Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Major Streets Study - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

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The decision

2025-07-23 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on July 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to proposed modifications to Official Plan Amendment 727 and Zoning By-law Amendment 608-2024 set out in Public Attachment 3 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated July 7, 2025, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to allow the appeal of Official Plan Amendment 727 in part, and that it modify and approve Official Plan Amendment 727, as shown in Confidential Appendix B to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to dismiss the appeal of Zoning By-law 608-2024, without costs to any party. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 10, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

The vote

Adopt Item · Carried, 18-2

For (18)Alejandra Bravo, Amber Morley, Anthony Perruzza, Ausma Malik, Chris Moise, Dianne Saxe, Frances Nunziata, Gord Perks, Jamaal Myers, Jon Burnside, Josh Matlow, Lily Cheng, Mike Colle, Parthi Kandavel, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Rachel Chernos Lin, Shelley Carroll

Against (2)Stephen Holyday, Vincent Crisanti

Absent (5)Brad Bradford, James Pasternak, Michael Thompson, Nick Mantas, Olivia Chow

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As part of the City's 2022-2026 Housing Action Plan, which seeks to increase the supply of housing within complete, inclusive, and sustainable communities with critical infrastructure to support growth, City Council decided in May 2024 to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings along major streets in Neighbourhoods areas across the City. The Zoning By-law Amendment implemented these permissions as-of-right in all residential zones across Toronto, and also implemented appropriate performance standards.

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Following City Council's adoption of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, both were appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. The Ontario Land Tribunal has conducted two Case Management Conferences, and has scheduled a hearing of the appeal for five days, commencing on November 3, 2025. The City Solicitor requires further directions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing. City Council's consideration of this matter should not be deferred beyond the conclusion of the July 23 to 25, 2025 meeting of City Council, because there are significant procedural deadlines, including the exchange of witness statements, that will occur in August and September, 2025, prior to the next meeting of City Council.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor, Confidential Appendix A and Confidential Appendix B, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council

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direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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