Report to: Development Services Committee Report Date:
SUBJECT: Proposed Parking Prohibition on Legacy Drive and Rouge Bank Drive
PREPARED BY: Bob Nicholson, Manager, Business and Technical Services ext. 4893
Balendra Sinnadurai,
RECOMMENDATION:
That the report entitled “Proposed
Parking Prohibition on
And that Schedule “C” of Traffic By-law
2005-188, be amended by including the west side of Legacy Drive, between Rouge
Bank Drive and Russell Jarvis Drive;
And that Schedule “C” of Traffic By-law
2005-188, be amended by including the south side of
And that the
And
that the
And that the Parking Control
Department be directed to enforce the parking prohibition upon installation of
the signs;
And that staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.
This report recommends a parking
prohibition on the
west side of
Need to address
parking concerns on Legacy Drive and on Rouge Bank Drive
The Operations Department received a petition from the Legacy Community Ratepayers Association with 38 signatures (24 signatures from Legacy Drive and 14 signatures from Rouge Bank Drive). The petition is claiming that users of the baseball fields at Legacy Park are parking on both sides of Legacy Drive and Rouge Bank Drive, thereby restricting two-way traffic flow.
Legacy Drive
Legacy Drive is located northwest of the intersection of Box Grove By-pass and 14th Avenue and provides access to the Legacy community from 14th Avenue. The road is 8.5 metres wide and has an average of 727 vehicles per day. Both Legacy Public School and Legacy Park are located adjacent to Legacy Drive.
Rouge Bank Drive
Rouge Bank Drive is located northwest of the intersection of Box Grove By-pass and 14th Avenue and provides access to the Legacy community from Box Grove By-pass. The road is 8.5 metres wide and has an average of 1,934 vehicles per day. Both Legacy Public School and Legacy Park are located adjacent to Rouge Bank Drive.
Parking Study Results
In response to resident concerns regarding vehicular parking on both sides of Legacy Drive and Rouge Bank Drive, Traffic Operations staff reviewed the parking conditions on the subject streets during weekdays and weekends when baseball games were being held at Legacy Park. It was confirmed that on-street parking activity was occurring on a frequent basis on both sides of Legacy Drive and Rouge Bank Drive, creating traffic safety concerns.
Recommendation to Prohibit Parking
Given the petition submitted by the Legacy Community Ratepayers Association and the results of the parking study, Traffic Operations staff recommend implementing a parking prohibition on the west side of Legacy Drive, between Rouge Bank Drive and Russell Jarvis Drive and on the south side of Rouge Bank Drive, between Legacy Drive and Cottontail Avenue. By implementing these prohibitions, parking will be limited to one side of the street only, thereby allowing two-way flow of traffic to operate effectively.
Vehicles will continue to be accommodated
on the east side of
The cost of materials and
installation of the proposed parking restriction signs has been included in the
Operations Department account # 83-5399-8402-005. On-going maintenance costs
for this installation will be included in future
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
This report aligns with the community safety component of parks, recreation, library and cultural services strategic priority.
DEPARTMENTS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:
Urban Design (Parks and Open
Space Development).
RECOMMENDED BY:
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Paul Ingham
Peter Loukes,
General Manager,
Operations
Director,
Operations
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Brenda Librecz,
Commissioner, Community & Fire Services
Attachment
A – Proposed Parking Prohibition Location Map
Attachment B – Petition form Legacy Community Ratepayers’ Association
Attachment C – Proposed Parking Prohibition By-Law