PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
AGENDA
MEETING No. 5
Date of Meeting: November 1, 1999
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Committee Room 1, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West
Enquiry: Christine Archibald, Administrator, 392-7039, carchiba@toronto.ca
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 4, 1999 - ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO ALL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
DEPUTATIONS - LIST TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT MEETING.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.
1. 10:00 a.m. NEW PRACTICES FOR THE REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
Note: October 4, 1999 meeting - the Planning and Transportation Committee deferred the following report (June 25,
1999) from the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services to this meeting, and requested that
motions tabled by Councillor Moscoe be brought forward. See 1(A)
July 12, 1999 meeting - the Planning and Transportation Committee adopted Recommendation (1) of the following report
and the responses from Community Council are included as items 1(D) to 1(I)
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services
(June 25, 1999)
Recommending that:
(1) this report be referred to the Community Councils for review and comment to the Planning and Transportation
Committee for its October 4, 1999 meeting;
(2) Council endorse the following principles as the foundation for new practices in City Planning:
(i) delegation of authority to staff, as permitted by statute, to approve applications for site plan control approval, various
classes of consents, draft condominium approval (except for conversion of rental housing) and authority to execute, amend
and release site plan agreements on behalf of the City;
(ii) a case management system which provides for a continuity of planning staff assignment from the beginning to the
completion of any project;
(iii) a one-window review and comment process which is streamlined to the essential agencies and which establishes time
frames for responses;
(iv) use of preliminary evaluation reports, for applications to amend the official plan or zoning by-law, to identify issues,
set up a community consultation process and to establish a target for delivery of a final recommendation report and
statutory public meeting;
(v) provision for roundtable meetings between applicants and empowered staff from City departments to identify issues,
technical studies needed and other relevant matters early in the review process;
(vi) use of plain language and common formats in reports to Council, notices to the public and agreements related to
development approvals;
(vii) use of informal and formal dispute resolution throughout the approval process to avoid appeals and referrals to the
Ontario Municipal Board.
(3) the City Solicitor be directed to prepare by-laws for presentation to and approval by City Council as follows:
(i) to delegate authority to approve applications for site plan control approval to the Chief Planner or delegate(s), subject to
a provision for the Ward Councillor(s) to request a "bump-up" to City Council for approval;
(ii) to establish areas of site plan control on a consistent basis across the City, establishing appropriate thresholds defining
the intensity of development or redevelopment which would require the submission of an application for site plan approval
as detailed in this report;
(iii) to delegate authority to grant draft condominium approvals except for applications involving the conversion of rental
housing, and exemptions from draft approval as appropriate, to the Chief Planner or delegate(s);
(iv) to delegate approval authority for the creation of new lots by consent to the Committee of Adjustment as permitted
under Section 54 of the Planning Act;
(v) to delegate approval authority for all consents, other than the creation of new lots, to the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Committee of Adjustment or delegate(s) in accordance with Section 54(2) of the Planning Act;
(vi) to delegate authority to execute, amend and release agreements as required, to the Chief Planner or delegate(s).
(4) the City Solicitor be authorized and directed to prepare and present for Council approval, standard form agreements as
required and authorized by the Planning Act and any other statutes to replace standard form agreements currently in use;
(5) Council request the Province of Ontario to amend the Planning Act to delete the requirements for a public meeting in
conjunction with plans of subdivision;
(6) staff be authorized to accept certificates of completion from Provincially registered professionals as proof of
compliance with City requirements and Provincial statutes with regard to site plan approval and condominium registration.
(7) staff be directed to bring forward any amendments to the Official Plans of the former municipalities required to
implement the findings of this report;
(8) staff be directed to bring forward a report to the Planning and Transportation Committee recommending a new structure
for the Committee(s) of Adjustment;
(9) staff be directed to bring forward a report to the Planning and Transportation Committee recommending new practices
for harmonizing the Committee of Adjustment function; and
(10) staff in the Urban Planning and Development Services Department, Corporate Services Department, Economic
Development Culture and Tourism Department; and
(11) Works and Emergency Services Department, be authorized to undertake necessary actions to give effect to these recommendations.
(A) City Clerk
(October 19, 1999)
Forwarding motions tabled by Councillor Moscoe at Planning and Transportation Committee's October 4, 1999 meeting.
(B) Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 19, 1999)
Providing the Committee with the City Planning Division's response to the recommendations from the Community
Councils on the New Practices report and recommending that the Committee support the City Planning Division's
responses as set out in this report.
(C) Councillor John Filion
(July 30, 1999)
Forwarding suggested amendments to the Planning Process together with a brief rationale for each.
(D) City Clerk, Scarborough Community Council
(September 17, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the Scarborough Community Council taken at its meeting on September 14, 1999,
andrecommending that::
(1) the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to:
(i) send by First Class Mail, notification of planning applications to tenants and owners within 400 feet of an application;
and
(ii) send by Third Class Mail, at the applicant's expense, notification of planning applications to tenants and owners beyond
the 400 foot boundary, as may be determined by the local Community Council;
(2) site inspections on Site Plan Applications be continued in the East District, as previously carried out by the former City
of Scarborough, and that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to continue to review
internal operations to provide this service City-wide;
(3) telecommunications equipment not be exempted from the Site Plan Control process; and
(4) Recommendation No. (6) in the report of the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be amended
to read as follows:
"(6) staff be authorized to accept, as an alternative where site inspection resources are limited, certificates of completion
from Provincially registered professionals as proof of compliance with City requirements and Provincial statutes with
regard to site plan approval and condominium registration;".
(E) City Clerk, Toronto Community Council
(September 20, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by Toronto Community Council at its meeting on September 14, 1999, and recommending that
Recommendation Nos. 2-10 of the report (June 25, 1999) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development
Services be adopted.
(F) City Clerk, York Community Council
(September 20, 1999)
Forwarding the action taken by the York Community Council at its meeting on September 14, 1999, and recommending
that:
(1) with respect to the process for community consultation, that the community meetings be chaired alternately by the Ward
Councillors if the process is implemented during this current term of Council;
(2) the Ward Councillor be responsible for chairing the community meetings, during the next term of Council; and
(3) regarding the Proposed Site Plan Approval Process, the Ward Councillors notify planning staff of their absences or
unavailability, to allow the Councillors to submit comments on their return and to "bump-up" the issue to the Community
Council, if necessary.
The York Community Council also:
(a) requested the Ward Councillors to submit their individual comments to the Planning and Transportation Committee for
consideration at its October 4, 1999 meeting; and
(b) held a public meeting regarding this matter.
(G) City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council
(September 16, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the Etobicoke Community Council at its meeting on September 14, 1999, and
recommendingthat:
(1) Members of Council continue to chair community meetings and that staff of Urban Planning and Development Services
only do so if requested by the local Councillor(s); and
(2) the notification to Ward Councillors of site plan approval applications contain a 'response box' for completion by
Councillors requesting a "bump-up".
The Etobicoke Community Council also requested the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services
to submit a report to the meeting of the Planning and Transportation Committee on October 4, 1999, clarifying the
statement regarding the recovery of costs from the Councillor's budget if a request is made to exceed the requirements of
the Act with respect to the area of notice for community and public meetings.
(H) City Clerk, North York Community Council
(October 18, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by North York Community Council at its meeting on October 12, 1999 and recommending that:
(1) the report (June 25, 1999) from the Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, be adopted subject to
the following amendments:
(a) amending Recommendation 2(i) by adding at the end thereof the words:
"but only after consultation with Councillor(s) in accordance with practices presently in use in the former City of North
York;"
so as to read:
"2 (i) delegation of authority to staff, as permitted by statute, to approve applications for site plan control approval, various
classes of consents, draft condominium approval (except for
conversion of rental housing) and authority to execute, amend and release site plan agreements on behalf of the City but
only after consultation with Councillor(s) in accordance with practices presently in use in the former City of North York;"
and
(b) amending Recommendation 2(ii) by adding at the end thereof the words:
"and that the planner in charge of a project have available specific expertise that may be required, in particular urban
planning design and landscape resources;"
so as to read:
"2 (ii) a case management system which provides for a continuity of planning staff assignment from the beginning to the
completion of any project and that the planner in charge of a project have available specific expertise that may be required,
in particular urban planning design and landscape planning resources;"
(c) adding the additional recommendation:
"2 (viii) prior to preliminary reports being written, Councillors be given the opportunity to hold a community meeting if
they so require so that the planners have the benefit of community input at an early stage before preliminary evaluation;"
(d) amending Recommendation 3(ii) by deleting the words "intensity of" and replacing with the words "criteria to be
applied to", so as to read:
"3 (ii) to establish areas of site plan control on a consistent basis across the City, establishing appropriate thresholds
defining the criteria to be applied to development or redevelopment which would require the submission of an application
for site plan approval as detailed in this report;"
(e) amending Recommendation 3(vi) by adding the words "after consultation with local Councillor(s);" so as to read:
"3 (vi) to delegate authority to execute, amend and release agreements, as required, to the Chief Planner or delegate(s) after
consultation with local Councillor(s);"
(f) adding the following Recommendations:
"(11) that all studies related to a project over a certain threshold be commissioned by the City of Toronto at the expense of
the applicant and that staff be requested to report further on a suitable threshold;
(12) that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, be requested to report further on a policy that
would require the removal of signage related to planning practices at the specific steps in the planning process;
(13) that pre-application meetings include Councillors, or their staff, if they so request;
(14) that Councillors be immediately notified upon receipt of an application;
(15) that informal consultation meetings be held with the community prior to a preliminary evaluation report;
(16) that notification of planning applications be sent to persons in the area including residential and business tenants and
property owners;
(17) that all telecommunication applications be forwarded to the Telecommunications Steering Committee for direction;
(18) that industrial applications be exempt, unless requested by the Ward Councillor(s);
(19) that the following not be exempted:
townhouses;
additions to commercial parking lots;
school portables; and
telecommunication equipment;
(20) preliminary evaluation reports not include staff comments which may prejudice the final staff recommendation;
(21) Members of Council continue to chair planning community meetings, and planning staff chair these meetings only if
requested by the Ward Councillor(s); and
(22) certificates of inspection be commissioned by Urban Planning and Development Services and paid for by the
applicant.";
(g) That Appendix 3, entitled, "Site Plan Approvals" attached to the report (June 25, 1999) from the Commissioner of
Urban Planning and Development Services, be amended as follows:
(i) the deletion of the words, "unless located on a designated "Main Street" and have a lot frontage no more than 12.5m" in
Table 2 (page 17), entitled, "Proposed Exemption", relating to New Development: Institutional, Commercial, Office,
Mixed Use, so that it now reads: "Proposed Exemption" - "subject to Site Plan Approval"
(ii) the deletion of the words, "in the Port District" in Table 2 (page 18), entitled, "Proposed Exemption" relating to New
Development: Industrial, so that it now reads: "Proposed Exemption" - "All Industrial exempt unless: adjacent to or
opposite a residential use; adjacent to a school, park, arterial road or highway; adjacent to a ravine; or recycling".
(iii) the deletion of the words, "All exempt unless located adjacent to a substandard lane or in or within 10m of a ravine" in
Table 2 (page 19) entitled, "Proposed Exemption" relating to New Development: Residential - singles, semis, duplexes,
fourplexes, semi-detached, triplexes and fourplexes", so that it now reads "Proposed Exemption" - "single-family &
semi-detached lots created by consent and lots which are in the Valley Impact Zone (V.I.Z.) and special policy area lots, all
subject to Site Plan Approval."
(iv) the deletion of the words, "The lesser of 600m2 or 20% of existing g.f.a. are exempt" in Table 2 (page 19) , entitled,
"Proposed Exemption" relating to Apartment Additions", so that it now reads "All subject to Site Plan Approval".
(v) deletion of the words, "Exempt", in Table 2 (page 22), entitled, "Proposed Exemption" relating to "Replacement,
Reconstruction and Compliance Development" so that it now reads, "Subject to Site Plan Approval if increasing the Gross
Floor Area."
(h) that "preliminary evaluation reports" be called "preliminary assessment reports";
(i) adding the recommendations embodied in the communication (October 12, 1999) from Mr. George Belza, save and
except those recommendations which overlap with Recommendations (1) (a); (1)(b);(1)(d); and (1)(e) referred to above;
(j) amending the bolded portion of Recommendation (9) embodied in the communication (October 12, 1999) from Mr.
George Belza so that it now reads as follows:
"where an applicant appeals an Official Plan Amendment or rezoning application prior to the required statutory public
meeting, staff shall process the application in a manner which provides Community Council with a sufficient range of
options so as to minimize the risk of prejudicing Council's position before the Ontario Municipal Board."
(k) adding a further recommendation to read as follows:
"that an expanded notice radius for community and statutory public meetings and associated costs be determined in
consultation with the Ward Councillors."
(I) City Clerk, East York Community Council
(September 20, 1999)
Forwarding the action taken by the East York Community Council at its meeting on September 14, 1999,
andrecommending that consideration of this matter be deferred until such time as the report from the Acting
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services with respect to the organizational structure for the new
Committee of Adjustment is considered.
(J) Anne Dubas, President, Local 79
(October 1, 1999)
Requesting deferral of consideration of the Commissioner's report until City staff have fully complied with the provisions
of the Collective Agreement.
(K) Peter Gabor, Chair, The Toronto Board of Trade
(October 4, 1999)
Supporting a one-window approach and the use of a case management system to ensure that an application moves
smoothly through the process.
2. 2:00 P.M. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT
PRESENTATION
Note: September 13, 1999 meeting - the Planning and Transportation Committee deferred Recommendations (2) - (6) of
the following report and motions placed by Councillor McConnell to Community Councils for comment - see items 2(B) to
2(G).
Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services
(August 26, 1999)
Recommending an organizational structure for a new city-wide Committee of Adjustment, as requested by City Council
prior to proceeding with the nomination process and subsequent appointments, advising that the City Solicitor will submit
the draft enabling by-law which is required by the Planning Act, and recommending that:
(1) this report be referred to the Community Councils for review and comment to the Planning and Transportation
Committee for its November 1, 1999 meeting;
(2) Council approve the following structure for the new Committee of Adjustment for the City of Toronto:
(i) the Committee operate as four District Panels corresponding with the four geographic Districts through which City
Planning services are delivered;
(ii) the Committee comprise a total of 22 members assigned and nominated as follows:
North District: 5 members all nominated by North York Community Council;
South District: 7 members all nominated by Toronto Community Council;
East District: 5 members 2 nominated by East York Community Council; and
3 nominated by Scarborough Community Council;
West District: 5 members 2 nominated by York Community Council; and
3 nominated by Etobicoke Community Council;
(iii) the Committee appoint a city-wide Chair, to provide leadership for the Committee and each Panel appoint a District
Chair to guide the process at the local level;
(iv) each Hearing be conducted by three of the respective District Panel members, the sitting members to be assigned on a
rotational basis;
(v) each Committee Hearing be held during regular business hours; and
(vi) the Committee's four District Panels conduct Hearings in the following four locations: Toronto City Hall and the North
York, Scarborough and Etobicoke civic centres;
(3) the City Solicitor be requested to prepare a by-law for presentation to and approval by City Council to constitute one
Committee of Adjustment for the City of Toronto and to delegate approval authority to hear applications for minor
variance/permission and for the creation of new lots by consent, as permitted by the Planning Act;
(4) City Council direct the City Clerk's Division, Corporate Services Department to commence the process for nominations
by the Community Councils;
(5) the Committee of Adjustment, when constituted, be requested to appoint the City Planning Executive Director/Chief
Planner or delegate(s) as its Secretary-Treasurer; and
(6) the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services submit a report to City Council, at the
beginning of its next term, evaluating the new Committee of Adjustment's organizational structure.
(A) Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(September 24, 1999)
Reporting further as requested by the Committee and recommending that the August 26, 1999 Report entitled
"Organizational Structure for the new Committee of Adustment (All Wards)" be adopted.
(B) City Clerk, East York Community Council
(October 14, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the East York Community Council at its meeting on October 12, 1999, which
unanimouslyrecommended that the report (August 26, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and
Development Services be adopted, subject to the following amendments:
(1) amending Recommendation (2)(i) to read as follows:
"(2)(i) the Committee operate as six District Panels corresponding with the six geographic districts of the Community
Councils;"
(2) amending Recommendation (2)(ii) to read as follows:
"(2)(ii) the Committee comprise a total of 34 members assigned and nominated as follows:
North York District: 5 members all nominated by North York Community Council;
Toronto District: 9 members all nominated by Toronto Community Council
East York District: 5 members all nominated by East York Community Council;
Scarborough District: 5 members all nominated by Scarborough
Community Council;
York District: 5 members all nominated by York Community
Council; and
Etobicoke District: 5 members all nominated by Etobicoke Community Council;";
(3) amending Recommendation No. (2)(v) to read as follows:
"(2)(v) each Committee Hearing be held in the evening; and";
(4) amending Recommendation No. (2)(vi) to read as follows:
"(2)(vi) the Committee's six District Panels conduct Hearings in the following six locations: Toronto City Hall and the East
York, North York, York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough Civic Centres;";
(5) amending Recommendation No. (6) by adding at the end thereof "in line with the Community Councils', so that such
Recommendation shall now read as follows:
"(6) the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services submit a report to City Council, at the
beginning of its next term, evaluating the new Committee of Adjustment's organizational structure in line with the
Community Councils;"; and
(6) notwithstanding Recommendation No. (3) above, any Committee of Adjustment hearings which are held at the East
York Civic Centre be held in the evening.
(C) City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council
(October 14, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the Etobicoke Community Council at its
meeting on October 13, 1999, which recommended that:
(1) parts (ii) and (iv) of Recommendation No. (2) embodied in the report (August 26, 1999) from the Acitng
Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, be amended as follows:
"(2)(ii) to provide that the Committee be comprised of a total of 30 members as proposed by the Planning and
Transportation Committee on September 13, 1999; and that the assignment for the West District be amended as follows:
"West District: 7 members - 4 nominated by Etobicoke Community Council;
- 3 nominated by York Community Council; and
(2)(iv) to provide that each Hearing be conducted by 5 of the respective District panel members, the sitting members to be
assigned on a rotational basis; and
(2) the Committee recommend to the Mayor's Task Force on Agencies, Boards and Commissions, that the honoraria paid
to members be on the basis of per Hearing attended as opposed to an annual honoraria.
(D) City Clerk, Scarborough Community Council
(October 13, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the Scarborough Community Council at its meeting on October 12,
1999,whichrecommendedthat:
(1) the composition of the East District Panel be 6 members, composed as follows:
- 2 from East York; and
- 4 from Scarborough;
with a review of the East District Panel composition to take place during the first year of the next term of Council;
(2) the City Solicitor be requested to report to the Planning and Transportation Committee on the appeal process timelines,
taking into consideration the new composition of the Committee of Adjustment; and
(3) the City Solicitor and the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to report to
the Planning and Transportation committee on a procedure for requesting the Province to enact special legislation to
exempt the City of Toronto from the appeal process respecting Committee of Adjustment decisions.
Scarborough Community Council advises that it does not support the following Recommendations contained in the report
of the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services;
(a) Recommendation No. (2)(iv):
"each Hearing be conducted by three of the respective District Panel members, the sitting members to be assigned on a
rotational basis;"
as it applies to the East District Panel; and
(b) Recommendation No. (2)(v):
"each Committee Hearing be held during regular business hours."
(E) City Clerk, Toronto Community Council
(October 20, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by Toronto Community Council at its meeting on October 12, 1999, which recommended that:
(1) the Committee of Adjustment meetings be held in the evening in the South District;
(2) the panels for the North, East and West Districts determine the times of the Committee of Adjustment meetings in their
areas;
(3) the member of the South District Committee of Adjustment panel be increased to 9; and
(4) the honoraria for members of the Committee of Adjustment reflect the present scale of the larger former municipalities.
The Toronto Community Council reported, for the information of the Planning and Transportation Committee having
requested:
(1) the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to report to the Planning and Transportation
Committee, for its meeting to be held on November 1, 1999 on:
(a) the provision of adequate staff resources necessary to evaluate Committee of Adjustment applications before they are
heard;
(b) the adoption of a process by the Committee of Adjustment that would automatically grant an adjournment and an
evening hearing once for each application, should the Ward Councillor or the applicant request such an evening hearing;
(c) holding hearings in local communities on controversial matters (ie. matters that are likely to involve a number of
witnesses);
(d) amending the criteria for appointments by:
(i) replacing the word, "broad" with the word, "demonstrated", and adding the word, "typical" before the words, "planning
issues", so that the additional second criterion would read:
"Any person applying for appointment shall have a demonstrated awareness of the range of community concerns and
typical planning issues in the District for which s/he is a Panel candidate."
(ii) adding a third additional criterion to read:
"Any person applying for appointment shall have demonstrated verbal and written skills as required for applicants for the
Toronto Licensing Tribunal."
(2) the Chief Administrative Officer to submit the previously requested report for per diems and honoraria for citizen
members of Agencies, Boards and Commissions, before the end of 1999.
(F) City Clerk, York Community Council
(October 18, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by York Scarborough Community Council at its meeting on October 12,
1999,whichrecommended that:
(1) the Panel for the West District consist of:
- 5 members all nominated by York Community Council; and
- 5 members all nominated by Etobicoke Community Council;
(2) the Committee of Adjustment Hearings for the West District be held in the evenings at the respective York and
Etobicoke Civic Centre locations in the interest of accessibility and convenience to applicants and members of the
community;
(3) the current fees charged by Committee of Adjustment be either maintained or lowered so as to provide a stimulus for
renovations and re-development;
(4) the requirement that all panelists conduct site visits with respect to assessing applications be continued;
(5) that the Nominating Committee's role regarding the interviewing of candidates for Committee of Adjustment panels be
delegated to the Community Councils to:
(a) interview only candidates to be nominated as panelists for the Committee of Adjustment in their respective geographic
districts;
(b) submit recommendations to City Council with respect to these appointments;
(6) the organizational structure for the Committee of Adjustment and its District Panels be re-visited after the matter
relating to the structure of Community Councils is dealt with; and
(7) the Committee of Adjustment structure follow the principle of a Committee of Adjustment panel for each Community
Council area.
(G) City Clerk, North York Community Council
(October 18, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by North York Community Council at its meeting on October 12, 1999, which recommended:
(1) that the report (August 26, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be
adopted, subject to the following amendments:
(a) Recommendation (2) (iii) be amended by deleting the words, "the Committee appoint a city-wide Chair to provide
leadership for the Committee" and in inserting in lieu thereof, the following words, "that there be a total of four District
Chairs and" so that the recommendation now reads:
"(2) (iii) That there be a total of four District Chairs and each panel appoint a District Chair to guide the process at the local
level."
(b) Recommendation (2) (iv) be amended by deleting the words, "by three of the respective District members, the sitting
members to be assigned on a rotational basis" so that the recommendation now reads:
"(2) (iv) each Hearing be conducted by the following District Panel Members:
North District: Five permanent District Panel Members, three of which shall constitute a quorum.
East District: Five permanent District Panel Members, three of which shall constitute a quorum.
West District: Five permanent District Panel Members, three of which shall constitute a quorum.
South District: Seven District Panel Members. the sitting members to be assigned on a rotational basis."
(c) Recommendation (5) be amended by deleting the words, "the City Planning Executive Director/Chief Planner or
delegate(s) as its Secretary-Treasurer" and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words, "a total of four
Secretary-Treasurers, being one for the South District, one for the North District; one for the East District and one for the
West District" so that the recommendation now reads:
"(5) the Committee of Adjustment, when constituted, be requested to appoint a total of four Secretary-Treasurers, being one
for the South District, one for the North District; one for the East District and one for the West District."
(d) adding a further recommendation (6) to read as follows:
(6) City Council extend, for the remainder of this Council term or until successors are appointed, the terms of appointment
of the present members of the Committee of Adjustment for the former City of North York;
(e) the second "Basic Qualification for Appointment to the Committee of Adjustment" contained in Appendix 3 of the
report (August 26, 1999) from the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be amended by
deleting the words "and/or municipal property taxpayer in", so as to read:
"Any person applying for appointment shall be, and must maintain status throughout their term of office as:
- a resident of the City of Toronto
- a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant
- at least 18 years of age";
3. HARMONIZATION OF THE SIGN BY-LAWS
City Clerk
(October 12, 1999)
Forwarding Clause 24 of Report No. 8 of the North York Community Council headed "Other Items Considered by the
Community Council", and advising that City Council, on September 28 and 29, 1999, notwithstanding subsection 127(5)
of the Council Procedural By-law, referred Item (h), entitled "Harmonization of Sign By-law" to the Community Councils
for further consideration and report thereon to the Planning and Transportation Committee for its meeting to be held on
November 1, 1999.
(A) Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 18, 1999)
Reporting on the harmonization process for the sign by-law and recommending that this report be received for information.
(B) City Clerk, Scarborough Community Council
(October 13, 1999)
Advising that Scarborough Community Council, at its meeting on October 12, 1999:
(1) requested that the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, report directly to Planning and
Transportation Committee, at its meeting scheduled to be held on November 1, 1999, on the changes to the Scarborough
Sign By-law which are proposed to be incorporated into the City-wide Sign By-law;
(2) directed that the Planning and Transportation Committee be advised that the Scarborough Community Council is
opposed to the harmonization of the Sign By-laws of the former municipalities, pending further detailed comment from the
Community Councils;
(3) requested that the Manager, Sign Section, East District, provide a presentation to the meeting of the Community
Council scheduled to be held on November 9, 1999, respecting the Scarborough Sign By-law and all issues surrounding
harmonization; and
(4) reaffirmed its position taken at its April 13, 1999, meeting that the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and
Development Services, "be requested to report to Scarborough Community Council, at the appropriate time, on the matter
of harmonization of the Sign By-laws and department fees across the new City of Toronto."
(C) City Clerk, East York Community Council
(October 14, 1999)
Forwarding action taken by the East York Community Council at its meeting on October 12,
1999,whichrecommendedthat the Planning and Transportation Committee defer consideration of this matter until the East
York Community Council has had sufficient time to consider background information requested from the Acting
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and advising that the aforementioned communication
(October 12, 1999) from the City Clerk was referred to the Acting Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development
Services with a request that he submit a report thereon to the next meeting of the Community Council to be held on
November 9, 1999, such report to provide background information.
(D) City Clerk, Toronto Community Council
(October 20, 1999)
Advising that the Toronto Community Council, at its meeting on October 12, 1999, received this matter.
(E) City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council
(October 14, 1999)
Advising that Etobicoke Community Council, at its meeting held on October 13, 1999, concurred in the action contained
in Item (h), entitled "Harmonization of Sign By-law", embodied in Clause No. 24 of Report No. 8 of The North York
Community Council, headed "Other items Considered by the Community Council".
(F) City Clerk, North York Community Council
(October 18, 1999)
Reporting that the North York Community Council has deferred consideration of the communication (October 12, 1999)
addressed to all community Councils to its next meeting scheduled for November 9, 1999; and requested the Planning and
Transportation Committee to defer consideration of this matter, which is expected to be considered by the Planning and
Transportation Committee on November 1, 1999, in order to allow the North York Community Council an opportunity to
forward its comments and/or recommendations regarding this issue.
4. APARTMENT BUILDING AUDIT, 2737 AND 2757 KIPLING AVENUE (REXDALE-THISTLETOWN -
WARD 5)
City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council
(September 21, 1999)
Directing that the report (August 17, 1999) from the Acting Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards Division, headed
"Apartment Building Audit, 2737 and 2757 Kipling Avenue (Rexdale-Thistletown)", be forwarding to the Planning and
Transportation Committee, for information.
5. FEES FOR AMBASSADOR CLASS TAXICAB LICENCES
Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 18, 1999)
Reporting on establishing fees for the Ambassador Class Taxicab licences to December 31, 2000 and recommendingthat:
(1) Council approve an initial license fee of $775.00 for an Ambassador Class Taxicab license; and
(2) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
6. A PROPOSAL TO GENERATE A STOCK OF HOUSING FOR SOCIAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
PURPOSES
Councillor Moscoe
(October 12, 1999)
Recommending that the Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with the Chief
Executive Officer, the Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services and the City Solicitor report to the
Planning and Transportation Committee on a plan to encourage the development of affordable housing as outlined in the
communication (October 12, 1999).
7. LICENCE FEE EQUALIZATION FUND
Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 18, 1999)
Reporting on the feasibility of re-establishing a licence fee equalization fund to facilitate the cost recovery model, and the
possibility of building a by-law enforcement program into the cost recovery model for licensing and recommending that:
(1) a licence fee equalization fund be re-established; and
(2) the reserve be maintained at no more that 15% of the average of the annual operating budget for licensing activities over
the preceding 5 years.
8. MERITS OF LICENSING ACUPUNCTURISTS
Acting Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 18, 1999)
Reporting as requested on the merit of licensing acupuncturists and recommending that licensing of acupuncturists continue.
