Item - 2025.EY26.11

Tracking Status

  • This item was considered by Etobicoke York Community Council on October 21, 2025 and was adopted with amendments. City Council has delegated authority for this matter to the Etobicoke York Community Council and therefore, the decision is final.

EY26.11 - 2 Odessa Avenue - Application for Fence Exemption

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Schedule Type:
Delegated
Ward:
2 - Etobicoke Centre

Public Notice Given

Community Council Decision

The Etobicoke York Community Council:

 

1. Granted a fence exemption permit to the property owner of 2 Odessa Avenue and that at such time as replacement of the fence is required, the installation comply with Municipal Code Chapter 447, Fences, or its successor by-law.

Origin

(September 23, 2025) Report from the District Manager, Municipal Licensing and Standards, West District

Summary

The Applicant for 2 Odessa Avenue has requested Etobicoke York Community Council to exempt their property from the following by-law requirements: City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 447 1.2 B(1).

 

No fence described in Table 1 shall, when measured at any point along its length from the average grade level measured perpendicular to and one metre away on either side of the fence, exceed the height set out in Table 2 for the fence.

 

The Applicant for 2 Odessa Avenue is requesting an exemption for their proposed fence to be erected at a consistent height of 2.0 metres in the front yard within 2.4 metres of a lot line constructed of board-on-board pressure treated wood. 

Background Information

(September 23, 2025) Report and Attachments 1 to 4 from the District Manager, Municipal Licensing and Standards, West District on 2 Odessa Avenue - Application for Fence Exemption
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-258754.pdf

Communications

(October 9, 2025) Letter from Jason Beauchamp (EY.New)

Speakers

Jason Beauchamp

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Stephen Holyday (Carried)

That the Etobicoke York Community Council:

 

1. Grant a fence exemption permit to the property owner of 2 Odessa Avenue and that at such time as replacement of the fence is required, the installation comply with Municipal Code Chapter 447, Fences, or its successor by-law.

Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council