Item - 2025.PH22.4

That City Council delete Planning and Housing Committee Recommendations 1 and 2.

Recommendations to be deleted:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with the proposed Official Plan Amendment 818 appended as Attachment 1 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

That Councillor Gord Perks be permitted to withdraw his motion 1a.

REVISED

That:

1. City Council amend the draft Official Plan Amendment 818 attached as Attachment 1 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning so that the policies to apply only to Toronto and East York District and to the lands generally bounded by Steeles Avenue to the north, Midland Avenue to the west, Highway 401 to the south, and Neilson Road and Rouge River to the east. that enables as-of-right permissions for sixplex development.

2. City Council amend the Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning so that the Zoning By-law Amendment would apply it applies only to Toronto and East York District and to the lands generally bounded by Steeles Avenue to the north, Midland Avenue to the west, Highway 401 to the south, and Neilson Road and Rouge River to the east, that enables as-of-right permissions for sixplex development, and direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in partnership with the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to ensure the necessary neighbourhood infrastructure is available to support successful integration of six unit multiplexes into communities, including street cleaning, public realm maintenance and improvements, and appropriate support is available from Toronto Building to review and approve permit applications.

3. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes in Recommendation 2 above. to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council request Councillors from other wards outside Toronto and East York District and Ward 23, wishing to have Official Plan Amendment 818 and the Zoning By-law Amendment extend to their ward, to send correspondence to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee meeting as needed if any requests are received to extend Official Plan Amendment 818 and the Zoning By-law Amendment, and to propose further amendments to the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law to include those wards.

That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council reconsider the vote on motion 1b by Councillor Perks.

That City Council defer consideration of this item until after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning creates, completes and reports on a comprehensive strategy which engages with members of the public and neighbourhood communities, and through which specific questions are consulted on, including the following:

a. whether “as of right” sixplexes or a more tailored, context-specific approach to increased density planning permissions is better suited to the realities of Toronto neighbourhoods;

b. detailed analysis of context-specific factors, data and studies is completed; and

c. recommended alternatives in addition to “as of right” planning permissions for sixplexes in neighbourhoods.

That the item be received for information.

That:

1. City Council amend the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning so that the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments would only apply to Toronto and East York District on a test pilot basis.

2. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes in Recommendation 1 above to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of Official Plan Amendment 818 and the Zoning By-law Amendment in facilitating fiveplex and sixplex developments in Toronto and East York District, and to report to the Planning and Housing Committee in the second quarter of 2027 on monitoring outcomes and any necessary revisions to the Official Plan policy, Zoning By-law, or other changes to improve the implementation and facilitation of fiveplex and sixplex construction.

That City Council amend recommendation 2 in Motion 1.b by Councillor Gord Perks by:

a. deleting the words "Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in partnership with the";

b. deleting the words "and the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to ensure the necessary neighbourhood infrastructure is available to support successful integration of six unit multiplexes into communities, including street cleaning, public realm maintenance and improvements, and"; and

c. adding the words "to ensure" before the words "appropriate support".

so that it now reads as follows:

City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached in Attachment 2 to the report (May 28, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, so that the Zoning By-law Amendment would apply only to Toronto and East York District and to the lands generally bounded by Steeles Avenue to the north, Midland Avenue to the west, Highway 401 to the south, and Neilson Road and Rouge River to the east, that enables as-of-right permissions for sixplex development and direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in partnership with the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to ensure the necessary neighbourhood infrastructure is available to support successful integration of six unit multiplexes into communities, including street cleaning, public realm maintenance and improvements, and to ensure appropriate support is available from Toronto Building to review and approve permit applications.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that the Council Procedures provide that Members of Council have the right to information to make decisions, and that Councillor Bravo, in her questions to staff, referred to a letter from the federal government. Councillor Holyday stated that he would like the Speaker to rule on whether or not the Item is out of order if Council has been directed by the federal government to do something and there is no decision to be made and, if not, Councillor Holyday stated that he would request the Speaker to at least ensure that that information be provided to Members of Council, so that they can be sure they can make this decision.

Councillor Perks, rising on a Point of Order, stated that there was a debate on sixplexes not that long ago, and that while Councillor Holyday might not have the letter, the information from the federal government was used in open debate the last time Council talked about sixplexes.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that he would like the Speaker to rule on his earlier Point of Order, as to whether or not the entire debate is in order, and stated that if Council doesn’t have the ability to make a decision and the federal government has told Council what it has to do, then why is Council debating this.

Councillor Bradford, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that he could not hear due to noise in the Chamber and that he would appreciate it if Members and staff could be a little more courteous.

Councillor Pasternak, rising on a Point of Order, stated that there had been a reference from the last set of questions to correspondence between the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto regarding sixplexes, and that he would like to know if the letter could be located and added as a communication on the item.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that he would request the Speaker to rule on whether or not motion 1b by Councillor Perks is in order as Councillor Perks has moved two distinct propositions: the first is to delete the first two recommendations from the Committee—that ceases the Official Plan and the by-law from going forward—and has brought a different motion providing an alternate. Councillor Holyday further stated that Committee Recommendations 3 and 4 are contingent on the first two recommendations, and so they are considered together. Recommendation 3 is about the City Solicitor making stylistic and technical changes to the plan and by-law, and the last recommendation refers to fiveplexes and sixplexes.

Councillor Kandavel, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that the Speaker has variation in how she responds to Councillors when they have incidents that are out of context.

That:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in collaboration with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to review existing parkland dedication requirements for low-rise residential projects, and report back by the second quarter of 2026 on recommendations related to the feasibility of exemptions for fiveplexes and sixplexes in support of Council adopted housing and parkland priorities.

That the Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Adjourn the public meeting for item PH22.4 until the first regular meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee in the first quarter of 2027 and request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to carry out further consultation with all applicable stakeholders, organized in collaboration with local councillors, and report back on outcomes.