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It also forms several committees, including the Board of Health and "Community Councils", which hear matters relating to narrower, district issues, such as building permits and developments requiring changes to zoning by-laws. Community Council decisions, as well as those of the mayor, must be approved by the city council at regular sessions.
In 2018, the municipal government of Toronto approved a zoning amendment by-law to permit the development of laneway suites on all properties that has a residential designation. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] The amendment was a response to growing concern around affordable housing, and as an effort to promote "gentle densification" by tapping into roughly 2400 ...
Within the City of Toronto's zoning by-laws, commercial residential includes "a range of commercial, residential and institutional uses, as well as parks." [32] Mirvish Village's programmatic uses include rental apartments, a public market, and small-unit retail, [33] while also preserving 23 of 27 heritage houses on site. [34]
The City of Vancouver has permitted secondary suites since March 23, 2004. At that time, changes were made to the Zoning and Development Bylaw to make it possible for every single-family house in Vancouver to have a secondary suite.
The Toronto City Council adopted a zoning by-law amendment on 24 July 2024 to permit the development of Block 1 and 2. [17] As of August 2024, the approval for the development of Blocks 3–5 is undergoing the city's planning process. Construction is expected to begin in 2025 and be completed by 2034.
In May 2023 Toronto approved new zoning laws to accommodate up to four unit multiplexes in neighbourhoods across the city to ease its exclusionary zoning policy, starting with a new height limit of 10 metres to allow for at least three storeys. [45]
In an effort to control who his future neighbours would be, Black took over the company that owned the rolling farmland that was to become the Bridle Path, and set restrictions in place through the North York zoning by-law; only single-family dwellings could be built, and only on minimum lot sizes of 2 acres (0.81 ha).
The City of Toronto Act is a city charter–type statute which governs the organization and political powers of Toronto.There have been other acts governing the city passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since Toronto's original incorporation as a city in 1834, although they have since been consolidated and repealed as the city matured over time.