Removal of Parking Prohibition - Helendale Avenue

North Side, West of Yonge Street

(North Toronto)

The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (December8, 1998) from the Director, Transportation Services District 1:

Purpose:

As requested by the residents of Premises Nos. 30-38 Helendale Avenue, to remove the recently installed parking prohibition on the north side of Helendale Avenue from a point 69 metres west of Yonge Street to a point 30 metres further west.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Funds to undertake the necessary signage adjustments in the estimated amount of $300.00 are contained in the Transportation Services Division 1998 Current Budget.

Recommendations:

(1)That the parking at anytime prohibition on the north side of Helendale Avenue from a point 69 metres west of Yonge Street to a point 30 metres further west be rescinded; and

(2)That the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take whatever action is necessary to implement the foregoing, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that might be required.

Comments:

City Council, at its meeting of October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, in adopting Clause 15 in Toronto Community Council Report No. 12, approved the installation of a parking prohibited area on the north side of Helendale Avenue from a point 69 metres west of Yonge Street to a point 30 metres further west in order to prevent vehicles from parking at this location and blocking access to the driveways serving Premises Nos. 30 to 38 Helendale Avenue. Signs to give effect to this prohibition were installed on November 25, 1998.

Works staff had recommended the implementation of this parking prohibition at the request of an area resident and in consultation with North Toronto Councillors Anne Johnston and Michael Walker. The owner of one of the properties had advised that access to the driveways servicing Premises Nos. 30 to 38 Helendale Avenue was constantly blocked due to the limited curb space in between in each driveway.

Parking is prohibited at anytime on the south side of Helendale Avenue from Yonge Street to Duplex Avenue. Parking is permitted by permit only on the north side from 12:01 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and is allowed for maximum period of one hour from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily except for the recently installed prohibition noted above. Parking is otherwise permitted for a maximum period of three hours.

The subject parking prohibition has stopped vehicles belonging to non-residents from parking in front of Premises No. 30 - 38 Helendale Avenue as requested by the residents. However, because Helendale Avenue is located near the Yonge Street/Eglinton Avenue business/entertainment area, there is a high demand for on-street parking and parking permit holders for Helendale Avenue often have difficulty in finding legal parking spaces until late at night. As a result, these residents used to park their vehicles in front of their properties, blocking their own driveways. While Chapter 400 of the Toronto Municipal Code prohibits the parking of vehicles in front of or within 0.6 metres of a driveway, the Toronto Police Service often will not tag vehicles so parked without receiving a complaint from the affected property owner/tenant. Because of the recently installed parking prohibition, residents of Premises Nos. 30 - 38 Helendale Avenue are now being tagged for parking in front of their own driveways and as a result, have requested Councillor Johnston's office as well this department to rescind the prohibition.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Stephen Benjamin, Manager of Traffic Operations, District 1, 392-7773