Item - 2025.EY24.8

The Etobicoke York Community Council:

1. Approved the application for fence exemption by the property owner of 95 Stavely Crescent at the current height on the condition that the property owner remove the top board in the rear yard and ensure it is installed by a fence contractor with matching materials and without any protruding screws within a 30 day time period, and required the property owner to maintain the fence in good repair without alteration. At such time as replacement of the fence is required, the 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 95 Stavely Crescent 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, side, and rear yard 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 fence in the front yard constructed of vertical board-on-board compressed wood and a fence in the rear yard constructed of vertical board-on-board compressed wood with a horizontal wooden board on top. The height of the fence in the front yard is 2.14 meters. The height of the fence in the rear yard is 2.31 meters.