On-Street Residential Parking Permit Study Public Open House April 5, 2018
PROJECT BACKGROUND Council Direction In Richmond Hill, parking overnight is only allowed if you obtain a temporary 24-hour parking permit. This study was initiated to consider alternatives for allowing residents to park on-street overnight for longer periods of time. Council directed staff to consider the following items during the study: ► Review existing regulations and Town strategies ► Review best practices of similar municipalities with on-street parking programs ► Assess feasibility of the program on a cost-recovery basis ► Develop a policy for implementing on-street parking Project Timeline Public Online Report to Project Online Meeting Survey #2 Initiation Council Survey #1 Dec Jan Feb March April May June 2017 2018
ROLE OF STREETS Moving People Primarily, streets provide for the mobility of people, whether they are pedestrians, cyclists, drivers or transit riders. To do this, streets can include facilities such as: ► Sidewalks ► Transit stops ► Vehicle travel lanes ► Bike lanes Infrastructure Streets provide space for buried or overhead infrastructure which provide services like water, gas, and electricity. Streets are sometimes disrupted to maintain and/or upgrade this infrastructure. Public and private infrastructure includes: ► Watermains ► Gas ► Fire Hydrants ► Electricity/Street Lighting ► Sewers (Storm and Sanitary) ► Telephone/Cable Municipal Services Emergency service vehicles and waste collection vehicles require streets to access our homes in a timely manner, sometimes using larger vehicles. These include: ► Ambulance ► Police ► Fire Service ► Waste Collection Other Streets accommodate other elements that enhance the livability of our Town. These include: ► Street Trees/Landscaping ► On-Street Parking for Visitors
EXISTING PARKING REGULATIONS Current Parking Regulations The existing Town by-law regulations for on-street parking include the following: ► Overnight parking is not allowed on any street between ► 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. from December 1 to March 31 ► 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. from April 1 to November 30 ► Parking is limited to 3 hours, except between 5 p.m. and 12 a.m. Existing Temporary Parking Permit Program There is a program that allows residents to park on street for construction related activities and to accommodate occasional visitors. This temporary parking permit program consists of the following components: ► Permits 24-hour parking (7 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. the following day) ► Personal vehicles only ► Can be purchased online or in person from Richmond Hill Parking Control ► Permits cost $5 plus HST ► Limit of 25 permits per address per year ► Permits are void on-street during snow events, but alternative locations are provided
TRAVEL TRENDS & POLICY CONTEXT Vehicle Ownership Modal Split 3% 6% 2% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% 3% 3% 3% 4% 6% 5% 10% 11% 10% 12% 13% 12% 11% 11% 10% 12% 11% 12% 10% 15% Percent of Households 17% 16% 14% 17% 17% 14% 15% 4+ 49% 49% 49% 50% 48% 48% 3 51% Active Transit 2 Auto Passenger 1 70% 70% 70% 69% 68% 67% 65% Auto Driver 0 32% 30% 35% 31% 32% 32% 29% 6% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 Source: Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) Data 1986-2016 Source: Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) Data 1986-2016 Off-Street Parking Supply The supply of off-street parking directly impacts the demand for on-street parking. Richmond Hill’s off-street parking requirements were reviewed and compared to 13 comparative municipalities. The minimum off-street parking supply for detached homes (below left) and townhouses (below right). Resident Parking Requirement (Detached Homes) Resident Parking Requirement (Townhouses) Spaces per Unit Spaces per Unit 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Richmond Hill Stouffville Newmarket Milton Aurora Orangeville Caledon Belleville Guelph Toronto Markham Burlington Hamilton Oakville Richmond Hill Stouffville Newmarket Milton Aurora Orangeville Caledon Belleville Guelph Toronto Markham Burlington Hamilton Oakville Vaughan Vaughan Resident Resident Secondary Suites
REVIEW OF NEARBY MUNICIPALITIES Resident Parking Permits How are the areas What type of an area is What is the approval Municipality selected? considered? threshold? City of Toronto Residents (Petition) Zone or Street 50% + 1 City of Burlington Municipality Zone - Town of Milton Residents (Petition) Street 51% City of Hamilton Residents (Petition) Street 51% City of Markham Municipality Zone - City of Vaughan Residents (Petition) Street 66% Town of Oakville Municipality Zone - Temporary/Visitor Parking Permits ► Temporary permits are available in Toronto, Burlington, Milton, Markham, Vaughan, Oakville and Caledon ► Vaughan does not allow temporary permits to be used on streets with a residential permit program ► In other municipalities, temporary permit holders use the same parking supply as resident parking permits ► All parking spaces are on a first come, first served basis ► Like Richmond Hill, permits in Burlington, Milton, Markham, Vaughan and Oakville are void on-street during snow events
WHAT WE’VE HEARD Online Survey Results The Town conducted an online survey to request resident feedback regarding on-street parking. Below highlights some of the survey results. On a scale of 1 – 5, how do you feel about your car or your Would you and/or your family members want the ability to neighbours' cars being parked on your street park on-street overnight on a daily basis? /neighbourhood overnight on a daily basis? 5 - Strongly Opposed No 4 - Somewhat Opposed 3 - Neutral 46% Yes 54% 2 - Somewhat in Favour No 1 - Strongly in Favour Yes 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% If you need on-street parking for daily use, how far are you At what level should voting occur? willing to walk to an on-street parking spot? Other More than 250m My whole neighbourhood My whole My street and Up to 250m 2% 31% 37% neighbourhood My street only neighbouring Up to 100m streets My street and neighbouring Up to 50m streets No more than 1-2 houses Other (please specify) 29% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% My street only
TOWN-WIDE INELIGIBILITY REVIEW Municipal Code Street Classification The street classification for Richmond Hill is shown in the Streets with parking restrictions will be ineligible for Town-Wide map below. Municipal highways, arterial streets, or on-street residential parking permits. Chapter 1116 Ineligibility collector streets will be ineligible for on-street residential of the Municipal Code provides the parking Review parking permits. restrictions for on-street parking. Program Initiation Field Investigation Street Infrastructure Program Implementation On-street residential parking permits potentially presents conflicts with pedestrians where sidewalk facilities are not present. If a sidewalk is not present, the street segment will not be eligible for on-street parking permits. Program Termination
PROGRAM INITIATION Three options were considered to initiate the program. This is the method in which either the Town or residents can request a street be reviewed for parking. RECOMMENDED 2 Town-Selected Streets 1 Town-Wide Program 3 Grassroots (Resident Request) Town-Wide Description Ineligibility Description Description Review ► On-street parking is permitted ► Town staff select streets based ► Residents identify a need for overnight town-wide on set of eligibility criteria overnight parking on their street ► No temporary or long-term ► Residents of selected streets are ► Town staff determine eligibility parking permits required able to purchase overnight on a street-by-street basis parking permits Program ► Residents of approved streets Pros Initiation are able to purchase overnight ► Inexpensive to implement Pros parking permits ► No application or approval ► Provides a defined area process necessary ► On-street parking permitted Pros only where appropriate ► Provides a defined area Field Cons Investigation ► No resident application required ► On-street parking permitted ► On-street parking permitted for only where appropriate inappropriate streets (e.g. Cons ► Responds to localized demand narrow street, arterial road, etc.) ► No input from residents prior to ► Greater potential for parking to implementation interfere with traffic, winter Cons Program maintenance, and emergency ► More Town staff resources ► Longer implementation Implementation vehicles necessary for identification of process/timeline due to resident streets application process ► Encourages automobile use What method do you prefer used to initiate parking requests? Town-Wide Program Town-Selected Streets Grassroots (Resident-Requested) Program Termination
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