NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
To be held by the Planning
and Housing Committee
(Under the Planning Act)
City-Initiated Request to
Amend the Zoning By-law to facilitate small-scale retail, service, office and
home occupation uses within Neighbourhoods
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Location of Application: |
City-wide |
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Applicant: |
City of Toronto |
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Date: |
October
30, 2025
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Time: |
10:00
a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter |
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Place: |
Council
Chambers, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference |
PROPOSAL
The City is initiating three
Zoning By-law Amendments to Zoning By-law 569-2013 to: (1) permit certain
small-scale retail, service and office uses on residentially-zoned
properties within Neighbourhoods on major streets; (2) to permit small-scale
retail stores and ancillary eating establishments on select sites within Neighbourhood
interiors; and (3) to update home occupation permissions. These proposals form
part of the City of Toronto's Expanding Housing Opportunities in Neighbourhoods
(EHON) initiative, through the Neighbourhood Retail and Services study.
The City-initiated Zoning
By-law Amendments to expand commercial use permissions on major streets and
within Neighbourhood interiors applies to all zones under the Residential Zone
Category including the R – Residential Zone, RD – Residential Detached, RS –
Residential Semi-Detached, RT – Residential Townhouse, and RM – Residential
Multiple Zone. The related Amendments would allow a broad range of retail,
service and office uses on all Residentially zoned sites located on Major
Streets. In the interior of the neighbourhoods, the location of
commercial uses would be limited to corner sites of select “Community Streets”,
as well as sites adjacent to existing non-residential uses, such as schools and
parks. The Amendments set maximum interior floor areas for the commercial uses
in all locations, as well as other performance standards.
The Amendment to expand
permissions for home occupations applies to all zones where home occupations
are permitted. The Amendment would allow a limited number of clients and
employees to attend the premises of a home occupation, as well as allow home
occupations to occur in an ancillary building. Most of the current Use Specific
Regulations for Home Occupations in the Zoning By-law remain unchanged.
Detailed information regarding
the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Michael Noble, Manager,
by phone at 416-397-4816, or by e-mail at michael.noble@toronto.ca , or Margherita
Cosentino, Senior Planner, by phone at 437-779-2357, or email at margherita.cosentino@toronto.ca.
A hard copy of the proposed Zoning
By-law Amendments will be available for review at Metro Hall, 22nd floor lobby,
55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario on October 10, 2025.
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, 2025. 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
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,
Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: 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 Zoning
By-law Amendments listed in this Notice apply to all of
the lands 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 Zoning By-law Amendments, you must make a
written request to the City Clerk attention, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and
Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
Zoning By-law Amendments Adoption Appeal: If a specified person or public body as defined under the Planning
Act or the registered owner of any land to which the plan 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 plan 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 Amendments are adopted, the specified person or public body as defined
under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which the
plan would apply is not entitled to appeal the decision to adopt the proposed
Zoning By-law Amendments.
People writing or making presentations at the public
meeting: The
City of
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An
online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/.
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receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at the City of Toronto on October 2, 2025.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk