NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
To be held by the Planning
and Housing Committee
(Under the Planning Act)
City-initiated Zoning By-law
Amendments to Zoning By-law 569-2013 to
Update Height and Density
Permissions and Performance Standards
in Commercial Residential
Zones to Facilitate Mid-rise Buildings along certain Avenues
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Location of Application: |
City-wide |
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Applicant: |
City of Toronto |
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October 30, 2024
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Time: |
9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible
thereafter |
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Place: |
Committee
Room 1, City Hall and By Video Conference |
PROPOSAL
The City of Toronto
is proposing to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 to facilitate mid-rise buildings
on Avenues throughout the City of Toronto in areas where an Avenue Study has
not been completed. This proposal is part of the Housing Action Plan’s Avenue,
Mid-rise and Mixed Use Areas initiative.
The proposed zoning
by-law amendments will introduce additional Development Standard Sets for the
Commercial Residential (CR) Zone with standards that control how mid-rise
buildings transition towards neighbouring buildings and open spaces using
specified setbacks rather than a rear angular plane. The new Development
Standard Sets will be applied to properties that are located within Mixed Use
Areas-designated portions of Avenues in the Official Plan, are currently zoned
CR, are currently subject to Development Standard Sets SS2 or SS3, are not
within a regulated flood plain, and are not subject to a Site
Specific Exception with potentially conflicting setback regulations.
The proposed amendments
will also update the maximum height permissions for these properties on the
Article 995.20.1 Height Overlay Map to correspond to the width of the
right-of-way onto which they front, in keeping with the direction of the
Official Plan and Urban Design Guidelines for mid-rise building heights. The
amendments will also update the permitted maximum floor space index for these
properties to reflect the building envelope established by the updated
development standards and height permissions.
The amendments will
also introduce a regulation that would apply to all zones, providing
implementation guidance for how zoning standards are superseded or applied in
the event of inconsistencies between zoning standards and requirements secured
in a heritage permit issued under the Ontario Heritage Act, as well as updated
definitions relating to heritage properties.
Detailed information regarding the proposal, including
background information and material may be obtained by contacting John Duncan, Senior
Planner Policy and Research at 416-392-1530,
or by e-mail at John.Duncan@toronto.ca.
Further information on this proposal and the Housing Action Plan’s
Avenues, Mid-rise and Mixed Use Areas study can be
found at https://www.toronto.ca/HAPAvenues.
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 proposed Zoning By-law Amendments. 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 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.
You are also invited to address the
Planning and Housing Committee, in person, by video
conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.
If you wish to address
the Planning and Housing Committee
directly, please register by e-mail to phc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579, no later than 12:00 p.m. on October 29, 2024. If you register, we will contact you with
instructions on how to participate in the meeting.
The Planning and Housing Committee may request you
to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.
For more information
about the matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins,
Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee,
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen
Street West, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2, Telephone: 416-397-4579,
Fax: 416-392-2980, Email: phc@toronto.ca.
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 apply to 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 passing or refusal of the proposed
Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk
attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and
Housing Committee eat the address, fax number or e-mail set out above.
Zoning By-law Amendment Appeal: If a specified person or public
body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to
which by-law would apply would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision
of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the specified
person or public body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner
of any land to which the by-law would apply does not make oral submissions at a
public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the
proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is passed, the specified person or public body
as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which
the by-law would apply is not entitled to appeal the by-law.
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.
An
online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/
Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you
receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at the City of Toronto on October 3, 2024.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk