5 January 1999
To:Chairman and Members of the North York Community Council
From:Roberto Stopnicki,
Director, Transportation Services - District 3
Subject:Stopping / Parking Prohibitions: Dudley Avenue, Hillcrest Avenue, Kenneth Avenue
North York Centre
Purpose:To amend the current daytime stopping and parking restrictions on Dudley Avenue, Hillcrest Avenue and Kenneth
Avenue, adjacent to Earl Haig Secondary School.
Source of funds:
All costs associated with the installation of the parking restrictions are included within the 1999 operating budget.
Recommendations:
1.That Schedule IX, of By-Law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to relocate the "No Stopping,
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restriction on the west side of Dudley Avenue from Hillcrest Avenue to
Empress Avenue to the east side of the roadway;
2.That Schedule VIII, of By-Law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to delete the "No Parking,
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restriction on the east side of Dudley Avenue from Hillcrest Avenue to Empress
Avenue;
3.That Schedule IX, of By-Law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to relocate the "No Stopping,
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restriction on the north side of Hillcrest Avenue from Kenneth Avenue to
Dudley Avenue to the south side of the roadway; and
4.That Schedule IX, of By-law 31001 of the former City of North York, be amended to relocate the "No Stopping 8:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday", restriction on the east side of Kenneth Avenue from Hillcrest Avenue to Empress
Avenue to the west side of the roadway;
Council Reference/Background/History:
At the request of Councillor John Filion and Councillor Norm Gardner, staff of the Transportation Division of the Works
and Emergency Services Department reviewed traffic operations on Dudley Avenue, Hillcrest Avenue and Kenneth Avenue
arrival, adjacent to the Earl Haig Secondary School. Local residents had advised the Councillors= offices that when vehicles
parked on both sides of the roadway, two way traffic could not be maintained.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Currently, "No Stopping, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", restrictions exist on the west side of Dudley Avenue,
north side of Hillcrest Avenue, and the east side of Kenneth Avenue , adjacent to Earl Haig Secondary School. Parking is
prohibited on the east side of Dudley Avenue between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and at any
time on the south side of Hillcrest Avenue, and west side of Kenneth Avenue, opposite the school.
During our observations, it was noted that motorists were stopping on both sides of Dudley, Hillcrest, and Kenneth
Avenues. With vehicles stopped on both sides of the roadway, two way traffic cannot be maintained. This creates both
confusion and difficulties for motorists on Hillcrest and Dudley Avenues as well as the local residents when attempting to
access the roadways. Furthermore, this stopping/parking practice results in pedestrians/students being required to cross the
roadways from between parked vehicles.
To improve traffic operations on Dudley, Hillcrest and Kenneth Avenues, it is recommended that the stopping prohibitions
adjacent to the school be relocated to the opposite side of the respective roadways. This would permit the stopping of
vehicles on the side of the road adjacent to the school.
With the appropriate level of police enforcement, this would reduce the inconvenience to local residents, eliminate the need
for pedestrians to cross the road from between parked cars and would eliminate vehicles being parked on both sides of the
road, thereby improving traffic flow around the school.
Conclusions:
The stopping and parking amendments recommended in this report, should improve the traffic situation on the roadways
surrounding the Earl Haig Secondary School.
Contact Name:
Allen Pinkerton, Manager, Traffic Operations
395-7463 (telephone)
395-7482 (facsimile)
ajpinker@city.north-york.on.ca (e-mail)
Roberto Stopnicki,
Director, Transportation Services - District 3
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