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Garden suites in Toronto: can I build one on my lot?
Toronto permits one garden suite on eligible residential lots, subject to Zoning By-law 569-2013 and other applicable law. You do not need a laneway.
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Building in Toronto means the city-wide zoning by-law 569-2013, the Committee of Adjustment and the Ontario policy that sits above both. Garden suites, multiplexes and development charges have all changed in the last few years.
Everything Bucky has published on Toronto and the Ontario rules that shape it.
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