Thank you for the…

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (“ERO”) posting 019-8368 and Ontario Regulatory Registry (“ORR”) posting 24-MMAH008 regarding the proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 73/23: Municipal Planning Data Reporting

Please note that the following comments and recommendations are provided by City of Mississauga staff and have been endorsed by City Council at its meeting on May 1, 2024. The report to City Council is provided in the supporting link below. The following contains a summary of the City of Mississauga's comments on ERO 019-8368 and ORR 24-MMAH008. Detailed comments are included in the attached table.

DATAPOINTS AND FREQUENCY OF REPORTING

Key Recommendation:
• Provide clarification and definitions for each reporting figure as noted below:
(a) Are the total number of applications to be reported quarterly and what type of applications are to be included reporting on all land uses and all types of applications?
(b) Define submissions, and is this figure referring to the number of resubmissions of each application or the total number of new applications that have been submitted from an applicant to the Municipality in the quarter? What type of applications are to be included?
(c) Define municipal decisions and whether it is referring to the by-law enacted or is it applications approved in general/ in principle?
a. If this refers to the total number of approved housing units where a municipality has approved the application, there will likely be double counting of multiple applications approved for one site within the same quarter (e.g., rezoning and Site Plan).
b. Is this figure to be reported as a net new number of approved housing units within the quarter, or to indicate total numbers of approved housing units by type of application (e.g., indicate the number of units approved through different application streams such as Rezoning, Site Plans, Building Permits, etc.).
(d) Clearer direction is required as there may be instances of double counting if multiple applications are submitted for one site within the same quarter (e.g., Rezoning and Site Plan).
 Is this figure the net number of proposed housing units submitted within the quarter or the total number of submitted housing units by each application type (e.g., separate the number of units proposed through different application streams such as Rezoning, Site Plans, Building Permits, etc.)?