Item - 2020.TE18.91

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommended that:

1.  City Council exempt the implementation of Permit Parking on Sousa Mendes Street, between Ruskin Avenue and Wallace Avenue from the requirements of subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, until such time as Toronto and East York Community Council considers a request for implementation of Permit Parking at this location.

My office received a lot of support from residents of Sousa Mendes Street to access legal on-street permit parking. Unfortunately due to the pandemic, we are unable to conduct the polling process.

Subsection 925-4B, provides that:

Where permit parking is not currently available and where a petition requesting permit parking signed by the residents of a minimum of 25% of the total number of residential premises having a residential address on the street or the flank of the street is submitted to the General Manager, a poll shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 190, Polling and Notification, to determine if the residents wish to have permit parking on their road or area, as the case may be. In the event of a positive polling result, the General Manager shall report such result to the appropriate community council, which community council under delegated authority, shall be authorized to pass any necessary by-laws to implement permit parking on the road or area. In the event of a negative result, permit parking shall not be extended to the road or area, and no further permit parking poll shall be conducted for a period of two years

I am seeking an exemption from the requirements of subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking as the residents that did vote, were in favour of implementing the permit parking program.