| 134208 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | 52200000 | Y | PLAN_ACT | Update Downsview: Secondary Plan, Zoning By-law, Urban Design Guidelines and Master Environmental Servicing Plan - Final Report | 2024.PH12.1 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report provides the recommended comprehensive planning framework for the Downsview area over the next 30 years to guide development of resilient, sustainable and equitable complete communities. Included in this report are four recommended deliverables:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>· Downsview Secondary Plan (“Plan”);</p>
<p>· Zoning By-law for Meanwhile Uses (“Meanwhile ZBL”);</p>
<p>· Downsview Urban Design Guidelines (“UDGs”); and</p>
<p>· Master Environmental Servicing Plan (“MESP”).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A fifth deliverable, the Downsview Community Development Plan (“CDP”), is proceeding through the Economic and Community Development Committee in the same Council cycle.</p>
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<p>Over an anticipated 30 year build-out, the Downsview Secondary Plan Area (“Plan Area”) will accommodate approximately 115,000 new residents (63,000 units) and 52,000 workers, representing one of the largest city-building efforts in the history of Toronto. The Secondary Plan facilitates a significant amount of new housing – including affordable housing – that contributes to achieving the City’s housing targets, as well as employment growth that contributes to the local and regional economy. This is a transformative opportunity to leverage the area’s important past and to connect existing and new communities in accordance with two overarching goals: climate resilience and environmental sustainability, and achieving equitable outcomes for Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving groups. All deliverables align with these goals to provide an integrated approach for future private and public investment.</p>
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<p>The recommended deliverables are the outcome of the Update Downsview Study ("Study"), initiated by the City in September 2021 following City Council's approval of Site and Area Specific Policy ("SASP") 596 in February 2021. The Study was informed by a comprehensive engagement program, interdivisional and inter-agency working groups, concurrent review of aligned initiatives, and analysis and preparation of a number of studies informed by the provincial policy and legislative context as well as the City’s Official Plan.</p>
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<p>Staff have reported twice to City Council on the Study, most recently in May of 2023 with updates on the draft deliverables. This report brings forward the final recommended deliverables, and describes the implementation process and next steps, including District Plans and associated development applications, CDP implementation, further studies required to advance major infrastructure projects, and activating permissions for the lands in the years before future development proceeds.</p> | 12 | 1 | CMMTTEE | PH | 6 - York Centre | N | 1716350400000 | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Planning Act, RSO 1990 | Public Notice Given | Committee | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ACTION | true | Amended | 9:30 AM | … | … | … | … | — | — | — | — |
| 134209 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | 52200000 | Y | PLAN_ACT | Recommended Official Plan Amendment respecting Schedule 3 Complete Application Requirements, Chapter 3 Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report and Municipal Code Amendments respecting Delegated Authority for Minor Zoning By-laws | 2024.PH12.2 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends amendments to Schedule 3 of the City of Toronto Official Plan, related to complete application requirements. The recommended Official Plan Amendment (OPA 720) clarifies and streamlines complete application requirements, enabling submission of complete applications, timely application review, and decision-making and approval.</p>
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<p>Amendments to Schedule 3 are organized in the following categories, with further information about individual requirements included in Attachment 2:</p>
<ul>
<li>Technical/housekeeping amendments;</li>
<li>Amendments to reflect changes in legislation or policy; and</li>
<li>Plan of Condominium requirements.</li>
</ul>
<p>Official Plan Amendment 720 also updates Section 3.1.6, Heritage Conservation, detailing a new requirement for a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report. If approved, the Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report requirement will be added to Schedule 3 of the Official Plan.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Additionally, to support continuous improvement of the development review process, this report recommends a Municipal Code amendment to Chapter 415, Development of Land, and Chapter 169, City Officials, to delegate authority for two types of minor zoning by-laws to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as identified in Section 5.1.10 of the Official Plan.</p> | 12 | 2 | CMMTTEE |
| 134206 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | 52200000 | Y | PLAN_ACT | Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Major Streets Study - Final Report | 2024.PH12.3 | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Toronto is a dynamic, growing city which continues to attract newcomers, with at least 700,000 new Torontonians expected by 2051. To continue to thrive, both current and future residents will need homes that accommodate the diversity of household sizes and compositions across the city, and as a result, Toronto needs a diverse range of housing options. In recent years, the city’s housing growth has largely been in mid-rise and high-rise buildings concentrated in densely populated areas like the Downtown, Centres, and Avenues, while the supply of low-rise housing, such as townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings, has not kept up with demand.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Toronto’s low-rise Neighbourhoods are changing, but much of this change has come through expanding and rebuilding single-detached homes, through refreshing the existing housing with larger homes. The addition of secondary suites, laneway suites, and garden suites has occurred more slowly. More recently, new permissions for Multiplexes have enabled buildings with up to four units across the city. Introducing additional permissions for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings can allow Neighbourhoods to add more housing that complements existing neighbourhood housing while creating a more intensive edge to the neighbourhoods along the major streets.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings have been providing housing in many Toronto neighbourhoods for generations. By expanding permissions for this type of housing across the city, additional housing can be developed to expand the range of ground-related/low-rise housing options to support those who cannot afford a detached or semi-detached home, but who will contribute to the stability of neighbourhoods and benefit from the access to these stable environments in support of families and young Torontonians that want to set down roots across the city.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Permitting a broader variety of building types along major streets is generally consistent with the Official Plan. The Official Plan recognizes that major streets provide opportunities for additional density along the boundaries of the neighbourhoods. Providing land use permissions for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings will provide a degree of height and density transition from growth areas to the interior of the Neighbourhoods. This initiative is one component of Toronto's 2022 - 2026 Housing Action Plan, which seeks to increase the supply of housing within complete, inclusive, and sustainable communities with critical infrastructure to support growth. It is in keeping with the recently adopted new Chapter 1 to the Official Plan vision to eliminate disparities, prioritize climate action, and to become the world’s most inclusive city.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>To remove barriers and enable the creation of Neighbourhoods related housing, this report proposes an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to permit townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings along the major streets in Neighbourhoods areas across the city. A Zoning By-law Amendment is also recommended to implement these permissions as-of-right in all residential zones across Toronto, and to implement appropriate performance standards. As part of the Zoning By-law Amendment, changes are recommended to enhance existing regulations requiring confirmation of adequate water and wastewater servicing for those applications with more than 10 dwelling units.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The recommended amendments will maintain a neighbourhood scale and align moderate density with transportation corridors and transit routes. With as-of-right zoning permissions, this type of housing can be delivered relatively quickly as owners will only be required to obtain a building permit (and Site Plan Approval, when applicable) rather than official plan or zoning by-law approvals. Once enabled, it will remain the choice of the individual property owner whether to exercise these permissions.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The addition of townhouse and small-scale apartment buildings along the edges of Neighbourhoods throughout the city, will provide more diversity of housing, and support neighbourhood facilities and access to amenities. New residents in Toronto’s neighbourhoods can help stabilize declining populations, make better use of existing infrastructure, and support local retail establishments and services.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>These additional built form permissions introduce housing forms that are already present in many parts of the city into neighbourhoods that have historically been zoned to restrict housing types, helping the city distribute growth more evenly and to accommodate the needs of Toronto's diverse population.</p> |
| 134457 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | — | N | — | Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods - Neighbourhood Retail and Services Study Phase Two Proposals Report | 2024.PH12.4 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report presents a proposed zoning approach to permit certain small-scale retail, service and office uses on Residentially-zoned properties within Neighbourhoods city-wide. The report seeks endorsement of the Planning and Housing Committee to undertake continued consultation on the proposed zoning approach.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Neighbourhood Retail and Services study is part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) work program, which is a set of initiatives and strategies to introduce gentle intensification within designated Neighbourhoods in a form that makes efficient use of land, infrastructure and existing services. Neighbourhood Retail and Services are small-scale retail, service and office uses meant to support walkable and complete communities. This initiative supports and benefits from the development of new homes in Neighbourhoods driven by the EHON initiatives as well as other City initiatives.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The proposed draft Zoning By-law would provide as-of-right zoning city-wide with changes differentiated based on the location and type of streets. The first group are the major streets identified on the Official Plan Map 3. These streets act as thoroughfares and transportation corridors, as well as the edges and boundaries of the Neighbourhoods. The second group are the spectrum of less active streets that make up the interior of Neighbourhoods, and include collector roads, local roads and laneways as defined in the City’s Road Classification System.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On major streets, a broad range of retail, service and office use options are proposed to be permitted in a variety of building types, including the potential for a commercial-only building. These uses include but are not limited to an art gallery, wellness centre, production studio, repair shop, personal service shop, eating establishment, social club, and performing arts studio.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In the interior of Neighbourhoods, the range of proposed uses would be limited to a small retail store, with permissions for the serving of hot beverages and low-risk or pre-packaged, ready-to-eat food items that would allow the store to serve as a local café. Locations would be limited to corner sites and sites adjacent to existing non-residential uses, such as schools and parks.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Additional flexibility would also be provided for home-based businesses in all locations to accommodate up to two employees in addition to the resident of the home and to allow customers or clients to visit the premise for services. Home occupations would also be permitted to operate out of ancillary buildings, such as a rear garage. In all cases, a cap on non-residential gross floor area would limit the size of an individual establishment as well as the total non-residential floor area in a building.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>These proposals reflect the direction of Official Plan Amendment 612, approved in July 2022 which updated Policy 4.1.3, adding language that supports new small-scale retail, service and office uses in Neighbourhoods. The proposed zoning approach is informed by an ongoing study workplan, including research and analysis of existing conditions and other jurisdictions, as well as consultation with City staff, stakeholders, and the business community.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The draft Zoning By-law appended to this report will form the basis of a city-wide consultation program, proposed for May and June 2024, to inform a refined Zoning By-law Amendment and final report to be brought to Planning and Housing Committee for consideration in late 2024. </p> |
| 134426 | REPORT | N | Y | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | — | N | — | Transit-Oriented Communities Status Update | 2024.PH12.5 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report provides an update on matters related to the Provincial Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) program and proposals that have progressed over the past year.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Firstly, it provides a status update on the TOC program and process including the Provincial Value Allocation Framework that covers community benefits for individual TOC proposals. The report also seeks Council approval to enter into an agreement with Infrastructure Ontario (IO) to cover costs of City staff time required to process TOC submissions within the provincially expected timelines. The terms of the proposed agreement generally mirror cost recovery agreements signed with Metrolinx related to the work of City staff on Provincial transit projects.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Secondly, the report provides an update on all TOCs to date on two of the four provincial priority transit projects: the Ontario Line and Scarborough Subway Extension. This section includes updates on site-specific Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for TOC sites currently in market, final comments on the Gerrard Carlaw North TOC, and a summary of planning comments, outstanding issues, opportunities to secure City priorities and updates on community engagement on a second round of TOCs submitted to the City for review in late 2023. The report concludes with next steps on the process to resolve the concerns identified by City staff and the community.</p> | 12 | 5 | CMMTTEE | PH | All |
| 134427 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | 26 Millwood Road - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act | 2024.PH12.6 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 26 Millwood Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance which includes a description of Heritage Attributes found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 26 Millwood Road is located on the north side of Millwood Road, approximately 30 metres to the east of Yonge Street in the South Eglinton-Davisville neighbourhood. It contains a two 2-storey detached house form building. A Location Map and Current Photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 2.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property was constructed between 1880-1885 for prominent local businessman and former mayor of North Toronto, Joseph Stanley Davis (1851-1927), whose family founded Davisville Pottery and for whom the village of Davisville is named after. Originally located on Yonge Street, the house has stood at its current location at 26 Millwood Road for nearly a century following its relocation by owner Dr. George Pringle between 1925 and 1926.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff have determined that the property at 26 Millwood Road has cultural heritage value and meets 4 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On April 3, 2024, Toronto and East York Community Council deferred consideration of the staff report regarding 26 Millwood Road - Residential Demolition Application Number 24 113823 DEM 00 DM until their May 7, 2024, meeting.</p> |
| 134557 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | NO_ACTN | — | N | — | 26 Millwood Road - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act | 2024.PH12.6a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on May 7, 2024 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item PB18.1 and made recommendations to City Council.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Summary from the report (April 22, 2024) from the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 26 Millwood Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance which includes a description of Heritage Attributes found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 26 Millwood Road is located on the north side of Millwood Road, approximately 30 metres to the east of Yonge Street in the South Eglinton-Davisville neighbourhood. It contains a two 2-storey detached house form building. A Location Map and Current Photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 2.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property was constructed between 1880-1885 for prominent local businessman and former mayor of North Toronto, Joseph Stanley Davis (1851-1927), whose family founded Davisville Pottery and for whom the village of Davisville is named after. Originally located on Yonge Street, the house has stood at its current location at 26 Millwood Road for nearly a century following its relocation by owner Dr. George Pringle between 1925 and 1926.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff have determined that the property at 26 Millwood Road has cultural heritage value and meets 4 of the Ontario Regulation 9/06 criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On April 3, 2024, Toronto and East York Community Council deferred consideration of the staff report regarding 26 Millwood Road - Residential Demolition Application number 24 113823 DEM 00 DM until their May 7, 2024, meeting.</p> |
| 134440 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | — | N | — | City Comments on Proposed Bill 185 - Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, Provincial Planning Statement 2024, and New Minister Zoning Order Framework | 2024.PH12.7 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>On April 10, 2024, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing introduced Bill 185 – Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act. The proposed Bill affects 17 acts, including the City of Toronto Act, Planning Act, Development Charges Act and others. Bill 185 has reached second reading and was referred to the Province’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. On April 10th, the Province also released a revised Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 (the "Planning Statement") and a new Minister Zoning Order (MZO) framework. The Planning Statement, which if adopted, will replace the existing Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (the “PPS”) and include some policies from A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (the “Growth Plan”). The Growth Plan is proposed to be repealed.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Province's 30-day commenting period on the proposed Bill 185, the revised Planning Statement and the new MZO framework closes on May 10, 2024.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Multiple divisions are reviewing Bill 185, the revised Planning Statement and new MZO framework. Staff will provide a supplementary report containing analysis and recommendations on the proposed legislative and policy changes. This report will be made available prior to the Planning and Growth Management Committee Meeting scheduled for May 9, 2024.</p> | 12 | 7 | CMMTTEE | PH |
| 134561 | REPORT | N | N | NEW | ACTION | NO_ACTN | — | N | — | City Comments on Proposed Bill 185 - Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, Provincial Planning Statement 2024, and New Minister Zoning Order Framework | 2024.PH12.7a | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The policy-led planning system under which Ontario municipalities have operated has experienced numerous changes over the last several years, requiring the City to continuously review, examine and adapt its planning policies and practices. The frequency of changes has created a level of land use uncertainty for approval authorities, development industry and communities.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On April 10, 2024, the Province introduced the Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024 (Bill 185), which proposes amendments to 17 Provincial Acts. The Province also released an updated draft of the proposed Provincial Planning Statement 2024 ("PPS 2024") which combines the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS 2020) and A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2020 (Growth Plan) into a signal document. In addition, the Province introduced a new Minister's Zoning Order Framework.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Province provided stakeholders 30 days to review and provide comments on these proposals. Comments are due by May 10, 2024. As of the date of this report, Bill 185 received second reading and was ordered for Public Hearings on May 7, 14 and 15, 2024 before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Staff recommend submission of this report to the Standing Committee following Planning and Housing Committee's consideration of this report. Staff will forward to the Province Council's comments raised at the May 22-24 City Council meeting when it will consider this report.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Specifically, Bill 185 proposes numerous amendments to the Planning Act, Development Charges Act, City of Toronto Act and other legislation. With the introduction of the PPS 2024, the Province intends to repeal the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe ("Growth Plan") and has incorporated some of its policies into the PPS 2024. The elimination of several Growth Plan policies reduces the role of intensification and increases the role of greenfield development across the region to accommodate residential growth.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Proposed changes to the Development Charges Act reverse some, but not all, of the previously introduced changes through Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, that substantially impact the City's ability to collect development charges to fund growth-related services. The outstanding Bill 23 impacts, coupled with previous iterative changes to the growth funding tools, continues to negatively affect the City's ability to provide services and infrastructure to growth in a fiscally sustainable way, although the proposed amendments are a step in the right direction. The Province has also proclaimed the Affordable and Attainable Unit exemptions for development charges, community benefits charge and parks levy into force, effective June 1, 2024.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The comments and suggested revisions contained in this report and its attachments have been developed in consultation with City Divisions. This report provides a high-level summary of key Bill 185 proposals, Minister's Zoning Order Framework and PPS 2024 changes. Attachments to the report outline detailed staff comments and suggested revisions, which will be submitted to the Province's commenting portal.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Staff support several of the proposed changes, as these changes wind back changes that the Province previously put in place which were not previously supported by Council. Several of the changes would require the City to revisit recently implemented policies, practices and operations. Given the overlapping themes between Bill 185 and the PPS 2024, this report organizes staff analysis and comments into five headings, under which the specific impacts of the proposed changes on the City are described.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1. Housing and Development Approvals</p>
<p>· Re-introducing housing affordability definitions</p>
<p>· Expanding housing options definition</p>
<p>· Incenting redevelopment of commercial and institutional sites to residential</p>
<p>· 453.1 of the City of Toronto Act - Social Housing Programs</p>
<p>· Limiting third party appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT)</p>
<p>· Replacing the Community Infrastructure and Housing Accelerator with a new MZO framework</p>
<p>· Winding back development application fee refunds</p>
<p>· Introducing lapsing Site Plan and Plans of Subdivision approvals</p>
<p>· Streamlining student housing approvals</p>
<p>· Removing mandatory pre-application consultation</p>
<p>· Allowing OLT Motions to dispute application completeness</p>
<p> </p>
<p>2. Economic Development and Employment Lands</p>
<p>· Re-defining Employment Areas</p>
<p>· Allowing conversion/removal of Employment Areas anytime</p>
<p>· Creating potential land use conflicts with residential encroachment closer to Employment Areas</p>
<p>· Weakening land use compatibility of Employment Areas</p>
<p>· Deleting Provincially Significant Employment Zones</p>
<p>· Assisting manufacturing, industrial, and commercial businesses</p>
<p> </p>
<p>3. Infrastructure and Development Charges</p>
<p>· Introducing ability to allocate Water/Sewer system capacity</p>
<p>· Directing municipalities to collaborate with school boards</p>
<p>· Considering streamlining approvals for community service facilities</p>
<p>· Removing certain transportation policies</p>
<p>· Limiting protections for listed Heritage properties</p>
<p>· Reinstating studies as an eligible DC cost</p>
<p>· Repealing the mandatory five-year DC phase-in</p>
<p>· Reducing the time limit on the DC freeze, from two years to 18 months</p>
<p>· Introducing a time-limited streamlined process for scoped amendments to DC bylaws</p>
<p>· Proclaiming the exemption for Affordable and Attainable Units from DCs, community benefits charge and parks levy into effect</p>
<p> </p>
<p>4. Regional Planning and the Environment</p>
<p>· Removing intensification requirements in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area</p>
<p>· Focusing intensification and student housing within Strategic Growth Areas</p>
<p>· Removing required parking within Protected Major Transit Station Areas</p>
<p>· Removing population and employment growth targets</p>
<p>· Allowing appeals to new Settlement Areas and boundary expansions</p>
<p>· Removing certain Natural Heritage policies</p>
<p>· Weakening climate change policies</p>
<p>· Removing the Agricultural System and protecting the Greenbelt</p>
<p>· Removing waste management policies</p>
<p>· Removing sub-watershed planning for large developments in greenfield areas</p>
<p> </p>
<p>5. Implementation</p>
<p>· Eliminating requirements for Municipal Comprehensive Reviews</p>
<p>· Eliminating the need for standardized Land Needs Assessments</p>
<p>· Changing long range planning time horizon</p>
<p>· Applying the Provincial Planning Statement upon its approval</p>
<p>· Requesting transitional matters</p>
<p>· Removing policies for municipalities to undertake integrated planning</p>
<p>· Reporting on municipal planning data</p>
<p>· Engaging with Indigenous communities</p>
<p>· Changing public notice requirements</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The PPS 2024 reshapes land use planning in Ontario with significant implications for the City. Bill 185 introduces significant modifications to the policy framework for planning and development in Ontario, with impacts on Toronto. Although staff generally support the intent and purpose of streamlining the development review process, this report highlights implications and potential unintended consequences that could hinder desired outcomes and suggest considering alternative approaches.</p> |
| 134573 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | ADOPTED | — | N | — | Request a Review of Zoning Regulations to Restrict Outdoor Parking of Commercially Licensed Vehicles on Private Property in Residential Areas | 2024.PH12.8 | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Recently, constituents in Etobicoke North have raised the issue of commercial vehicles parking in residential driveways. The City-wide zoning by-law 569-2013 prohibits approximately ten types of vehicles from parking on private residential properties. These prohibitions include vehicles with more than six wheels, large industrial vehicles, or commercially licensed vehicles to name a few.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>City Council adopted MM43.12 in May 2022 which directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to conduct a review of zoning regulations that restrict outdoor parking of commercially licensed vehicles on private property in residential areas. Through this motion, a report back to Planning and Housing was requested along with the consideration to provide more convenient parking for commercial vehicles near their residence.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>However, the City’s strategic priorities in addressing the housing crisis has put this matter on the back burner. Given the changing workplace environment because of COVID, a thorough review of this policy must be done to support and understand the diverse needs of Torontonians. Individuals and their families provide for their households and sustain their livelihoods in various ways. It is crucial to ensure our policies effectively capture these various means of contributing to the economy and align them with our policies.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>After meeting with City staff, I am recommending that this item be brought back to the table and made a priority. Building on the existing adopted recommendations, I would also like to request that COVID’s impacts on working arrangements be considered in this review. The modality of working remote or hybrid has become the norm after the pandemic which has impacted the number of parking spaces at commercial buildings and has shifted some service providers’ model of operations to a “on call” basis. Given the City-wide implications of this zoning by-law, this matter is urgent to address and must be assessed through an adaptive lens.</p> |