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Permit Parking on Jesmond Avenue between
Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue
The York Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (January 23, 1998) from the Commissioner of Operations Services (York Civic Centre):
Purpose:
Councillor Joe Mihevc, Ward 28, York Eglinton, is requesting a report on 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: the 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:
It is recommended that:
(1) By-law No. 3491-80 be amended to implement on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue; and
(2) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
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:
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 Clerk=s Department (York Civic Centre) 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 undertaking of a poll to determine majority interest in introducing on-street permit parking on Jesmond Avenue between Oakwood Avenue and Cedric Avenue, and recommend that By-law No. 3491-80 be amended accordingly.
Contact Person:
Stephen Brown
Manager Traffic/Parking
York Civic Centre
Tel: 394-2655
Fax: 394-2888
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