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Home My WebLink AboutOES 32-08 Cit'j ,,~ ~ ~ . tp~~~!js~~~i~~ PICI(ERING REPORT TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Number: OES 32-08 Date: October 14, 2008 3 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 ,4 Housekeeping & Updating Amendments Page 2 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 Page 3 " '"' ..) 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: .. t'\' ,'/ :! II/(.~- ',' ..,.. ,.__.,.__._,,~ RH:mp/ks Attachments Report OES 32-08 October 14, 2008 Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05 i 6 Housekeeping & Updating Amendments Page 4 Copy: Chief Administrative Officer Manager, By-law Services Superintendent, Municipal Operations Recommended for the consideration of Pickering Citlt Council u .7 '1' THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. /08 7 I 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. d Page 2 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. Page 3 '9 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