Item - 2019.PH7.9

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings to require building owners/operators under the RentSafeTO program to develop and maintain a vital service disruption plan, satisfactory to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, and provide the City with a copy of the plan when requested.

2. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings to authorize the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to set standards and minimum requirements for the vital service disruption plans in consultation with the Office of Emergency Management.

3. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings to add a provision stating that a building owner/operator who, in the opinion of the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, does not implement their established vital service disruption plan during a time of prolonged vital service disruption is guilty of an offence.

As directed by City Council, this report provides a review of the function and performance of the City of Toronto's emergency response to the incident at 260 Wellesley Street East as it pertains to emergency management interventions for high-rise buildings. It also recommends amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings to require building owners/operators to develop and maintain a vital service disruption plan in order to better serve their residents during times of prolonged vital service disruptions.