February 22, 1999

To:Urban Environment and Development Committee

From:H.W.O. Doyle

Subject:Reimbursement of Registration Costs

Purpose:

To obtain Council authority to require payment of all costs relating to registration of legal documents in the Land Registry and Land Titles Offices in connection with planning applications.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

Not applicable

Recommendations:

That the City Solicitor be authorized to require applicants to pay for all costs relating to the registration of legal documents in the Land Registry and Land Titles Offices in connection with planning applications.

Council Reference/Background/History:

The various agreements related to development currently in use throughout the City require that the Owner pay for all costs relating to the registration on title of the development agreement and other conveyances or transfers of easement to the City including postponements and discharges.

There are situations relating to development where no agreement is required. In the case of a Part Lot Control Exemption application for example, there is no agreement entered into between the owner and the City. The by-law is enacted by Council and must be registered on title to the lands exempted. In such case, it would be appropriate that the by-law or other legal document not be registered until the owner has paid the registration costs of the documents including any subsearches which may be required.

The approval of this report by Council would assist the Legal Division in ensuring that these costs are properly paid by the owner who benefits from the registration of the by-law or other legal document.

Contact Name:

Anna Kinastowski

Director of Planning and Administrative Tribunal Law

(416) 392-0080

(416) 392-0530 (fax)

akinasto@toronto.ca

H.W.O. Doyle

City Solicitor

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