Harvard Avenue from Roncesvalles Avenue to Callender

Street - Amendments to the alternate side parking

regulations (High Park)

 The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (April 23, 1998) from the Director, Infrastructure Planning and Transportation Division, City Works Services:

 Purpose:

 To adjust the alternate side parking system on Harvard Avenue to allow for parking for six months at a time on one side of the street and for six months at a time on the other side.

 Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

 Not applicable.

 Recommendations:

 (1)That the existing alternate side/temporal parking regulations on Harvard Avenue, from Roncesvalles Avenue to Callender Street, be rescinded and replaced by the following:

 (a) That parking be permitted on the north side for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from October 1^st one year to March 31^st of the next following year, inclusive;

 (b) That parking be prohibited at anytime on the north side from April 1st to September 30^th , inclusive;

 (c) That parking be permitted on the south side for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from April 1^st to September 30^th, inclusive;

 (d) That parking be prohibited at anytime on the south side from October 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year, inclusive;

 (2) That the permit parking system, which operates from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., daily, be adjusted to reflect the changes noted in Recommendation No. 1, above; and

 (3)That the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that may be required.

 Comments:

 At the request of Councillor Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, on behalf of residents of Harvard Avenue, Works staff have investigated amending the alternate side parking system on Harvard Avenue, from Roncesvalles Avenue to Callender Street to allow parking continuously on one side of the street for six months and on the other side for six months to avoid the change over that normally occurs at the beginning and midpoint of each month. Residents of Harvard Avenue have expressed concerns that on change over days, even though the Toronto Police Service grants a 12-hour grace period, many residents receive parking tags for parking on the wrong side of the street.

 Harvard Avenue operates one-way eastbound with a pavement width of 6.4 metres and a speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour. The following parking regulations, based on the alternate side parking systems, are currently in effect:

 North side:

 - Parking is permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, from December 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year, inclusive, and from the 1^st to the 15^th day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th inclusive; and

 - Parking is prohibited from the 16^th day to the last day of each month, from April 1^st to November 30^th, inclusive.

 South side:

 - Parking is permitted for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday from the 16^th day to the last day of each month from April 1^st to November 30^th, inclusive,

 - Parking is prohibited from the 1^st day to the 15^th day of each month, from April 1^st to November 30^th and parking is prohibited at anytime from December 1^st of one year to March 31^st of the next following year.

 The permit parking system operates from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily, on an alternating side basis and parking, when otherwise permitted, is otherwise allowed for a maximum period of three hours.

 Harvard Avenue is located in permit parking area 2 where approximately 4,900 permits have been issued against 5,800 available permit parking spaces. Specifically on Harvard Avenue, 56 permits have been issued against 37 available parking spaces as stipulated in the City of Toronto Municipal Code. However, recent site inspection by Works staff has confirmed that there are 38 available parking spaces on the north side of the street compared with 35 parking spaces on the south side of the street. Accordingly, when parking is permitted on the south side of Harvard Avenue, there is a net loss of three accessible parking spaces.

 It is noted for your Council=s information that the primary purpose of the alternate side parking system is to allow both sides of the street to be mechanically swept during the period from April 1^st to November 30^th of each year. Further, because of snow removal considerations, parking is restricted to one side of the street during the four winter months (December 1^st to March 31^st ), in this case, on the north side of Harvard Avenue. The implementation of the above proposal will result in fewer opportunities to mechanically sweep (usually once a week) the side of the street where parking is allowed; however, manual cleaning is carried out as required, usually every three to four weeks.

 Contact Name and Telephone Number:

 Stephen Benjamin

Manager of Transportation Operations

392-7773.