Item - 2025.MA8.2
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Toronto Music Advisory Committee on October 7, 2025 and was adopted with amendments.
MA8.2 - Summary of Development Application Fee and Related Resources for New Live Music Venues
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Toronto Music Advisory Committee recommend that:
1. The Planning and Housing Committee request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Development Review, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to continue to explore options for and impacts of reduced development application fees for proponents seeking to establish new live music venues, including Zoning By-law Amendment application fees, and report back to the first meeting of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee in 2026.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Colin Wolfe, Senior Planner, Development Review, and John Homsy, Assistant Planner, Development Review, gave a presentation on Summary of Development Application Fee and Related Resources for New Live Music Venues.
Summary
Development Review will provide an update on planning-related application fees and related resources in response to Item MA7.1 at the May 15, 2025 meeting of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ma/bgrd/backgroundfile-258863.pdf
Motions
That the Toronto Music Advisory Committee recommend:
1. The Planning and Housing Committee request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Development Review, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to continue to explore options for and impacts of reduced development application fees for proponents seeking to establish new live music venues, including Zoning By-law Amendment application fees, and report back to the first meeting of the Toronto Music Advisory Committee in 2026.