Item - 2024.TE18.52

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council rescind the designated taxi stand for 6 taxis in effect at all times on the south side of King Street West, between a point 72.3 metres east of Bathurst Street and a point 37.2 metres further east, from December 17, 2024 to November 30, 2029, inclusive.

2. City Council designate a taxi stand for 5 taxis in effect at all times, on the south side of King Street West between a point 77.8 metres east of Bathurst Street and a point 31.7 metres further east, from December 17, 2024 to November 30, 2029, inclusive.

3. City Council amend the existing no stopping prohibition in effect at all times on the south side of King Street West, between a point 40.5 metres east of Bathurst Street and a point 31.8 metres further east to be in effect between a point 40.5 metres east of Bathurst Street and a point 37.3 metres further east, from December 17, 2024 to November 30, 2029, inclusive.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to submit directly to City Council at the appropriate time any necessary Bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters, and any Schedules to the Chapters, to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were implemented prior to the By-law amendments.

The TTC, Transportation Services, Metrolinx, and Oretta (CaféTO patron) have worked together to apportion frontage on the south side of King Street West, immediately east of Bathurst Street for the following uses:

- Ontario Line King-Bathurst Station Construction site: spanning from Bathurst intersection to 30 metres east of Bathurst Street

- TTC eastbound stop: spanning from 30 metres east of Bathurst Street, to 60 metres east of Bathurst Street

- Oretta CaféTO Patio: spanning from 55 metres east of Bathurst Street (approximately 5 metre overlap with the TTC stop), to 70 metres east of Bathurst Street

- Reinstate Taxi Stand: spanning from 70 metres east of Bathurst Street, to 115 metres east of Bathurst Street

The Oretta CaféTO space will overlap with the previous Taxi Stand, and existing signage by approximately 5 metres. The Taxi Stand will be reinstated once the temporary TTC streetcar stop is relocated closer to Bathurst Street. Therefore, the westerly signage delineating the former Taxi Stand space needs to be relocated 5 metres to the east, and the signage needs to be updated from “6 Taxis” permitted to “5 Taxis” permitted. The corresponding Taxi sign approximately 115 metres east of Bathurst Street shall remain in its existing location, but shall be updated to permit “5 Taxis”.