August 25, 1999

To:Chairman and Members of the Scarborough Community Council

From:Gary H. Welsh, Director, Transportation Services, Work and Emergency Services,

District 4

Subject:Petition Requesting Parking Prohibitions on Donside Drive, Scarborough Bluffs

 Purpose:

To investigate the need to prohibit parking on both sides Donside Drive, between Victoria Park Avenue and Pharmacy Avenue.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

The $800.00 (approximate) funds associated with the installation of the parking prohibition signs are available in the Transportation Services 1999 budget, Account No. 100-TP0226.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

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

(2)the appropriate by-law be amended accordingly

 Council Reference/Background/History:

Transportation Services received a petition, signed by 18 of the 30 properties (60%) with direct frontage or side lots onto Donside Drive. The petitioners are requesting parking prohibitions on both sides of Donside Drive between Victoria Park Avenue and Pharmacy Avenue.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

Donside Drive is a residential roadway located south of St. Clair Avenue, between Victoria Park Avenue and Pharmacy Avenue. In the petition, residents are requesting "No Parking Anytime" on both sides of Donside Drive from Pharmacy Avenue and Bexhill Avenue. On the remainder of the street, Bexhill Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue, residents are requesting that parking be prohibited between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Conclusions:

A 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. parking prohibition on both sides of Donside Drive, Victoria Park Avenue to Bexhill Avenue and a No Parking Anytime prohibition on both sides of Donside Drive, Pharmacy Avenue to Bexhill Avenue is recommended. The advantage of these parking regulations are that the police do not have to be contacted to enforce the by-law, as is the case with the existing three hour maximum permitted parking limit.

Contact Name:

Bruce Clayton

Supervisor, Traffic Engineering, 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

HighwaySideFromToTimes or Days

DonsideBothBexhillPharmacyAnytime

DriveAvenueAvenue

DonsideBothBexhillVictoria Park2:00 a.m. to

DriveAvenueAvenue6:00 a.m.