Proposed City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment pertaining to Amendments to Chapter 5 of the Official Plan respecting delegation of Minor Zoning By-laws (File Number: 23 144852 CPS 00 OZ)
23 144852 CPS 00 OZ
Planning and Housing Committee
Location of Application: City-wide
Applicant: City of Toronto (City Initiated)
DATE: July 5, 2023
TIME: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
PLACE: Committee Room 1, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West and by Video Conference
PROPOSAL - PURPOSE AND EFFECT
The City of Toronto is proposing a City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment to support implementation of Bill 109, More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022. The Planning Act provides tools to help municipalities implement their Official Plans. Bill 13, the Supporting People and Businesses Act, 2021, introduced a new section 39.2 to the Planning Act, enabling municipal councils to, by by-law, delegate the authority to pass zoning by-laws that are of a minor nature to a committee of Council or an individual who is an officer, employee or agent of the municipality. The Planning Act requires a municipality's Official Plan to include policies that specify the types of minor by-laws that may be delegated.
Chapter 5 of the Official Plan outlines a variety of tools that the City can use to implement the Plan's objectives. Section 5.1 includes policy tools available to municipalities under the Planning Act for managing growth and change. Recommended OPA 660 introduces two new policies to section 5.1 to address delegated authority for minor zoning by-laws and alternative measures for informing and obtaining the views of the public. OPA 660 specifies three minor zoning by-law types that may be delegated, including: Removal of a Holding (“H”) Symbol, Temporary Use by-law and by-laws to enact housekeeping/technical amendments.
An associated Municipal By-law Amendment is being made to Chapter 415 of the Toronto Municipal Code to delegate authority for removal of a Holding (“H”) Symbol only.
Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material and a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment may be obtained by contacting Michelle Drylie, Project Director at 416-392-3436, or by e-mail at Michelle.Drylie@toronto.ca.
A copy of City Planning's Final Report on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and associated Municipal Code Amendment will be available on the City's website at: www.toronto.ca/legdocs/agendas.html.
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Planning and Housing Committee will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the Official Plan Amendment. These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.
You are invited to make representations to the Planning and Housing Committee in person, by video conference or by telephone to make your views known regarding the proposal.
Send written comments by email to phc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.
If you want to address the committee meeting directly, please register by email to phc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579, no later than 12:00 p.m. on July 4, 2023. If you register we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the City Clerk's Office, City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee, 100 Queen Street West, 10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: phc@toronto.ca.
The Planning and Housing Committee may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.
Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-397-4579, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail phc@toronto.ca.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Given that the amendments listed in this Notice regulate the use of lands at several locations within the geographic boundaries of the City of Toronto, a key map has not been provided with this notice.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the proposed Official Plan Amendment you must make a written request to the City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
Official Plan Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal there are reasonable grounds to do so. You may submit comments to the City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
Municipal Code Amendments Appeal: There is no appeal of the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto for the Municipal Code Amendment to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
People writing or making presentations at the public meeting: The City of Toronto Act, 2006, the Planning Act, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.
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Planning and Housing Committee
phc@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-397-4579
Fax: 416-392-2980
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
M2H 2N2
Canada
John D. Elvidge, City Clerk