Council

That the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held on September 16, 2024 be adopted.

That the report dated October 21, 2024 containing Items of Correspondence be received for Town of Ajax Council Meeting – October 21, 2024 information.

That the Community Affairs & Planning Committee Report dated October 7, 2024 be adopted.

That the General Government Committee Report dated October 15, 2024 be adopted.

That the Summary of Advisory Committee Activities Report dated October 21, 2024, as attached to the meeting agenda be received for information, and that the recommendations contained therein be

That the motion be amended to read as follows: That staff be directed to report to Council on amending the Zoning By-law to measure the height of homes from the peak of the house, instead of the midpoint of a peaked roof, for consideration at a future meeting of the Community Affairs and Planning Committee. Town of Ajax Council Meeting – October 21, 2024

That staff be directed to report to Council on amending the Zoning By-law to measure the height of homes from the peak of the house, instead of the midpoint of a peaked roof, for consideration at a future meeting of the Community Affairs and Planning Committee.

That the report entitled “Parking Exemption for Commercial Avenue Neighborhood” be received for information.

That the Regional Councillors’ Reports of October 21, 2024 be received for information.

WHEREAS Section 238 (2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 as amended requires Council to pass a procedure by-law governing the calling, place and proceedings of meetings; AND WHEREAS amendments to the Procedure By-law are desirable for reasons of transparency and to clarify and strengthen expectations of all meeting participants; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The redline changes to the Procedure By-law, as provided in Attachment 1, be adopted; and The updated Procedure By-law be presented to Council for approval.

WHEREAS Ajax residents have expressed that their parking needs are changing and they would like more parking opportunities for visiting friends and family, and options when their driveways are inaccessible due to landscaping and home construction projects; AND WHEREAS a Town-Wide Parking Master Plan to identify needs and solutions is scheduled to be initiated in 2026; AND WHEREAS an interim solution, such as expansion of existing programs, could support residents’ parking needs until the Master Plan is completed; AND WHEREAS the Town offers a program, the Occasional-Use Parking Permit (OUPP) system, which allows residents to apply online for up to 17 OUPPs per year, per license plate (first 5 permits are free, and the following 12 are $12 per permit plus tax), to park on residential streets for 24 hours, with some restrictions; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: By-law staff be directed to temporarily increase the number of parking permits available through the Occasional-Use Parking Permit system to provide 10 free parking permits and 18 paid parking permits per year, per license plate, effective January 1, 2025, until the Parking Master Plan is completed.

WHEREAS Highway 407 from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 35/115 is provincially owned and tolls are set by the province; AND WHEREAS the province passed legislation, Bill 162, the Get It Done Act, 2024, to ban new tolls from provincially owned highways; AND WHEREAS Highway 413, a timesaving highway running through York, Peel & Halton Regions, is being built at a projected cost of $10-billion and is included in the legislation to ban new tolls AND WHEREAS the provincially owned portion of Highway 407, which is almost exclusively in Durham Region, is excluded from this legislation and is the only tolled provincially owned highway in Ontario, resulting in unfair economic impacts to Durham Region residents and businesses; AND WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has previously removed tolls on Highways 412 and 418 located within Durham, demonstrating the willingness to removing existing unfair tolls on provincially owned highways and should therefore include the provincial 407 as part of the proposed legislation; AND WHEREAS the removal of tolls on the provincial Highway 407 would reduce the cost of living for Durham Region residents and drive economic growth, while ensuring fair and equitable treatment across all provincial 400-series highways; AND WHEREAS the Councils of Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering and Durham Region have passed motions requesting that the province remove tolls on the provincially owned portion of Highway 407; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Ajax Council hereby r

That By-law numbers 64-2024 and 71-2024 to 76-2024 be read a first, second and third time and passed.

That By-law numbers 65-2024 to 70-2024 be read a first, second and third time and passed.

That By-law number 77-2024 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Ajax at its meeting held on October 21, 2024, be read a first, second and third time and passed.

That the October 21, 2024 meeting of the Council of the Town of Ajax be adjourned (3:43 p.m.)