City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to remove the requirement for coffee truck drivers who drive City licensed mobile catering (coffee truck) vehicles to be licensed by the City.

2.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to require that licensed coffee truck owners ensure that the drivers of Toronto licensed coffee trucks be trained and certified as food handlers in a manner satisfactory to Toronto Public Health.

3.         City Council authorize and direct all other appropriate City officials to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to remove the requirement for coffee truck drivers who drive City licensed mobile catering (coffee truck) vehicles to be licensed by the City.

2.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to require that licensed coffee truck owners ensure that the drivers of Toronto licensed coffee trucks be trained and certified as food handlers in a manner satisfactory to Toronto Public Health.

3.         City Council authorize and direct all other appropriate City officials to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

Public notice has been given in a manner prescribed in the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 162, Notice, Public.

To report on a review of the regulatory provisions found in the City of Toronto, Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, regarding the mobile catering industry, as they pertain to licensed coffee truck owners and drivers in the City of Toronto.

City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council receive the report (December 14, 2009) from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards for information only.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council receive the report (December 14, 2009) from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards for information only.

The purpose of this report is to examine the feasibility of providing child restraint seats in taxicabs to clients who request them; and to consider ways in which the City of Toronto could encourage taxicab brokerages and taxicab operators to make vehicles with child restraint seats available to the travelling public.

Child safety in cars is not new.  Child safety restraints include seat belts, booster seats and child seats, and are a highly effective way of reducing serious and fatal injuries to children.  However, despite the City’s desire for children to be safely restrained while travelling in taxicabs, several factors impede the overall goal of child safety in Toronto licensed taxicabs.

This report was prepared in consultation with the taxicab and limousine industries.

City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 441, Fees to change the fee for inspection services to reflect a $94.00 one-hour minimum with additional hours charged at a rate of $55.00 per hour or part thereof, per Municipal Standards Officer, per inspection where by-law violations have not been remedied beyond the date of compliance set out in any Order or Notice of Violation issued by a Municipal Standards Officer.

2.         City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report to the appropriate committee on any necessary adjustments to the Re-inspection fee arising out of the Multi-Residential Apartment Building Strategy.

3.         City Council direct the City Solicitor to prepare the necessary bill to give effect to Recommendation 1 in this report.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 441, Fees to change the fee for inspection services to reflect a $94.00 one-hour minimum with additional hours charged at a rate of $55.00 per hour or part thereof, per Municipal Standards Officer, per inspection where by-law violations have not been remedied beyond the date of compliance set out in any Order or Notice of Violation issued by a Municipal Standards Officer; and

2.         City Council direct the City Solicitor to prepare the necessary bill to give effect to the recommendation in this report.

Public notice has been given in a manner prescribed in the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 162, Notice, Public.

The purpose of this report is to amend Municipal Code, Chapter 441, Fees, to change the fees for property standards inspection services, where by-law violations have not been remedied beyond the date of compliance set out in any Order or Notice of Violation issued by a Municipal Standards Officer.

Currently, the fee is $60 per hour, with a one-hour minimum. Municipal Licensing and Standards (ML&S) has reviewed the current cost of providing these inspections, and a $94 one-hour minimum with additional hours charged at a rate of $55 per hour or part thereof, per Municipal Standards Officer, per inspection more accurately reflects a cost recovery model.

It is expected that the new fees will take effect February 1, 2010.

City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council strongly support the Private Member's Bill 238 - An Act to Amend the Liquor Licence Act with Respect to Weapons on Licensed Premises tabled by MPP Mike Colle; and

2.         City Council direct the City Clerk to relay this information to the Government of Ontario and the leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and the New Democratic Party of Ontario.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends to City Council:

1.         That the City of Toronto strongly support the Private Member's Bill 238 - An Act to Amend the Liquor Licence Act with Respect to Weapons on Licensed Premises tabled by MPP Mike Colle; and

2.         That the City Clerk relay this information to the Government of Ontario and the leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and the New Democratic Party of Ontario.

Requesting the Licensing and Standards Committee to support proposed amendments to Bill 238 - An Act to amend the Liquor Licence Act with respect to weapons on licensed premises.