Item - 2025.MM29.8
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on April 23 and 24, 2025 without amendments.
MM29.8 - Time for Outdated Park Rules to Touch Grass - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on April 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to review Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, and report in the fourth quarter of 2025 with recommendations to remove any provisions that are archaic, burdensome, or unnecessary.
2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to report in the fourth quarter of 2025 with options to provide more food and beverage offerings in parks, where appropriate, including an assessment of physical structures and operating models.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
(April 23, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM29.8 be referred to the Economic and Community Development Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.