July 7, 1998
To:East York Community Council of July 22, 1998
From:Richard Z. Tomaszewicz
Commissioner of Development Services (East York Office)
Subject:Public Notification for Cash-In-Lieu of Parking Applications
Purpose:
To respond to the East York Community Council's request from their June 24th, 1998
meeting requesting a staff report on establishing public notification procedures for
cash-in-lieu of parking applications.
Source of Funds:
The cost of notifying members of the public about cash-in-lieu of parking applications has
not been budgeted in the 1998 operating budget.
Recommendation:
That this report be received for information.
Background:
Cash-in-lieu of parking is a procedure established by the Planning Act. It allows applicants
to apply for a cash-in-lieu of parking payment when their proposed land use does not meet
the parking requirements established in the zoning by-law. This benefits the City since the
cash payments can be used to supplement funds required for the building of municipal
parking lots.
Unlike many other procedures established under the Planning Act, such as: official plan
amendments, zoning by-law amendments and committee of adjustment matters, the
Planning Act does not require municipalities to provide any notice to the public of
applications for cash-in-lieu of parking. None of the former municipalities in the new City of
Toronto provided notice to the public in the past.
Discussion:
Staff of both the Works and Emergency Services and Urban Planning and Development
Services departments are currently reviewing the existing policies and procedures with
respect to cash-in-lieu of parking applications. Staff will present the findings of this review
in a future joint report to the Urban Environment and Planning Committee. Subsequently, a
further report will be prepared recommending the policies and procedures to be established
for all of the Community Council areas of the City. We feel that it is important that a
common and consistent method of dealing with these applications should be established for
the City. This subsequent report will include a discussion of notification to the public of
cash-in-lieu applications.
Until the best practices have been adopted by Council, staff recommend that the current
practices in place in each of the former municipalities be used to process cash-in-lieu of
parking applications. Interim policies established in each Community Council are not
recommended, since they may result in confusion to staff, applicants and the public. We
expect to be able to report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on this
matter in the near future.
Conclusions:
Staff will be reporting on this matter to the Urban Environment and Development
Committee in the near future. Until that time, we recommend that the current practices used
in the former municipalities remain in place.
Contact Name:
David Oikawa,
Director of Planning (East York)
778-2049
466-9877 (fax)
doikawa@borough.eastyork.on.ca
Richard Z. Tomaszewicz
Commissioner of Development Services (East York Office)
