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- Residential Construction as an Essential Workplace and Override of City Noise By-Law
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- TLAB: improving resident participation in new policy initiatives
- Request to rescind the provincial regulation overriding Toronto’s Construction Noise By-law
- Committee of Adjustment Virtual Hearings prompts concerns from Residents Associations
- TLAB Chair’s 2019 Annual Report
- Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2019
- Falconer Hall heritage designation
- Minister’s Zoning Orders strip provisions for notices, public meetings, and rights of appeal
- Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) bypass city planning
- Clearing the Path Towards a Safe and Accessible Winter
- Protecting City Council’s Authority to Regulate Front Yard Parking Pads
- Development in Proximity to Rail: Official Plan Amendment
- Municipal Muffler: Better Tools for Vehicular Noise Enforcement
- City Planning Study Work Program Update
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- Proposed implementation of provisions in the Planning Act
- Metrolinx – Don Valley Layover Facility
- TLAB Annual Report and Evaluation Process
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- Improving Virtual Community Consultation Meetings
- Review of Codes of Conduct for Members of Council, Local Boards and Adjudicative Boards
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- E-scooters – Accessibility and Insurance Issues
- Call to release lease agreement terms for Canada Square
- Provincial Transit-Oriented Communities Program
- Moving Ontarians More Safely
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- TLAB – Chair’s Annual Report
- Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
- Mandatory Pre-Application Consultation Amendments
- Laneway Suite Monitoring Report and Action on Garden Suites
- Concept 2 Keys Development Application Review Program
- Environmental Assessment for Don Valley Train Facility
- A New Regulatory Framework for Multi-Tenant Houses
- Garden Suites – Proposals Report
- Questions regarding implementation of Multi-Tenant Housing Report
- Construction noise – repeal Ontario regulations overriding Toronto by-law
- Midtown Town Centre Vision
- Regulatory Framework for Multi-tenant Houses
- Building the East Toronto Railpath
- Stop Excessive Construction Noise
- City-Operated Golf Course Review
- Response from Federal Government re: Environmental Assessment for Don Valley Train Facility
- Street Safety in Midtown & Uptown Toronto
- Concorde Gate Zoning Amendment & Subdivision Applications
- Effective Public Participation in City Planning Processes Update
- Iceberg Homes
- Creating the East Toronto Railpath
- Improving Winter Access to Toronto’s Parks for 2021-22
- Inclusionary Zoning OP Amendment
- Proposed Laneway Suites Zoning By-law Amendments
- Enhancing post-permit compliance
- TLAB Panel Training and Education Session
- The City of Toronto’s Review of Laneway Suites
- Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods
- Neighbourhood Change and Intensification Bulletin
- Committee of Adjustment Status Update
- Ready, Set, Midtown: Zoning Review Status Report
- Recommended Parking Requirements for New Development
- Review of Mediation and Settlement on Planning Process
- Garden Suites Community Consultation
- TLAB Virtual Business Meeting, December 10, 2021
- Critical Steps for Net Zero by 2040
- Actions to Reaffirm Toronto’s Tree Canopy Target
- Home Speculation and Home Flipping Tax Proposal
- Updating legislation for Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
- Garden Suites – Final Report
- Mandatory Pre-Application Consultation Amendments
- Implementing the One-Stream Preliminary Review Program for Building Permit Applicants
- Welcome to our NEW website!
- 2022 Capital and Operating Budgets
- Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods
- Stop Out-of-Control Housing Prices
- Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods – Update Report
- Boards & Bylaws
- Housing Affordability Task Force report
- 2022 Cycling Infrastructure Installation
- FoNTRA comments on Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force Report
- Review of Provincial Housing Affordability Task Force
- Developing a Parking Strategy for Toronto
- It’s time to free Toronto from the Ontario Land Tribunal
- Exploring Municipal Solutions to the Housing Crisis in Toronto
- Request to pause federal funding for YNSE
- EHON Multiplex Study: Draft Official Plan Amendment
- Committee of Adjustment Feedback
- FoNTRA expresses concern about the planning rationale for amending the Official Plan to permit neighbourhood retail stores
- FoNTRA requests that City Planning engage in local consultation for the Expanding Housing Options Study
- FoNTRA provides comments on Multi-Tenant Housing Report in areas of Enforcement, Budget and Evaluation
- FoNTRA supports the principle of multiplexes but recommends necessary changes to the zoning by-law to manage the implementation
- FoNTRA provides feedback on the TLAB Chair’s Annual Report to the Planning & Housing Committee
- Growth Funding Tools – FoNTRA responses to City reports
- Do we need a strong Mayor or a City with increased powers?
- ‘Strong Mayor’ legislation weak law that won’t solve city’s problems
- In Memoriam – Sheila Harrison Dunlop
- New Electoral Map
- How to contact your Toronto MPP
- Bill 23: Omnibus bill means that suddenly everything is at risk
- Bill 23: Consultation schedule is set
- Critics of Housing Affordability Task Force Report
- FoNTRA cites grave concerns with Bill 23
- FoNTRA open letter opposing Bill 23
- FoNTRA identifies the elements of Bill 23 that are regressive and identify flawed assumptions behind the legislation
- FoNTRA asks Mayor Tory to repudiate the special legislative provisions in Bill 39 that he requested of the Ontario government.
- FoNTRA’s objections to proposed Greenbelt changes
- FoNTRA raises concerns about the legislated changes made by the Province which are introduced without meaningful consultation with municipalities or the public.
- Opposition to strong mayor legislation grows
- FoNTRA says that the 2023 Housing Action Plan lacks a staff report and Multi-Tenant Housing report raised many new concerns
- FoNTRA proposes technology improvements in the AIC, Notification Service and new Reporting in response to Bill 109 Report
- FoNTRA observes that residential planning applications in the pipeline will build 43 percent more than the total need by 2051
- FoNTRA asks City Planning to ensure that Studies, Plans and Guidelines directed to City building are properly prioritized
- FoNTRA FORUM held this year in Virtual Setting
- FoNTRA reviews the KPMG review of the Committee of Adjustment and identifies six areas of concern that require additional action
- FoNTRA supports staff report on redevelopment of Ontario Place
- Defer multiplex decisions until after mayoral election
- Mayoral Candidates Face Residents
- Planning for an e-scooter pilot
- Zoning by-law simplification and modernization for low-rise residential zones
- FoNTRA opposes proposed changes to Ontario’s land use planning framework
- Updating Toronto’s long-term financial plan
- 589-595 Eglinton Avenue East and 61-67 Mann Avenue
- Mid-Rise Buildings – Rear Transition issues
- FoNTRA FORUM to be held at Metro Hall on December 2nd, 2023
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