Development Permit System OP Policies coming to Council July 8

[Jessica Wilson]

Hi Ranacans,
Very important item coming up at Tuesday's Council meeting.

We've gotten new information to the effect that contrary to claims that site-specific amendments of adopted DPS by-laws will not be allowed, the Planning Act guarantees that they will be permitted (as 3 top planning lawyers have confirmed). There are other concerns, as well; all told the recommendation of both the major umbrella RA groups (CORRA and FoNTRA), as well as more than 2 dozen other groups (including lawyers, planners, and developers) is that the DPS Policies be sent back to Planning and Growth Management for fundamental reconsideration and further study.

See CORRA's info update for details about the new info in re site-specific appeals, and links to the Policies, the last meeting (with letters), a Law Times article expressing concerns about all of Toronto being designated a development permit area, other CORRA papers, etc.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/231854634/CORRA-DPS-New-Information-Alert

For a short (4-page) overview of the process, stated advantages, and concerns, see CORRA's 'The DPS from the community perspective', here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/228649666/CORRA-DPS-Update-June-2014

Please submit comments to Council about this important issue. You can do so through the item page, here:
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2014.PG34.4

Thanks for engaging,
Jessica
p.s. Feel free to email or call me (at 416-531-2365) to discuss issues further.