May 5, 1999
To:Emergency and Protective Services Committee
From:Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
Subject:Body Shops/Automobile Service Centres - Regulation of Hours of Operation
Purpose:
To report, as requested by Committee at its meeting of February 9, 1999, on the results of a
canvassing of the Members of Council as to specific locations of Body Shops/Automobile
Service Centres they may have within their Wards which are creating problems as a result of
their hours of operation.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
NIL
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
- should the Committee wish to recommend that the hours of operation of body shops,
automobile services centres, car washes and similar operations located within residential
zones or within 122 metres of residential zones be limited to 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(Monday to Friday inclusive) and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday), the City
Solicitor, in consultation with the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development
Services, be authorized to prepare and introduce in Council a by-law to amend Schedule 24
of By-law No. 20-85 (the Licensing By-law).
- prior to the introduction of the bill in Council, this matter be scheduled for public
deputations before the Emergency and Protective Services Committee, or any successor
committee, at its next meeting.
Background/History:
At its meeting of February 9, 1999, the Committee referred the matter of the regulation of
hours of operation for body shop/automobile service centres back to the Commissioner in
order that staff may canvass Members of Council to identify and review specific problems that
Councillors may have, to see if there are alternative solutions to address such problems.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
The request for information was circulated to the Members of Council on April 26, 1999. The
primary concerns identified relate to the parking/storage of vehicles associated with the use.
These are issues that need to be addressed through more vigorous enforcement of the on and
off street parking requirements, and the parking and storage provisions within the multitude of
zoning by-laws across the City.
Additionally, the Municipal Licensing and Standards Division is actively pursuing a
franchisor and franchisee of a major gasoline company apparently operating contrary to the
provisions of Chapter 199 of Municipal Code of the former City of Toronto.
If Committee and Council, as stated in the Report of the City Solicitor dated November 25,
1998, wishes to address the issue of hours of operation of these establishments, the most
expeditious method to achieve the objective would be to amend Schedule 24 of By-law No,
20-85 to restrict the hours of operation of the offending businesses where they directly impact
upon residential neighbourhoods.
Concurrent with the adoption of the new provisions, it would be appropriate to repeal Chapter
199 of the Municipal Code of the former City of Toronto, and By-law 112-92 of the former
Borough of East York.
Conclusion:
The net effect of the adoption of the amendments to Schedule 24 of By-law No. 20-85 and the
repeal of Chapter 199 of the Toronto Municipal Code and East York By-law 112-92 would be
to impose restrictions on the hours of operation of body shops/automobile service centres
within 122 metres of residential zones in the former municipalities of North York,
Scarborough, York, and Etobicoke where none previously existed; maintain the status quo in
the former City of Toronto; and ease the restriction within the former East York.
Contact Name:
Frank Weinstock, Manager
Policy and Transition Unit
Municipal Licensing and Standards
392-0404 (tel); 392-0677 (fax)
James Ridge
Executive Director
Municipal Licensing and Standards
