Braemar Avenue, College View Avenue and Elmsthorpe Avenue
in the Vicinity of Oriole Park Public School -
Changes to parking regulations (North Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (April 21, 1998) from the
Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation Division, City Works Services:
Purpose:
To extend the times of operation of the A10 Minute Student Pick-up/ Drop-off Zones@ on Braemar Avenue and
Elmsthorpe Avenue, to increase the size of the existing A10 Minute Student Pick-up/ Drop-off Zone@ on Elmsthorpe
Avenue and to introduce a A10 Minute Student Pick-up/ Drop-off Zone@ on the north side of the south branch of College
View Avenue in the vicinity of Oriole Park Public School.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Not applicable.
Recommendations:
(1)That the existing times of operation of the A10 Minute Student Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on the west side of Braemar
Avenue from a point 15 metres north of College View Avenue to a point 50 metres further north and from a point 141
metres north of College View Avenue to a point 11 metres further north be adjusted to operate from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.,
from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday to Friday;
(2)That the existing parking prohibited times on the west side of Braemar Avenue from a point 15 metres north of
College View Avenue to a point 50 metres further north and from a point 141 metres north of College View Avenue to a
point 11 metres further north be adjusted to operate from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from
4:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday;
(3)That the existing ANo Parking 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily@ regulation on the east side of Elmsthorpe Avenue from
the south branch of College View Avenue to a point 38 metres north and from a point 66.5 metres north of College View
Avenue to a point 28.0 metres further north be rescinded;
(4)That the existing A10 Minute Student Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on the east side of Elmsthorpe Avenue commencing
at a point 38.0 metres north of College View Avenue to a point 28.5 metres further north be adjusted to operate on the east
side of Elmsthorpe Avenue commencing at a point 15 metres north of College View Avenue to a point 79.5 metres further
north, and that parking be permitted for a maximum period of ten minutes from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., from 11:15 a.m. to
1:15 p.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday to Friday, within this zone;
(5)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the east side of Elmsthorpe Avenue from the south branch of College View
Avenue to a point 15 metres north;
(6)That parking be prohibited from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 4:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
Monday to Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from a point 15 metres north of the south branch
of College View Avenue to a point 79.5 metres further north;
(7)That the existing ANo Parking 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday to Friday@ regulation on the north side of College
View Avenue from Braemar Avenue to Elmsthorpe Avenue be rescinded;
(8)That parking be permitted for a maximum period of ten minutes on the north side of the south branch of College View
Avenue from a point 20 metres west of Braemar Avenue to a point 20 metres east of Elmsthorpe Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to
9:30 a.m., Monday to Friday;
(9)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the north side of College View Avenue from Elmsthorpe Avenue to a point
20 metres east and from Braemar Avenue to a point 20 metres west; and
(10)That the appropriate City Officials be requested to take whatever action is necessary to give effect to the foregoing,
including the introduction in Council of any bills that may be required.
Comments:
In response to a request from Oriole Park Public School in 1996, City Works Services recommended the introduction of a
A10 Minute Student Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on the west side of Braemar Avenue and an additional A10 Minute Student
Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on the east side of Elmsthorpe Avenue outside the school entrances of Oriole Park Public School.
The former City of Toronto Council, at its meeting of February 3, 1997, in considering Clause 19 of City Services
Committee Report No. 2, entitled Braemar Avenue and Elmsthorpe Avenue in the vicinity of Oriole Park Public School -
Introduction of A
During the course of the school year, the Oriole Park Public School Safety Committee advised City Works Services that
parents were experiencing difficulties in adhering to the times and designated areas of the existing AStudent
Pick-up/Drop-off Zones@. Accordingly, staff of City Works Services met on-site with the Principal of Oriole Park Public
School and a representative of the Safety Committee in February 1998, and agreed to a number of changes to the parking
regulations to better meet the needs of parents of the students of Oriole Park Public School.
City Works staff were advised that some parents were being ticketed when dropping off their children outside of the
designated times, while others were being ticketed for parking outside of the designated loading zones. It would appear that
the existing times of operation of the zones do not address the needs of those parents who drop off their children early in
the morning, or pick them up outside of scheduled school hours. Further, the lengths of the existing AStudent
Pick-up/Drop-off Zones@ do not appear to address the large number of parents who drive their children to/from school and
walk their children into the school building. Parents who park outside of the designated zones are subject to ticketing and
contribute to traffic congestion in the area.
Accordingly, it is recommended that the parking regulations be changed as described in Recommendation Nos. 1 - 9,
above. The introduction of the larger AStudent Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on Elmsthorpe Avenue and the establishment of a
new AStudent Pick-up/Drop-off Zone@ on the north side of College View Avenue, combined with the extended ten
minute pick-up/drop-off times, should better serve the parents and reduce the ticketing that has been taking place.
North Toronto Councillors Michael Walker and Anne Johnston have been consulted in the preparation of this report.
