Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the Planning and Housing Committee

(Under the Planning Act)

City-initiated Requests to Amend Zoning By-law 569-2013

to Update Standards for Bicycle Parking, Accessible Parking, Visitor Parking and Automobile Parking

Location of Application:       City-wide
Applicant:                              City of Toronto
 
Date:                                      January 23, 2025
Time:                                      9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place:                                     Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The City of Toronto is proposing to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 to update accessible parking and bicycle parking standards. Minor modifications to aspects of the visitor parking standards are also proposed. A separate proposal to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 to allow the amount of lawful parking spaces for non-residential uses at lawfully existing buildings to be reduced is also proposed.

Amendment to Zoning By-law 569-2013 to Update Standards for Bicycle Parking, Accessible Parking and Visitor Parking

The proposed zoning by-law amendment will increase the amount of accessible parking in new developments by requiring at least 5% of automobile parking spaces to be accessible. The required proportions of accessible parking will be higher for medical offices, clinics, and residential developments in Parking Zone A. The amendment will require the accessible parking rates to be based on the number of dwelling units or gross floor area of non-residential developments to ensure a reasonable supply of accessible parking at all developments. The amendment will simplify the process of retrofitting existing parking spaces to become an accessible parking space.

The proposed zoning by-law amendment will also improve the quality of bicycle parking by introducing new requirements relating to aisle width, oversized bicycle parking, stacked and vertical racks restrictions, and access and paths to indoor bicycle parking. The amendment will provide flexibility for developments by expanding the Payment-in-lieu of Bicycle Parking program to all bicycle parking in residential development city-wide, reducing the requirements for shower and change facilities, removing the requirement for minimum three (3) short-term bicycle parking spaces for uses which have this requirement, and lowering the minimum width requirement of staggered bicycle parking spaces. The amendment will increase bicycle parking rates for education use, private school, public school, office and medical office uses as well as establish rates for residential care home, retirement home, nursing home, and student residence uses. For other uses that do not have bicycle parking requirements, a rate based on the number of automobile parking spaces will be applied.

The amendment will also reduce the visitor parking requirement for apartment buildings with 60 or fewer dwelling units on lots designated as neighbourhoods and abutting a major street, as shown on Official Plan Map 3, to one (1) visitor parking space.

Amendment to Zoning By-law 569-2013 to Update Standards for Automobile Parking

The proposed zoning by-law amendment will allow the number of lawful parking spaces for non-residential uses to be reduced. The change is proposed to enable the commercial parking levy currently being considered by the City to achieve one of its objectives, namely a reduction in the parking supply to in turn encourage people to consider other modes for their travel.

These changes may affect the approval of building permits, zoning certificates or other applications for a minor variance, a consent to sever, an amendment to a zoning by-law, an Official Plan amendment or a Minister's zoning order and any appeals of these matters, as well as outstanding appeals of Zoning By-law 569-2013.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Michael Hain, Program Manager, Transportation Planning, City Planning at 416-392-8698, or by e-mail at Michael.Hain@toronto.ca.

Further information can be found at https://www.toronto.ca/parkingreview.

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 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 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 January 22, 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 the 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 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 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 above.

Zoning By-law Amendment Appeal:  If a specified person or public body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which 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 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 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 by-law would apply is not entitled to appeal 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.

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