The Richmond Hill Record

Council Public Meeting

December 2, 2020

Who was there

Present (5): Godwin Chan, Karen Cilevitz, Joe DiPaola, Castro Liu, David West

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (3 motions)

1 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the agenda be adopted as distributed by the Clerk with the following additions: a) Correspondence received regarding the proposed Expanded Permissions for Additional Residential Units (Secondary Units) for the City of Richmond Hill - (Item 3.1.1) 2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest by members of Council under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act. 3. Scheduled Business: 3.1 SRPI.20.009 - Request for Comments on Expanded Permissions for Additional Residential Units (Secondary Suites) – City of Richmond Hill – City Files D01-20011 and D24-20002 Chun Chu and Ferdi Toniolo of the Planning and Infrastructure Department made a presentation to Council regarding the proposed City- wide Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 23 and Zoning By-law Amendment to expand existing permissions for additional residential units (secondary suites) to ground-related housing, in order to conform with Provincially legislated requirements and to facilitate housing diversity. C. Chu reviewed the proposal to permit on a city-wide basis, one additional residential unit in single detached, semi-detached, and townhouse dwellings, as well as one additional residential unit in a structure accessory to these ground-related dwellings on the same lot, and advised that the associated Zoning By-law Amendment would implement the policies of OPA 23. She provided context to the Province’s Bill 108, More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019, reviewed t
Moved by Councillor Cilevitz, seconded by Councillor West
Referred
a) That staff report SRPI.20.009, with respect to the municipally initiated amendments to the City’s Official Plan and Zoning By-laws to permit additional residential units (City Files D01-20011 and D24-20002), be received for information purposes only and that all comments be
Moved by Regional and Local Councillor Perrelli, seconded by Councillor Beros
Referred
That the meeting be adjourned
Moved by Regional and Local Councillor Perrelli, seconded by Councillor Beros
Carried

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