Introduction of Pay-and-Display Parking Machines

Where Parking is Currently Allowed - Queen Street East,

Both Sides, from Coxwell Avenue to

Woodbine Avenue (East Toronto)

The Toronto Community Council recommends that:

(1)the following report (February 17, 1999) from Director of Transportation Services, District 1, Works and Emergency Services be adopted;

(2)a poll be conducted of the residents of Queen Street East with respect to the introduction of permit parking on the north side of Queen Street East between Rainsford Road and Kingston Road; and

(3)the City Solicitor be requested to submit the appropriate by-law amendment, should permit parking be approved on Queen Street East between Rainsford Road and Kingston Road, at the same time as the by-law is submitted respecting the introduction of Pay-and-Display parking machines where parking is currently allowed on Queen Street East, both sides, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue

The Toronto Community Council submits the following report (February 17, 1999) from the Director of Transportation Services, District 1, Works and Emergency Services:

Purpose:

To enact the appropriate parking regulations on Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue and enable the installation of pay and display control as requested by the Toronto Parking Authority.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Not applicable.

Recommendations:

(1)That the parking prohibition from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m., during the race meets, on the south side of Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Eastern Avenue, be rescinded;

(2)That the parking prohibition from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the north side of Queen Street East, from Rainsford Road to Woodbine Avenue, be rescinded;

(3)That the two hour parking restriction from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, on the south side of Queen Street East, from Kingston Road to Kippendavie Avenue, be rescinded;

(4)That the two hour parking restriction from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, on the north side of Queen Street East, from Rainsford Road to a point 85 metres east of Kingston Road, be rescinded;

(5)That the parking prohibition at anytime on the north side of Queen Street East, from Kingston Road to a point 165 metres further west be rescinded;

(6)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the north side of Queen Street East from Kingston Road to Orchard Park Boulevard;

(7)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the north side of Queen Street East, from Rainsford Road to Woodbine Avenue;

(8)That parking be prohibited at anytime on the south side of Queen Street East, from Woodbine Avenue to Kippendavie Avenue;

(9)That Pay-and-Display parking machines operate from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, for a maximum period of two hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday for a maximum period of two hours and from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. daily, for a maximum period of three hours, at the rate of $1.25 per hour, on the north side of Queen Street East:

(a)from Coxwell Avenue to Orchard Park Boulevard;

(b)from Rainsford Road to a point 85 metres east of Kingston Road;

(10)That Pay-and-Display parking machines operate from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, for a maximum period of two hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday for a maximum period of two hours and from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. daily, for a maximum period of three hours, at the rate of $1.25 per hour, on the south side of Queen Street East:

(a)from Coxwell Avenue to a point 200 metres west of Kingston Road;

(b)from Kingston Road to Woodbine Avenue; and

(11)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 are required.

Comments:

At its meeting of November 24, 1998, the Board of the Toronto Parking Authority approved in principal the installation of Pay-and-Display parking machines on both sides of Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue (where parking is currently allowed) to enhance parking opportunities for visitors and business patrons in this area. In order to facilitate this installation, it is necessary to make the necessary amendments to these Chapter 400 of the Municipal Code.

Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue, is a two-way arterial road with streetcar service and a pavement width that varies from 12.8 metres to 15.2 metres The following parking regulations are in effect:

North Side:

(I)stopping is prohibited from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., except Saturday, Sunday and public holidays;

(ii)standing is prohibited at anytime, from Kingston Road to the Toronto Transit Commission loop, located west of Lark Street;

(iii)parking is prohibited at anytime, from Kingston Road to a point 165 metres west thereof;

(iv)parking is prohibited from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays, from Rainsford Road to Woodbine Avenue;

(v)parking is allowed for a maximum period of two hours, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Saturdays, from Rainsford Road to a point 85 metres east of Kingston Road; and

(vi) parking is otherwise permitted to a maximum period of three hours.

South Side:

(I)stopping is prohibited from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays;

(ii)standing is prohibited at anytime from Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road to a point 200 metres west;

(iii)parking is allowed for a maximum period of two hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Saturdays, from Kingston Road to Woodbine Avenue; and

(iv)parking is otherwise permitted to a maximum period of three hours.

Permit parking is not in effect on Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue

A total of 12 Pay-and-Display parking machines would be installed by the Parking Authority on both sides of Queen Street East, from Coxwell Avenue to Woodbine Avenue in the areas where parking is currently allowed and would operate daily as indicated in Recommendations Nos. (9) and (10) of this report.

Recommendations Nos. (7) and (8) above are essentially "house-keeping" alterations as no legal parking spaces currently exist on the north side of Queen Street East, from Rainsford Road to Woodbine Avenue or on the south side of Queen Street East, from Woodbine Avenue to Kippendavie Avenue.

The existing parking prohibited at anytime regulation on the north side of Queen Street East from Kingston Road to a point 165 metres further west was required to ensure efficient traffic flow and reduce congestion created by westbound vehicles turning off Queen Street East onto Eastern Avenue.

However, with the extension of Eastern Avenue to Kingston Road/Queen Street East, this regulation is no longer required. Implementing this regulations will provide an additional 8 on-street parking spaces.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Gary O'Neil, 392-7771