
Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code provided regulations for the installation of
parking machines on roadways under the jurisdiction of the former City of Toronto. The enactment of by-law 912-1998
extended these provisions to allow for the installation and regulation of parking machines on roadways in the City of
Toronto not under the jurisdiction of the former City of Toronto, These provisions had not been included in any of the
other former municipal by-laws prior to the enactment of by-law 912-1998.
The concurrent application of these two parallel by-laws poses a number of problems for applications in the former City of
Toronto in terms of administration, and in the enforcement of the provisions. By-law 912-1998 regulates former
Metropolitan Toronto roadways while Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code
regulates former City of Toronto roadways. In virtually every case, when parking machines are being proposed in an area,
amendments must be made to the schedules in both by-laws before the equipment can be installed. More importantly, since
each of these bylaws have in a duplicate series of offences set out in their respective set fine orders, in the former City of
Toronto, where the vast majority of the parking infraction notices are issued, enforcement personnel must constantly be
aware of the former jurisdiction of the roadway being enforced in order to ensure that the correct offence reference is noted
on the parking infraction notice when issued. Failure to apply the correct offence invalidates the parking infraction notice.
Conclusions:
The municipal and provincial legislative framework for this initiative is currently in place in terms of the regulatory
provisions in each by-law and the establishment of a set fine order. As a result, all administrative and enforcement activity
will continue uninterrupted. The consolidation of these by-laws will streamline all further reporting and administrative
procedures and improve the continuity in parking enforcement through the reduction of the number of offence reference
codes required to enforce these provisions throughout the City of Toronto.
Contact:
Maurice J. Anderson
President
Telephone: (416) 393-7276
Facsimile: (416) 393-7352
Nick Spensieri
Director, On-Street Operations
Telephone: (416) 393-7288
Facsimile: (416) 393-7352
E-Mail: nspensieri@toronto.ca
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Maurice J. Anderson, President
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