29 September 1999
To:Chairman and Members of the North York Community Council
From:Roberto Stopnicki,
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
Subject:Parking Restrictions: Tangiers Road
North York Spadina
Purpose:
To permit parking for up to a maximum of 60 minutes on the east side of Tangiers Road, north of Finch Avenue.
Source of funds:
All costs associated with the installation of the parking restrictions are included within the 1999 operating budget.
Recommendations:
That Schedules VIII and X of By-Law #31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to permit parking for up to a
maximum of 60 minutes on the east side of Tangiers Road, from a point 30.5 metres north of Finch Avenue West to the
northerly limit of Tangiers Road.
Background:
Currently, north of Finch Avenue West, parking is prohibited at anytime on the east side of Tangiers Road and permitted
for up to a maximum of 60 minutes on the west side.
Discussion:
Local business owners on Tangiers Road, through Councillor Peter Li Preti's office, have indicated that the existing
parking restrictions/prohibitions on Tangiers Road are too restrictive.
To provide additional on street parking for their patrons, local business owners have requested that the existing parking
prohibitions on the east side of Tangiers Road, north of Finch Avenue West, be amended to permit additional short term
parking.
Due to the width of the roadway on Tangiers Road north of Finch Avenue West, the removal of the parking restrictions on
the east side of the roadway would not adversely impact traffic operations as two way traffic could be maintained.
To provide uniformity with the existing parking restrictions on the west side of the roadway and to reduce the possibility of
excessive long term on street parking, parking should be restricted on the east side of the roadway, for periods up to a
maximum of 60 minutes.
Both local Councillors support the introduction of the parking restrictions.
Conclusions:
With the support by the business owners and the local Councillors, the Transportation Services Division of the Works
Department would have no objection to permitting 60 minute parking on the east side Tangiers Road, north of Finch
Avenue West. The additional on street parking will not impact traffic operations.
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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