Item - 2022.SC29.5

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the amendments to parking regulations required to establish new on-street paid parking locations, as set out in Attachments 2 and 3, to the supplementary report (December 14, 2021) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

As the Toronto Transit Commission operates a transit service on Kingston Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

Transportation Services and the Toronto Parking Authority are requesting approval for the installation of on-street paid parking on Kingston Road in Ward 20.

The Toronto Parking Authority has worked with Transportation Services to identify new pay-and-display parking spaces in Ward 20 that will compliment the operation of municipal Car Park 701 and support the local community and area businesses by encouraging a regular turnover in the on-street parking supply.  Through this review, Transportation Services is recommending the introduction of pay-and-display parking on both sides of Kingston Road, between Victoria Park Avenue and Fallingbrook Road.

The proposed parking changes on Kingston Road will replace the existing unpaid, anytime parking that is currently in effect.  The proposed changes will not impact the flow of traffic and will encourage parking turnover.

While this report seeks Community Council approval for the installation in Ward 20, this is an ongoing initiative, and Transportation Services and Toronto Parking Authority will continue to review and report on potential new on-street paid parking opportunities throughout the City of Toronto.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Kingston Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

At its meeting of November 26, 2021, Scarborough Community Council deferred consideration of Item SC28.11 regarding the installation of on-street paid parking on Kingston Road, east of Victoria Park Avenue.  Transportation Services requested this deferral in order to correct technical errors in that report that were discovered subsequent to the submission.  This report provides both an updated map and revised parking amendments.

Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) has worked with Transportation Services to identify new pay-and-display parking spaces in Ward 20 that will complement the operation of municipal Car Park 701 and support the local community and area businesses by encouraging a regular turnover in the on-street parking supply.  Through this review, Transportation Services is recommending the introduction of pay-and-display parking on the following sections of Kingston Road:

North side, between Victoria Park Avenue and a point 77 metres east of Fallingbrook Road.

South side, between Victoria Park Avenue and a point 38.5 metres west of Blantyre Avenue.
 

The proposed parking changes on Kingston Road will replace the existing unpaid parking that is currently in effect.  The proposed changes will result in approximately 50 new on-street paid parking spaces and will encourage parking turnover while not impacting the flow of traffic.