Item - 2015.PG5.11
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on June 18, 2015. The Planning and Growth Management Committee has referred this item to an official or other body without making a decision. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the referral.
PG5.11 - Direction to Permit the Re-paving of Driveways in the Scarborough District to their Existing Width and Configuration
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Referred
- Wards:
- 35 - Scarborough Southwest, 36 - Scarborough Southwest, 37 - Scarborough Centre, 38 - Scarborough Centre, 39 - Scarborough-Agincourt, 40 - Scarborough Agincourt, 41 - Scarborough-Rouge River, 42 - Scarborough-Rouge River, 43 - Scarborough East, 44 - Scarborough East
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Committee referred the item to the General Manager, Transportation Services for a report to the Planning and Growth Committee in the fall 2015, on the criteria necessary to facilitate repaving of existing driveways to accommodate side by side vehicle parking.
Origin
Summary
City Council on May 5, 6 and 7, 2015, referred Motion MM6.17 to the Planning and Growth Management Committee.
In recent years, staff have enforced the restrictions on the widening of driveways and the width and configuration of driveway entrances (i.e. curb cuts) as specified in the interpretation of the applicable by-laws. The resulting restrictions and requirements are viewed by residents to be unfair, unreasonable or heavy-handed. Residents simply want to re-pave their existing driveways that have fallen into a state of disrepair but are being required to narrow their driveways or reconfigure their driveway accesses as part of the re-paving, at their cost. This also occurs when City staff or their contractors undertake road rehabilitation. These driveways have existed for decades without any problems or complaints from neighbours.
It is recommended that this exemption be applied only to driveways serving single-family residential dwellings. It would not apply to driveways serving multi-unit residential developments or non-residential uses.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-80019.pdf
Communications
(April 3, 2015) E-mail from Janet Patel (PG.Main.PG5.11.2)
(April 6, 2015) E-mail from Lorraine Warren (PG.Main.PG5.11.3)
(April 7, 2015) E-mail from Stephen Parr (PG.Main.PG5.11.4)
(April 9, 2015) E-mail from David Raines (PG.Main.PG5.11.5)
(April 25, 2015) E-mail from Audrey Minaker (PG.Main.PG5.11.6)
Motions
That the item be referred to the General Manager, Transportation Services for a report to the Planning and Growth Committee in the fall 2015, on the criteria necessary to facilitate repaving of existing driveways to accommodate side by side vehicle parking.