City Solicitor authorized to appeal Committee of Adjustment decision on oversized garden suite at 404 Rustic Road

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City Solicitor authorized to appeal Committee of Adjustment decision on oversized garden suite at 404 Rustic Road

Council is being asked to authorize the City Solicitor to appeal a Committee of Adjustment approval for a garden suite that exceeds zoning limits by 29.5 percent at 404 Rustic Road in Etobicoke. The City Solicitor has already filed a notice of appeal to preserve statutory rights and seeks discretion to resolve the matter at the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The appeal deadline was July 15, 2026.

not yet heardToronto City Council · Wed, Jul 29Decided elsewhere

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• The City Solicitor has already filed a notice of appeal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body prior to this authorization, preserving the City's statutory right to challenge the Committee of Adjustment decision.

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Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · not yet heard

Why is this story here?

ContainedThis authorizes an appeal of a single-site variance decision. The decision itself is bounded to one property and one garden suite. Undoing the Committee of Adjustment approval is reversible and affects only this applicant and this address. Stakes 1.Touches a narrow groupThis item affects the property owner at 404 Rustic Road and potentially the City's legal position on garden suite variances, but the matter is now in the appellate process at the Toronto Local Appeal Body. No resident in an ordinary week encounters this decision being made today. Salience 1.

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Official title: 404 Rustic Road - Request for City Solicitor to Attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body - by Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher · meeting video