14 May 1999

To:Chairman and Members of the North York Community Council

From:Roberto Stopnicki,

Director, Transportation Services - District 3

Subject:Parking Prohibitions: Coral Gable Drive, Verobeach Boulevard and Florida Crescent

North York Humber

Purpose:To amend the current parking restrictions on Coral Gable Drive, Verobeach Boulevard and Florida Crescent, in the vicinity of Verobeach Parkette.

Source of funds:

All costs associated with the installation of the parking restrictions are included within the 1999 operating budget.

Recommendations:

That Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended as follows:

1.Prohibit parking from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the west side of Verobeach Boulevard, from the northerly limit of Coral Gable Drive to a point 60 metres northerly thereof;

2.Prohibit parking from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on the east side of Verobeach Boulevard, from the southerly limit of Coral Gable Drive to a point 60 metres southerly thereof;

3.Prohibit parking from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on both sides of Coral Gable Drive, from the easterly limit of Verobeach Boulevard to the westerly limit of Florida Crescent (west leg);

4.Prohibit parking from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on both sides of Florida Crescent (west leg), from the southerly limit of Coral Gable Drive (west leg) to a point 60 metres southerly thereof;

5.Prohibit parking from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on both sides of Coral Gable Drive (west leg), from the northerly limit of Florida Crescent (west leg) to a point 60 metres northerly thereof;

6.Delete the No Parking 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on both sides of Coral Gable Drive, from the northerly limit of Florida Crescent (west leg) to the northerly limit of Florida Crescent (east leg); and

7.Prohibit parking from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on both sides of Coral Gable Drive (west leg) from a point 60 metres north of the northerly limit of Florida Crescent (west leg) to the northerly limit of Florida Crescent (east leg).

Background:

The Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department reviewed a request from the Councillor Judy Sgro to amend the current parking restrictions on Verobeach Boulevard, Coral Gable Drive and Florida Crescent.

The request was the result of residents concerns that a large number of youths park their vehicles on the roadways and then proceed on foot to the bottom of the Humber River Ravine below the Verobeach Parkette, to engage in late night activities that are not conducive to the local community.

Comments:

To determine the extent of the concerns of the local residents, Councillor Judy Sgro met with the residents and staff of the Toronto Police Services, Toronto Parking Enforcement Unit and the security firm for the Toronto Parks.

At that meeting residents indicated their concern that large numbers of youths attend activities within the Humber River ravine, throughout the night. To address the residents concerns for the late night activities, the following solutions were identified:

• The Toronto Parks Services will review the feasibility of installing additional park lighting;
• The Toronto Police Services will once again establish a special squad to deal with the late night activities;
• The Transportation Services Division would install restrictions on the roadways surrounding the parkette which would prohibit parking between 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. daily; and
• The parking enforcement unit for the Toronto Police Services will provide an increased level of enforcement in the area.

With the implementation of the parking restrictions, the Parking Enforcement Unit of the Toronto Police Services will have the ability to have any vehicles removed from the roadways. With a concerted level of parking enforcement, police presence and increased lighting levels, it is anticipated that late night activities within the parkette and Humber River Ravine would decreased.

Conclusions:

The installation of the overnight parking prohibitions would provide the mechanism for the Toronto Police Services to curtail late night activities which occur in the area, while allowing local residents the use of the local street for daytime parking.

Contact Name:

Allen Pinkerton, Manager, Traffic Operations - District 3

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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