Authority: Urban Environment and Development Committee Report No. 11, Clause No. 7
as adopted by Council on October 1, 1998
Enacted by Council:
CITY OF TORONTO
Bill No. 667
BY-LAW No. [By-law number]
Amendment to existing planning delegation by-laws.
The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
1. By-law No. 23933 of the former City of Scarborough is amended in the following manner:
(a) section 1 is amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of Planning and Buildings; and in the event that the said Commissioner of Planning and Buildings is unable to act in such capacity, to the Acting Commissioner of Planning and Buildings; and in the event that both the Commissioner of Planning and Buildings and the Acting Commissioner of Planning and Buildings are unable to act, to the Director or Acting Director of Community Planning of the Planning and Buildings Department, as the case may be", and replacing them with the following:
"Director, Community Planning, East District, and, in the Director’s absence, to the Executive Director and Chief Planner; and, in the absence of both of them, the delegated authority may be exercised by an available Director, Community Planning"; and
(b) section 2 is amended by deleting the following words : "Commissioner of Planning and Buildings, the Acting Commissioner of Planning and Buildings, the Director of Community Planning and the Acting Director of Community Planning", and replacing them with the following words: "the Directors, Community Planning and the Executive Director and Chief Planner".
2. The authority to approve consent applications under the Planning Act, delegated to the Scarborough Commissioner of Planning and Buildings by By-law 25148 of the former City of Scarborough confirming the actions of Scarborough City Council at its meeting held on Tuesday, June 10, 1997, is hereby delegated instead to the Director, Community Planning, East District. In the Director’s absence, the delegated authority may be exercised by the Executive Director and Chief Planner, and, in the absence of both of them, the delegated authority may be exercised by an available Director, Community Planning.
3. Subsection 13 of By-law No. 32496 of the former City of North York is amended by removing the words "Planning Commissioner or her designate" and replacing them with the words "Director, Community Planning, North District, and, in the Director’s absence, the Executive Director and Chief Planner, and, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning".
4. Section 458.3.3 of City of York Municipal Code is amended by deleting the words "the Commissioner of Development Services, or in the absence of the Commissioner of Development Services, to the Director of Development Review, or in the absence of the Director of Development Review, the Director of Economic Development" and replacing them with the following words: " the Director, Community Planning, West District or, in the Director’s absence, the Executive Director and Chief Planner, and, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning".
5. Section 458.3.4 of the City of York Municipal Code is amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of Development Services" and replacing them with the words "Director, Community Planning, West District."
6. Section 165-40, subsections 165-41A and 165-41B, and subsection 165-43B of the Municipal Code of the former City of Toronto are amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of Planning and Development or, in the absence of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, the Director, Zoning and Legislation Division" and replacing them with the following: "the Director, Community Planning, South District or, in the Director’s absence, the Executive Director and Chief Planner, and, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning".
7. Subsection 165-41C, and section 165-42 of the Municipal Code for the former City of Toronto are amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of Planning and Development" and replacing them with the words "Director, Community Planning, South District".
8. Subsection 165-41C is further amended by deleting the word "Commissioner" in the third line and replacing it with the word "Director".
9. By-law No. 90-95 of the former Borough of East York is amended in the following manner:
(1) section 6.1 is amended by deleting the words "Commissioner of Development Services for the Borough of East York" and replacing them with the following words: "Director, Community Planning, East District or, in the absence of the Director, the Executive Director and Chief Planner or, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning"; and
(2) paragraph, 6.2 and 6.3 are amended by removing the words "Commissioner of Development Services" and replacing them with the words "Director, Community Planning, East District or, in the Director’s absence, the Executive Director and Chief Planner or, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning."
10. By-law No. 1997-171 of the former City of Etobicoke is amended by removing the words "Commissioner of Urban Development" wherever they appear and replacing them with the words "Director, Community Planning, West District".
11. The following section 3 is added to by-law 1997-171 of the former City of Etobicoke:
In the absence of the Director, Community Planning, West District, the Executive Director and Chief Planner is authorized to exercise all of the powers delegated to the Director by this by-law, and, in the absence of both of them, an available Director, Community Planning may exercise the delegated powers.
12. By-law 1997-171 of the former City of Etobicoke is further amended by removing the word "Commissioner’s" in section 2 and replacing it with the word "Director’s".
13. By-law No. 61-95 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto is amended in the following manner:
(1) wherever the words "Metropolitan Commissioner of Planning" or "Commissioner of Planning" appear, these words are deleted and replaced by the following words: "Executive Director and Chief Planner"; and
(2) wherever the word "Commissioner" appears it is deleted and replaced with the words "Chief Planner"; and
(3) section 6 shall be deleted, and the following new section 6 shall be added:
In the absence of the Chief Planner, the powers delegated to the Chief Planner by this by-law may be exercised by the Director, Community Planning responsible for the District in which the subject land is located, and, in the absence of both of them, the powers may be exercised by an available Director, Community Planning.
14. By-law 40-96 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto is repealed.
ENACTED AND PASSED this day of October, , A.D. 1998.
MayorCity Clerk
