Item - 2025.TE26.21

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Authorized the City to enter into an encroachment agreement with the property owner of 629 Adelaide Street West which permits the 1.8 metre high wooden fence, retroactive to May 13, 2025, and subject to the following condition:

a. the applicant pays the appeal fee required by Chapter 441 Fees and Charges.

This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.

The purpose of this report is for Toronto and East York Community Council to consider an appeal from the property owner of 629 Adelaide Street West regarding their encroachment application. The existing encroachment consists of 1.8m high wooden fence on the flankage of the property, which contravenes §743-34(A)(2)(a)[1] of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use Of.

Transportation Services is recommending that Toronto and East York Community Council ratify the encroachment agreement permitting the wooden privacy fence within the public right-of-way on Adelaide Street West, as staff are of the opinion that it does not have a negative impact on the public right-of-way for pedestrians or for traffic on the adjacent laneway and street.