Draft By-law to Authorize the Alteration of Dewbourne Avenue
and Strathearn Road by the Implementation of Various Traffic
Calming Measures - Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan
Ward 28, York Eglinton
The York Community Council recommends that a by-law in the form of the Draft Dy-law be enacted and that the
necessary Bills be introduced in Council to give effect thereto.
The York Commuity Council reports, for the information of Council, having held a public meeting regarding the
aforementioned matter; and that pursuant to Clause No. 12 of Report No. 9 of the York Community Council, titled
"Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan" as adopted by Council on September 28, 29 and 30, 1999, a notice with respect to
the proposed enactment of the draft by-law was advertised in a daily newspaper on September 20, September 27, October 4
and October 11, 1999.
The York Community Council also reports, for the information of Council, having requested the Commissioner of Works
and Emergency Services to:
(1)expedite the process this year and install as soon as possible, the traffic calming measures approved in report the dated
September 10, 1999 from the Director, Transportation Services, District 1, embodied in Clause No. 12 of Report No. 9 of
the York Community Council, which was adopted without amendment by City Council on September 28, 29 & 30, 1999,
viz, Items 1 to 5 in Table 1, Item 10 in Table 2 and Items 1 and 2 in Table 3;
(2)measure and report on the speed and volume of vehicles on the streets that have received traffic calming in Phase 1,
such measurement to be conducted six months after for those streets in Phase II, and that this data and other statistics be
used to evalue the traffic calming plan for the Cedarvale community; and
(3)also include in the report a list of the residents and their addresses who were polled in the Traffic Calming Survey.
The York Community Council submits the following Draft By-law from the City Solicitor:
Authority:Clause No. 12 of Report No. 9 of the York Community Council
Adopted by Council:September 28, 29 and 30, 1999.
CITY OF TORONTO
Bill No.
BY-LAW No.
To authorize the alteration of Dewbourne Avenue and Strathearn Road by the implementation of various traffic
calming measures and to repeal By-law Nos. 3557-97, 3543-97 and 3538-97 of the former City of York.
WHEREAS notice of a proposed By-law regarding the proposed alterations of Dewbourne Avenue and Strathearn Road
was published in a daily newspaper on September 20, September 27, October 4 and October 11, 1999 and interested
persons were given an opportunity to be heard at a public meeting held on October 12, 1999 and it is appropriate to permit
the alterations;
AND WHEREAS By-law Nos. 3557-97, 3543-97 and 3538-97 of the former City of York were enacted as part of the
implementation of the Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan and should be repealed as a result of certain proposed
modifications with respect to Dewbourne Avenue and Strathearn Road.
The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
A.The following alterations are authorized:
1.The alteration of Dewbourne Avenue at a distance of 30 metres west of Menin Road, by constructing a speed hump
with a maximum height of 80 mm, as shown on the drawing attached as Schedule "A" to this By-law;
2.The alteration of Strathearn Road at a distance of 105 metres south of Ava Road, by constructing a speed hump with a
maximum height of 80 mm, as shown on the drawing attached as Schedule "A" to this By-law; and,
3.The alteration of Strathearn Road at a distance of 130 metres east of Chiltren Hill Road, by constructing a speed hump
with a maximum height of 80 mm, together with a curbed narrowing, as shown on the drawing attached as Schedule "A" to
this By-law.
B.The following By-laws of the former City of York are repealed:
1.By-law No. 3557-97, being "A By-law To Authorize the alteration of Dewbourne Avenue, in the City of York."
2.By-law No. 3543-97, being "A By-law To Authorize the alteration of Strathearn Road, in the City of York."
3.By-law No. 3538-97, being "A By-law To Authorize the alteration of Strathearn Road, in the City of York."
ENACTED AND PASSED thisday of, A.D. 1999.
MayorClerk
The York Community Council also submits Clause No. 12 of Report No. 9 of the York Community Council, titled
"Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan" which was adopted by City Council at its meeting held on September 28, 29
and 30, 1999:
(City Council, on September 28, 29 and 30, 1999, adopted this Clause without amendment.)
The York Community Council recommends that with regard to the Cedarvale Traffic Calming Survey Results,
that:
(1)Items 1 to 5 in Table 1, Supporting Traffic Calming, be approved;
(2)the respective By-laws regarding Items 1 to 9 in Table 2, Opposed to Traffic Calming, be repealed;
(3)Item 10 in Table 2, Opposed to Traffic Calming, be approved;
(4)Items 1 and 2 in Table 3, Marginal Support for Traffic Calming, be approved;
(5)the City Solicitor be authorized to prepare road alteration by-laws for the individual street sections, where
appropriate, and that public notice be given respecting those locations;
(6)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
The York Community Council submits the following report (September 10, 1999) from the Director,
Transportation Services, District 1:
Purpose:
To provide results of the survey conducted of Cedarvale Community residents on various street blocks to determine
majority support and preference to complete construction of the Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan.
Funding Sources:
The funds associated with the construction of the preferred traffic calming measures for each of the individual street
sections supported by the majority of the municipally addressed property owners, estimated at $110,000.00, are contained
in the Works and Emergency Services Department 1999 Capital Budget;
The funds associated with the construction of the preferred traffic calming measures on those individual street sections,
where the responses were received from less than 50 percent of those polled, but the support from those who did respond is
high, estimated at $60,000.00, are contained in the Works and Emergency Services Department 1999 Capital Budget.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
1.road alteration by-laws be prepared and public notice be given, for those individual street sections listed in Table 1 of
the Appendix where the majority of municipally addressed property owners responded showing support for the preferred
traffic calming measure; and
2.the York Community Council decide whether to proceed with the installation of the traffic calming plan on those
individual street sections, listed in Table 3 of the Appendix where the number of responses received was not a majority, but
the support for traffic calming is high, and if the decision is positive, road alteration by-laws be prepared and public notice
given respecting these locations.
Background:
York Community Council, at its meeting of January 20, 1999, approved the following recommendation:
"That prior to the installation of the remaining pinch points and speed humps approved in the Cedarvale Traffic
Management Plan, that the residents be polled on a block by block basis, requesting that they indicate their preference for
either speed humps or pinch points on their respective blocks." (Clause No. 4(d) of Report No. 1 of theYork Community
Council).
Comments:
The Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan was developed by a citizen task force, through an extensive public consultation
process. The Traffic Plan consisted of numerous traffic calming measures aimed at reducing through traffic, reducing
vehicular travel speeds, and improving pedestrian and cycling environments, to form a cohesive setting.
As a result the former City of York Council on June 25, 1997, approved the recommendations contained within the
Cedarvale Community Traffic Plan within their jurisdictional control. Council further recommended the former
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto also approve those recommendations within their jurisdictional control, which was
subsequently approved.
In late 1997, construction commenced on Phase I, which involved constructing twenty-one of the total forty traffic calming
measures approved. For Council's information, it was the decision of both the citizen traffic committee and the local
Councillor to choose and request those twenty-one locations, within the allocated Capital Budget.
Phase II involves completing the remaining nineteen individual traffic calming measures, subject to results of a survey
undertaken on an individual street block basis revealing majority support.
The attached Appendix details the results of the residents survey for each individual street section and the preferred traffic
calming measure, according to resident owners, non-resident owners and tenants. The survey results have been divided into
three categories. It was concluded that traffic calming is supported if more than 50 percent of property owners responded
and more than 50 percent of those responses were favourable (Table 1). It was concluded that residents were opposed to
traffic calming if 50 percent. of the responses were not favourable whether a majority of property owners responded or not
(Table 2). However, there were two street sections where less than 50 percent. of property owners responded, but of those
responses, there was a significant majority that were favourable (Table 3). These were considered to be "marginally
supported" and it is requested that York Community Council provide direction on whether the traffic calming measures
should be installed at these locations.
Conclusions:
The survey results have been categorized as follows:
Supporting Traffic Calming
- Camberwell Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;
2.Dewbourne Avenue between Westover Hill Road and Menin Road;
- Dewbourne Avenue and Peveril Hill North;
4.Strathearn Road between Ava Road and Westover Hill Road;
- Strathearn Road between Chiltern Hill Road and Bathurst Street.
Opposed to Traffic Calming
1.Avenal Drive between Peveril Hill South and Bathurst Street;
- Dewbourne Avenue between Flanders Road and Westover Hill Road;
3.Dewbourne Avenue between Camberwell Road and Rostrevor Road;
- Flanders Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;
5.Glen Cedar Road between Markdale Avenue and Strathearn Road;
- Rostrevor Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;
7.Strathearn Road between Westover Hill Road and Warwick Avenue;
- Strathearn Road between Markdale Avenue and Glen Cedar Road;
9.Strathearn Road and Glen Cedar Road;
- Westover Hill Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue.
Marginal Support for Traffic Calming
1.Chiltren Hill Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;
- Glen Cedar Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue.
Based on the survey results, the preferred traffic calming measures should be installed on those individual streets where
there was support for traffic calming. Also, York Community Council is requested to decide whether the traffic calming
measures should be installed on those individual streets where the number of responses received was clearly not a majority,
but these responses did indicate support for traffic calming.
Contact Person:
Jacqueline White
Manager, Traffic Operations, District 1
397-5021
392-8504 (fax)
Cedarvale Traffic Calming
Survey Results
Table 1: Supporting Traffic Calming
-Rick Orzy, Toronto.
