Ward 16 Public Meeting Re: Proposed New City of Toronto Zoning By-Law

For those in the east half of the riding, Coun. Stintz has an upcoming public meeting on the draft Zoning By-Law:

 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at

The Agricola Finnish Lutheran Congregation (Fellowship Hall) - 25 Old York Mills Road

 

Please attend the public meeting I have organized with Councillor Cliff Jenkins (Ward 25) regarding the new draft Zoning By-law that is being proposed for the City of Toronto.

 

The City of Toronto's Planning Division is proposing a new Zoning By-law to replace the 43 zoning by-laws inherited from amalgamation. A draft By-law has been prepared by Planning Staff with a recommendation to be implemented by the end of 2009. Some of the proposed changes include:

 

• a new definition of height to the top of the roof rather than the mid-point of the roof, as presently exists;
• new formulas for calculating front, rear and side yard setbacks;
• a higher standard of 10 metres for the height of homes; and banning of reverse-sloping driveways city-wide.

It is not yet known what influence, if any, these changes will have on residential development in Ward 16.

Executive Meeting / St. Paul's By-election

The Eglinton-Lawrence NDP is holding an executive meeting next week (Tuesday, September 15th), gearing up for what might be a busy fall. We will be looking for people to help with our candidate search and election readiness committees and planning our next newsletter. Executive meetings are open to all active members of the riding association and we need as many people helping as possible. If you are interested in attending, just send us an email.

Also, if you want some "hands on" election practice, our neighbours to the south can always use more help in the final drive in the St. Paul's by-election:

	Friend, This is the last weekend of the St. Paul's by-election. Election day is September 17. The NDP team has been working hard towards electing Julian Heller, the next NDP MPP for St. Paul's. As of today, we have received 1200 requests and delivered 100 000 flyers. The energy levels are high, as New Democrats are coming in daily to knock on doors, drop flyers and call voters. Julian Heller's campaign has excited the voters of St. Paul's. We are now receiving more interest than ever before. As we are entering the final week of the campaign, we need your help to send Julian to Queen's Park. Join us Saturday, September 12 11am - canvass blitz 2:30pm - women's canvass The campaign office is located at 434 Eglinton Avenue West, 1 block west of Avenue. You can confirm your attendance by calling the office at 416 545 0713 or responding to this email. Alternatively, you can just come by the campaign office on Saturday. We'll be waiting for you. In solidarity, Andrea Horwath, leader Ontario's NDP

Unified Toronto Zoning By-Law

There is a North York open house in a couple weeks regarding the City's pending unified Zoning By-Law:

September open houses on draft zoning bylaw In June, City staff held Open Houses in each District on the draft new City-wide Zoning Bylaw. Due to the labour disruption the cancelled Open Houses are rescheduled for September. The Open Houses run from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Q&A session is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. The details for each meeting are:

North York Civic Centre Council Chamber
5100 Yonge Street
Thursday September 24, 2009
4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

More info here.

Avenue Road Plan Meeting

It looks like there's a meeting coming up on the long-gestating Avenue Road plan:

Thursday, September 24th, 7 p.m. at Lawrence Collegiate.

The city's project page for the Avenue Road study hasn't been updated to include tis meeting, so more information as it becomes available.

 

Labour Day Parade

This came in from the Parkdale-High Park mailing list:

LABOUR DAY PARADE 2009 -

This year's Labour Day parade will take place on Monday, September 7. Members and friends of the Parkdale—High Park NDP will assemble at 9:10 a.m., at the south-east corner of Queen and University, and starting marching at 9:30 sharp to the CNE Dufferin Gates. The theme of this year's parade is GOOD JOBS FOR ALL. Please let us know that you are coming so that we can make sure a wristband is available for you; you'll need it for your free CNE admission. Please e-mail Julius Deutsch at jdeutsch@labourcouncil.ca or contact him at 416-892-4380.