Parking Regulations: The Kingsway

Between Anglesey Boulevard and Hartfield Road (Kingsway-Humber)

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends that the report (June 23, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 2, be adopted, as amended by deleting the words Auntil the Toronto Parking Authority requests permission to install additional metered parking stalls on the east side of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard@, so that the recommendation reads:

Athat the existing ANo Parking 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.@ prohibition on the east side of TheKingsway, from Hartfield Road to a point 134 m south, and the limits of the on-street metered parking stalls, currently described in Schedule C of Section 87(11) of the Etobicoke Municipal Code, be maintained.@

The Etobicoke Community Council submits the following report (June 23, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 2:

Purpose:

To maintain the existing parking prohibition, and the limits of the on-street metered parking stalls, located on the east side of The Kingsway, between Hartfield Road and Anglesey Boulevard.

Funding Sources:

There are no financial implications.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that the existing ANo Parking 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.@ prohibition on the east side of TheKingsway, from Hartfield Road to a point 134 m south, and the limits of the on-street metered parking stalls, currently described in Schedule C of Section 87(11) of the Etobicoke Municipal Code, be maintained until the Toronto Parking Authority requests permission to install additional metered parking stalls on the east side of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard.

Background:

At its meeting of May 26, 1999, Etobicoke Community Council considered a report from the Director,Transportation Services Division, District 2, entitled AOn-street Parking Permits, TheKingsway/Anglesey Boulevard/Bexhill Court@ (Attachment No. 1). Etobicoke Community Council was informed of the results of a public opinion survey of the area=s apartment residents concerning our proposal to introduce on-street parking permits. The report recommended that:

(1)On-street parking permits not be introduced on Anglesey Boulevard, The Kingsway, or Bexhill Court;

(2)the Toronto Parking Authority repair and/or replace the existing non-functioning parking meters on Anglesey Boulevard, The Kingsway, and Bexhill Court;

(3)the Toronto Parking Authority review the rate structure and permitted times for metered parking in TheKingsway/Anglesey Boulevard/Bexhill Court area; and

(4)the Toronto Parking Authority install additional metered parking stalls on the east side of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard, and that Schedule C of Section 187 (11) and Schedule VIII of Chapter 240 of the Etobicoke Municipal Code be amended accordingly, and as described in the attached by-laws.

Etobicoke Community Council adopted the first three recommendations. Recommendation (4), which revises the existing ANo Parking 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.@ regulation on the east side of The Kingsway, south of Hartfield Road, and increases the existing northerly limit of the on-street metered parking stalls on the eastside of The Kingsway, was referred to staff for an additional report to be presented to the June 23,1999, meeting of Etobicoke Community Council.

Discussion:

Parking is prohibited between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the east side of The Kingsway, from Hartfield Road to a point 134 m south. The southerly limit of this prohibition ends at the existing northerly limit of the on-street metered parking stalls that currently extend north from Anglesey Boulevard. To allow the Toronto Parking Authority to install approximately 18 additional metered parking stalls on the eastside of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard, requires that this parking prohibition end at a point 52 m south of Hartfield Road.

We were advised by Councillor Lindsay Luby that area residents request that the existing parking prohibition remain until the Toronto Parking Authority installs the additional on-street metered stalls on the east side of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard.

Conclusions:

The Toronto Parking Authority informed us that while they have no difficulty providing the additional metered stalls, they cannot, at this time, provide us with an exact installation date. This being the case, we will maintain the existing parking regulations until the Toronto Parking Authority requests permission to introduce the additional metered stalls.

Contact Name:

Allan Smithies, Manager, Traffic Planning/R-O-W Management, District 2

(416) 394-8412; Fax (416) 394-8942.

(A copy of each of Attachments Nos. 1-2, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda for the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of June23,1999, and a copy of each is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)