Item - 2025.TE26.16

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on October 22, 2025. The Toronto and East York Community Council postponed consideration of this item. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the deferral.
See also 2025.TE25.24
See also 2025.TE27.38

TE26.16 - 34 Tubman Avenue - Application for Fence Exemption

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Deferred

Schedule Type:: Delegated

Ward:: 13 - Toronto Centre

Public Notice Given

Community Council Decision

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Deferred consideration of the Item until the November 27, 2025 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.

Origin

(August 20, 2025) Report from the South District Manager, Municipal Licensing and Standards

Summary

The Applicant for 34 Tubman Avenue (parent address), with convenience addresses of 225, 227, and 229 Sumach Street, 36, and 38 Tubman Avenue, has requested Toronto and East York Community Council to exempt their property from the following by-law requirements:

City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 447-1.2B(1)

B. Fence height.

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

The Applicant for 34 Tubman Avenue is requesting an exemption for their:

- Existing fence, and gates, that encloses three ground-floor residential units of a condominium building.

- Constructed with a uniformed lower masonry portion and an upper aluminum/composite horizontal board on board fencing portion.

- Consistent height of 2.1 meters.

- Maximum Height of Fence: 1.2 meters

Municipal Licensing and Standards Division has inspected the subject property and noted the violations contrary to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 447-1.2B(1)

Background Information

(August 20, 2025) Report and Attachments 1-30 from the South District Manager, Municipal Licensing and Standards on 34 Tubman Avenue - Application for Fence Exemption
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-258758.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Chris Moise (Carried)

That consideration of the item be deferred until the November 27, 2025 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.