The residents of streets like Petman Ave (running between Eglinton and Soudan east of Forman) know the difficulty of residential parking. That’s why it seems a shame that what should have been an easy request to place a parking pad in front of a modest home should be turned down. The story is told by Sue Ann Levy in the Sun. She champions the right in local politics and blames anti-car members of the Toronto and East York Community Council for the tie vote (5-5) that killed the request from resident Wendy Hyman for relief from crowded parking and endless tickets. She told councillors that safety was a “significant concern” for her especially at night when she has to walk from whatever spot she finds in her neighbourhood. A poll of the neighbours in the area found some 80% were in favour of allowing Hymus to create the parking pad. She also promised to ensure the city tree on her front yard — a maple — would not be damaged in any way. Remarkably, the following month a neighbour who lives three doors down won his bid to install a front-yard parking pad. Levy said: “The bid squeezed through 6-5. Why? Because one of the anti-parking pad leftists had slipped out of the room to the washroom during the vote.” Denied parking on Petman Ave
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The residents of streets like Petman Ave (running between Eglinton and Soudan east of Forman) know the difficulty of residential parking. That’s why it seems a shame that what should have been an easy request to place a parking pad in front of a modest home should be turned down. The story is told by Sue Ann Levy in the Sun. She champions the right in local politics and blames anti-car members of the Toronto and East York Community Council for the tie vote (5-5) that killed the request from resident Wendy Hyman for relief from crowded parking and endless tickets. She told councillors that safety was a “significant concern” for her especially at night when she has to walk from whatever spot she finds in her neighbourhood. A poll of the neighbours in the area found some 80% were in favour of allowing Hymus to create the parking pad. She also promised to ensure the city tree on her front yard — a maple — would not be damaged in any way. Remarkably, the following month a neighbour who lives three doors down won his bid to install a front-yard parking pad. Levy said: “The bid squeezed through 6-5. Why? Because one of the anti-parking pad leftists had slipped out of the room to the washroom during the vote.” 