June 7, 1999
To:Chairman and Members of the Scarborough Community Council
From:Gary H. Welsh, Director, Transportation Services, Works and Emergency Services
Subject:Proposed Left-Turn Prohibition at Private Driveway on Victoria Park Avenue, Scarborough Bluffs
Purpose:
To report on the terms of permit issuance as it relates to access restrictions from a newly developed golf driving range site
on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue north of Gerrard Street East.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
The developers, Kim Holman and Brian Jacobsen, are responsible for the cost of signing the left-turn exit prohibition under
the terms of issuance of their development permit.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1)the westbound left-turn movement from the driveway on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, approximately 61
metres north of Musgrave Street, be prohibited at all times, as identified in Appendix 1 of this report;
(2)all costs associated with signing the westbound left-turn prohibition at the driveway be borne by the developers of the
property serviced by the driveway, namely Kim Holman and Brian Jacobsen;
(3)the appropriate by-law be amended accordingly.
Council Reference/Background/History:
As a condition of permit issuance, business owners have agreed to the imposition of a westbound left-turn prohibition at all
times at their driveway on Victoria Park Avenue, at their cost, which is estimated to be $800.00.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Kim Holman and Brian Jacobsen applied for a permit to establish a golf driving range business on previously vacant
property leased from the City of Toronto on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, immediately south of the Canadian
National Railways (CNR) tracks, north of Gerrard Street East. There is an existing driveway, which provides sole access to
the site, approximately 61 metres north of Musgrave Street (40 metres south of CNR overpass) which previously would
have been used infrequently by service vehicles.
Because of the close proximity of this site to the CNR overpass, sight lines between southbound motorists on Victoria Park
Avenue and patrons of the golf driving range exiting the driveway are poor, and westbound left-turn movements out of the
driveway would be unsafe and potentially result in a high collision frequency.
Therefore, as a condition of approving the development application and public access to this site on Victoria Park Avenue,
staff recommended and the business owners agreed to the imposition of a westbound left-turn prohibition, in effect at all
times, for traffic exiting the existing driveway.
Conclusions:
As a condition of permit approval, and in order to protect public safety, the owners of a golf driving range business being
initiated on City-owned land on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, north of Gerrard Street East, have agreed to the
installation of a westbound left-turn prohibition, in effect at all times, at the driveway on the east side of Victoria Park
Avenue approximately 61 metres north of Musgrave Street.
Contact Name:
Peter K. Hillier
Manager, Traffic Operations, District 4
Telephone: 396-7148
Gary H. Welsh
Director
Transportation Services
Works and Emergency Services
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Appendix 1
"Prohibited Turns"
Prohibition to be Enacted
Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4
Intersection orTurnTimes
Portion of HighwayDirectionProhibitedor Days
Victoria Park AvenueWestboundLeftAnytime
at the driveway
61 metres north of
Musgrave Street
