Item - 2023.PH2.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by the Planning and Housing Committee on February 28, 2023 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023.
- See also By-law 297-2023
PH2.3 - Zoning By-law Amendment to Permit Laneway Suites in Yorkville - Final Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
City Council Decision
City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment in Attachment 1 to the report (February 6, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.
Public Notice Given
Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-234485.pdf
(February 3, 2023) Notice of Public Meeting
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-234486.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(February 23, 2023) E-mail from Michael Thom (PH.Supp)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Barb Moore (PH.New)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Kathleen Rueter (PH.New)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Real Estate Canada (PH.New)
(February 26, 2023) E-mail from Dough Morris (PH.New)
(February 26, 2023) Letter from Kathrin Bohr, ABC Residents Association (PH.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/comm/communicationfile-166076.pdf
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Barbara Liu (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Karen Gorsline (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Gwen Chamberlain (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Dianne Robertson (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Brian Dourley (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from David and Sheila Latham (PH.New)
(February 28, 2023) E-mail from Raoul Boulakia and Carol Annon (PH.New)
PH2.3 - Zoning By-law Amendment to Permit Laneway Suites in Yorkville - Final Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
Public Notice Given
Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990
Committee Recommendations
The Planning and Housing Committee recommends 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 (February 6, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Planning and Housing Committee held a statutory public meeting on February 28, 2023, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
In 2019, following an extensive study of a city-wide laneway suite strategy, City Council amended both the Official Plan and Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit laneway suites in low-rise residential zones. While City Planning staff had recommended the amendments apply to the entire city, Council directed that the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhoods be excluded from the Zoning By-law. Council further directed staff to consider permitting laneway suites within the area as part of its ongoing review of Site and Area Specific Policy 211, being the Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown Area Site and Area Specific Policy ("SASP 211").
Since that decision, the Province of Ontario has made legislative changes to the Planning Act, through Bill 23, with respect to residential unit permissions on lots containing a detached house, semi-detached house, or rowhouse. These legislative changes advanced City Planning's consideration of laneway suites in the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhood areas now instead of following the completion of the review of Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown Area Site and Area Specific Policy in 2024.
City Planning staff surveyed the laneways in the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhoods and found that laneway suites and the existing performance standards in Zoning By-law 569-2013 are appropriate and fit within the existing and planned area context. City Planning staff recommend that City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 to remove the location restriction for laneway suites in this area.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-234485.pdf
(February 3, 2023) Notice of Public Meeting
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-234486.pdf
Communications
(February 23, 2023) E-mail from Michael Thom (PH.Supp)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Barb Moore (PH.New)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Kathleen Rueter (PH.New)
(February 24, 2023) E-mail from Real Estate Canada (PH.New)
(February 26, 2023) E-mail from Dough Morris (PH.New)
(February 26, 2023) Letter from Kathrin Bohr, ABC Residents Association (PH.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ph/comm/communicationfile-166076.pdf
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Barbara Liu (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Karen Gorsline (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Gwen Chamberlain (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Dianne Robertson (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from Brian Dourley (PH.New)
(February 27, 2023) E-mail from David and Sheila Latham (PH.New)
(February 28, 2023) E-mail from Raoul Boulakia and Carol Annon (PH.New)
Speakers
Karen Gorsline
Councillor Dianne Saxe