Item - 2024.MM17.16
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on April 17 and 18, 2024 without amendments.
MM17.16 - Businesses Operating without a Licence - by Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on April 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to identify actions the City can take, including any necessary by-law amendments, to address unsafe or dangerous activity that occurs at both licensed and unlicensed businesses in the City of Toronto, as part of the review of Chapter 545, including:
a. a review of the grounds for the refusal of a business licence application, Chapter 545;
b. a review of the grounds for the referral of a business licence for cancellation to the Toronto Licensing Tribunal; and
c. requests that can be made to the Province of Ontario to improve the process for the forced closure of illegally operating businesses.
2. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to review the screening criteria for business licences to determine whether any changes are required to address unsafe or dangerous activity occurring at the business.
Background Information (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
That Councillor Frances Nunziata be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning:
Businesses Operating without a Licence
Reason for Urgency:
This Motion is urgent because 2 major crimes (murders) were committed at a business operating in York South-Weston without a licence within the last year.