Public Notice

NOTICE OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAWS 1507-2025, 1508-2025 AND 1509-2025

(Under the Planning Act)

TAKE NOTICE that the City of Toronto passed Zoning By-laws 1507-2025, 1508-2025 and 1509-2025 on December 17, 2025, with respect to: (1) permitting certain small-scale retail, service and office uses on residentially-zoned properties on select major streets in neighbourhoods; (2) permitting small-scale retail stores and ancillary eating establishments on select sites in neighbourhood interiors within the Toronto and East York District; and (3) updating home occupation permissions city-wide. These Zoning By-laws form part of the City of Toronto's Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative, through the Neighbourhood Retail and Services study.

An explanation of the purpose and effect of the Zoning By-laws is attached. No map is included in this notice on the basis that Zoning By-law 1508-2025 and Zoning By-law 1509-2025 apply city-wide, while Zoning By-law 1507-2025 applies to the Toronto and East York District in its entirety.

A statutory public meeting was held on October 30, 2025, where the Planning and Housing Committee considered two hundred and sixty-eight (268) written submissions and twenty-four (24) oral submissions and Toronto City Council considered one hundred and twenty-two (122) written submissions in making the decision. Please see item PH25.3: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PH25.3. 

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 these Zoning By-laws 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 January 13, 2026. If delivering in-person, drop off at the Registry Services Counter, Toronto City Hall. The filing of notice of appeal after 4:30 p.m., in person or electronically, will be deemed to have 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 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 Zoning By-laws were passed, the registered owner of any land to which the Zoning By-laws would apply that made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council before the By-laws were adopted, and the Minister may appeal the Zoning By-laws 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

Zoning By-laws were adopted, 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 Zoning By-laws and corresponding background information are available for public inspection by contacting Michael Noble, Manager, by phone at 416-397-4816, or by e-mail at Michael.Noble@toronto.ca, or Margherita Cosentino, Senior Planner, by phone at 437-779-2357, or email at Margherita.Cosentino@toronto.ca.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
ZONING BY-LAWS 1507-2025, 1508-2025 AND 1509-2025  
 

The purpose and effect of Zoning By-laws 1507-2025, 1508-2025 and 1509-2025 is to support building complete, connected communities across Toronto by: (1) permitting certain small-scale retail, service and office uses on residentially-zoned properties on select major streets in neighbourhoods; (2) permitting small-scale retail stores and ancillary eating establishments on corner lots of identified Community Streets, as well as adjacent to schools, parks or commercial sites in neighbourhood interiors within the Toronto and East York District; and (3) updating home occupation permissions city-wide. The Zoning By-laws also minimize potential adverse impacts on neighbours by establishing clear performance standards and size limitations for these uses.

(1) Zoning By-law 1509-2025 amends the Zoning By-law to:

• Expand commercial use permissions on major streets within all Residential Zones (including the R – Residential Zone, RD – Residential Detached, RS – Residential Semi-Detached, RT – Residential Townhouse, and RM – Residential Multiple Zone);
• Apply the new commercial use permissions on major streets city-wide, with select major streets and major street segments excluded, as listed comprehensively in the By-law;
• Enable a broad range of retail, service and office uses along major streets to support the daily needs of current and future residents, including small stores, cafes, medical offices, after-school programs, cleaners, barbers and professional offices; and
• Mitigate potential negative impacts by limiting the size of new establishments to 150 square metres, or 400 square metres total across all units within an apartment building, as well as establish performance standards for matters such as storage of waste and recycling.

(2) Zoning By-law 1507-2025 amends the Zoning By-law to:

• Allow for small-scale retail stores and ancillary eating establishments on select residentially zoned sites within neighbourhood interiors, including on the corner sites of “Community Streets”, as well as sites adjacent to existing non-residential uses, such as schools and parks;
• Apply the new commercial permissions for neighbourhood interiors exclusively to the Toronto and East York District in its entirety; and
• Mitigate potential negative impacts by limiting the size of new establishments to 110 square metres, not allowing outdoor patios, restricting on-site food preparation, and establishing performance standards for matters such as the storage of waste and recycling.

(3) Zoning By-law 1508-2025 amends the Zoning By-law to:

• Apply the expanded permissions for home occupations city-wide to all zones where they are currently permitted;
• Allow a limited number of clients and employees to attend the premises of a home occupation, as well as allow home occupations to operate in an ancillary building; and
• Maintain other existing Use Specific Regulations for home occupations that mitigate potential negative impacts, including limiting the size to a maximum of 100 square metres or 25% of the dwelling unit in which the home occupation is located, whichever is lesser.