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Council asked to approve exemption from Part Lot Control rules at 175 and 185 Eileen Avenue to allow 58 townhouse units
City staff is recommending that Toronto City Council exempt two properties in Etobicoke from Part Lot Control provisions of the Planning Act, clearing a legal obstacle to the development of 58 freehold townhouses. The exemption is a procedural step that, if approved, would allow the project to proceed as planned under existing zoning.
The journey
Tue, Jul 7 · Etobicoke York Community Council · adopted
Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · not yet heard
Time to act
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Residents may depute to council before the vote if they have concerns about the project or the exemption.
Why is this story here?
ContainedA Part Lot Control exemption is a genuine decision but bounded to one site. It removes a legal restriction that would otherwise apply, but the underlying zoning and permissions are already in place. A future council could reinstate Part Lot Control on these lots if the development has not commenced, so reversal is possible though unlikely in practice. This affects the orderly development of two properties, not a policy class or a structural change to municipal governance.Touches a narrow groupThe exemption itself is a technical zoning matter that touches few residents directly. The 58 townhouses proposed for the site could affect residents in the immediate neighborhood through construction and added density, but those impacts flow from the underlying zoning approval (already in place) rather than from the Part Lot Control exemption specifically. The exemption is a prerequisite for development, not the development itself, so no resident's week changes from the exemption alone.
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