REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: March 27, 2019 Report No. EPW-19-011
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
Title
Limited Time Parking Restrictions at Three Township Owned Parking LotsEnd
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve implementation of Limited Time Parking Restrictions as per Traffic Order 1299, Traffic Order 1300 and Traffic Order 1301 as set out in Staff Report EPW-19-011.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Streets and Traffic Regulation Bylaw, 2017, No. 2898
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy and Livable Community - Ensure Multi-modal Traffic Strategies
BACKGROUND:
The Township owns and operates three parking lots within close proximity of the Municipal Hall and the Recreation Centre. These lots are:
* Lot 1 - 1237/1239 & 1241/1243 Esquimalt Road (temporary gravel surfaced lot)
* Lot 2 - 1200 Esquimalt Road (asphalt surfaced lot, Memorial Park)
* Lot 3 - 527 Fraser Street (asphalt surfaced lot, Recreation Centre)
The purpose of these parking lots is to provide short-term parking for residents or visitors that are utilizing services at the Municipal Hall, Recreation Centre, Memorial Park and/or conducting business in the Town Centre. This parking is generally short term in duration (one to four hours for a one time use).
Over the past several years, these lots have been misused. This misuse includes: park and rides, parking for construction workers, and overnight parking. When the parking lots fill up by those individuals who are using these lots not as they were intended, then these lots cannot be accessed and utilized by residents or visitors for activities within the Town Centre.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
The utilization of Lots 1, 2 and 3 for long-term parking and construction parking reduces their capacity for use by visitors to municipal facilities and downtown core businesses that these lots were intended to support. Imposing a lim...
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