Public Notice

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 to Permit Fiveplexes and Sixplexes in Detached Residential Buildings in Low-Rise Neighbourhoods City-wide (Sixplex Study)

Location of Application:    City-wide
Applicant:                            City of Toronto
 
Date:                                     June 12, 2025
Time:                                    9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place:                                   Committee Room 1, City Hall or Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

Through the Sixplex Study, the City of Toronto evaluated the potential of expanding existing multiplex permissions to allow multiplexes with up to six dwelling units and with heights of up to four storeys on properties in low-rise neighbourhoods city-wide.

The City of Toronto proposes to amend the Official Plan and City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit fiveplexes and sixplexes in detached residential buildings in low-rise neighbourhoods city-wide.

The City-initiated Official Plan Amendment (OPA) would expand existing multiplex policy to permit the development of fiveplexes and sixplexes in detached homes on properties designated Neighbourhoods city-wide. The OPA would streamline multiple existing multiplex policies into a single set of policies guiding multiplex development city-wide.

City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 would be amended to:

• Allow multiplexes with up to six units in detached residential buildings in the R, RD, RS, RT, and RM zones, subject to standards related to height, setbacks, and building depth, among others; and
• Change the definition of an “apartment building” to mean a building with seven or more dwelling units.
   

These amendments will be considered at the same meeting as amendments proposed by the Multiplex Monitoring Program to improve implementation and facilitate multiplex construction.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Kasia Kmiec at 416-392-0674 or by e-mail at Kasia.Kmiec@toronto.ca and Brooke Marshall at 416-397-4075 or by email at Brooke.Marshall@toronto.ca. 

Further information can be found at www.toronto.ca/multiplex. 

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 application. 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 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 June 11, 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 proposed Official Plan Amendment and 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 in this notice.

Official Plan and 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 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 City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/. 

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