Garden Suites
A "Garden Suite" is a second, generally smaller, house built in the backyard of a detached, semi-detached, or townhouse property. The City is intending to pass city-wide zoning permitting these suites in all neighbourhoods subject to certain standards.
The Garden Suite Community Meeting Presentation was discussed at the consultation meetings. Planning presented a Garden Suites Proposal to the Planning and Housing Committee (PHC) on June 28.
The residents associations are now reviewing the proposed Draft Regulations – a Summary of Proposed Draft Garden Suite Regulations is attached for your review.
Next Steps
We understand additional consultations are to take place over the summer. Planning is to submit a Final Report and Amendments to the Zoning By-laws to the Planning and Housing Committee and then to City Council sometime in Quarter 4 of 2021 (Oct to Dec).
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Councillor Mike Colle Update
View the July 20 update.
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MPP Robin Martin COVID-19 Update
View the July 23 update.
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Hon. Marco Mendicino Community Update
View the July 23 update
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Multi-Tenant (Rooming) Houses
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The City is proposing the creation of city-wide zoning and enhancements to licensing and enforcement of Multi-Tenant (Rooming) Houses (MTHs) to encourage and regulate safe, liveable, well-maintained and affordable housing across the city (adding all of York and Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York, Leaside and East York).
Here is the City-Wide Framework for Multi-Tenant (Rooming) Houses Presentation used at the various Workshops. The MTH Report for Action June 2021 for PHC on June 28 2021 was submitted to the Planning and Housing Committee meeting on June 28th. Drafts of Draft-City-wide-Stand-alone-Zoning-By-law-to-Permit-Multi-tenant-Houses and Draft-Zoning-By-law-Amendments-to-all-Applicable-General-Zoning-By-laws-Permit-Multi-tenant-Houses as well as a new Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 575 Multi-Tenant Houses have also been published and would come into effect as Nov 22, 2022.
The Planning and Housing Committee approved the Proposal with a number of important Motions regarding the budget and funding commitments, the need for evaluations and public reporting and the need to obtain additional enforcement resources for the next 15 months. Staff prepared additional information for the July 14 City Council meeting in a Supplementary Report MTH Jul 14 2021. The proposal and the By-laws were then reviewed at the City Council meeting on July 15th.
Numerous communications were received from individuals, residents organizations, university-associated organizations and other social/tenant associations. Over 50 speakers were heard! Councillors then provided their comments and it became obvious that a number of the Wards did not accept the recommendations and the proposed zoning amendments. Mayor Tory spoke indicating that there were insufficient votes to pass the motions. Mayor Tory then put a Motion forward to DEFER the discussion to the Sept 30/Oct 1 meeting of City Council to give time for additional discussions with the Councillors.
We hope that appropriate amendments can be made to this proposal to proceed with an effective program to improve the safety as well as the enforcement of this housing option.
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New Development Parking Reviews
New and expanded developments in Toronto are required to provide automobile and bicycle parking based on standards in zoning by-laws. The City of Toronto is currently reviewing the parking requirements in the city-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013. The review responds to growing interest in the impacts of parking on housing affordability and travel behaviour, and recognizes that the current zoning standards have not been reviewed recently. The recommended approach to this review was reported to Planning and Housing Committee January 19, 2021 (http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PH20.4).
In early June, the City held a series of online public meetings to present our emerging directions and gather feedback. Recordings and summaries of these events are available on the project website: www.toronto.ca/parkingreview. In order to gather further feedback, the City has launched a public survey, which is also available through the project website. The survey will be active until August 8.
Staff will consider all of the feedback received as they develop draft proposals to amend the zoning by-law. These proposals will be presented in a second series of public meetings in September.
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Lytton Park Residents’ Organization July 2021 eNewsletter
Read the LPRO e_Newsletter for articles of interest – 500 Duplex at Roselawn, new “complete street” on Yonge, 3180 Yonge St at Bedford Park, LDD Moths and what you can do, Inclusionary Zoning.
Inclusionary Zoning is going to be the next hot topic at City Hall – learn about the impacts and implications of this policy on Page 7 and 8. Complete the Progress Toronto Petition if you would like to ask City Council to implement a strong inclusionary zoning policy to increase the supply of affordable housing in Toronto.
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Bedford Park Bulletin
Read the Bedford Park Residents Organization (BPRO) eNewsletter for articles of interest – update on 3180 Yonge St, the battle between municipal and provincial priorities in Bedford Park, update on the Glengarry Avenue Park, new Community Environment Days, the Toxic Taxi, and a snow clearing update.
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Cybersecurity Webinar – How to Protect Your Computer
Find out how to protect yourself from cyberattacks and how to help protect your computer against these attacks by viewing this informative webinar which was presented by the Community Police Liaison Committee for 22 Division.
Please note that the video can take a long time to load and the first 30 seconds are silent.
Here is a list of subjects and the time each subject begins.
Time Subject
H:MM:SS
Part 1: Cyber Safety and Awareness by Nora Hammond from Toronto Police Service
0:03:30 Introduction of presenter Det. Hammond
0:07:13 Email takeover (email account hacked)
0:15:42 Apple Support Scam (gained access to
person’s iPad)
0:21:15 Phishing attack
0:35:55 Smishing (Fraudulent text messages) and
Fraudulent Phone Calls
0:49:25 Cryptocurrency Fraud
0:58:30 Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Part 2: Learn How to Keep Yourself Safe by Kayln and Harshith, Cyber-Sharp Solutions
1:07:32 Introduction
1:09:30 What Are Cyberattacks
How to Protect Yourself Against Cyber Attacks
(Watch MacOS or Windows presentation)
1:17:20 MacOS Presentation
1:29:15 Windows Presentation
1:41:30 Top Five Tips to Keep Secure
Passwords
Software and drivers up to date
Anti-virus software
Encryption
Data back-ups
1:50:00 Check to see if an account has been compromised: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
1:52:05 Q & A
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2021 Membership Drive
We need your financial support!
Membership contributions allow us to maintain our activities.
How to Contribute
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To contribute via PayPal or credit/debit card
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To contribute by cheque, please download and complete
the 2021 Membership Form to accompany your cheque
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