Item - 2026.TE34.146

The Toronto and East York Community Council:  

1. Amended the existing one-way southbound traffic designation on Ontario Street, between Gerrard Street East and Dundas Street East, to operate between a point 60 metres south of Gerrard Street East and Dundas Street East.

2. Rescinded the existing parking prohibition on the east side of Ontario Street, between Gerrard Street East and a point 143 metres south.

3. Prohibited stopping on the east side of Ontario Street, between Gerrard Street East and a point 69 metres south.

4. Prohibited parking on the east side of Ontario Street, between a point 69 metres south of Gerrard Street East and a point 74 metres further south.

5. Rescinded the existing maximum one-hour parking regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the west side of Ontario Street, between Dundas Street East and Gerrard Street East.

6. Authorized parking for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the west side of Ontario Street, between Dundas Street East and a point 69 metres south of Gerrard Street East.

7. Rescinded the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily, on the even (west) side of Ontario Street, from Dundas Street East to Gerrard Street East.

8. Authorized permit parking to be in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., daily, on the even (west) side of Ontario Street, from Dundas Street East to a point 69 metres south of Gerrard Street East.

9. Prohibited stopping on the west side of Ontario Street, between Gerrard Street East and a point 69 metres south.

This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.

The development site at 227 Gerrard Street East is bounded by Gerrard Street East to the north, Ontario Street to the east, Hagan Lane to the south, and Seaton Street to the west. The development consists of a seven-storey mixed-use building having a residential gross floor area of 8,960 square metres, and a non-residential gross floor area of 1,002 square metres. This development will take access to/from via an existing lane on the west side of Ontario Street, south of Gerrard Street East.

Transportation Services is requesting approval to convert a portion of Ontario Street, south of Gerrard Street East, from a one-way southbound operation to a two-way operation. The two-way portion of Ontario Street will accommodate traffic destined to/from this development, reducing development-generated traffic using this street.  Parking amendments will also need to be approved in order to accommodate unobstructed two-way traffic flow on this section of roadway.

These changes will address the requirements of the site plan agreement for the 227 Gerrard Street East development, and all costs will be the responsibility of the developer.