Report to: Development Services Committee Report Date: December 13, 2010
SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION
REPORT
Private Street Naming
Request
PREPARED BY: Robert Tadmore, Senior Project Coordinator, GIS and Data Management ext. 6810
RECOMMENDATION:
1) That the report entitled “Private Street Naming Request”, dated December
13, 2010, be received.
2) That the request for approval of the
private street name “Town Crier” to be applied to the driveway situated on the
north-western portion of the property municipally addressed as 41 Maple Street
be approved, subject to the owner satisfying the Fire
Department’s driveway load condition.
3) And that the private street name, and
associated street addressing, be as “Town Crier Lane”.
4) And that Staff be authorized and
directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Not applicable.
On November 9, 2010, the owner of 41
Maple Street and 27 Parkway Avenue submitted a letter (Appendix ‘A’) requesting
to have the private driveway at 41 Maple Street named as Town Crier Court, and
to re-address 41 Maple Street and 27 Parkway Avenue onto Town Crier Court (Figure
1). The driveway would remain in private ownership. It is situated on the north-west
corner of the property, providing access to the single detached dwelling that
fronts onto the turning circle portion of the driveway. The driveway is
approximately 61 metres in length (including the turning circle) and
approximately 3.58 metres in width. This dwelling unit on the property is set
back from Parkway Avenue, behind a single detached dwelling at 27 Parkway
Avenue which also has access to the private driveway.
Staff agrees with the
applicant that the current municipal address for the southerly dwelling on the
property (41 Maple Street) is inappropriate as Maple Street terminates at the
south-west corner of the subject property. There is no access to the house from
Maple Street. Access to this single detached dwelling on the property is limited
to Parkway Avenue. This represents a potential emergency service response issue
requiring the municipal address to be altered to properly reflect the current point
of access to the residential dwelling. Should the naming request receive
approval, this dwelling (41 Maple Street) would have to be addressed onto the
proposed private lane. The other dwelling that fronts onto the private driveway
(27 Parkway Avenue) could also be addressed onto the private lane.
Planning Staff have had discussions
with both Engineering and Fire Department Staff regarding possible issues with
the requested private driveway naming. It was confirmed that the Town normally
only approves the naming of private roads that are within a plan of
condominium. There are however, examples of private roads or lanes on private
properties that have been named (4, 8, 12, 14 Savannah
Crescent, 60 Columbia Way and 8 The Seneca Way). The buildings on Savannah
Crescent are all single detached dwellings, while the buildings on Columbia Way
and The Seneca Way are office buildings.
The Town’s current street naming
standards for private driveways require the use of the suffix “Lane” or “Way”
(Appendix ‘B’). The proposed private road name would have to be Town Crier Lane
or Town Crier Way in order to comply with these standards. The applicant has
indicated that he would agree to the suffix “Lane” if necessary, but prefers
the suffix “Court”.
Engineering Staff has indicated that the
naming of private driveways does not fall within their jurisdiction. The Fire and
Building Departments were consulted to determine whether the driveway would meet
their requirements.
Fire Department Staff indicated that the
length of the access route from a hydrant to the fire truck plus the
unobstructed path of travel for the fire fighter from the truck to the building
should not be more than 90 metres. Also, the unobstructed path of travel for
the fire fighter from the vehicle to the building should not be more than 45
metres. If that is the case, the access road should be constructed to support
the load of a fire truck.
While the distance between the fire
hydrant and the subject building (41 Maple Street) is within a 90 metre
distance, the unobstructed distance between a fire truck, parked on Parkway
Avenue, and the building would be more than 45 metres. This will require the
owner to provide the Markham Fire Department with a structural engineer’s
letter confirming that the driveway can handle the load exerted by a fire
truck.
Building Department Staff indicated
there are no building code requirements that pertain to named private
driveways.
In light of the Engineering, Fire and
Building Department comments, Planning Staff does not have concerns with the
naming of the private driveway situated on 41 Maple Street to Town Crier Lane,
as long as the owner can satisfy the Fire Department’s driveway load
requirements and provided that 41 Maple Street is readdressed to Town Crier Lane
(Figure 2). Since the dwelling at 27 Parkway Avenue faces the proposed private
road, Staff does not have an issue with readdressing this dwelling also to Town
Crier Lane.
Not applicable.
Not
applicable.
Not applicable.
The Engineering, Building and Fire
Departments were consulted on this matter.
RECOMMENDED
BY: ________________________ ________________________
Biju Karumanchery, M.C.I.P. R.P.P. Jim
Baird, M.C.I.P. R.P.P.
Senior
Development Manager Commissioner of
Development
Services
Figure 1 – Current
Figure 2 -
Proposed
Appendix ‘A’ - Submission from Property Owner
Appendix ‘B’ – Town of Markham Street Naming Standards
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Street Naming Request.doc