Agenda · Planning And Housing Committee — 2025-03-18

Agenda

Related view: Decisions — final actions

Navigate: Meeting page · Recent decisions (council-wide) · Council roster

Status summary

Published schedule before the meeting—not the final vote sheet.

Planning and Housing Committee · 2025-03-18

15 structured lines in this file · ward references on 7 lines.

Top takeaways

Counts and lines derived only from fields in this file—not predictions or editorial ratings.

Scheduled disposition tags on file: Approved: 5 · Amended: 2 · Deferred: 3 · Received: 1 · Other: 4
7 distinct ward reference values on scheduled lines.

Items needing attention

Amendments, deferrals, referrals, non-approval, and title-keyword matches ranked by CivicBeam—up to eight. Hover or focus tags for what each label means.

Facilitating Building Approvals for Modular Construction and Stre… — amended
AmendedHigh impact
Replacement Units for Demovicted Dwelling Room Tenants — amended
Amended
2 College Street - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law — deferred
Deferred
3 Bestobell Road - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law — deferred
Deferred
496 Evans Avenue - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law — deferred

Item-by-item record

Expand rows for detail. Filters apply to this list only (same data as the summaries above).

Filter item list

15 lines in this record.

#	Item	Type	Wards
2025.PH19.1	2 College Street - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law	ACTION	13 - Toronto Centre
2025.PH19.2	3 Bestobell Road - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law	ACTION	3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore
2025.PH19.3	496 Evans Avenue - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law	ACTION	3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore
2025.PH19.4	Facilitating Building Approvals for Modular Construction and Streamlining Toronto Building's Certified Plans Program - Update	ACTION	All
2025.PH19.5	667 King Street West - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	10 - Spadina - Fort York
2025.PH19.5a	667 King Street West - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	10 - Spadina - Fort York
2025.PH19.6	877 and 885 Lawrence Avenue East - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	16 - Don Valley East
2025.PH19.6a	877 and 885 Lawrence Avenue East - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	16 - Don Valley East
2025.PH19.7	1660 Kingston Road - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	20 - Scarborough Southwest
2025.PH19.7a	1660 Kingston Road - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	20 - Scarborough Southwest
2025.PH19.8	2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore
2025.PH19.8a	2930 Lake Shore Boulevard West - Notice of Intention to Designate a Property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act	ACTION	3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore
2025.PH19.9	Delegated Inclusion of Listed Properties on the Heritage Register in 2024	INFORM	All
2025.PH19.10	Replacement Units for Demovicted Dwelling Room Tenants	ACTION	11 - University - Rosedale
2025.PH19.11	Signage to Identify Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Spaces	ACTION	All

Source verification

This page is based on a public City meeting record. The City remains the authoritative source. Use these links to open the same source file or city references in a new tab.

Full source fields (advanced)

Same public record as above, shown as structured fields. Most readers can skip this block.

Options

Include Financial Impact: true
Include Agenda Instructions: true
Legdoc Url: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs
Include Origin Date From: true
Public Published

Monitor this topic

Alerts are not active until you save a monitor and add an email recipient.

Report data issue — opens your email app with this page’s record type, identifier, and URL prefilled. CivicBeam does not store reports on this site.

Agenda Item Id

Communication Type Cd

Urgent

In Camera

Publish Type Cd

Consideration

Status

Statutory

Title

Reference

Public Notice Cd

Publish Decision Ind

Publish Motion Ind

Publish Vote Ind

Publish Ruling Ind

Recommendation Wep

Financial Impact Wep

Agenda Item Summary

Ai Meeting Number

Ai Order Number

Db Publish Label Cd

Agenda Cd

Wards

Pre Meeting Event Ind

Staff Report

Communication Type Desc

Consider Type Desc

Item Status Desc

Publish Type Desc

Public Notice Desc

Decision Body Publish Label

Speaker Interested Persons

Committee Communications

Council Communications

Committee Attachments

Council Attachments

Committee Motions

Council Motions

Committee Rulings

Council Rulings

Committee Declared Interests

Council Declared Interests

Decision Type Desc

Has Decison Information

Consent Item Status Desc

Pre Meeting Speakers List

Pre Meeting Interested Persons

Post Meeting Speakers List

Post Meeting Interested Persons

Council Consider Date

Ai Sub Order Letter

139358

REPORT

MAIN

ACTION

POSTPONE

2 College Street - Area-Specific Amendment to the Sign By-law

2025.PH19.1

PBNTGVN

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, recommends that:   1. City Council refuse the application to amend the Sign By-law to add an area-specific amendment to Schedule 'B' of Chapter 694, Signage Master Plans and Area-Specific Amendments, to replace the existing Sign By-law regulations concerning third party signs applicable to the premises municipally known as 2 College Street with regulations to allow for, and regulate, a single third party electronic roof sign, as described in Attachment 1 of this report.

The recommendation in this report has no financial impact.

Adopted in 2010, Toronto's Sign By-law is a harmonized, City-wide set of regulations governing signs. Any member of the public may apply to City Council to amend the Sign By-law requesting permanent changes to regulations for specific properties or areas. Upon receiving an application, the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building (the "CBO") assesses the proposal to determine if the proposed changes to the Sign By-law align with the objectives and purposes of the City's regulations, including the Sign By-law itself.   The Bader Group Inc. (the “Applicant”), authorized by the property owner, Gemstone Property Ltd., has applied for a Sign By-law Area-Specific Amendment (the “Proposed Amendment”) for the property located at 2 College Street (the “Premises”). The Proposed Amendment, if approved, would not only permit an expressly prohibited sign type, but it would also institute regulations that significantly diverge from the current standards governing permissible third party signs in the area. Specifically, the Proposed Amendment would allow for and regulate:   - A third party electronic roof sign (the “Proposed Sign”), which is a sign type expressly prohibited, except if within the Dundas Square Special Sign District. - A sign that would be 18 times larger and nearly 10 times taller than the existing regulations generally permit. - Positioning a third party sign less than 100 metres of an existing third party sign and less than 30 metres of a controlled intersection, contrary to the minimum separation requirements. - A third party electronic roof sign with two sign faces facing the same direction, rather than the generally permitted “back-to-back” configuration. - A third party sign to be erected on a listed heritage building, which would not be permitted under the existing regulations.   Given that third party electronic roof signs are expressly prohibited by the Sign By-law, in order to obtain a permission for the erection of the Proposed Sign at 2 College Street, the Applicant must apply for a Sign By-law amendment. In 2024, City Council amended the Sign By-law, allowing the CBO to refuse applications that conflict with city policies or other by-laws. This change was intended to ensure consistency and prevent applications conflicting with other city policies or by-laws from advancing to Council. In addition to being expressly prohibited by the Sign By-law, the Proposed Sign is inconsistent with heritage policies for 2 College Street, and if made today, this application would be rejected until these conflicts had been resolved. However, since the application was submitted before the 2024 amendment, it may still proceed to Council.   Toronto Building, in consultation with City Planning and Transportation Services Divisions, conducted a thorough review of the Application and supporting materials. It is the opinion of the CBO that the requested area-specific regulations for 2 College Street are not consistent with the broader goals of the City, the objectives of the Sign By-law, or the regulations enacted for the Premises and surrounding area. Therefore, CBO does not recommend approval of the Proposed Amendment.

Meeting Location Date Id	Meeting Date	Start Time	Monitor Display Ind	Location
27191	1742270400000	1742304600000	Y	…

Meeting Location Date Id

Meeting Date

Start Time

Monitor Display Ind

Location

27191

1742270400000

1742304600000

…