Safety and Facilities Services Committee Meeting

That Correspondence SF-25-19 from Noah Edwards submitting comments concerning Report SF-25-16 and Correspondence SF-25-20 from Adrienne Ellis submitting comments concerning Report SF-25-18 be added to the agenda for the Safety and Facilities Services Committee meeting of March 17, 2025 and be

That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the March 17, 2025 Safety and Facilities Services Committee meeting be adopted as recommended except Reports SF-25-11, SF-25-14, SF-25-15 and SF-25-18.

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas Lodging House Licensing By-law 94-2002, as amended (“Lodging House Licensing By-law”) regulates Lodging Houses in the City of Oshawa (“City”) to ensure compliance with municipal and provincial standards related to health and safety through the licensing of lodging houses; and, Whereas, with the exception of establishing tiered and escalating Administrative Penalties, the Lodging House Licensing By-law has not been updated since it was approved on October 21, 2002; and, Whereas staff regularly review the City’s by-laws to identify opportunities to enhance municipal regulatory standards and have identified a need to undertake the following technical amendments to the Lodging House Licensing By-law: Update references to current legislation and municipal by-laws; Implement minor typographical amendments (e.g. references to outdated position titles, renumbering, etc.); Align administrative and appeal processes with similar Council approved by-laws (e.g. Business Licensing By-law 122-2024, Vehicle-for-Hire 31-2022, etc.); Align standards with the City’s Property Standards By-law 1-2002, Zoning By-law 60-94, and other applicable municipal by-laws and provincial legislation; and, Remove outdated processes and replace with Lean concepts; Therefore be it resolved that based on Item SF-25-11 dated March 12, 2025, staff be directed to report back to Committee with a final by-law to implement technical am

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas Lodging House Licensing By-law 94-2002, as amended (“Lodging House Licensing By-law”) regulates Lodging Houses in the City of Oshawa (“City”) to ensure compliance with municipal and provincial standards related to health and safety through the licensing of lodging houses; and, Whereas, with the exception of establishing tiered and escalating Administrative Penalties, the Lodging House Licensing By-law has not been updated since it was approved on October 21, 2002; and, Whereas staff regularly review the City’s by-laws to identify opportunities to enhance municipal regulatory standards and have identified a need to undertake the following technical amendments to the Lodging House Licensing By-law: Update references to current legislation and municipal by-laws; Implement minor typographical amendments (e.g. references to outdated position titles, renumbering, etc.); Align administrative and appeal processes with similar Council approved by-laws (e.g. Business Licensing By-law 122-2024, Vehicle-for-Hire 31-2022, etc.); Align standards with the City’s Property Standards By-law 1-2002, Zoning By-law 60-94, and other applicable municipal by-laws and provincial legislation; and, Remove outdated processes and replace with Lean concepts; Therefore be it resolved that based on Item SF-25-11 dated March 12, 2025, City Council approve a by-law in a final form and content acceptable to Legal Services and

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: That based on Report SF-25-14 dated March 12, 2025, Council approve a by-law in a final form and content acceptable to the City Solicitor and the Commissioner, Safety and Facilities Services Department to further amend Pool Enclosure By-law 79-2006, as amended, to implement technical amendments as detailed in Section 4.4 of said Report.

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: That Report SF-25-15 dated March 12, 2025 concerning the communication relocation project be received for information.

That the Safety and Facilities Services Committee recommend to City Council: Whereas the Noise By-law 112-82, as amended (“Noise By-law”) is a by-law to prohibit noises likely to disturb the inhabitants of the City of Oshawa (“City”); and, Whereas at its April 29, 2024 meeting, City Council directed staff to review Noise By-law 112-82, as amended, as it relates to construction noise; and, Whereas staff conducted municipal benchmarking of sixteen (16) lower and single-tier municipalities, including Durham Region lakeshore municipalities, to assess and compare the City’s Noise By-law construction noise standards against comparator standards; and, Whereas fifteen (15) of sixteen (16) municipalities benchmarked regulate construction noise in the same manner as the City, meaning construction noise is prohibited from some point in time in the evening each day to some point in time the following morning, with prohibited times being less restrictive or in-line with the City’s existing prohibited times; and, Whereas staff consider the City’s Noise By-law regulatory standards to be aligned with municipal best practice and appropriate for the regulation of construction noise; Therefore Item 11 regarding a review of Noise By-law 112-82, as amended, as it relates to construction noise be removed from the Safety and Facilities Services Committee's Outstanding Items List; and, That the remainder of Report SF-25-18 dated March 12, 2025 being the Safety and Facilities Services Committee's Out

That the meeting adjourn at 2:17 p.m.