Removal of Parking Prohibition: Royalavon Crescent

(Kingsway-Humber)

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (May26,1999) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 2:

Purpose:

To propose the removal of the "No Parking, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday" prohibition from both sides of Royalavon Crescent from Tyre Avenue to Holloway Road.

Funding Sources:

The funds associated with the removal of the current regulatory signage are contained in the TransportationServices Division's Operating Budget.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1)the current No Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday on both sides of RoyalavonCrescent regulation be removed to allow on-street parking from Tyre Avenue to Holloway Road; and

(2)the associated by-law (Attachment No. 1) receive Council approval.

Background:

In November, 1998, Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby's forwarded a request (Attachment No. 2) to the Transportation Services Division requesting that the "No Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday" prohibition on both sides of Royalavon Crescent be amended to allow for short-erm on-street parking.

In response to this request, staff polled the thirty-three (33) affected residents of Royalavon Crescent between Tyre Avenue and Holloway Road by letter to obtain their views on this proposal (AttachmentNo.3). There were twenty-one (21) respondents to the poll: thirteen (13) were in favour of the proposal and eight (8) were opposed. A map of the area is Attachment No. 4.

Discussion:

Royalavon Crescent is a two-lane roadway between Burnhamthorpe Road and Dundas Street West. A sidewalk exists on the west side of the street between Dundas Street West and Mattice Avenue. Parking is prohibited at all times on both sides of Royalavon Crescent between Dundas Street West and Tyre Avenue; parking is prohibited on both sides of Royalavon Crescent between Tyre Avenue and Holloway Road between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. Throughout all other sections on the street, parking is permitted for a maximum period of three hours. Land use in the immediate vicinity is predominantly residential.

In 1980, the Traffic Section of the Engineering Department of the former Borough of Etobicoke, received a request from the residents of Royalavon Crescent for the implementation of a daytime parking restriction on Royalavon Crescent between Tyre Avenue and Holloway Road. This was the result of several complaints from residents about vehicles being left on the street during the daytime by students of MichaelPower/St.Joseph's High School. At that time a total of thirty (30) letters were delivered to the residents who reside on this section of Royalavon Crescent, proposing the introduction of a "No Parking, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday" prohibition. Twenty-five (25) responses were received, of which, eighteen (18) were in favour of the proposal.

Conclusions:

Based on the staff examination of this matter and the favourable consensus of the affected residents, Council's endorsement of the recommendation contained herein would be appropriate.

Contact Name:

Karen Kirk, C.E.T., Parking Co-ordinator, Transportation Services Division - District 2.

(416) 394-8419; Fax (416) 394-8942.

(A copy of Attachments Nos. 1-4, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda for the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of May 26, 1999, and a copy of each is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)