Date:January 5, 1999

To:Chairman and Members of the Scarborough Community Council

From:Gary H. Welsh, Director, Transportation Services, Works and Emergency Services, District 4

Subject:North Bonnington Avenue - Overnight Parking Prohibition, Scarborough Bluffs

Purpose:

To investigate the need to impose a parking prohibition on North Bonnington Avenue, south of St. Clair Avenue, between the hours of 2:00 a.m and 6:00 a.m.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

The $500.00 (approximate) funds associated with the installation of the parking prohibition signs is available in the Transportation Services 1999 budget estimates, Account No. 20000-70200-72260.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1)the parking regulation identified in Appendix 1 of this report be adopted; and

(2)the appropriate by-law be amended accordingly.

Council Reference/Background/History:

Transportation Services is in receipt of a petition from residents of North Bonnington Avenue, between St. Clair Avenue and Dunlop Avenue. Twenty-two (79%) of the twenty-eight residents of properties fronting onto this section of North Bonnington Avenue have signed the petition in favour of an overnight parking prohibition. Two residents object to the prohibition while four could not be reached.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

At present, parking is allowed on both sides of North Bonnington Avenue up to a maximum permitted time period of three hours. The petitioners have requested a parking prohibition on both sides of the roadway between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the section between St. Clair Avenue and Dunlop Avenue. The standard time period for an overnight parking prohibition is from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.

All properties with frontage on North Bonnington Avenue are serviced with driveways with off-street parking.

Although overnight parking is currently restricted with the three hour limit, installation of an overnight parking prohibition simplifies parking enforcement because verification that the vehicle was parked for three hours is not required. Therefore, the street only has to be visited by parking enforcement officers once per night. Also, the police can provided enforcement of a posted 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. prohibition without a specific request.

Conclusions:

A parking prohibition is recommended on both sides of North Bonnington Avenue, between St. Clair Avenue and Dunlop Avenue, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Contact Name:

Bruce Clayton

Supervisor, Traffic Investigations, Works and Emergency Services

Telephone: 396-7844

Fax: 396-5681

E-mail: clayton@city.scarborough.on.ca

Gary H. Welsh

Director

Transportation Services

Works and Emergency Services

District 4

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Appendix 1

"No Parking"

Prohibition to be Enacted

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4

Highway SideFromToTimes or Days

North BonningtonBothSt. ClairDunlop2:00 a.m. to

AvenueAvenueAvenue6:00 a.m.