Parking Prohibitions - Eddystone Avenue -

Black Creek and North York Humber

The North York Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (July 12, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 3:

Purpose:

To prohibit parking at anytime on the north side of Eddystone Avenue.

Source of funds:

All costs associated with the installation of the parking restrictions are included within the 1999 operating budget.

Recommendation:

That Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to prohibit parking on the north side of Eddystone Avenue, between Jane Street and Oakdale Road.

Background:

Currently, parking is prohibited at anytime on the south side of Eddystone Avenue and on the north side between Jane Street and a point 342 metres west. On the remaining portion of the north side of the roadway, parking is permitted for periods of up to a maximum of three hours.

Staff of the Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department were requested to review the concerns of the local business owners that numerous vehicles were parked for extended periods of time on the north side of Eddystone Avenue.

Business owners were concerned that parked vehicles, which were made up primarily of tractor trailers, limited the visibility for motorists while exiting from driveway accesses and restricted access for delivery vehicles to the adjacent properties.

For numerous years local business owners on the north and south sides of Eddystone Avenue have been concerned with the parking of tractor trailers on the roadway. To address the specific concerns of particular business owners, parking restrictions were installed on the entire south side of Eddystone Avenue and portions of the north side. Although the restrictions addressed the original concerns, parked vehicles were simply relocated to other section of Eddystone Avenue, where parking was permitted for periods of up to a maximum of three hours.

Conclusions:

As the partial implementation of parking prohibitions simply resulted in the relocation of the parked vehicles to other sections of the roadway, with the support of the affected business owners, parking should be prohibited on the remaining portion of the north side of Eddystone Avenue.

The implementation of the parking prohibitions will have a positive impact on traffic operations on Eddystone Avenue and will improve access to/from the adjacent businesses. As there is sufficient parking for each of the affected properties, the parking prohibitions will not adversely impact the individual businesses.

Contact Name:

Allen Pinkerton, Manager, Traffic Operations - District 3

395-7463 (telephone)

395-7482 (facsimile)

ajpinker@city.north-york.on.ca (e-mail)