March 15, 1999
To:Toronto Community Council
From:Angie Antoniou, Manager, Right of Way Management, Transportation Services,
District 1
Subject:Appeal - Front Yard Parking - 174 Madison Avenue (Midtown)
Purpose:
To report on the applicant's appeal of staff's refusal of an application for front yard parking at
174 Madison Avenue, which does not meet the requirements of Municipal Code Chapter 400,
Traffic and Parking, of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code. As this is an appeal and a
request for an exemption from the by-law, it is scheduled as a deputation item.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendation:
1. That City Council deny the request for an exemption from the by-law to permit front yard
parking at 174 Madison Avenue, as such a request does not comply with Chapter 400 of the
former City of Toronto Municipal Code;
OR
2. That, should the Toronto Community Council consider this proposal, this report be
deferred to the May 26, 1999 meeting of the Toronto Community Council, and the
Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to report at that time on the
results of a poll for the hearing of deputations.
Background:
Ms. Maya Zimmerman-Litman and Mr. Mel Litman, owners of 174 Madison Avenue, have
requested an appeal to staff's decision to refuse the application for front yard parking at this
location.
Comments:
City Council, at its meeting of October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, approved a number of
amendments to former City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 400, governing front yard
parking. However, Ward 23, Midtown, was deferred back to Toronto Community Council for
further consideration and the hearing of deputations.
Under the circumstances, the regulations, in part, governing front yard parking as existed prior
to October 1998, are still in effect in Ward 23, Midtown. Specifically, the current criteria for
the Midtown Ward prohibits front yard parking where permit parking is authorized on the
street or the property is within an area authorized for permit parking.
Ms. Maya Zimmerman-Litman, co-owner of 174 Madison Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R
2S5, submitted an application for front yard parking on November 13, 1998. The application
was refused since permit parking is authorized on the odd side of this portion of Madison
Avenue within permit parking area 5D.
Given that the property is situated on a street authorized for permit parking, no public poll was
conducted for this location.
Conclusions:
As the property is situated on a street authorized for permit parking, this location is not
eligible for front yard parking as it does not meet the front yard parking regulations as it
pertains to Ward 23, Midtown.
For the Committee's information, the location was also reviewed under the new regulations of
front yard parking as it pertains to some of the former City of Toronto Wards and the property
does meet the new regulations because permit parking is not authorized on the same side of
the street.
Under the circumstances, this request should be denied by Council.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Nino Pellegrini, 392-7778
Manager
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