Lot check

1120 Birchmount Rd, Toronto

Zoning RD

Residential Detached with a site-specific exception.

Height limit: 9 m

Lot coverage: 33%

An exception can change what’s allowed here; read it in the by-law before relying on this. Zoning By-law 569-2013

Homes allowed

  • ✅ Up to 4 homes in a house-form building
  • ✅ Plus a garden suite, or a laneway suite if the lot is on a public lane
  • — Sixplexes aren’t allowed as of right in ward 21 yet (only in 9 wards); a variance would be needed

Ward 21, Scarborough Centre. Development charges are waived for multiplexes of up to 6 homes in Toronto.

Limits None mapped

  • Heritage: not on the register
  • Flood and conservation: none mapped

Rulings within 400 m

No Committee of Adjustment rulings on 3+ unit projects nearby since 2017.

All rulings

Building permits here

  • Building Permit Related · 2026 · Application On Hold
    FS - Sprinkler Shop Drawing - Proposal to revise wording in the original building permit drawings, 25 262309 BLD 00 BA, due to the original
  • Interior Alterations · 2026 · Permit Issued
    Proposal to revise wording in the original building permit drawings, 25 262309 BLD 00 BA, due to the original building permit has been close
  • Other · 2026 · Permit Issued
    Submission is limited to the structural drawings for the roof reinforcement for a make-up air unit (MAU). See related building permit 25 154
  • Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
    Proposal for interior alterations to second floor.
  • Interior Alterations · 2025 · Closed
    CHANGE OF USE TO RECREATION USEProposed occupancy on ground floor only.Occupancy is NOT permitted on 2nd floor.
  • Interior Alterations · 2025 · Inspection
    Proposal for interior alteration of existing warehouse space to demise into three units and adding new washrooms to unit 2

Development applications within 500 m

  • 45 BERTRAND AVE
    Site Plan · Under Review
  • 25 CROUSE RD
    Site Plan · NOAC Issued
  • 1100 BIRCHMOUNT RD
    Site Plan · Under Review

A reading of the City’s public zoning maps, not a zoning opinion or legal advice. Site-specific exceptions, lot size, trees, heritage and servicing decide what a lot can really take: confirm with a zoning review or a planner before you buy. Sources: City of Toronto open data (zoning, wards, heritage register, building permits, Committee of Adjustment), conservation authorities’ open data.

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