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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 41-08 5 8
Date: November 10, 2008
From:
Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject:
City's Traffic & Parking By-raw No. 6604/05
Updating Amendment
File: A-1440
Recommendations:
1. That Report OES 41-08 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 attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Section 15 to By-law No.
6604/05 to provide for the prohibition of on street parking between the hours of
2:00 am and 6:00 am from December 1st to March 31st annually.
Executive Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to update and ensure appropriate
legislative governance with respect to municipal traffic and parking matters, staff
propose to amend By-law 6604/05. The proposed amendment would enact a City wide
prohibition on overnight (2:00 am to 6:00 am) on street parking from December 1st to
March 31st annually, thereby aiding both municipal winter road maintenance operations
and municipal by-law enforcement associated with winter control.
Financial Implications: The amendments to the Traffic By-law recommended in this
report do not present any major financial implications. Staff estimate the acquisition
and installation cost for approximately 20 advisory signs at City limit entry points to be
$2000.00 which can be accommodated within the Roads current budget account
2320.2409.
Sustainability Implications: The changes proposed by staff are relevant to the social
lens of sustainability by addressing traffic operations, the governance of municipal
roads via appropriate by-laws and the timely and efficient delivery of road maintenance
services.
Report DES 41-08
November 10, 2008
Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
5 9 Updating Amendments
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Background:
As part of an ongoing effort to ensure effective roadway management and appropriate
regulatory enforcement capabilities, staff continue to update and amend the municipal
Traffic and Parking By-law 6604/05. As a result of continued difficulties associated
with municipal winter road maintenance operations, compliance with legislative hours of
service, and associated by-law enforcement of vehicular on street parking, staff are
recommending an amendment to the By-law to prohibit on street parking on all
municipal roads within the City of Pickering between the hours of 2:00 am to 6:00 am
(overnight) between December 1st and March 31st of each year. The existence of
parked vehicles during snow clearing operations reduces the efficiency and
effectiveness of removing snow and ice from roadways during the initial pass of salt
trucks and snow plows. Some streets may not be able to be plowed due to the amount
and location of parked vehicles which results in a disservice to the residents of that
street. This results in additional hours spent on winter control in order to complete
routes and to come back for additional clean up operations.
Attachments:
1. Draft Amending By-law
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Report OES 41-08
November 10, 2008
Subject: City's Traffic & Parking By-law No. 6604/05
Updating Amendments
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Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
Manager, By-law Services
Superintendent, Municipal Operations
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. /08
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.
NOW 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. The following clause is added to Section 15:
(n) between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. commencing on December 1st
of each year and ending on March 31st of each year.
3. 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