Via the TCAT Newsletter:

• TCAT was recently approached by Alan Heisey, a municipal lawyer and year-round Toronto cyclist for over 30 years. He has been reviewing the City of Toronto's new comprehensive zoning bylaw and believes that the sections pertaining to bicycle parking could be further improved.

  Heisey's law student has prepared specific amendments (available here) and is seeking comments on this draft from various individuals and organizations committed to cycling. If you have feedback please send them to Ugo Popadic at PHM Law with a copy to TCAT. This is a great opportunity for citizens to have their suggestions converted into legal format.

  If you prefer, you can also comment on the new bylaws directly on the City of Toronto's website.

  The deadline for comments is November 30th.

  Background: Since 2004, the City of Toronto has been working on harmonizing the 43 different zoning by-laws inherited from the six pre-amalgamation municipalities into one single comprehensive zoning by-law. The draft new zoning bylaw will govern land use and development standards within the City of Toronto using a common zoning language. Dylan Reid provided an interesting analysis of the new bylaw process in Spacing.