NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
To be held by the Planning
and Housing Committee
(Under the Planning Act)
City-Initiated
Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment pertaining to Growing Space
for Trees
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Location Of Application: |
City-wide |
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Applicant: |
City
of Toronto |
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Date: |
December
3, 2025
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Time: |
9:30
a.m., or as soon as possible
thereafter |
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Place: |
Council
Chambers, Toronto City Hall and By Video Conference |
PROPOSAL
The purpose of the Official
Plan and City-wide Zoning By-law amendments are to protect and enhance the
city's tree canopy while supporting infill housing development and to address
the impacts on the tree canopy and water management associated with iceberg
homes (houses which exhibit a larger below ground footprint than their above
ground footprint or with multi-storey basements).
Recommended
Amendments to the Official Plan address objectives to protect and enhance the
tree canopy and growing space for trees as part of both new and infill
development in Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods.
Recommended
amendments to the City-wide Zoning By-law address landscaping and setback
regulations, including requirements that apply minimum building setbacks both
above and below ground for all low-rise residential buildings (e.g. detached
houses, semi-detached houses, townhouses, and multiplexes), except for
apartment buildings, in the Residential Zone category.
Detailed information regarding the proposal, including
a copy of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, may be
obtained by contacting Liora Zion Burton, Planner, City Planning at 416-392-7864,
or by e‑mail at Liora.zionburton@toronto.ca.
Further information is also available at: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/growing-space-for-trees/?t=1750171340.
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 city-initiated
Official Plan and 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 December 2,
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, 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 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 and 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,
at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments 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 or 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 plan or
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 Official Plan
Amendment is adopted or 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 plan would apply is not entitled to appeal the decision to
adopt the proposed Official Plan Amendment or 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 the City Clerk's Office at 416-397-4579.
An online version
of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-noticesbylaws/.
Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you
receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at the City of Toronto on November 10, 2025.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk