Item - 2018.TE32.11
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on May 2, 2018. The Toronto and East York Community Council postponed consideration of this item. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the deferral.
TE32.11 - Changing Lanes: The City of Toronto’s Review of Laneway Suites - City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment - Final Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Deferred
- Wards:
- 14 - Parkdale-High Park, 18 - Davenport, 19 - Trinity-Spadina, 20 - Trinity-Spadina, 21 - St. Paul's, 22 - St. Paul's, 27 - Toronto Centre-Rosedale, 28 - Toronto Centre-Rosedale, 29 - Toronto-Danforth, 30 - Toronto-Danforth, 31 - Beaches-East York, 32 - Beaches-East York
Public Notice Given
Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990
Community Council Decision
The Toronto and East York Community Council adjourned the Item to the June 6, 2018 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council, with the following instructions to the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to:
1. Develop a strengthened affordability strategy, including city stand-alone incentives, options for maintaining affordability in the long-term, enforcing affordability, and any proposals to support affordability that would require provincial legislative or regulatory changes.
2. Review and re-consider the following components of the Laneway Suites Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment:
a. Requiring the 1.5m lot setback to be soft landscaping as part of the as-of-right requirements;
b. Additional measures to increase soft landscaping, tree protection and greening;
c. Any requests to change the as-of-right zoning permissions be considered through a Zoning By-law Amendment, and not through a Minor Variance application; and
d. Considerations for placement of mechanical equipment associated with laneway suites.
3. Consider the following to be included in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council:
a. include the density of the laneway suite in the calculation of density/GFA of the property;
b. give consideration to the new Ward and Community Council boundaries into the plan;
c. ancillary issues brought forward either in communications or deputations at Community Council;
d. a strategy and timeline for Phase Two accessible housing for properties that do not have a laneway; and
e. include the lot coverage of the laneway suite in the total lot coverage permitted on a property.
4. Include in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council, an update on the "Second Units - Draft Official Plan Amendment" Public Consultation Meeting to be held on May 7, 8 9 and 10, 2018.
5. Include in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council, consideration of the Letter from the ABC Residents Association (Communication TE.Supp.TE32.11.106); and, analysis of any laneway suites constructed on lots with row houses.
6. Include in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council, any necessary recommendations regarding potential conflicts between any existing Site and Area Specific Policies and/or Secondary Plan Policies and the proposed Official Plan Amendment 403.
7. Include in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council, options to secure tenancies in laneway housing, and other rental housing types, including requesting the Province of Ontario to amend legislation to protect tenants in residential dwellings with less than six units by deleting:
a. Subsection 111(3) of the City of Toronto Act to remove the restriction on the City to prohibit or regulate the demolition or conversion of a residential rental property that contains less than six dwelling units, and
b. Subsection 52(b) of the Residential Tenancies Act to ensure that tenants in residential complexes containing less than six dwelling units are entitled to compensation from the landlord in an amount equal to three months rent or offer the tenant another rental unit acceptable to the tenant, as is applicable to tenants living in residential complexes of six or more units.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Senior Planner, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, gave a presentation to the Toronto and East York Community Council on "Changing Lanes - Toronto's Laneway Suites Strategy".
The Toronto and East York Community Council commenced a statutory public meeting on May 2, 2018, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
This report recommends establishing a planning framework to permit laneway suites on lands within the Toronto and East York District that are designated as Neighbourhoods by amending both the Official Plan and City-wide Zoning By-law.
The City's Official Plan does not reference or set out specific provisions for second units, however second units are permitted city-wide as-of-right in the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013. A second unit can take many forms but is generally considered to be subordinate to the primary dwelling unit on a lot. Second units are an important part of the City’s rental housing stock. Laneway suites are one form of second unit.
Similar to other second units, laneway suites are a part of complete communities. They can provide more opportunities for people to live in ground related housing, for residents to live close to where they work, shop, and play and, can help make the city's urban lanes more green, liveable, and safe. Laneway suites can contribute to increasing the supply of rental housing and provide additional housing options for households at different ages and life stages.
At its meeting of July 4, 2017, Toronto City Council directed City Planning staff, in consultation with numerous City Divisions, to initiate a review and consultation of the City's current policy and planning framework regarding laneway suites within the Toronto and East York District. City Planning staff were directed to prepare a report to Toronto and East York Community Council with recommended policy and Zoning By-law amendments necessary to implement a laneway suite strategy, and with recommendations on other related matters such as the provision of affordable housing and infrastructure costs.
This report contains a detailed planning rationale for the introduction and regulation of laneway suites within the Toronto and East York area and discusses the policy implications and intent of proposed performance standards and criteria. These performance standards and criteria intend that laneway suites will provide a new form of ground-related, rental and extended family housing that will fit appropriately within the scale of established Neighbourhoods, and limit their impact on the existing physical character, while contributing to the growth of the City’s rental housing stock.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-114362.pdf
(May 2, 2018) Attachment 3 - REVISED Draft Zoning By-law Amendment (569-2013)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-114856.pdf
(May 2, 2018) Staff Presentation, Graig Uens, Senior Planner, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-114773.pdf
Communications
(April 24, 2018) Letter from Ceta Ramkhalawansingh (TE.Supp.TE32.11.2)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Jennifer Cruickshank (TE.Supp.TE32.11.3)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Jeannette Hanna (TE.Supp.TE32.11.4)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Camilla Tabis (TE.Supp.TE32.11.5)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Vanessa Fong (TE.Supp.TE32.11.6)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from David Kelman (TE.Supp.TE32.11.7)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Harry Smaller (TE.Supp.TE32.11.8)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Vasiliki Bednarp (TE.Supp.TE32.11.9)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Rebecca Black (TE.Supp.TE32.11.10)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from JoAnne Hunter (TE.Supp.TE32.11.11)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Elizabeth Wilson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.12)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Lenore Hogan (TE.Supp.TE32.11.13)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Jacob Allderdice (TE.Supp.TE32.11.14)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Sarah Timminsice (TE.Supp.TE32.11.15)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Jane A. Clark (TE.Supp.TE32.11.16)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Deborah Mesher (TE.Supp.TE32.11.17)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Rohan Walters (TE.Supp.TE32.11.18)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Igor Skoskiewicz (TE.Supp.TE32.11.19)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Patrick Dinnenp (TE.Supp.TE32.11.20)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Richard van Steenburgh (TE.Supp.TE32.11.21)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Catherine McRae (TE.Supp.TE32.11.22)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Lee Ramsay (TE.Supp.TE32.11.23)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Sam Goldberg (TE.Supp.TE32.11.24)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Naomi Bendavid (TE.Supp.TE32.11.25)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Dave Clark (TE.Supp.TE32.11.26)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Andrew Thorpe (TE.Supp.TE32.11.27)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Denis Lefebvre (TE.Supp.TE32.11.28)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from John Moody (TE.Supp.TE32.11.29)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Dan Pero (TE.Supp.TE32.11.30)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Evan Saskin (TE.Supp.TE32.11.31)
(April 26, 2018) Letter from Kate Prevedello (TE.Supp.TE32.11.32)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Nicholas Discenza (TE.Supp.TE32.11.33)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Elizabeth Yake (TE.Supp.TE32.11.34)
(April 27, 2018) Letter from Sarah Craig (TE.Supp.TE32.11.35)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Zane Magnus (TE.Supp.TE32.11.36)
(April 26, 2018) Letter from Peter Martyn (TE.Supp.TE32.11.27)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Aubrey Greenberg (TE.Supp.TE32.11.38)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Trevor McLeod (TE.Supp.TE32.11.39)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Vicki Bales (TE.Supp.TE32.11.40)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Adam Molson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.41)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Nuno Ferreira (TE.Supp.TE32.11.42)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Anthony Ramayon (TE.Supp.TE32.11.43)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Christopher Holgate (TE.Supp.TE32.11.44)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Nick Sissakis (TE.Supp.TE32.11.45)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Alex Newman (TE.Supp.TE32.11.46)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Rejean Sewlal (TE.Supp.TE32.11.47)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Bruce Boudreau (TE.Supp.TE32.11.48)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Bob Whalen (TE.Supp.TE32.11.49)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Pawel Kuzemczak (TE.Supp.TE32.11.50)
(April 25, 2018) E-mail from Courtney Watson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.51)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Regent Rat (TE.Supp.TE32.11.52)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Tom Knezic (TE.Supp.TE32.11.53)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Rebecca Chiu (TE.Supp.TE32.11.54)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Jan MacDonald (TE.Supp.TE32.11.55)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Chris Wallace (TE.Supp.TE32.11.56)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Andrea Evans (TE.Supp.TE32.11.57)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Laura Brockwell Davis (TE.Supp.TE32.11.58)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from David Manley (TE.Supp.TE32.11.59)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Lakshi Boldyrev (TE.Supp.TE32.11.60)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Kurt Krumme (TE.Supp.TE32.11.61)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Sidra Rizvi (TE.Supp.TE32.11.62)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Rosario Bonfanti (TE.Supp.TE32.11.63)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Vivian Miragias (TE.Supp.TE32.11.64)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Joseph Krief (TE.Supp.TE32.11.65)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Brandon G. Donnelly (TE.Supp.TE32.11.66)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Bryan Kaplan (TE.Supp.TE32.11.67)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from Taras and Jennifer Kulyk (TE.Supp.TE32.11.68)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from Iris Fraser-Gudrunas (TE.Supp.TE32.11.69)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Michael LaFreniere (TE.Supp.TE32.11.70)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from David Marmor (TE.Supp.TE30.11.71)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from Justin EJ Sharp (TE.Supp.TE32.11.72)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from Aspasia Dassios (TE.Supp.TE32.11.73)
(April 29, 2018) E-mail from Branka Bakaric (TE.Supp.TE32.11.74)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jose Goncalves (TE.Supp.TE32.11.75)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Maria Domingues (TE.Supp.TE32.11.76)
(April 26, 2018) E-mail from Yasaman Soofi (TE.Supp.TE32.11.77)
(April 27, 2018) Letter from Elisa Moolecherry (TE.Supp.TE32.11.78)
(April 27, 2018) Letter from Felix Leicher (TE.Supp.TE32.11.79)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Cassandra Alves (TE.Supp.TE32.11.80)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Christian Friis (TE.Supp.TE32.11.81)
(April 28, 2018) E-mail from Teresa Morrison (TE.Supp.TE32.11.82)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Susan Pigott (TE.Supp.TE32.11.83)
(April 28, 2018) E-mail from Shira Packer (TE.Supp.TE32.11.84)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Krysta Greenberg (TE.Supp.TE32.11.85)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Allison Nichol Longtin (TE.Supp.TE32.11.86)
(April 27, 2018) E-mail from Mark J. Richardson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.87)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Emily Harris (TE.Supp.TE32.11.88)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Piero Manzini (TE.Supp.TE32.11.89)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Lauren Hughes (TE.Supp.TE32.11.90)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Bill Wong (TE.Supp.TE32.11.91)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Brendan Charters (TE.Supp.TE32.11.92)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jessica Humphreys (TE.Supp.TE32.11.93)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Susan & Victor DeSousa (TE.Supp.TE32.11.94)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Joana Quiterio (TE.Supp.TE32.11.95)
(May 30, 2018) E-mail from Caroline Newton (TE.Supp.TE32.11.96)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jane A. Clark (TE.Supp.TE32.11.97)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Larissa Fan (TE.Supp.TE32.11.98)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Dan Greenstein (TE.Supp.TE32.11.99)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Julia Aplin (TE.Supp.TE32.11.100)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Garth Ritchie (TE.Supp.TE32.11.101)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Trevor Mcleod (TE.Supp.TE32.11.102)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Graham Powell (TE.Supp.TE32.11.103)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Adam Christl (TE.Supp.TE32.11.104)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Matthew Lawson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.105)
(April 30, 2018) Letter from ABC Residents Association (TE.Supp.TE32.11.106)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/comm/communicationfile-80027.pdf
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Denise O'Rourke (TE.Supp.TE32.11.107)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Samantha Van Der Beek (TE.Supp.TE32.11.108)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Trevor Bond (TE.Supp.TE32.11.109)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Sean Nilsson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.110)
(April 30, 2018) Letter from Corey Tkachuk (TE.Supp.TE32.11.111)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Carole Beaulieu (TE.Supp.TE32.11.112)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Geoffrey Grace (TE.Supp.TE32.11.113)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from David Craig (TE.Supp.TE32.11.114)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Terry Raininger (TE.Supp.TE32.11.115)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jim Woo (TE.Supp.TE32.11.116)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Eric Parker (TE.Supp.TE32.11.117)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Diane Hanson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.118)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from David Butler (TE.Supp.TE32.11.119)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Ian Fox (TE.Supp.TE32.11.120)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Sean Nilsson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.121)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Robert French (TE.Supp.TE32.11.122)
(May 30, 2018) E-mail from James Pokorchak (TE.Supp.TE32.11.123)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Robert Kennedy (TE.Supp.TE32.11.124)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Martin Gladstone (TE.Supp.TE32.11.125)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Bob Whalen (TE.Supp.TE32.11.126)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Helen J. Breslauer (TE.Supp.TE32.11.127)
(May 30, 2018) E-mail from Tennyson Loeh-Park (TE.Supp.TE32.11.128)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Ed Jackson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.129)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Sean Galbraith (TE.Supp.TE32.11.130)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Morgon Ewen (TE.Supp.TE32.11.131)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Lucas Mantegna (TE.Supp.TE32.11.132)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Rob Fyfe (TE.Supp.TE32.11.133)
(April 30, 2018) Letter from Susan Dexter (TE.Supp.TE32.11.134)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/comm/communicationfile-80070.pdf
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Dr. Judy Adler (TE.Supp.TE32.11.135)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jamie Lovekin (TE.Supp.TE32.11.136)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Peter Fallico (TE.Supp.TE32.11.137)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Emma Holland (TE.Supp.TE32.11.138)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jessica Reid (TE.Supp.TE32.11.139)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Angus Knowles (TE.Supp.TE32.11.140)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Jackie Bonic (TE.Supp.TE32.11.141)
(April 30, 2018) E-mail from Marwa Al-Saqqar (TE.Supp.TE32.11.142)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Shannon Howatt (TE.Supp.TE32.11.143)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Matthew McCausland (TE.Supp.TE32.11.144)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Ken Brooks (TE.Supp.TE32.11.145)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Don Vetere (TE.Supp.TE32.11.146)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Judy Land (TE.Supp.TE32.11.147)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Brien Convery (TE.Supp.TE32.11.148)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Suzanne Graydon (TE.Supp.TE32.11.149)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Joel Citulski (TE.Supp.TE32.11.150)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Jeremy Bowes (TE.Supp.TE32.11.151)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Carol Zavitz1 (TE.Supp.TE32.11.152)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Duncan Patterson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.153)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Bryan Walenius (TE.Supp.TE32.11.154)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Mac Fyfe (TE.Supp.TE32.11.155)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Kyle MacGowan (TE.Supp.TE32.11.156)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Douglas Henderson (TE.Supp.TE32.11.157)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Diane Vetere (TE.Supp.TE32.11.158)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Brad Marcoux (TE.Supp.TE32.11.159)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Mac Fyfe (TE.Supp.TE32.11.160)
(May 1, 2018) Letter from Eti Greenberg (TE.Supp.TE32.11.161)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Douglas McTaggart (TE.Supp.TE32.11.162)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Ana Greisman and Justin Randon (TE.Supp.TE32.11.163)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Elliot Falovitch (TE.Supp.TE32.11.164)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Philip Toms (TE.Supp.TE32.11.165)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Jaco Joubert (TE.Supp.TE32.11.166)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Ben McEvoy (TE.Supp.TE32.11.167)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Jaco Joubert (TE.Supp.TE32.11.168)
(May 1, 2018) E-mail from Louise Rudden (TE.Supp.TE32.11.169)
(May 1, 2018) Letter from The Lanescape Team (TE.Supp.TE32.11.170)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/comm/communicationfile-80144.pdf
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Nicholas Samurkas & Terri Ellis (TE.Supp.TE32.11.171)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Alison Hallmunic (TE.Supp.TE32.11.172)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Lia Maston and petition with 273 signatures (TE.Supp.TE32.11.173)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Lia Maston (TE.Supp.TE32.11.174)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Alex Earthy (TE.Supp.TE32.11.175)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Gary Goldberglic (TE.Supp.TE32.11.176)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Shelley Lee (TE.Supp.TE32.11.177)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Elsa Lee (TE.Supp.TE32.11.178)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Rupesh Vetha (TE.Supp.TE32.11.179)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Rona Sherebrin (TE.Supp.TE32.11.180)
(May 2, 2018) Letter from Geoff Kettel and Cathie Macdonald (TE.New.TE32.11.181)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/te/comm/communicationfile-80004.pdf
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Michael Yakubowicz and Jamie Holmer (TE.New.TE32.11.182)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Jeffrey Lin (TE.New.TE32.11.183)
(May 2, 2018) Submission from Jennifer Hunter (TE.New.TE32.11.184)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Ted and Heather NealnId= (TE.New.TE32.11.185)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Conrad Owen (TE.New.TE32.11.186)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Mariana Costa (TE.New.TE32.11.187)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Norman J. MacInnes (TE.New.TE32.11.188)
(May 2, 2018) E-mail from Alison Reid (TE.New.TE32.11.189)
Speakers
Nikolas Koschany, The Laneway Project
Craig Race, Evergreen Brick Works
Michael Lafrenier, Setless Architecture
Jo Flatt, Evergreen Brick Works
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Grange Community Association
Jennifer Hunter, Seaton Village Residents’ Association
Karen Gorsline, ABCRA
Glenn Smith, ABC Residents' Association
Michelle Senayah, Executive Director, The Lanyway Project
Mike Collins-Williams, Ontario Homebuilders Association
Lia Maston, Firma Architecture
Sue Dexter, Harbord Village Residents’ Association
Chris Spoke, Housing Matters
Motions
That the Toronto and East York Community Council adjourn the item to the June 6, 2018 meeting of Community Council, with the following instructions to the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District:
1. Develop a strengthened affordability strategy, including city stand-alone incentives, options for maintaining affordability in the long-term, enforcing affordability, and any proposals to support affordability that would require provincial legislative or regulatory changes.
2. Review and re-consider the following components of the Laneway Suites Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment:
a. Requiring the 1.5m lot setback to be soft landscaping as part of the as-of-right requirements;
b. Additional measures to increase soft landscaping, tree protection and greening;
c. Any requests to change the as-of-right zoning permissions be considered through a Zoning By-law Amendment, and not through a Minor Variance application;
d. Considerations for placement of mechanical equipment associated with laneway suites,
3. Consider the following in the report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council:
a. include the density of the laneway suite in the calculation of density/GFA of the property;
b. give consideration to the new Ward and Community Council boundaries into the plan;
c. ancillary issues brought forward either in communications or deputations at Community Council;
d. a strategy and timeline for Phase Two accessible housing for properties that do not have a laneway; and
e. include the lot coverage of the laneway suite in the total lot coverage permitted on a property.
Amended by motions 2, 3 and 4.
Vote (Defer Item) May-02-2018
Result: Carried | Majority Required |
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Total members that voted Yes: 9 | Members that voted Yes are Joe Cressy, Janet Davis, Paula Fletcher, Mary Fragedakis, Mike Layton, Josh Matlow, Joe Mihevc, Gord Perks, Kristyn Wong-Tam (Chair) |
Total members that voted No: 3 | Members that voted No are Ana Bailão, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Lucy Troisi |
Total members that were Absent: 0 | Members that were absent are |
That motion 1 by Councillor Mihevc be amended adding the following instructions to staff:
The Toronto and East York Community Council request the Acting Director, City Planning, Toronto and East York District to report to the June 6, 2018 meeting on an update on the "Second Units - Draft Official Plan Amendment" Public Consultation Meeting to be held on May 7, 8 9 and 10, 2018.
That motion 1 by Councillor Mihevc be amended by adding the following instructions to staff:
1. The Toronto and East York Community Council request the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to include in her report to the June 2018 meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council options to secure tenancies in laneway housing, and other rental housing types, including requesting the Province of Ontario to amend legislation to protect tenants in residential dwellings with less than six units by deleting:
a. Subsection 111(3) of the City of Toronto Act to remove the restriction on the City to prohibit or regulate the demolition or conversion of a residential rental property that contains less than six dwelling units, and
b. Subsection 52(b) of the Residential Tenancies Act to ensure that tenants in residential complexes containing less than six dwelling units are entitled to compensation from the landlord in an amount equal to three months rent or offer the tenant another rental unit acceptable to the tenant, as is applicable to tenants living in residential complexes of six or more units.
That motion 1 by Councillor Mihevc be amended by adding the following instructions to staff:
1. The Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York Community Council, be requested to include in the report back to Toronto and East York Community Council consideration of the Letter from ABC Residents Association (Communication TE.Supp.TE32.11.106); and, analysis of any laneway suites constructed on lots with row houses.
2. The Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York Community Council be requested to report back to the June 6, 2018 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council with any necessary recommendations regarding potential conflicts between any existing Site and Area Specific Policies and/or Secondary Plan Policies and the proposed Official Plan Amendment 403.
That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation and request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to City Council regarding clarity on coverage of lot, density and landscaping with regard to Laneway Suites.
Ruled redundant due to the adoption of motion 1, as amended.