Item - 2016.EY17.37

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend Chapter 918, Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards, by inserting  a new § 918-7.8 as follows:

"§ 918-7.8 Areas of the former City of York and the former City of Toronto in Ward 11

A.   Despite any other provisions in this chapter, § 918-8C(2) and (3) do not apply to a front yard parking pad application for front yard parking and/or to an application for a licence  to park on any portion of a boulevard where the application is for a residential property located within the areas of the former City of York and the former City of Toronto in Ward 11 where:

1.  Additional ramping is not required or, if additional ramping is required, there is no loss of an on-street permit parking space; and

               2.  The property meets all other requirements of this chapter.

B.   Despite any other provisions in this chapter, § 918-9D and E do not apply for a front yard parking pad in the areas of the former City of York and the former City of Toronto in Ward 11 where additional ramping is not required.

2.  City Council authorize the appropriate staff to introduce any bills that may be necessary to give effect thereto.

I have received complaints regarding the unfairness of the process for front yard parking applications wherein applications are refused solely because of the presence of on-street permit parking, regardless of whether the installation of a parking pad would result in the loss of an on-street parking space. Under these circumstances, an Applicant must incur the non-refundable cost for the initial application in addition to the cost to appeal the decision to Community Council, reaching a combined total of over $1200.

At the recommendation of Etobicoke York Community Council, City Council has previously approved amendments to Chapter 918 – Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards to address this issue for properties in Wards 13 and 17 located on streets with on-street permit parking, where the installation of a parking pad will not result in the loss of an on-street parking space.  Similarly, amendments have been made to address this issue in Wards 16 and 21 at the recommendations of North York Community Council and Toronto and East York Community Council respectively. I am requesting that the same consideration be given for front yard parking applications in Ward 11.