Item - 2019.TE10.49
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on November 5, 2019. The Toronto and East York Community Council 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.
TE10.49 - Making Parking Pad Rules Clearer and Creating a Path for Electric Vehicle Charging on Residential Streets
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Referred
- Ward:
- 19 - Beaches - East York
Community Council Decision
The Toronto and East York Community Council:
1. Referred the item and all amendments considered by the Community Council, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with City Planning; Toronto Water; Office of Environment and Energy; and Urban Forestry, and requested a report back to the February 5, 2020 Toronto and East York Community Council meeting on the following:
a. right-of-way management;
b. capacity of Toronto's electricity system;
c. tree canopy;
d. stormwater management;
e. urban design;
f. pedestrian safety;
g. staff resources required to monitor the use of parking pads to ensure that they are only used by an electric vehicle.
Origin
Summary
To the Chair and Members of Toronto East York Community Council:
I am asking for your support on two issues that have a very real impact on residents in Beaches-East York every day: parking pad permissions and the need to access electric vehicle charging infrastructure on residential streets.
As you know, the City’s parking pad bylaw contains varying standards and requirements within the Toronto-East York Community Council boundary. Currently the rules surrounding parking pad permissions in Ward 19 are complicated and confusing for residents. We also know that we have a real challenge with building out infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, particularly for residents relying on on-street parking.
The recommendations before you are meant to help us make meaningful progress on improving parking pad rules and building out EV infrastructure. First, they make the parking pad rules consistent across Ward 19. They do not introduce any new or previously unused site-related standards for getting a parking pad. They maintain the important, clear requirements protecting trees, minimizing storm water management impacts, and prioritizing access to on-street parking.
The recommendations also begin developing a strategy to include EV charging infrastructure as a requirement for receiving parking pad permissions. This would only be in Ward 19. I have been working with staff to look at two implementation models. Short-term, the strategy will look at requiring a private EV charging station as a condition for receiving parking pad permission. Long term, the strategy will look at how parking pad applicants, along with the annual fee contributions, could be used to contribute to infrastructure to be used by vehicles on-street.
There is rarely a perfect solution to meeting the many, sometimes competing needs of our residents. I believe these recommendations make important steps delivering better, consistent service to Beaches-East York residents, and even more importantly, helping us meet our city’s increasingly critical climate goals.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-139147.pdf
Communications
(October 28, 2019) E-mail from Tami Kojfman (TE.Supp.TE10.49.2)
(October 29, 2019) E-mail from Ginetta Peters (TE.Supp.TE10.49.3)
(November 1, 2019) E-mail from Greg Powers (TE.Supp.TE10.49.4)
(November 1, 2019) Letter from Janet Davis (TE.Supp.TE10.49.5)
(November 1, 2019) E-mail from Aleks Tarver (TE.Supp.TE10.49.6)
(November 3, 2019) E-mail from Ryan Sankar and Mary Sankar (TE.Supp.TE10.49.7)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Robert Spektor (TE.Supp.TE10.49.8)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Mark Smith (TE.Supp.TE10.49.9)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Nicholas Kadysh (TE.Supp.TE10.49.10)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Melissa Hart (TE.Supp.TE10.49.11)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Andrew Browning (TE.Supp.TE10.49.12)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Andrew Konrad (TE.Supp.TE10.49.14)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Samuel Oduneye (TE.Supp.TE10.49.15)
(November 4, 2019) E-mail from Walter Hermann (TE.Supp.TE10.49.13)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Ellen Schwartzel (TE.Supp.TE10.49.16)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from John Slaughter (TE.Supp.TE10.49.17)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Lisa Walter (TE.Supp.TE10.49.18)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Paul Davies (TE.Supp.TE10.49.19)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Beth Binnington (TE.Supp.TE10.49.20)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Michael Polanyi (TE.Supp.TE10.49.21)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Pam Koch (TE.Supp.TE10.49.22)
(November 5, 2019) E-mail from Deborah de Lange (TE.Supp.TE10.49.23)
Speakers
Janet Davis
Ryan Sankar
Elizabeth Nadeau
Andrew Browning
Brian Wolk
Brenda Linneman
Motions
That:
A. Recommendation 2 be deleted and replaced by the following new recommendation:
"2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 918, Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards, by inserting a new § 918-7.12 as follows:
§ 918-7.12 Wards 31 and that portion of Ward 32 east of Coxwell Avenue
A. Despite any other provisions in this chapter, § 918-8C(2) and (3) do not apply to an application for front yard parking and/or to an application for a license to park on any portion of a boulevard where the application is for a residential property located within the area of the former City of Toronto in the portion of Ward 32 east of Coxwell Avenue or within the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 31 where:
1.a. The application is for a front yard parking pad adjacent to an existing mutual driveway which has a width of less than 2.2 metres measured at the narrowest point; or
b. Additional ramping is not required or, if any 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 to a front yard parking pad in the area of the former City of Toronto in the portion of Ward 32 east of Coxwell Avenue or in the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 32 or in Ward 31 where any additional ramping is not required."
B. Recommendation 4 be replaced by the following new recommendation:
"4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to report back in the Second Quarter of 2020 on:
a. a strategy to introduce a requirement for all new front yard parking pads approved under Chapter 918 in the former City of Toronto in Wards 31 and the portion of Ward 32 east of Coxwell Avenue to include electric vehicle charging outlets;
b. a requirement that new front yard parking pads only be permitted for use by an electric vehicle; and,
c. a strategy and/or standards to ensure the long term permeability of installed permeable front yard parking pads."
C. Add the following new recommendation:
"City Council implement the bylaw changes in Recommendations 1 and 2 on an interim basis and include recommendations on whether to continue or reverse these changes in the report identified in Recommendation 4."
That the Toronto and East York Community Council refer the item and all amendments considered by the Community Council, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with City Planning; Toronto Water; Office of Environment and Energy; and Urban Forestry, and request a report back to the February 5, 2020 meeting on the following:
a. right-of-way management;
b. capacity of Toronto's electricity system;
c. tree canopy;
d. stormwater management;
e. urban design;
f. pedestrian safety;
g. staff resources required to monitor the use of parking pads to ensure that they are only used by an electric vehicle.