By-law Consolidation Parking
Machines - On-Street Parking
The Administration Committee recommends:
(1) the adoption of the report (November 15, 1999) from the President, Toronto Parking
Authority; and
(2) that the President, Toronto Parking Authority be requested:
(i) to submit a report to the Administration Committee on ways of resolving the
emerging issue of parking for cyclists; such report to include funding initiatives in
regard thereto; and
(ii) not to remove any meter poles until the issue of cycling locations is resolved.
The Administration Committee submits the following report (November 15, 1999) from
the President, The Toronto Parking Authority:
Purpose:
To consolidate Section 400-42 of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code and
By-law No. 912-1998 to establish one set of provisions and schedules for the
installation and regulation of parking machines on roadways in the City of Toronto.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
There are no financial implications associated with this initiative.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that the City Solicitor be authorized to prepare and introduce an
amendment to Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former City of Toronto Municipal
Code to delete all references to parking machines and to incorporate the parking
locations established under Chapter 400 into By-law 912-1998.
Background:
At its meeting of December 16 and 17, 1998, Council adopted Clause 16 of Report No. 19 of The
Corporate Services Committee, entitled 'Use of Parking Machines for On-Street Parking'. The
intent of Council's action in adopting that report was to transfer the responsibility for on-street
parking machine facilities within the former Metro and Area Municipalities from City staff to
the Toronto Parking Authority, and, to enact by-law 912-1998, a regulation for the designation
of locations, installation and use of on-street parking machines within the City of Toronto.
Comments:
Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former City of Toronto Municipal Code provided
regulations for the installation of parking machines on roadways under the
jurisdiction of the former City of Toronto. The enactment of by-law 912-1998 extended
these provisions to allow for the installation and regulation of parking machines on
roadways in the City of Toronto not under the jurisdiction of the former City of
Toronto, These provisions had not been included in any of the other former municipal
by-laws prior to the enactment of by-law 912-1998.
The concurrent application of these two parallel by-laws poses a number of problems
for applications in the former City of Toronto in terms of administration, and in the
enforcement of the provisions. By-law 912-1998 regulates former Metropolitan Toronto
roadways while Section 400-42 of Chapter 400 of the former City of Toronto Municipal
Code regulates former City of Toronto roadways. In virtually every case, when parking
machines are being proposed in an area, amendments must be made to the schedules
in both by-laws before the equipment can be installed. More importantly, since each of
these bylaws have in a duplicate series of offences set out in their respective set fine
orders, in the former City of Toronto, where the vast majority of the parking infraction
notices are issued, enforcement personnel must constantly be aware of the former
jurisdiction of the roadway being enforced in order to ensure that the correct offence
reference is noted on the parking infraction notice when issued. Failure to apply the
correct offence invalidates the parking infraction notice.
Conclusions:
The municipal and provincial legislative framework for this initiative is currently in
place in terms of the regulatory provisions in each by-law and the establishment of a
set fine order. As a result, all administrative and enforcement activity will continue
uninterrupted. The consolidation of these by-laws will streamline all further reporting
and administrative procedures and improve the continuity in parking enforcement
through the reduction of the number of offence reference codes required to enforce
these provisions throughout the City of Toronto.
Contact:
Maurice J. Anderson
President
Telephone: (416) 393-7276
Facsimile: (416) 393-7352
Nick Spensieri
Director, On-Street Operations
Telephone: (416) 393-7288
Facsimile: (416) 393-7352
E-Mail: nspensieri@toronto.ca