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City REPORT TO
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- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PICKERIN Report Number: OES 23-09
1 h Date: May 11, 2009
From: Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street,
- Amendment to By-law 6604/05
- File: A-1440
Recommendation:
1. That Report OES 23-09 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services
regarding a proposed amendment to the municipal traffic by-law 6604/05 be
received; and
2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedules "6" and 7" to By-
law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of traffic on highways or parts of
highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering.
Executive Summary: In response to resident concerns regarding traffic operations
at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street, staff were asked to review the
intersection and identify if All-Way Stop Controls were justified and could be installed to
improve area safety.
Having completed the review and given the unconventional nature of the current Stop
controls and the justification as noted in this report, staff support the request and
hereby propose to amend the existing municipal traffic by-law as per the changes
attached.
Financial Implications: The acquisition and installation of an additional Stop sign,
temporary advance warning signs and associated hardware, and pavement markings is
estimated to cost approximately $500 and can be accommodated within the Roads
current budget account 2320.2409.
Sustainability Implications: The concerns as presented to and the recommendations
as generated by staff address traffic safety issues within the Corporate Healthy society
objectives.
Report OES 23-09 May 11, 2009
Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street Page 2
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Background: In September of 2008, Municipal Property and Engineering
staff were asked by the Customer Care Centre to respond to traffic operational
concerns from a resident on Commerce Street. Specifically, municipal staff were
requested to investigate the current traffic controls at the intersection of Front Street at
Commerce Street.
The intersection is a "T" type configuration, with Front Street as the typical through road
intersecting Commerce Street at its west limit. Contrary to typical convention whereby
intersecting roads have to yield or stop to through road traffic prior to entry, Front Street
has Stop controls on both the northbound and southbound approach while Commerce
Street has the priority with uncontrolled access onto Front Street (see sketch attached).
Given the unconventional right-of-way priority at the intersection, staff were advised by
the complainant that the current controls were hazardous and contributed to numerous
annual near miss collisions at the intersection. As the intersection also generates a
large volume of pedestrian traffic due to a pathway on the west side to Progress
Frenchman's Bay East Park, the resident requested the conversion of the current Stop
Controls on Front Street at Commerce Street to an All-Way Stop.
A review of municipal records indicates that while the current Traffic & Parking By-law
#6604/05 provides for Stop controls on Commerce Street and identifies Front Street as
a Through Road for its full limit (as per standard convention), the intersection currently
has Stop controls installed only on both the northbound and southbound approaches on
Front Street.
While a simple reversal of Stop controls (signs) in the field to reflect the municipal traffic
by-law would correct the problem, legislative guidelines recommend a lengthy
procedure utilizing All-Way Stop controls to achieve a reversal of right-of-way controls.
Consequently, staff support the resident request for All-Way Stop controls at the
intersection both in response to concerns and as a means of correcting the current
discrepancy within the municipal traffic by-law.
Given the localized nature of the concern and affected area, staff conducted a
municipal community consultation by directly contacting all residents of Commerce
Street and all residents on Front Street within 150 m of the intersection. The
discussions with area residents generated full concurrence with the area difficulties and
support for the conversion of the current Stop controls to All-Way Stop controls.
Staff in recognition of the community concerns and support, recommend that the
municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be amended to provide for All-Way Stop controls at
the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street (see sketch attached). The
corresponding draft By-law amendment is attached.
CORP0227-07/01 revised
Report OES 23-09 May 11, 2009
Subject: All-Way Stop Controls, Front Street at Commerce Street Page 3
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Attachments:
1. All-Way Stop diagram
2. Draft By-law Amendment
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Municipal Property & Engineering
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Copy: (Acting) Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Administrative Officer
Manager, By-law Services
Superintendent, Municipal Operations
Recommended for the consideration of
Pickering City Council
Thomas J. Qu~ n, RD., CMMt I
Chief Administrative Officer
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. /09
Being a By-law to amend By-law 6604/05
providing for the regulating of parking,
standing and stopping on highways or parts
of highways under the jurisdiction of the City
of Pickering and on private and municipal
property.
WHEREAS, By-law 6604/05, as amended, provides for the regulating of traffic and
parking on highways, private property and municipal property within the City of
Pickering; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed expedient to amend By-law 6604/05 to establish All-Way Stop
controls at the intersection of Front Street at Commerce Street.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Schedule 6 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto
by the following:
SCHEDULE 6
THROUGH HIGHWAYS - BY-LAW NO 6604/05
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
HIGHWAY LIMITS (FROM/TO)
DELETE
Front Street Full limit
ADD
Front Street Annland Street to Commerce Street,
Commerce Street to Browning Avenue
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2. Schedule 7 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto
by the following:
SCHEDULE 7
STOP SIGNS - BY-LAW NO 6604/05
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
HIGHWAY COMPULSORY STOP FACING TRAFFIC
ADD
Front Street @ Front Street, northbound & southbound
Commerce Street
3. This By-law shall come into force on the date that it is approved by the Council of
The City of Pickering and when signs to the effect are erected.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this day of
2009.
David Ryan, Mayor
Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk
CORP0227-07/01 revised