Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by Planning and Housing Committee

(Under the Planning Act)

Proposed City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment pertaining to changes and additions to information and materials under Schedule 3: Application Requirements and new Policy in Section 3.1.6, Heritage Conservation of the Official Plan

Application Number: 20 24115886 STE 10 OZ

Location of Application: City-wide
Applicant: City-initiated
 
DATE: May 9, 2024
TIME: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
PLACE: Committee Room 1, City Hall, and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The City of Toronto is recommending a City-initiated Official Plan Amendment (OPA 720) to update application requirements. The City is recommending updates and additions to Schedule 3: Application Requirements and Section 3.1.6, Heritage Conservation. The purpose of amendments to Schedule 3: Application Requirements is to:

• clarify the intent of the Official Plan by updating, streamlining, consolidating or separating existing application requirements;
• reflect new requirements due to changes in legislation or policy;
• ensure consistency with the City’s Application Support Material: Terms of Reference; and
• support the City's ability to meet legislated timelines for decision-making and approval. 

The purpose of amendments to Section 3.1.6 of the Official Plan are to add a policy to support the addition of a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report requirement in Schedule 3: Application Requirements. The Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report requirement:

• supports the identification of properties with cultural heritage value as early as possible in a development application process;
• provides opportunity for community input in identifying cultural heritage value;
• provides opportunity for dialogue and efficiencies when advancing designation and understanding of cultural heritage value; and
• supports the City's ability to meet legislated timelines for decision-making and approval.

The recommended OPA 720 will assist the City in implementing Official Plan policy through the development review process. OPA 720 is consistent with, conforms to and does not conflict with the Provincial Policy Statement and Growth Plan (2020).

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material and a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment may be obtained by contacting Michelle Drylie, Project Director at 416-392-3436, or by e-mail at Michelle.Drylie@toronto.ca. 

A copy of City Planning's Final Report on the proposed Official Plan Amendment will be available on the City's website at: www.toronto.ca/legdocs/agendas.html. 

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 Official Plan Amendment. 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 are invited to make representations to the Planning and Housing Committee, in person, by video conference or by telephone to make your views known regarding the proposal.

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.

If you want to address the committee meeting directly, please register by email to phc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 8, 2024.  If you register we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the City Clerk's Office, City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and  Housing Committee, 100 Queen Street West, 10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: phc@toronto.ca. 

The Planning and Housing Committee may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

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 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 Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body 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 refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal there are reasonable grounds to do so. You may submit comments 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.

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.

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