Item - 2025.EY22.11

The Etobicoke York Community Council: 

1. Granted the application for a fence exemption to the property owner of 1 Jenson Court, thereby allowing the existing fences to be maintained as constructed. At such time when a replacement of the fence is required that such installation will comply with Municipal Code Chapter 447, Fences or its successor by-law.

This staff report concerns a matter for which the Etobicoke York Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.

The purpose of this report is to advise Community Council concerning an application by the property owner of 1 Jenson Court for a site-specific Fence Exemption, pursuant to Section 447-1.5(B) of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 – Fences. The property owner is seeking Community Council’s permission to maintain a fence in the front and side yards of the property that will not comply with the standards stipulated by Section 447-1.2(B)(1). The applicant is seeking permission to maintain a side yard fence made of compressed wood, featuring a vertical board-on-board design with decorative aluminum rods on top and lighting fixtures on the posts, extending approximately 5 meters. The remaining side yard fence consists of vertical board-on-board compressed wood and includes a gate with lighting fixtures on the posts. In the front yard, the fence is constructed of vertical board-on-board compressed wood and includes a gate with lighting fixtures on the posts. The fence height varies across the perimeter, ranging from 1.99 meters to 2.65 meters.