(June 14, 1999)

To report on draft official plan amendments and proposed changes to the City’s zoning by-laws which will permit second suites as-of-right in all single- and semi-detached houses and recommending that:

(2) Council enact the proposed zoning by-law amendments in Appendix C subject to any modifications recommended by the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and/or arising from the public meeting of the Planning and Transportation Committee to be held on July 12, 1999;

(3) in the event that Council adopts new official plan policies and zoning by-law amendments which permit second suites in single- and semi-detached houses as-of-right, the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be directed to:

(a) monitor the creation of new second suites and the legalization of existing second suites; and

(b) provide a status report on second suites within two years of the new zoning regulations taking effect, including, if necessary, recommendations on any additional changes to the City’s planning documents;

(4) a copy of this report be forwarded to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; and

(5) the appropriate City officials be authorized to undertake any necessary action to give effect thereto, including preparing and introducing any necessary bills.

(A) Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services

(June 24, 1999)

Forwarding a supplementary report and reporting on further amendments to zoning by-laws to permit second suites as-of-right in all single- and semi-detached houses throughout the City and recommending that:

(1) Appendix C in the report dated June 14, 1999, regarding "Draft Official Plan Amendments and Zoning By-law Amendments to Permit Second Suites As-of-Right" be replaced with Appendix C (revised) attached to this report;

(2) the reference to "Appendix C" in Recommendation No. (2) in the June 14, 1999 report be replaced with "Appendix C (revised)"; and

(3) the appropriate City officials be authorized to undertake any necessary action to give effect thereto, including making any minor technical, stylistic or format changes to the amendments in Appendix B and Appendix C (as revised by this report) in the June 14, 1999 report respecting second suites, and preparing and introducing any necessary bills.

(B) Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services

(June 22, 1999)

Reporting on implementation options for the registration of second suites including a draft by-law and outlining the resources required to support the implementation plan and recommending that:

(1) Council decide whether to adopt a program for registration of two-unit houses or not;

(2) if Council decides to adopt a program for registration of two-unit houses, then

(a) a by-law, substantially in the form of the draft by-law attached to this report, be approved, and that authority be granted to introduce the necessary Bill in Council to give effect thereto;

(b) Council decide whether fees should be charged for the registration of a two-unit house and, if so, the appropriate amount of the fees; and

(c) Council endorse an enforcement strategy based upon responding to complaints and voluntary compliance by homeowners; or

(3) if Council decides not to adopt a program for registration of two-unit houses, then receive this report for information.

(C) Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and

(June 25, 1999)

Submitting a proposal for a promotional campaign and an education and support program for small landlords, complementing the proposed zoning by-law changes, registration system, and "add-a-suite" program and recommending that:

(1) this proposed education and promotional program for encouraging the creation of new second suites, and providing information for homeowners of both new and existing second suites, be approved subject to approval of funding by Community Services Committee; and

(2) appropriate City Officials be authorized to undertake all necessary action to give effect hereto.

(June 28, 1999)

Providing a planning direction for the Port Lands which outlines:

- an urban design and open space framework;

- options to improve access to the Port Lands for all modes of transport;

- opportunities to allow for a wider mix of land uses while protecting, and allowing for expansion of the existing industrial base; and

- an implementation strategy and various tools which can be used to help achieve the revitalization of the area.

and recommending that:

(1) City Council adopt in principle the planning directions outlined in the report "Unlocking Toronto’s Port Lands: Directions for the Future";

(2) the boundaries of the Port Lands Part II Official Plan Area be amended to include all of Tommy Thompson Park and the Ashbridges Bay Sewage Treatment Plant;

(3) the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services carry out a public consultation process over the next two months to solicit comment on the "Unlocking Toronto’s Port Lands" report including the Port Lands Community Forum, other community groups, BIAs, area landowners, industrialists and other businesses;

(4) City Council request the Ontario Municipal Board at its September 3, 1999 hearing on the East Bayfront Official Plan and Zoning By-law to amend the East Bayfront Zoning By-law 1997-0184 to repeal the permission for 4500 sq.m. of retail development per lot;

(5) City Council endorse the hiring of a consultant to undertake a study of Land Management Partnership models for the Port Lands. The estimated $100,000 required for this purpose could be cost-shared between the City and TEDCO;

(6) this report and the recommendations of the Planning and Transportation Committee be forwarded to the July 15, 1999 meeting of Toronto Community Council and that Toronto Community Council forward this report, its recommendations and the recommendations of Planning and Transportation Committee to City Council for its meeting of July 27, 1999; and

(7) all future reporting on the new Official Plan for the Port Lands be sent directly to the Planning and Transportation Committee, as this study is of City-wide interest.

(June 22, 1999)

Responding to Council’s request for a report on the necessary amendments to the by-law to change the purpose of the current drivers’ list and owners’ list to a mechanism to determine who has access to the advanced Ambassador class training for the purposes of obtaining a licence and recommending that:

(1) the sections in this report on the access to ambassador training and plate issue, registration for drivers from the waiting list, and designated ambassador cabs, be received for information;

(2) the Licensing By-law be amended to repeal the provisions relating to the owners’ list;

(3) "Deferral" of ambassador cab training be defined, as outlined in this report;

(4) applicants for a new issue of an ambassador cab be required to begin operation of the ambassador cab within 90 days of completing the advanced ambassador training course. Applicants who are unable to begin operation within 90 days due to illness, injury or pregnancy be allowed to request a hearing before the Tribunal;

(5) holders of taxicab owners’ licences, who do not drive and wish to convert to an ambassador cab designation, be required to complete the 16-day introductory driver training course before they can apply for the advanced ambassador training course;

(6) applicants for designated ambassador cabs be required to retake the advanced ambassador class training if they have not begun operation of the designated ambassador cab within three years of completing the course; and,

(7) the appropriate city officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

(June 17, 1999)

Responding to the direction of Council in December, 1998, when it gave approval to the former Toronto Harbour Commissioners’ proposal to build a bridge to the City Centre Airport and recommending that:

(1) Council approve the design of the bridge to the City Centre Airport including the improvements to lower Bathurst Street, as outlined in this report, and require the Toronto Port Authority to earmark $500,00.00 of total project costs to funding improvements along the water’s edge including the conversion of the lands used for parking and access to the ferry into an extension of Little Norway Park and creating a Waterfront promenade along the north side of the Western Gap;

(2) Council’s approval is subject to and conditional upon the following actions being completed before construction begins:

(a) The Tripartite Agreement be amended, among other things, to:

(i) permit the fixed link;

(ii) require the Toronto Port Authority to develop an off-site (remote) terminal once a sustained annual passenger volume of 600,000 passengers has been reached or when the queuing capacity of vehicles on the section of Bathurst Street south of Queen’s Quay has been consistently exceeded;

(iii) require the Toronto Port Authority to develop a strategy for encouraging the use of public transit to access the City Centre Airport;

(iv) limit the total number of spaces for passenger parking on the airport lands to 450 and that building and landscape plans associated with the construction of a parking garage be submitted to the City for review and approval prior to construction; and

(v) require the Toronto Port Authority to retain the services of a qualified consultant(s) to prepare annual monitoring reports on the effects of the bridge operation on local traffic and pedestrian conditions, including pollution levels, and to make appropriate changes to the bridge operations of access control to mitigate any negative impacts identified by the monitoring process;

(b) the project receive final Environmental Assessment approval;

(c) the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report back to City Council on the business plan for the bridge and to confirm compliance with Council’s directive that the bridge be built at no expense to City taxpayers;

(d) the City be released and discharged from any obligations to the Toronto Port Authority to provide parking facilities in relation to airport parking on Bathurst Quay, and

(e) the land south of the existing Bathurst Street road allowance be conveyed to the City at no cost and dedicated as a public highway, and

(f) the City undertake an assessment of the condition of the dockwall on the north side of the Western Gap and the Toronto Port Authority be held liable for the cost of any damage to the dockwall attributable to the construction of the bridge;

(3) City staff continue to negotiate with representatives of Public Works Canada for the transfer or lease of the lands currently used for parking and access to the ferry so that these lands can be converted to an extension of Little Norway Park; and

(4) City and Toronto Port Authority staff, with community input, develop a permanent design of the park extension which addresses concerns regarding the treatment of the ferry slip, dockwall and water’s edge promenade along with an accompanying funding strategy.

(A) Ken E. Brant, Superintendent, Navigable Waters Protection,

(February 12, 1999)

Responding to Council’s action taken at its meeting on December 16 and 17, 1998 with respect to Council’s request (Clause 3 of the UEDC Report No. 14, adopted as amended by Council on December 16, 17 and 18, 1999) that the Canadian Coast Guard and/or the Federal Fisheries Ministry submit to the Urban Environment and Development Committee, their report on the impact of the fixed link (bridge) to the City Centre Airport, and providing information with regard to the public right to navigation and marine traffic safety and further advising that the bridge proposal will not be made until such time as the public has had the opportunity to comment.

(June 25, 1999)

Proposing new practices for the review of development applications and for the delivery of City Planning services across the City and 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; and

(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; and

(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 Works and Emergency Services Department, be authorized to undertake necessary actions to give effect to these recommendations.

(June 28, 1999)

Providing for the information of the newly-formed Standing Committees a list of the various sub-committees, special committees, advisory committees and task forces, which were formed under the previous Council-Committee structure and are now grouped under each Standing Committee in accordance with the new Committee Structure and recommending that the Standing Committees:

(1) determine whether the mandate and membership of those sub-committees listed under the column "Sub-Committees" in Schedule 1 attached should be continued; and

(2) receive for information the balance of Schedule 1 regarding special committees, advisory committees and task forces established by Council.

(June 22, 1999)

Discussing the duplication of regulation of Massage Therapists (MT) in municipal licensing and provincial legislation, recommending the adoption of by-law amendments to repeal the specific schedules of the Licensing By-law applicable to Mts and recommending that:

(1) the licence requirements and schedules of the Licensing By-Law, By-law No. 20-85, relating to massage therapists and massage parlours be repealed;

(2) staff continue to enforce the by-law schedules regulating body rub and holistic services, and work with the College of Massage Therapists to ensure compliance with relevant Toronto by-laws;

(3) staff report back within one year on the impact of the changes recommended above; and

(4) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

8. PROPOSAL TO BURY THE F.G. GARDINER EXPRESSWAY BELOW GRADE BETWEEN DUFFERIN STREET AND THE DON RIVER (TRINITY-NIAGARA, DOWNTOWN, DON RIVER - WARDS 20, 24 AND 25)

(June 28, 1999)

Providing additional information on a private sector initiative to replace the elevated section of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway with a new, below grade, toll highway, and to respond to questions raised by the Urban Environment and Development Committee at its meeting of February 8, 1999 and recommending that:

(1) the issue of the long term disposition of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway be dealt with as part of the development of the City's Strategic Plan and Official Plan and that no further work be undertaken on the proposal by the Canadian Highways International Corporation (CHIC) until the adoption of the Strategic Plan and Official Plan by City Council; and

(2) City staff explore the feasibility of tolling as a way of funding road infrastructure improvements, such as the Front Street Extension, and report back on this issue.

(June 7, 1999)

Purpose of the report is to recommend, revised amendments to the Downsview Area Transportation Master Plan further to Council’s direction of November 25, 26 and 27, 1998 in considering the report of the Director of Transportation Services, District 3 dated October 27, 1998, and recommending:

(1) It is recommended that the revisions to the Downsview Area Transportation Master Plan set out in the revised Schedule "A" be adopted.

(2) It is recommended that modifications to Official Plan Amendment 464 set out in Schedule "B" be adopted and that the Ontario Municipal Board be so advised.

(A) City Clerk, North York Community Council

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that the report (June 7, 1999) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services respecting the matter of the Downsview Area Transportation Master Plan and Office Plan Amendment No. 464:

(1) be received by City Council on July 6, 1999;

(2) requested the Acting Director, Community Planning, North District to:

(a) make copies of the said report available to the public; and

(b) provide notice of a public meeting to be held at the North York Community Council meeting scheduled for July 15, 1999 to hear deputations on the proposed amendments to the Downsview Area Transportation Master Plan and modifications to Official Plan Amendment No. 464.

10. ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE

(June 11, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1) authority be granted for a member of the Toronto Licensing Tribunal to attend the International Association of Transportation Regulators 12th International Conference, October 31 to November 3, 1999 in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., at a cost of approximately $2,000.00 (Canadian), to be funded from the Licensing Support Group Administration Budget; and

(2) authority be granted to the appropriate City officials to give effect thereto.

(June 10, 1999)

Providing an update on the report detailing how the TTC would divide (between operational requirements and transit expansion) any proceeds from gasoline taxes presently collected by the federal and provincial governments, if and when such taxes become available for public transit and recommending that this report be received for information.

(June 28, 1999)

Advising that the Social Indicators and Priority Areas Report is the first background report in support of the New Official Plan and is a description of social conditions in the new City of Toronto which focuses attention on indicators of risk, or social vulnerability, so that planning can be tailored to the unique nature of communities and neighbourhoods within the City and recommending that:

(1) the accompanying Social Indicators and Priority Areas report be received for information;

(2) the accompanying Social Indicators and Priority Areas report be forwarded to Senior Staff, the GTA Regions, and Toronto Public Libraries and that copies be made publicly available at a cost of $20.00.

13. UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF SPADINA STREETSCAPE DESIGN (DOWNTOWN - WARD 24)

(June 16, 1999)

Responding to Urban Environment and Development Committee recommendation No. 4 (Report No. 5) as adopted by the Council of the City of Toronto at its meeting held on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999, requesting that the newly established staff working group, report to the July, 1999 Committee meeting, and recommending that this report be received for information.