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By-law 1508-2025 — Home Occupation Permissions Zoning Amendment

Published by City of Toronto under Zoning By Law 569 2013 2

Alias
1508-2025 (Home Occupation)
Form ref
Planning Act
Applies to
homeowner
Instruments
Planning Act · Zoning By-law 569-2013

City of Toronto By-law 1508-2025, a short amendment to Zoning By-law 569-2013 covering home occupations. It rewrites what a home occupation may be, including personal service shops and offices for professionals regulated under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the Regulated Health Professions Act, and rewrites the regulations on customers or clients attending the premises, music or dance instruction in a detached house, two employees in addition to residents, warehousing, maximum interior floor area, parking, and the Chapter 800 definition of home occupation.

What it covers

  • Home occupation – limitations on customer or client attending the premises for specified reasons
  • Home occupation – music or dance instruction permitted in a detached house only
  • Home occupation – employees
  • Home occupation – no warehouse
  • Home occupation - maximum interior floor area
  • Parking and bicycle parking
  • Parking space requirement for a lot with a home occupation
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Publisher
City of Toronto
Category
By-laws · zoning
Published under
Zoning By Law 569 2013 2 — the municipality's own heading
Covers note
An amendment by-law with numbered clauses rather than titled sections — these are the printed titles of the regulations it enacts.
Document date
December 17, 2025
Tags
by-lawzoningzoning-amendmenthome-occupationresidential
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