Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutPD-91-98 ` DN: Pb-91-98 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON REPORT Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File # ROq~ PL GP+a-439-~$ Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 Res. # C~~P1~' 433' Report #: PD-91-98 FILE #: PLN 23.14 By-law # Subject: PROVISIONS OF ON-STREET PARKING WITHIN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS -MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON FILE NO.: PLN 23.14 Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-91-98 be received for information; and 2. THAT all interested parties listed in this report and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 In April of 1997, Judy Hynes, Krista Hynes and Pierre Chabot submitted a letter for Council's consideration regarding parking concerns in the Liberty Village area. This particular subdivision is located in the north end of Bowmanville, east of Liberty Street and south of Concession Road No. 3. 1.2 Their submission indicated that in the last couple of months they had been given two (2) parking tickets: a) one for being in the way of snow removal; and, b) one for being parked on the street for more than three hours. 1.3 Their letter went on to indicate that generally they have three (3) cars at the house, Mrs. Hynes', her daughters and her daughter's boyfriends. This required that one of the vehicles would have to be parked on the street. 676 REPORT NO.: PD-91-98 PAGE2 In closing, although they strongly believed that parking should be controlled to avoid chaotic situations where traffic is heavy, or in commercial areas such as the main streets downtown, it was their wish that they would not have to "run out and move a car every other hour." 1.4 Council at their April 14, 1997 meeting endorsed a resolution that the correspondence be referred back to Staff for review and preparation of a report for submission to the General Purpose and Administration Committee on parking in new developments within the Municipality. 1.5 In addition to the above, it has been brought to Staff's attention that members of Council have expressed reservations insofar as the provision of on-street parking is concerned whenever a draft plan of subdivision is being considered for approval. 2. PURPOSE OF REPORT 2.1 The purpose of this report is to update Committee and Council on the current policies and practices that are implemented by Staff through the review process for plans of subdivision. 3. STAFF COMMENTS 3.1 When an application for draft approval of a plan of subdivision is submitted to the Municipality, all aspects of the plan, including the provision of parking are examined and evaluated to determine their conformity with the Municipality's standards, policies and regulations. 3.2 During the preparation of the Municipality's Official Plan, the issue of on-street parking was reviewed. As a result, the Plan now contains various policies that address this issue. ` 677 P REPORT NO.: PD-91-98 PAGE3 3.3 The following summarizes the policies found within the plan which deals with the provision of parking and as such are being implemented in our review of any proposed residential plan of subdivision. 3.4 Section 9.4.6 of the Plan states that in dealing with medium and high density residential developments, street townhouses shall generally not comprise more than six (6) attached units and shall not be sited on opposite sides of the street unless adequate on-street parking can be provided to the satisfaction of the Municipality. 3.5 The implementation of this provision ensures that on-street parking is provided and does not interfere with the installation of "street furniture" (i.e. lights, hydro boxes, fire hydrants etc.) needed to serve the development. The Public Works Department in reviewing draft plans of subdivision requires the applicant to submit an on-street parking layout to ensure that sufficient parking is in fact provided. The provision of on-street parking is calculated on the basis of one (1) space for every four (4) semi- detached units and one (1) for every three (3) townhouse units. 3.6 In addition to requiring an on-street parking layout, Public Works Staff ensures through the implementation of the Municipality's Design Criteria and Standard Drawings that, where possible, all driveways for semi-detached and street townhouse units are located immediately "abutting" each other. This will provide additional on-street parking spaces. 3.7 Section 19.3.9 of the Plan permits deviations to the Municipality's standard design criteria for roads to accommodate alternative design standards. In essence, this policy has provided the Development Industry the opportunity to construct within plans of subdivision road patterns which might incorporate, for example, a service road or a rear lane concept thereby greatly improving the availability of on-street - 678 REPORT NO.: PD-91-98 PAGE 4 parking. Staff will continue to encourage the development industry to implement alternative design standards that would enhance residential development in the Municipality. 3.8 Section 18.3.3 states in part that street frontage of a park shall not be less than 25% of the park perimeter. This will contribute to additional on-street parking space within these plans of subdivision adjacent to a municipal park. 3.9 Although it is not within the mandate of the Municipality's Zoning By-law to address on-street parking, the by-law does require that each residential dwelling unit be it a single family, semi-detached or street townhouse unit provide a "minimum" of two (2) parking spaces per unit. The majority of the dwelling units constructed today provide one space within asingle-car garage and the other on the driveway. However, a common practice today finds the garage being used for storage area for the various outdoor household items as the garage space is considered by the homeowners as too small for parking a car. To alleviate this, we will be encouraging the home builder to increase the size of the "single-car" garage to accommodate the dual functions of parking and storage. This will be implemented based on a co-operative approach from the home builders. Should this not prove successful, staff will be recommending an amendment to the Zoning By-law to increase the size of a "single-car" garage. 4. CONCLUSION 4.1 Staff are cognizant of the issue of on-street parking in subdivisions and have been implementing the above noted policies in all plans of subdivision recently recommended for approval. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of our policies. Should these measures prove ineffective, we will be considering more drastic measures. - 679 REPORT NO.: PD-91-98 PAGE5 Respectfully submitted, C~ F ~~~.C`g~, Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning & Development o~./ Stephe A. Vokes, .P. Eng. Director of Public Works LDT*FW*SV*cc 7 July, 1998 Reviewed by, W.H. Stockwell, Chief Administrative Officer. Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision: Ms. J. Hynes, Ms. K. Hynes, Mr. P. Chabot 89 Elford Drive Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 4R5 b80