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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 25-07
Date: June 11, 2007
From:
Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject:
No Stopping By-law, Pebblestone Crescent
-. Amendment to By-law 6604/05
File: A-:2130
Recommendilltion:
1. That Report OES 25-07 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 Schedule "1" to By-law
6604/05 to provide for the regulation of parking, standing and stopping on
Highwc:IYs or parts of Highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the
City of Pickering and on private and municipal property.
Executive Summary: In response to concerns with roadway traffic flow difficulties,
poor sightline:s and driveway access due to vehicular on street stopping and parking on
Pebblestone Crescent, the City was asked to extend / augment the existing parking
restrictions in order to ensure a clear travel path and unobstructed visibility. Having
completed thle review, staff support the request and hereby propose to amend the
existing traffic by-law as per the changes attached.
Financial Implications: The acquisition and installation of no stopping signs is
estimated to cost approximately $600 and can be accommodated within the Roads
current budget account ~~320.2409.
Sustainability Implications: The concerns as presented to and the recommendations
as generated by staff address traffic safety issues and their impacts on residential
properties and are relevant to the social lens of sustainability.
Report DES 25-07
June 11, 2007
Subject: No Stopping By-law, Pebblestone Crescent
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Background: In response to concerns from the community, municipal staff
were requested to investigate and extend the existing No Stopping restrictions along
Pebblestone Crescent as shown on the attached sketch. The residents within the area
noted difficulties caused by on street parking and the potential hazard of having to
encounter oncoming traffic while endeavouring to avoid stopped and parked cars along
the sharp curve.
Pebblestone Crescent is a local road adjacent to the St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School.
Located north of the school, it provides direct school site pedestrian access via an entry
gate at the north limit of the school. As the school fronts onto Finch Avenue (a busy
arterial roadway with no on street parking), notwithstanding that the school provides
sufficient on site parking, parents stop and park on Pebblestone Crescent to avoid the
difficulties and congestion on school property. Consequently, for a brief period in the
morning and afternoon during school, the area is saturated with vehicles which on
occasion block driveways and create access difficulties for the residents.
Community consultation notices were issued to the affected area residents on January
23, 2007. The notice provided to the 20 area residents generated 16 replies (a 80%
community response) all in support of extending the existing No Stopping restrictions as
proposed. Having contacted the St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School, the Principal
confirmed that the school offers sufficient onsite parking but noted an understanding of
the justification for the request.
Consequently, in recognition of the concerns and support from the majority of the
respondants, staff recommend that the municipal Traffic By-law 6604/05 be amended
to extend the No Stopping zone to include both sides of Pebblestone Crescent (see
sketch attached). The corresponding draft By-law amendments are attached.
Attachments:
1. Parking scheme diagram
2. Draft By-law Amendment
Evere Buntsma
Director, Operations and Emergency Services
CORP0227-07/01 revised
Report OES 25-07
June 11, 2007
Subject: No Stopping By-law, Pebblestone Crescent
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Attachments
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
Manager, By-law Services
Superintendent, Municipal Operations
Recommended for the consideration of
Pickering Ci1ty Council
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ATTACHMENT # 2 TO REPORT # OES 25-07
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. XXXXl07
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 amend the "No
Stopping" zones along Plebblestone Crescent.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Schedule 1 to By-taw 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto
by the following:
SCHEDULE 1
NO STOPPING
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4
HIGHWAY SIDE LIMITS (FROM/TO) PROHIBITED TIMES
OR DAYS
DELETE
Pebblestone North and 38 metres west of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Crescent East Maple Ridge Drive Monday to Friday
to 103 metres west of
Maple Ridge Drive
ADD
Pebblestone North and 38 metres west of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Crescent East Maple Ridge Drive Monday to Friday
to 138 metres west of
Maple Ridge Drive
ATTACHMENT #2 TO REPORT # OES 25-07
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Pebblestone
Crescent
South
Maple Ridge Drive
to 44 metres west of
Maple Ridge Drive
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Pebblestone
Crescent
South and
West
70 metres west of
Maple Ridge Drive
to 150 metres west of
Maple Ridge Drive
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday
2. 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
2007.
day of
David Ryan, Mayor
Debi Bentley, Clerk
CORP0227-07/01 revised
REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 26-07
012 Date: June 11, 2007
From: Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject: Council Grant
Charity Tournament - Pickering Soccer Club
File: A-2:130
Recommendation:
1. That R.eport OES 26-07 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services
regarding the Robbie Soccer Tournament be received;
2. That a Council Grant be approved for the use of two soccer fields for the Robbie
Soccer Tournament; and
3. Further, that the appropriate City of Pickering officials be authorized to take
necessary action to give effect thereto.
Executive Summary: The Operations & Emergency Services Department has
received a request from the Pickering Soccer Club (PSC) to waive the user fees for the
use of two soecer fields for the Robbie Charity Tournament.
All proceeds from the tournament are donated to Cystic Fibrosis and Muscular
Dystrophy charities; however, City Council has not in the past waived fees but has
provided grants to organizations to offset fees.
No one working the tournament receives any pay and numerous volunteer hours are
committed to operating effectively.
The Operations & Emer~lency Services Department supports the issuance of a Council
Grant for this tournament.
Financial Implications: Account 2195-2712 - $500.00
Tournament Fee Grant