REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: June 13, 2016 Report No. EPW-16-018
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Norma Court - Traffic Order 1235
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approves the implementation of Traffic Order 1235 - All Time Parking Restriction on Norma Court, as set out in Staff Report EPW-16-018.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Streets and Regulation Traffic Bylaw, 2005, No. 2607
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy and Liveable Community
BACKGROUND:
Norma Court is located on the west side of Lampson Street just north of Esquimalt Road; the entrance is located off Lampson Street and ends in an offset cul-de-sac (see Attachment 1). The offsetting of the cul-de-sac creates a very short 90 degree bend. The number of on street parking spaces (based on standard parking stall size of 5.5m) is 21. Based on the recommended parking restriction, 6 on street parking spots would be unusable during normal business hours.
When vehicles are parked on both sides of the road at the bend, the available space for navigating around the bend is significantly reduced for larger vehicles (i.e. waste collection/recycling vehicles, emergency response vehicles and private vehicles with trailers). Due to constrained nature of the road at the bend, larger vehicles either just squeeze by or do not attempt to transit down the street for fear of damaging parked vehicles. In the course of waste collection, the second circumstance is encountered on a frequent basis. When this circumstance occurs, crews have to haul the waste bins from the various downstream lots back to the truck. This significantly increases the time and effort required to carry out this work. The other alternative is for the crew to come back at a later time to determine if sufficient space is available to transit the road. As well several of the residents have forwarded their concerns to the Township about how they ca...
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