Public Notice

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AN OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 17(23) AND 26(1) OF THE PLANNING ACT

TAKE NOTICE that the City of Toronto adopted Official Plan Amendment 923 on July 30, 2026, by By-law 984-2026, with respect to delineating a Protected Major Transit Station Area – Mount Dennis Station as Site and Area Specific Policy 671 (SASP 671) for Ministerial approval. 

OPA 923 amends the Toronto Official Plan by adding Site and Area Specific Policy 671 for Mount Dennis Station to Chapter 8 of the Official Plan. 

The purpose and effect of Official Plan Amendment 923 is to:

• Delineate the boundaries of Mount Dennis Station protected major transit station area;
• Set the minimum number of residents and jobs per hectare that are planned for the protected major transit station area; 
• Identify the authorized use of land; and
• Establish minimum densities as floor space indices that new development in the transit station area will be required to meet.

Council has resolved that this Official Plan Amendment is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement (2024), in conformity with the Greenbelt Plan (2017), and has regard to matters of provincial interest under Section 2 of the Planning Act. The Official Plan Amendment will be submitted to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval pursuant to Sections 16(18), 17(22) and 26 of the Planning Act. 

Pursuant to subsection 17(16) of the Planning Act, a statutory open house was held on June 22, 2026, during which the public was given an opportunity to review and ask questions of City staff about information and material made available under subsection 17(15)(c) of the Planning Act, including the proposed Official Plan Amendment.

A statutory special public meeting was held on July 7, 2026 and the Etobicoke York Community Council and Toronto City Council considered no oral and one written submission in making the decision.  Please see item EY33.6 at https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EY33.6.

Detailed information regarding the Official Plan Amendment may be obtained by contacting Rory McNeil, at 416-394-5683 or by e?mail at Rory.McNeil@Toronto.ca The By-law and Official Plan Amendment is also available at: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EY33.6.

The Official Plan Amendment will be submitted for Ministerial approval to Tammy Chung, Manager, Community Planning and Development, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, 777 Bay St, 16th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2J3, Tammy.Chung@ontario.ca.

Any person or public body is entitled to receive notice of the decision of the approval authority, which is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, if a written request to be notified of the decision (including the person's or public body's address) is made to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing at the address provided. The Decision of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on the proposed Official Plan Amendments are not appealable to the Ontario Land Tribunal, pursuant to subsections 17(36.5) and 21(3) of the Planning Act.

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