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Danforth Village-East York · Toronto

$1,199,000

The scan

The play: Add units

Separate side entrance to lower level with one bedroom, renovated kitchen, and separate laundry; explicitly marketed as 'basement apartment or in-law suite.'

The building stays. It can legally hold more homes than it holds today.

  • Lot 7.3 m x 31.8 m (23'-11" x 104'-5")
  • Semi-Detached
TESA ScanZoning

The by-law's answer for this lot

We resolved this parcel's zoning, the site-specific exceptions registered against it, and the building forms the by-law permits without a rezoning. Every number below traces to by-law text we hold on file, and we re-check it against the City's register nightly.

Zone

RD (f9.0; a280; d0.45)

Site exception

None applies

As-of-right form

Committee of Adjustment minor variance (Planning Act s.45)

As-of-right envelope

Not available for this lot

Severance

Not supported on this lotA split would leave roughly 3.6 m (12'-0") of frontage per lot, short of what this zone allows.

Still to verify on this parcel

None of these can be settled from records alone. Any one of them changes what this lot can hold.

  • Whether a garden suite still fits once the separation from the house and the rear setback are measured
  • Whether an apartment building could be argued here, which the by-law does not allow without a rezoning
  • The front yard setback is averaged against the neighbouring houses, so it depends on buildings that have to be measured on site
  • Which lot coverage rule governs here, which sets how much of the lot the buildings can sit on
  • Lot dimensions and area against a current survey, not the listing sheet

And more, depending on what the site turns up.

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Zoning scan 2026-08-28

TESA ScanBuildability

A quick pass over the mapped layers, kept here for comparison. Where it disagrees with the zoning answer above, go with the zoning answer.

What is standing, and what is permitted

A house stands here and the by-law allows more. Below is what is already built, the as-of-right envelope on the same lot, and the gap between them, which is the part you are buying. It is a starting envelope, not a massing study.

Lot area

232 m² (2,500 ft²)Calculated from the listed frontage and depth.

Lot coverage

35%

Storeys

2

Height limit

8.5 m (27.9 ft)

Existing floor area

1,500 to 2,000 ft²

Permitted envelope

163 m² (1,750 ft²)Envelope from lot coverage times storeys. FSI does not apply to a houseplex.

Room to add

The as-of-right envelope does not run ahead of what is already built here, so there is no added floor area to buy.

Zone

RD

Zone min. frontage

9 m (29.5 ft)

Add a garden suite

By-law 849-2025 s.11

A garden suite is a separate allowance, not counted into the main building's floor area. Its own cap is 60 m² over one storey or 120 m² over two. With a suite on the lot, coverage follows one of two by-law options, and which one is the applicant's choice.

Garden suite: 120 m² (1,292 ft²), 6.3 m tall, 7.5 m from the main building

Option A · all buildings at 45%

Main building
89 m² (958 ft²)
Main plus suite
209 m² (2,250 ft²)

Option B · main on the overlay, ancillary at 20%

Main building
163 m² (1,750 ft²)
Main plus suite
283 m² (3,041 ft²)

At this lot size the suite would not stay smaller than the main building, which the by-law requires. The suite would need to shrink.

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Listing updated Aug 26, 2026, 1:40 PM ET · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board