The Municipal Licensing and Services report, originally proposed for Q???2020, is now proposed for Q4, 2021. The Toronto Noise Coalition undertook a survey of residents in 2016 as work on the new Noise Bylaw began and is planning to do its own review. Watch for further details! Carleton Grant, Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Services, advised the Coalition on November 11, 2020: “The Noise Bylaw was amended in 2019, and came into effect last October. At the time th

IE15.8 Request to Study the Environmental Impact of Two-Stroke Engine Garden Equipment (including leaf blowers) City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, to report back in the first quarter of 2021 on the environmental and associated health impacts of gasoline-powered two-stroke engine leaf blowers and other similarly operated garden equipment, inclu

Watch for important Noise Bylaw updates in 2021! City Council on December 16, 17 and 18, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee as part of the upcoming Noise By-law review on: a. emerging technologies for automated noise enforcement and opportunities to test and implement them in Toronto; and b. strategies to prohibit the installation or