Item - 2025.NY24.19

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 918, Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards, by inserting a new section 918-7.13 generally as follows:

Section 918-7.13 Area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 25 and that portion of Ward 22 east of Mount Pleasant Boulevard

A. Despite any other provisions in this chapter, section 918-8C(2) and (3) do not apply to an application for front yard parking application for front yard parking and/or to an application for a license to park on any portion of a boulevard where the application is for a residential property located within the area of the former City of Toronto in the portion of Ward 22 east of Mount Pleasant Boulevard or within the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 25 where:

(1). (a) The application is for a front yard parking pad adjacent to an existing mutual driveway which has a width of less than 2.2 metres measured at the narrowest point; or

(b) Additional ramping is not required or, if any additional ramping is required, there is no loss of an on-street permit parking space.

(2). The property meets all other requirements of this chapter.

B. Despite any other provisions in this chapter, section 918-9D and E do not apply to a front yard parking pad in the area of the former City of Toronto in the portion of Ward 22 east of Mount Pleasant Boulevard or within the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 25 where any additional ramping is not required.

2. City Council authorize the direct and the appropriate staff to take the necessary steps, including the introduction in City Council of any Bills that may be necessary, to give effect to City Council’s decision.

Many residents of Ward 15, within the specific neighbourhoods of former City of Toronto Wards 22 and 25, have concerns about the current processes for applying for front yard parking. These residents at locations where front yard parking would otherwise be permitted as per the requirements set out in Chapter 918 are rejected solely due to the presence of on-street permit parking, regardless of whether installing a parking pad would result in the loss of an on-street parking space.

Through discussions with City Staff, I am aware that there have been previous amendments to Chapter 918 that would permit applications to proceed regardless if permit parking is permitted on any given street as long as the approval of the front yard parking pad did not result in the loss of an on-street parking space. I am asking for your support today to approve an identical amendment for the portion of Ward 15 that includes former City of Toronto Ward 25 and the portion of former City of Toronto Ward 22 east of Mount Pleasant Boulevard.

It is essential to clarify that this exemption would only be applicable if installing the parking pad does not result in the loss of an on-street parking space. Implementing this exemption will address local concerns and promote a more consistent, equitable, and coherent approach to front yard parking. City staff have assisted in drafting these recommendations and have expressed no objections to this approach.