Item - 2012.PG18.7

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.         Directed that the draft Zoning By-law be amended to delete the prohibition on paid visitor parking in multi-residential/apartment buildings.

2.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to revise the draft City-wide Zoning By-law in accordance with the changes in Recommendation 1 above and those outlined in the report (September 27, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3.         Directed that the revised draft City-wide Zoning By-law be the subject of a Statutory Public Meeting before a special meeting of the Committee to be held in February 2013.

4.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to arrange a public meeting to discuss the matter of separation distance requirements for crematoriums as outlined in the report (September 27, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for the purpose of recommending to the Committee any changes to the City-wide Zoning By-law on this subject at the Statutory Public Meeting date.

5.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to work with United Way Toronto, the Tower Renewal Office, Toronto Public Health, Social Development Finance and Administration Division, Economic Development and Culture Division, and other key stakeholders to begin immediately to examine which Residential Apartment zones of the City would be best suited for application of the new Residential Apartment Commercial zone and report back to the Committee with these findings.

6.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director of Municipal Licensing and Standards and the City Solicitor, to prepare a further report on the matter of defining holistic type establishments and adult entertainment type uses to better distinguish between them for the purposes of regulating their location within the City.

7.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to hold a working group meeting with the Faith Communities to review the draft Zoning By-law provisions, and to discuss where, and under what conditions places of worship could be located, as well as the performance measures to govern them.

8.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report through the Official Plan Review on appropriate locations for places of worship; and that the results of the revised Official Plan policies are to be the foundation for the preparation of Zoning By-law zones and performance standards to implement the Official Plan.

9.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning's staff to attend a meeting of the University of Toronto Liaison Committee to review the concerns of the University of Toronto as it relates to the St. George (downtown) Campus.