Item - 2019.PH7.2

The Planning and Housing Committee recommend that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 1 to the report (June 10, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 2 to the report (June 10, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and,

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

The Planning and Housing Committee held a statutory public meeting on  July 3, 2019, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

The number of local breweries in Toronto has increased considerably over the last decade to become an important part of the City’s economic and cultural identity. In 2015, City Council requested that staff work with owners and operators of craft breweries to help grow the craft beer sector and make Toronto “the craft beer capital of the world”. In 2017 City Council requested that staff consider amendments to the Zoning By-law permissions for breweries, restaurants, and related uses to help support and grow the craft brewery industry, and that staff hold consultations on these amendments.

This report responds to the 2017 request from City Council  and summarizes proposed zoning by-law amendments related to eating establishments, retail stores, and beverage manufacturing uses in the City’s Commercial and Employment Industrial zones. The proposed amendments are based on previous consultation with the City’s Craft Beer Industry, as well as public consultation, and are intended to better reflect the varied and contemporary operating nature of the City’s many local breweries.