Remember the confusion last year over whether you could be fined for having too many cars parked in your Toronto driveway? That rule is part of Toronto’s new harmonized zoning bylaw that was launched in August 2010. Yesterday, the City of Toronto’s planning and growth management committee have concluded the entire bylaw needs improvements.
Citing complaints that it is confusing and full of red tape, the committee voted unanimously yesterday to have it rewritten. The bylaw regulates everything built in Toronto from condo skyscrapers to minor house additions.
Councillors heard about problems with the bylaw while campaigning for election last fall, particularly about the new bylaw that restricted how many cars could be parked on home driveways. City planners later clarified that people can park as many as will fit. But other confusing parts of the bylaw are slowing down development and renovation activity, [development lawyer David Bronskill] said. And it means more cases show up at the committee of adjustment, which decides on applications for minor zoning variances.If the recommendation is approved, a redrafted bylaw is expected to appear by January 2012.
More at The Toronto Star.
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