Item - 2023.PH2.1

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the Official Plan Amendment 641 substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (February 9, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 415, Development of Land, substantially in accordance with Attachment 3 to the report (February 9, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Official Plan Amendment and the amendment to the City of Toronto Municipal Code as may be required.

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the April 27, 2023 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on options to consider how councillors can ensure construction management plans are advanced.

The Planning and Housing Committee held a statutory public meeting on February 28, 2023, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

The recommended Official Plan Amendment (OPA 641) and municipal by-law included in this report address recent changes to the Planning Act and City of Toronto Act, 2006 under Bill 109, the More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022.

Under the legislation, changes to pre-application consultation, complete application, delegated authority, and timeline to appeal for Site Plan Control applications came into effect on July 1, 2022.

The recommendations included in this report bring the City of Toronto's Official Plan and Municipal Code into conformity with in-force Provincial legislation.