The City of Toronto is proposing zoning changes to make it easier to open small, local businesses in and around residential neighbourhoods. How does this help solve the housing crisis in the City.
Businesses—including retail shops, take-out restaurants, cannabis and alcohol sales, fitness clubs, etc.—could operate inside houses on residential streets, with no notice to neighbours and no approval process.
The City says this is intended to “make it easier to open small, local businesses in residential neighbourhoods.”
A city-wide coalition of residents and residents’ associations, formed in response to the proposed EHON Neighbourhood
Retail & Services (NRS) study. COTRA designed and distributed a city-wide survey to gather input on the impact of the proposed bylaw changes..
Businesses—including retail shops, take-out restaurants, cannabis and alcohol sales, fitness clubs, etc.—could operate inside houses on residential streets, with no notice to neighbours and no approval process. The City says this is intended to “make it easier to open small, local businesses in residential neighbourhoods.”
A city-wide coalition of residents and residents’ associations, formed in response to the proposed EHON Neighbourhood Retail & Services (NRS) study. COTRA designed and distributed a city-wide survey to gather input on the impact of the proposed bylaw changes..