Ontario Home Builders' Association

Zoning Update for Major Transit Station Areas

Review of Development Application Review Process.

Review of the City's policies related to groundwater discharge and foundation drainage as associated to the Municipal Code Chapter 681-Sewers; in addition to temporary permits during construction, sanitary discharge agreements and apct'n approvals process.

review of current development charges by-law

Vacant Home Tax - Extension of the exemption of inventory new development units

Type G Loading Requirements

Draft Development Services Review Toronto Service Charter

City’s Housing Action Plan (HAP)

Expanded Housing Options in Neighbourhoods

Beautification of the Public Realm

Rental Replacement

Government Taxes, Fees and Charges - Development Charges Regime

Office Space Needs Study

Implementation of Bill 97 - Employment Area Land Use Permissions

Looking to expand the rental incentive program to market rental development sites.

Purpose Built-Rental: looking to amend or introduce policies related to purpose-built rental in order to increase levels of supply, and help make it easier to build this form of housing.

BUILDING PERMITS - Lobbying specifically related to building permit issuance, not application specific but city-wide policy related, and increasing levels of efficiency and decreasing the amount of time it takes to obtain various building permits.

Committee of Adjustment - BILD Renovator members will be advocating for changes to the CofA - specifically requesting a separate stream to address their minor variance applications.

INCLUSIONARY ZONING - Staff are proposing a policy on Inclusionary Zoning as a way to build more affordable units which will be addressed by PHC throughout the year and Council by the end of the year.

Transportation services governs parking permissions on roads, and BILD renovator members are encountering situations where they are seeking parking allowances for their trades vehicles where driveways for homes do not exist.

Transportation Planning

Land Transfer Tax

Review of City of Toronto Guidelines: "Green Development Standards"

Municipal development approvals, municipal development charges and planning fees, parkland cash-in-lieu, educational development charges and community benefit charges

Mayor's Request to Toronto Hydro for a comprehensive action plan to advance measures within Toronto Hydro’s control over the following 12 months to make it faster and more affordable to build multi-unit housing in Toronto.

Heritage Preservation and Demolition Practices and Policies

City of Toronto Official Plan

Seeking Purpose Built Rental and Condo Development Incentives

Congestion Management Plan