Subject: Permit Parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue
(January 23, 1998) From the Commissioner, Operations Services
Purpose:
Councillor Joe Mihevc, Ward 28, York Eglinton, is requesting the feasibility of implementing on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Traffic budget. Implementation of on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue could provide a potential annual revenue of $660.00.
Recommendations:
That By-law 3491-80 be amended to introduce on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue.
Council Reference/Background/History:
Internal memo, dated October 16, 1996, from Councillor Joe Mihevc, Ward 28, York Eglinton, to Stephen Brown, Manager Traffic/Parking.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Jesmond Avenue traverses in an east/west direction, between Glenholme Avenue and Vaughan Road.
Currently on-street parking is legally permitted exclusively on the south side of Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue, with a maximum unsigned three (3) hour parking regulation anytime, whereas on the section of Jesmond Avenue between Cedric Avenue and Vaughan Road on-street parking is prohibited on both the north and south sides of the street.
Field surveys reveal there is a total complement of eleven (11) curbside parking spaces available on the south side of Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue.
On-street permit parking provides those residents, without adequate off-street parking facilities to legally park their vehicles on the streets on which they reside for extended periods of time, with impunity from the signed or unsigned parking regulations. We, therefore, support the introduction of on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue.
Councillor Joe Mihevc is suggesting York Community Council forego having the Director Council Services and City Clerk=s office undertake a poll on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue to determine majority interest in introducing on-street permit parking. The basis for his suggestion is the fact that there are no municipally addressed properties fronting Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue. We support the Councillor=s recommendation for the simple reason that it provides a direct service at minimal cost to those taxpayers requiring the service.
Conclusions:
On-street permit parking is a service benefit for every municipally addressed taxpayer without adequate off-street parking facilities. We, therefore, concur with Councillor Joe Mihevc=s recommendation to forego the Director of Council Services and City Clerk undertaking a poll to determine majority interest in introducing on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue and recommend By-law 3491-80 be amended accordingly.
Contact Person:
Stephen Brown,
Manager Traffic/Parking
394-2655
394-2888 (fax)
