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Zoning By-law Amendment to Permit Laneway Suites in Yorkville - Final Report

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2023-03-29 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on March 29, 30 and 31, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment in Attachment 1 to the report (February 6, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

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In 2019, following an extensive study of a city-wide laneway suite strategy, City Council amended both the Official Plan and Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit laneway suites in low-rise residential zones. While City Planning staff had recommended the amendments apply to the entire city, Council directed that the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhoods be excluded from the Zoning By-law. Council further directed staff to consider permitting laneway suites within the area as part of its ongoing review of Site and Area Specific Policy 211, being the Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown Area Site and Area Specific Policy ("SASP 211").

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Since that decision, the Province of Ontario has made legislative changes to the Planning Act, through Bill 23, with respect to residential unit permissions on lots containing a detached house, semi-detached house, or rowhouse. These legislative changes advanced City Planning's consideration of laneway suites in the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhood areas now instead of following the completion of the review of Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown Area Site and Area Specific Policy in 2024. City Planning staff surveyed the laneways in the Asquith-Collier, Ramsden Park, and Yorkville neighbourhoods and found that laneway suites and the existing performance standards in Zoning By-law 569-2013 are appropriate and fit within the existing and planned area context. City Planning staff recommend that City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 to remove the location restriction for laneway suites in this area.

Staff recommended

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

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  • 2023-02-28 · Planning and Housing Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 1 to the report (February 6, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

    Clerk’s note

    The Planning and Housing Committee held a statutory public meeting on February 28, 2023, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

  • 2023-03-29 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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