Item - 2021.TE24.77

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and to report back to Toronto and East York Community Council on the realignment of Permit Parking Area "6K" to exclude the development located at 177, 183, and 197 Front Street East and 15-21 Lower Sherbourne Street and 200 The Esplanade.

New condominiums are approved under the assumption that sufficient parking will be available on-site.  However, the city has on occasion received and granted parking permits to residents in newly constructed buildings within existing permit parking areas, such as the 6K area in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

The 6K area has 176 parking spots. A recent count had 114 of those spaces issued. While a healthy number, cycling improvements to The Esplande may shrink the overall availability of parking spots in the 6K area. Of particular concern, the development at 177, 183, and 197 Front Street East and 15-21 Lower Sherbourne Street and 200 The Esplanade will add 1531 new residential units, enough to easily overwhelm this existing permit parking area.

The development at 177, 183, and 197 Front Street East and 15-21 Lower Sherbourne Street and 200 The Esplanade is currently under construction This motion seeks to remove the ability of future residents of those properties to obtain permit parking in the 6K area.