Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the North York Community Council

(Under the Planning Act)

Request to Amend the Zoning By-law Application Number: 19 202504 NNY 18 OZ

Location of Application: 56 Finch Avenue West
Applicant: Adrian Litavski
 
Date: May 8, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge Street, North York Civic Centre and by video conference

PROPOSAL

The applications Zoning By-law proposes to amend former City of North York Zoning By-law 7625 for the property at 56 Finch Avenue West to permit an office use for the existing building.  The office use has been occurring since 2018 in contravention of the zoning by-law. The existing building footprint and gross floor area (139 square metres) remain unchanged, maintaining an overall density of 0.35 times the area of the lot. Six parking spaces in the rear yard are accessed by an existing curb cut and driveway along Kensington Avenue.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Kelly Snow, Planner, Community Planning at 416-395-7124, or by e-mail at Kelly.Snow@toronto.ca.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

North York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application.  These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.

You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN

You may send written comments by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.

You are also invited to address, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the North York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to nycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-4666, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 7, 2024. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The North York Community Council may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: Matthew Green, Administrator, North York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-4666, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: nycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-4666, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail nycc@toronto.ca.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the passing or refusal of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention:  Matthew Green, North York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

Zoning By-law 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 Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Zoning By-Law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body 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 add the person or public body as a party.

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