City Planning is proposing Commercial Businesses on Residential Streets, city wide.
If approved, you can expect restaurants and cafes including patios, grocery and convenience stores, cannabis/vaping shops, and other commercial businesses on residential streets.
Think about that!
Most residents are unaware of this proposal because Planning is not conducting a city-wide virtual consultation meeting to explain it until September 15th. Instead, it is using social media, neighbourhood "Popups" and media to spread the word — not ideal, in our view, on something this important.
City Planning is scheduled to make its recommendations to the Planning and Housing Committee (PHC) in early October. The proposal will go before Council shortly after that.
CERA (through individual Residents Associations) is conducting a survey to find out what you think about what's being proposed.
Other Residents' Associations across the city are conducting a similar survey. The objective is to give City Planning, and more importantly, City Councillors objective data with residents' (aka taxpayers) feedback on the proposal.
Please complete the CERA survey by clicking on the button.
We want a huge response to the survey — just like the Sixplex survey in May. That survey and your responses significantly influenced the outcome of the Sixplex proposal!
These are the most significant changes to residential zoning in 70 years. Stay tuned to find out more.
Sincerely CERA
Coalition of Etobicoke Residents' Associations