Item - 2024.IE13.4
Tracking Status
- City Council considered this item on June 26, 2024 and referred this item to an official or another committee or body. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the referral.
- City Council considered this item on May 22, 2024 and postponed its consideration to a later date. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the deferral.
- This item was considered by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on May 2, 2024 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on May 22, 2024.
IE13.4 - Revised Free-Floating Car-Share Program
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Referred
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, referred Item IE13.4 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for further consideration with the Parking Strategy in the first quarter of 2025, and requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with other appropriate City Divisions, to report on the following:
a. the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas/streets in the development of the Parking Strategy;
b. the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas/streets on winter maintenance operations;
c. the possibility to continue to enforce parking regulations when car-share vehicles are in use;
d. the options for free-floating car-share vehicles dropping off and picking up off-street parking arrangements, rather than solely in public locations designated for permit parking under Municipal Code Chapter 925; and
e. the development of a communications strategy on the expansion of the free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking area/streets.
Public Notice Given
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245116.pdf
Public Notice
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245117.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(May 1, 2024) E-mail from Juzer Kheraluwala (IE.Supp)
(May 2, 2024) E-mail from Debbie Green (IE.Supp)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/comm/communicationfile-179887.pdf
(May 15, 2024) E-mail from Iain Campbell (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Mark Shaw (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Anna Alger (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Paul Genyk-Berezowsky (CC.Supp)
(May 18, 2024) E-mail from Hailey Scott (CC.Supp)
(May 18, 2024) E-mail from Andrew McCallum (CC.Supp)
(May 21, 2024) E-mail from Juzer Kheraluwala (CC.New)
Motions (City Council)
That:
1. City Council refer Item IE13.4 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for further consideration with the Parking Strategy in the first quarter of 2025, and City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with other appropriate City Divisions, to report on the following:
a. the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas/streets in the development of the Parking Strategy;
b. the impact of allowing an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas/streets on winter maintenance operations;
c. the possibility to continue to enforce parking regulations when car-share vehicles are in use;
d. identifying options for free-floating car-share vehicles dropping off and picking up off-street parking arrangements, rather than solely in public locations designated for permit parking under Municipal Code Chapter 925; and
e. develop a communications strategy on the expansion of the free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking area/streets.
IE13.4 - Revised Free-Floating Car-Share Program
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Deferred
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item IE13.4 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.
Public Notice Given
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245116.pdf
Public Notice
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245117.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(May 1, 2024) E-mail from Juzer Kheraluwala (IE.Supp)
(May 2, 2024) E-mail from Debbie Green (IE.Supp)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/comm/communicationfile-179678.pdf
(May 15, 2024) E-mail from Iain Campbell (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Mark Shaw (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Anna Alger (CC.Supp)
(May 17, 2024) E-mail from Paul Genyk-Berezowsky (CC.Supp)
(May 18, 2024) E-mail from Hailey Scott (CC.Supp)
(May 18, 2024) E-mail from Andrew McCallum (CC.Supp)
(May 21, 2024) E-mail from Juzer Kheraluwala (CC.New)
Motions (City Council)
That consideration of the Item be deferred until the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.
IE13.4 - Revised Free-Floating Car-Share Program
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Public Notice Given
Committee Recommendations
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council approve the amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925 Permit Parking, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to allow for an expanded free-floating car-share program outside of permit parking areas / streets, generally as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.
2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to Recommendation 1 above.
Origin
Summary
The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's approval to allow for the expansion of the Free-Floating Car Share Program through several Municipal Code amendments. These changes include exemptions from, the city-wide 3-hour unsigned parking rule, restricted parking prohibitions on highways with maximum permitted limits of one (1) hour or more, and from parking prohibitions, in the former North York, from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., from December 1 of one year to March 31 of the next following year on highways set out in Schedule IV to City of Toronto Municipal code Chapter 950. In addition, the report also seeks to remove the limits for the number of permits issued to one company (currently set at 1,000 permits on a first-come-first-serve basis) and the total number of permits that can be issued city-wide (currently limited to 2,000).
Given that the primary focus of the existing program is to allow parking in permit parking areas, should City Council approve Municipal Code amendments associated with these exemptions, the Free-Floating Car-Share program will become more accessible to those residents living in neighbourhoods located in the former Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke-York areas of the city, which are outside permit parking areas.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245116.pdf
Public Notice
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-245117.pdf
Communications
(May 1, 2024) E-mail from Juzer Kheraluwala (IE.Supp)
(May 2, 2024) E-mail from Debbie Green (IE.Supp)
Speakers
Kevin Rupasinghe