NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
To be held by Planning and Housing
Committee
(Under the Planning Act)
Proposed City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment
pertaining to changes and additions to information and materials under Schedule
3: Application Requirements and new Policy in Section 3.1.6, Heritage
Conservation of the Official Plan
Application Number: 20
24115886 STE 10 OZ
Location of Application: |
City-wide |
Applicant: |
City-initiated |
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DATE: |
May
9, 2024
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TIME: |
9:30
a.m. or as soon as possible
thereafter |
PLACE: |
Committee Room 1, City Hall, and by Video Conference |
PROPOSAL
The City of
Toronto is recommending a City-initiated Official Plan
Amendment (OPA 720) to update application requirements. The City
is recommending updates and additions to Schedule 3: Application Requirements
and Section 3.1.6, Heritage Conservation. The purpose of amendments to Schedule
3: Application Requirements is to:
·
clarify
the intent of the
Official Plan by updating, streamlining, consolidating or separating existing
application requirements;
·
reflect new requirements due to changes in legislation or policy;
·
ensure consistency with the City’s Application Support Material: Terms
of Reference; and
·
support the City's ability to meet legislated timelines for
decision-making and approval.
The purpose of
amendments to Section 3.1.6 of the Official Plan are to add a policy to support
the addition of a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report requirement in Schedule
3: Application Requirements. The Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report
requirement:
·
supports the identification of properties with cultural heritage value
as early as possible in a development application process;
·
provides opportunity for community input in identifying cultural
heritage value;
·
provides opportunity for dialogue and efficiencies when advancing
designation and understanding of cultural heritage value; and
·
supports the City's ability to meet legislated timelines for
decision-making and approval.
The recommended
OPA 720 will assist the City in
implementing Official Plan policy through the development review process.
OPA 720 is consistent
with, conforms to and does not conflict with the Provincial Policy Statement
and Growth Plan (2020).
Detailed
information regarding the proposal, including background information and
material and a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment may be obtained by
contacting Michelle Drylie, Project Director at 416-392-3436, or by e-mail at Michelle.Drylie@toronto.ca.
A copy of City
Planning's Final Report on the proposed Official Plan Amendment will be
available on the City's website at: www.toronto.ca/legdocs/agendas.html.
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Planning and Housing Committee will receive
input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the Official Plan
Amendment. These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council
for its consideration.
You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.
MAKE
YOUR VIEWS KNOWN
You are invited to make representations to the Planning and Housing Committee, in person, by video conference or by telephone to make your views known regarding the proposal.
You may send written
comments by e-mail to phc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit
written comments up until City Council gives final
consideration to the proposal.
If you want to address the committee meeting
directly, please register by email to phc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579,
no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 8, 2024. If you register
we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.
For more information about this matter,
including information about appeal rights, contact the City Clerk's Office,
City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee, 100 Queen Street West, 10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H
2N2, Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: phc@toronto.ca.
The Planning and Housing Committee may request
you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.
Special Assistance: City Staff can
arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-397-4579, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail phc@toronto.ca.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Given that the amendments listed in this Notice
regulate the use of lands at several locations within the geographic boundaries
of the City of Toronto, a key map has not been provided with this notice.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City
of Toronto on the proposed Official Plan Amendment you must make a written
request to the City Clerk, Attention: Nancy
Martins, Administrator, Planning
and Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this
notice.
Official
Plan Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an
ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the
Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral
submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of
Toronto before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or refused, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal
before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal there
are reasonable grounds to do so. You may submit comments to the City
Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator,
Planning and Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in
this notice.
People writing or making presentations at the public
meeting: The City of Toronto Act,
2006, the Planning Act, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code
authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication
or presentation to City Council or its committees.
The City collects this information to enable it to make informed
decisions on the relevant issue(s). If
you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other
communications to the City, you should be aware that
your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of
the public record and will appear on the City's website. The City will also
make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your
postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public,
unless you expressly request the City to remove it.
Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings
are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at
the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast.
Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office
at the telephone number or email address set out above.
Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you
receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at the City of Toronto on April 15, 2024.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk