Item - 2023.AU2.9

City Council on July 19 and 20, 2023, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to consider developing and implementing a risk-based approach to its processes, including inspections, and assignment of more experienced staff to higher-risk projects.

2. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to enhance and strengthen building code and enforcement training for both plan review and inspection staff, including key aspects that must be reviewed when a firewall is included as part of the building design and construction.

3. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to implement controls, including training and supervisory oversight, to ensure that:

a. inspectors pass inspection stages in order; and

b. when exceptions are required to passing inspections in order and are approved by a supervisor, clearly document the reasons for moving on to subsequent inspection stages.

4. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to provide training and supervisory oversight for inspectors on when to set a time limit on requested reports from professionals, as well as reasonable expected time limits.

5. City Council request the Chief Technology Officer, in consultation with the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to ensure that any necessary enhancements to system functionality and data fields are implemented to support better tracking of deficiencies, and also allow for builders/permit holders to access the status of their inspections, including any deficiencies that must be fixed before being passed to the next stage.

6. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to implement policies, procedures and training to ensure:

a. inspectors retain all relevant plans and drawings for a project on file;

b. inspectors clearly document which plans they used for their inspection work; and

c. inspectors use the City-approved plans for their inspection work, and if also using other plans such as engineered wood drawings from a manufacturer, that they match them to the City-approved plans.