Public Notice

Notice of Public Meeting

City of Toronto Act, 2006 Public Notice

Proposed Changes to Fees or New Fees

Proposed Changes to User Fees

Toronto City Council will be considering recommendations to pass bylaws to amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, so as to adopt new user fees. The proposed new user fees are new Ravine Bylaw Permit Application Fees for applications required under City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 658, Ravine and Natural Feature Protection, for regulated activities within designated ravine areas, including tree injury and destruction and grade alteration.

The proposed amendments would introduce a non‑refundable Ravine Bylaw permit application fee structure, with fees applied on a per‑tree basis and differentiated by application complexity, and a flat fee for standalone grade alteration applications that do not involve tree injury or destruction. City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 658, Ravine and Natural Feature Protection, would be amended to reflect the new fee requirements set out in Municipal Code Chapter 441 and to require payment of the applicable fee at the time of permit application.

The new user fees that are proposed in the February 11, 2026, report from Environment, Climate and Forestry titled Tree Bylaw Review Report and Attachment 2 attached as background documents to Item IE27.8.

In the report, the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry recommend that:

5. City of Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 658, Ravine and Natural Feature Protection, substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (February 11, 2026) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry.

6. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (February 11, 2026) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry.

9. City Council direct that the amendments to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 813, Trees, City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 658, Ravine and Natural Feature Protection, City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters 632, Property, Vacant or Hazardous, City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 918, Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks described in Parts 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively, come into force on September 1, 2026.

To obtain additional information or to ask questions about a recommended user fee change, please contact the staff person identified in the staff report.

Public Presentations

In person as well as live web conferences will be available. Connection instructions will be provided to registered participants. Meetings will be streamed live and the links to watch the livestreams will be available at toronto.ca/council.

Infrastructure and Environment Committee

Date:              Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Location:        City Hall, Committee Room 1, 2nd Floor, 100 Queen Street West. and by Video Conference

Time:              9:30 a.m.

Speak to the Committee

Register to speak to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by emailing iec@toronto.ca or calling 416-392-4666. Please register to speak before 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Registered public speakers will be provided with instructions on how to appear at the Committee meeting. The meeting will be streamed live online at toronto.ca/council.

Send your comments to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee

Attention:       Infrastructure and Environment Committee                                  

Email:            iec@toronto.ca                                   

Mail:              Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West,   

             10th floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

Any comments received after the Committee meetings will be forwarded to City Council.

Send a letter or email to Members of City Council

For contact information: Call 311 or visit toronto.ca/council

Further information

If this matter is postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a subsequent Committee meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than the information on the subsequent Committee or Council agenda.  Please contact the above noted City Official or the Program Contact noted on the list of fees if you require notice in these cases.

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee

The City of Toronto Act, 2006 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.

If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-392-4666.

Closed Meeting Requirements: If the Committee wants to meet in closed session (privately), a Committee member must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Committee has to meet privately (City of Toronto Act, 2006).

For More Information Contact

Infrastructure and Environment Committee

iec@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-392-4666

Fax: 416-392-1879