St. Clarens Avenue and Shirley Street parking plan adds 23 spaces around Shirley Junior Public School

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St. Clarens Avenue and Shirley Street parking plan adds 23 spaces around Shirley Junior Public School

The parking plan relocates permit spaces, removes conflicting restrictions, and adjusts school-hour limits on St. Clarens and Shirley Streets to add 13 daytime and 10 overnight spaces. A resident survey showed strong community support for the changes, which balance school operations with neighbourhood parking availability.

adoptedToronto and East York Community Council · Wed, Jul 8

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• Parking plan adds 23 net spaces (13 daytime, 10 overnight) around Shirley Junior Public School after a resident survey showed strong support for the changes.

The journey

Wed, Jul 8 · Toronto and East York Community Council · adopted

Decision

Approved: permit parking moved from south to north side of Shirley Street; no-parking restrictions removed where inconsistent; school-related restrictions shortened to end at 4:00 p.m. instead of full day; net addition of 23 parking spaces (13 daytime, 10 overnight).

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Why is this story here?

ContainedA genuine decision affecting two specific streets and one school zone. The parking amendments are reversible without major cost, bounded geographically, and do not constrain future council options. Multiple decisions (relocation, time-of-day changes) but all contained within the existing regulatory framework.Touches a narrow groupAffects residents of and around Shirley Street and St. Clarens Avenue directly, but this is a small specific neighbourhood. The 23-space gain is real for those residents and people seeking parking at the school, but does not land on most Toronto residents' weeks. No broader city-wide parking policy change; no effect on transit, commute patterns, or access categories beyond this two-street area.

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Official title: St. Clarens Avenue and Shirley Street Parking Plan · meeting video