12 March 1999
To:Chairman and Members of the North York Community Council
From:Roberto Stopnicki,
Director, Transportation Services - District 3
Subject:Parking Prohibitions: Beecroft Road, Bogert Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue,
Doris Avenue, Greenfield Avenue
North York Centre
Purpose:To amend the current parking restrictions on Beecroft Road, Bogert Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue, Doris Avenue
and Greenfield Avenue, to accommodate for an increase in traffic volumes due to detours associated with construction of
the Yonge Street Sheppard Subway Station.
Source of funds:
All costs associated with the installation of the restrictions is the responsibility of the Toronto Transit Commission, as part
of the Sheppard Subway construction.
Recommendations:
That Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to:
1.Prohibit parking at anytime on the west side of Beecroft Road, from the southerly limit of Elmhurst Avenue to the
northerly limit of Sheppard Avenue West;
2.Prohibit parking at anytime on the east side of Beecroft Road, from the southerly limit of Sheppard Avenue West to the
northerly limit of Poyntz Avenue;
3.Prohibit parking at anytime on both sides of Bogert Avenue, from the westerly limit of Yonge Street to the easterly
limit of Beecroft Road;
4.Prohibit parking at anytime on both sides of Doris Avenue, from the northerly limit of Sheppard Avenue West to the
southerly limit of Greenfield Avenue;
5.Prohibit parking at anytime on the north side of Elmhurst Avenue, from a point 34 metres west of the westerly limit of
Yonge Street to the easterly limit of Beecroft Road;
6.Prohibit parking at anytime on the south side of Elmhurst Avenue, from a point 59 metres west of the westerly limit of
Yonge Street to the easterly limit of Beecroft Road; and
7.Prohibit parking at anytime on the south side of Greenfield Avenue, from the easterly limit of Yonge Street to the
westerly limit of Doris Avenue.
Council Reference/Background/History:
The Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department has reviewed a request from the
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to amend the parking restrictions on various roadway surrounding the Yonge
Street/Sheppard Avenue intersection.
In order to accommodate construction of various components of the Sheppard Subway, which include the Yonge/Sheppard
Subway Station, the TTC will be instituting various detours for traffic on Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
With the implementation of the roadway detours, traffic will be reassigned to the roadways surrounding the Yonge
Street/Sheppard Avenue intersection. To accommodate this increase in traffic, the maximum roadway capacities must be
maintained. To sustain the needed capacity, parking must be prohibited.
The proposed parking restrictions were arrived at through extensive discussion with the local Councillors, the TTC, the
Toronto Parking Authority and staff of the Works and Emergency Services Department.
Conclusions:
The parking prohibitions recommended in this report would improve traffic flow on Yonge Street, Sheppard Avenue,
Beecroft Road, Bogert Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue, Doris Avenue and Greenfield Avenue, during the duration of the various
roadway detours.
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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