NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the Planning and Housing Committee

(Under the Planning Act)

 

City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and standalone Zoning By-law pertaining to Inclusionary Zoning

 

Location of Application:

City-wide

Applicant:

City of Toronto

 

Date:

December 3, 2025

Time:

9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter

Place:

Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall and By Video Conference

 

PROPOSAL

 

Inclusionary zoning is a land use planning tool that allows municipalities to require new residential development to include affordable housing, creating mixed-income housing.  The City adopted an Inclusionary Zoning policy and implementing by-law in 2021 which required 5-10 percent of a development to be affordable housing for 99 years.

 

The purpose of this Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to Zoning By-law 569-2013 is to reference the provincial Inclusionary Zoning regulation, which caps the application of municipal Inclusionary Zoning requirements at 5 percent affordable housing for up to 25 years, clarify matters related to financial incentives and parking resulting from recent provincial decisions, and address matters related to transition. The City is also initiating a standalone Zoning By-law to apply the Inclusionary Zoning requirements to lands that are not subject to by-law 569-2013 and are still subject to former municipal zoning by-laws, provided they are located in both an Inclusionary Zoning Market Area and a Minister-approved Protected Major Transit Station Area.

 

The recommended amendments were developed to align Toronto’s Inclusionary Zoning policy and implementing zoning by-law with recent changes to Provincial requirements, support the delivery of purpose-built rental housing and support a comprehensive approach to ensure Inclusionary Zoning requirements are consistently applied across lands subject to by-law 569-2013 and lands subject to former by-laws.

 

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including the assessment report, background information and material and a copy of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment, may be obtained by contacting Christine Ono, Project Manager, City Planning at 416-392-1255, or by e‑mail at Christine.Ono@toronto.ca. Further information is also available at: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/inclusionary-zoning-policy/.

 

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: In accordance with Subsections 17(24.1.2), 17(24.1.3), 34(19.3) and 34(19.4) of the Planning Act, there is no appeal in respect of inclusionary zoning Official Plan policies or parts of a by-law that give effect to inclusionary zoning policies except an appeal made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 

 

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 12, 2025.

 

 

John D. Elvidge

City Clerk