NOTICE
OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAW 58-2026
(Under the Planning Act)
TAKE NOTICE that the City of Toronto passed Zoning By-law 58-2026 on February
4, 2026, with respect to permissions and performance standards for multi-tenant
houses.
An
explanation of the purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law, and the lands to
which the amendments apply, is attached. No map is included in this notice on
the basis that Zoning By-law 58-2026 applies city-wide. The amendment was
processed under file number: 21 142965 CPS 00 OZ.
A statutory
public meeting was held on December 3, 2025, and the Planning and Housing
Committee and Toronto City Council considered nine oral submissions and 16
written submissions in making the decision. Please see item 2025.PH26.3: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PH26.3.
IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND
TRIBUNAL:
Take notice
that an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect to all or part of this
Zoning By-law may be made by filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk, Attention: Raneisha Hemmings, Registrar
Secretariat, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor West, Toronto, ON, M5H
2N2, no later than 4:30 p.m. on March 5,
2026. If delivering in-person, drop off at the Registry Services Counter,
Toronto City Hall. The filing of a notice of appeal after 4:30 p.m., in person
or electronically, will be deemed to have been received the next business day.
A Notice of Appeal must:
(1) set out the reasons for the appeal; and
(2) be accompanied by the fee prescribed
under the Ontario Land Tribunal in the amount of $1,100.00 for each application
appealed payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance,
Province of Ontario.
If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the OLT website at www.olt.gov.on.ca.
Who Can File An
Appeal:
Only an applicant, a
specified person or public body as defined in the Planning Act that made
oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the Council
before the by-law was passed, the registered owner of any land to which the
by-law would apply that made oral submissions at a public meeting or written
submissions to the Council before the by-law was passed, and the Minister may
appeal the by-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
No person or public
body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the
by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public
meeting or written submissions to the Council, or in the opinion of the Ontario
Land Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as
a party.
Getting Additional Information:
A copy of
the by-law and corresponding background information may be obtained by
contacting John Duncan, Senior Planner, at 416-392-1530,
or by email at John.Duncan@toronto.ca.
Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may
result in you receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at
the City of Toronto on
February 13, 2026.
John D.
Elvidge
City Clerk
Owner: CITY
OF TORONTO
PURPOSE
AND EFFECT OF
ZONING BY-LAW 58-2026
The purpose and effect of Zoning By-law 58-2026 is to implement targeted adjustments to the definition of
multi-tenant house and associated performance standards, in response to implementation
issues identified through the first-year review of the City’s new Multi-Tenant
House Regulatory Framework. The amendments are intended to simplify the
administration of the zoning permissions, in a manner that reinforces Council’s
intent in establishing zoning permissions and licencing requirements for
multi-tenant houses.
Zoning By-law 58-2026 amends City-wide Zoning By-law
569-2013 to:
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amend the definition of “multi-tenant house” to use
the term “premises” instead of “building”;
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amend
certain regulations for multi-tenant houses so that they apply to the lot
instead of the building.
-
introduce
regulations identifying the applicable performance standards when all
or part of an existing residential building is converted to a multi-tenant
house, and for standalone multi-tenant houses that do not contain any dwelling units.
-
update accessible parking space provisions to
include a rate for dwelling rooms in a multi-tenant house, which was
unintentionally omitted during general updates to accessible parking
regulations through By-law 223-2025;
These amendments clarify and simplify administration
of the multi-tenant house regulations in situations where a single building
straddles multiple lots, such as a townhouse, where certain rental arrangements
in an apartment building could cause the entire building to be classified as a
multi-tenant house despite not operating as such, and where another residential
building type is converted to or from multi-tenant house use.
Given that the amendments listed in this Notice apply to all of the lands within the geographic boundaries of the
City of Toronto that permit residential uses, a key map has not been provided
with this notice.
Further information may be obtained by contacting John Duncan at 416-392-1530, or by email at John.Duncan@toronto.ca.