Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods - Garden Suites - Final Report

the permitted maximum height of a Garden Suite located a minimum of 5.0 metres from the residential building on the same lot is 6.3 metres; and b. 45-degree angular plane projected towards the rear lot line, beginning from a height of 4.0 metres is measured from a minimum distance of 5.0 metres from the rear main wall of the residential building on the same lot. 3. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment in Attachment 2 to the report (December 21, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as amended by Part 2 above. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to monitor the implementation of Official Plan Amendment 554 in Part 1 above and the Zoning By-law Amendment in Part 3 above, and to report to the Planning and Housing Committee following the earlier of two (2) years following the date the Official Plan Amendment 554 in Part 1 above, and the Zoning By-law Amendment, in Part 3 above come into full force and effect, or following the issuance of the 200th building permit for the construction of new garden suites, to review and recommend any necessary revisions to the policy, zoning, and/or other changes to improve implementation. 6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with residents associations, grassroots neighbourhood groups and other stakeholders as part of the monitoring report noted in Part 5 above. 7. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation to refuse, at the General Manager's discretion, a permit to injure or destroy a tree protected under Municipal Code Chapters 608, 658, or 813, Parks received in relation to a building permit application to construct a garden suite, and to advise the applicant to meet with City Planning and Urban Forestry staff as appropriate to consider how the location, massing and design of the proposed suite can be amended to protect the By-law protected tree in question. 8. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to monitor impacts to the City's tree canopy and growing space as a result of Garden Suite construction and to report on these matters as part of both the monitoring program noted in Part 5 above, and any other work being undertaken by City staff to understand the broader implications of infill development on the City's tree canopy. 9. City Council amend Chapter 415, Article III, 415-30, Subsection A(4) of the Municipal Code by adding the words ", or the creation of one Garden Suite" after the words "Creation of one additional dwelling unit in an existing residential building or the creation of one Laneway Suite, or the creation of one Garden Suite" so that it now reads as follows: (4) The addition of one additional dwelling unit in an existing residential building, or the addition of one Laneway Suite on a lot, or the addition of one Garden Suites on a lot, which exemption, for greater clarity, shall be given once, for the addition of only one additional dwelling unit on the lot. 10. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 519 (Infill Construction, Public Notice), Article 1, Subsection 1.1 Definitions, by adding the following subparagraph to the definition of "Infill Housing": F. the construction of a garden suite as defined in Zoning By-law 569-2013, or any successor thereto. 11. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to expand the current Affordable Housing Laneway Suites Program to include garden suites, on the same terms and conditions of laneway suites under the current program, to be funded through the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative and to be available to eligible applicants on a City-wide basis. 12. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to schedule training and information sessions for staff involved in the review and processing of Building Permit applications and Committee of Adjustment applications, for Garden Suites, as well as Committee of Adjustment Panel members, as soon as the By-law Amendment is in force and effect. 13. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to monitor and assess data on the number minor variance and building permit applications for Garden Suites received within the Ward boundaries of Beaches-East York, and include this analysis as part of the monitoring report noted in Part 5 above. 14. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to monitor any Minor Variance applications for Garden Suites required to facilitate accessible design features as part of the monitoring report in Part 5 above. 15. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report on necessary By-law amendments to facilitate accessible design features in Garden Suites, prior to the monitoring report, should staff observe situations which might warrant an earlier By-law Amendment, such as those resulting from Minor Variance applications submitted to support accessible Garden Suite designs. 16. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on the feasibility of requiring that every application for a garden suite that is approved be required to provide payment for the planting of two trees within the City of Toronto. 17. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, in consultation with the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to request that the by-law amendments in Part 2 above, be added to the scope of work to be considered by the consultant being retained as directed by City Council's direction via Item 2020.PH16.10, Laneway Suites: Fire Access Requirements. 18. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to maintain a list of information on the number and location of Building Permit applications and Committee of Adjustment applications for Garden Suites, including the number and location of related tree removal permit applications, and statistics on the size of units and number of bedrooms, beginning as soon as the By-law Amendment is in force and effect. 19. City Council request the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to inform the local Councillor of the location of Garden Suite Building Permits once they have been issued, if requested.