Item - 2018.PG31.12
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on July 5, 2018 and was adopted without amendment.
PG31.12 - As-of-Right Zoning for Secondary Suites
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed that the proposed zoning framework be endorsed as the basis for public consultation.
2. Directed City Planning staff to hold an open house to consult with the public on the proposed zoning framework to support the creation of secondary suites.
3. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prepare a Final Recommendations Report and Zoning By-law Amendments in the second quarter of 2019.
Origin
Summary
This report presents a draft zoning framework to support the creation of secondary suites for the purpose of public consultation.
Although secondary suites have been permitted city-wide since 2000, city-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, and former municipal zoning by-laws, only permit the creation of a secondary suite five years after the primary dwelling is constructed, and do not permit secondary suites in townhouses city-wide. The draft zoning framework responds to provincial policy changes to the Planning Act and the associated proposed minister's regulation to further support the creation of second units, referred to as secondary suites in the city-wide Zoning By-law and former municipal zoning by-laws.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-117443.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pg/comm/communicationfile-85996.pdf