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PICI(ERING
REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 32-08
Date: October 14, 2008
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From:
Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject:
City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
Housekeeping and Updating Amendments
File: A-1440
f<ecommendations:
1. That Report OES 32-08 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services
regarding proposed amendments to the City's Traffic & Parking By-law No.
6604/05 be received; and
2. That the draft by-law attached to this report be enacted to amend By-law No.
6604/05.
2xccutive Summary: On May 20, 2008, Council at the recommendation of staff,
iJ1)sed By-law 6864/08 thereby amending the City's Traffic & Parking By-law No.
6604/05.
Further to which, staff recommend the additional corrective amendments to:
'" the General Stopping and Parking controls
add Fairview Avenue to Schedule 4 - Permit Parking
., be able to action unplated vehicles on municipal roadways
., amend the Boulevard Parking controls on Liverpool Road as per comments
generated from area businesses
further clarify vehicle exemptions from the Traffic and Parking By-law
Financial Implications: The general amendments to the Traffic By-law
recommended in this report do not present any major financial implications.
Sustainability Implications: The changes proposed by staff are relevant to the social
lens of sustainability by addressing traffic operations and the governance of municipal
roads via appropriate and accurate by-laws and record management practices.
Report OES 32-08
October 14, 2008
Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
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Background:
General By-law Corrections
As part of an ongoing effort to ensure accurate traffic records, staff continue to verify
municipal traffic controls. As a result of this work, staff have identified and hereby
propose the following corrections to the Traffic By-law.
General Stoppinq and Parkinq Requlations
On May 20, 2008, Council of the City of Pickering passed by-law 6864/08 incorporating
various housekeeping amendments to the municipal traffic and parking bylaw 6604/05.
The changes included an amendment to numerous sections of the by-law, clarifying
the requirement and use of parking control signs to identify prohibited parking areas.
This change also mistakenly included Section 15, the general parking provisions, which
do not require signs (such as parking within 1 m of a driveway or 3m of a hydrant). As
the use of signs to identify standard parking regulations was and is not intended by
staff, this report proposes to further amend the traffic and parking by-law by deleting the
following reference from Section 15:
"Where authorized signs which clearly indicate the regulation have been installed,"
Minor By-law Amendment - Permit Parkinq on Fairview Road
In response to area resident concerns, staff recently initiated on street parking controls
on Fairview Avenue. Although, the municipal Traffic and Parking By-law was amended
to reflect staff recommendations within the original report, an additional amendment to
include portions of Fairview Avenue within Schedule 4 - Permit Parking was mistakenly
omitted and is hereby proposed.
Minor By-law Amendment - Boulevard Parkinq on Liverpool Road
The previous amendment to the Traffic and Parking By-law introduced the regulation of
boulevard parking with specific controls on Liverpool Road adjacent to the Marshall
Homes Millennium Square development. In order to aid area parking circulation,
municipal maintenance, and to discourage parking abuse and evening loitering,
boulevard parking was limited to a maximum of 3 hours between 5:00 am and 1 :00 am.
As some area businesses have indicated that the 1 :00 am restriction may impact client
use during normal business hours they have requested that area boulevard parking be
permitted until 2:00 am. As this change is deemed to be minor and would still maintain
the overnight parking prohibition, which was the intent of the by-law provision, staff
Report OES 32-08
October 14, 2008
Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
Housekeeping & Updating Amendments
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support the request and hereby propose to amend Schedule 13 to reflect No Parking
between 2:00 am and 5:00 am.
Minor By-law Amendment - UnPlated or Abandoned Vehicles
In order to improve the delivery of enforcement services with regards to "abandoned
vehicles", staff propose to amend Section 15 of the municipal Traffic and Parking by-
law to prohibit the parking of any vehicle on a highway unless that vehicle has a valid
licence plate attached, excluding any class of vehicles which do not require a licence
plate in accordance with the Highway Traffic Act.
Minor By-law Amendment - By-law Exemptions
I f1 order to improve the delivery of enforcement services with regards to the application
of the municipal traffic and parking by-law, staff propose to amend Section 44 to
provide additional exemptions for armoured vehicles, roadside service vehicles as well
as ministry and government agency 1 organization vehicles while they are actively
engaged in the performance of their duties.
Attachments:
1. Draft Amending By-law
Approved I Endorsed By:
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Attachments
Report OES 32-08
October 14, 2008
Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
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Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
Manager, By-law Services
Superintendent, Municipal Operations
Recommended for the consideration of
Pickering Citlt Council u
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. /08
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Being a by-law to amend By-law No. 6604/05
WHEREAS By-law No. 6604/05 provides for the regulation of traffic and parking on
highways, private property and municipal property within the City of Pickering; and
WHEREAS the City wishes to amend By-law No. 6604/05.
NO\N THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. By-law No. 6604/05 shall be amended as set out in this by-law.
2. Section 15 is amended by removing the words "Where authorized signs that clearly
indicate the regulation have been installed".
:3 The following clause is added to Section 15:
(m) without a valid licence plate attached, unless the vehicle does not require a
licence plate in accordance with the HT A;
4. Schedule 4 is amended as follows:
SCHEDULE 4
PERMIT PARKING
COLUMN 1
COLUMN 2
COLUMN 3
HIGHWAY
SIDE
LIMITS (FROM/TO)
ADD
Fairview Road
West
30 metres south of Browning
Avenue to 45 metres south
Of Browning Avenue
By-law No.
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5. Schedule 13 is amended as follows:
SCHEDULE 13
PERMITTED BOULEVARD PARKING
COLUMN 1
COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3
COLUMN 4
HIGHWA Y
PROPERTY
SIDE LIMITS
PERMITTED TIMES
OR DAYS
Delete
Liverpool Road West 70 metres north of the south For a maximum of
limit to 20 metres north thereof, 3 consecutive
hours
135 metres north of the south from 5:00 am
limit to 80 metres north thereof, to 1 :00 am
225 metres north of the south
limit to 85 metres north thereof
Liverpool Road East 55 metres north of the south For a maximum of
limit to 35 metres north thereof, 3 consecutive
hours
155 metres north of the south from 5:00 am
limit to 60 metres north thereof, to 1 :00 am
250 metres north of the south
limit to 30 metres north thereof
ADD
Liverpool Road West 70 metres north of the south From 5:00 am to
limit to 20 metres north thereof, 2:00 am, and for
and from 135 metres north of a maximum of 3
the south limit to 80 metres north consecutive hours
thereof; and from 225 metres
north of the south limit to
85 metres north thereof.
By-law No.
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Liverpool Road
East
55 metres north of the south
limit to 35 metres north thereof,
and from 155 metres north of
the south limit to 60 metres north
thereof; and from 250 metres
north of the south limit to
30 metres north thereof.
6. The following cl.auses are added to Section 44:
From 5:00 am to
2:00 am, and for
a maximum of 3
consecutive hours
(d) any armoured vehicle, while the operator IS actively engaged In the
performance of their duties; and,
(e) any service vehicle owned or operated by an accredited road side service
agency or automobile club or a licensed towing agency provided that such
vehicles are clearly identified by a crest or other markings and that the
operator is actively engaged in the performance of their duties; and,
(f) any vehicle owned or operated by a federal or provincial Ministry or
government agency or organization provided that such vehicles are clearly
identified by a crest or other markings and that the operator is actively
engaged in the performance of their duties.
7. This by-law shall come into force on the day that it is passed.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this
2008.
day of
David Ryan, Mayor
Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk