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Clairlea-Birchmount · Toronto

$649,900

The scan

The play: Renovation play

'Opportunity to renovate, rebuild, or create from the ground up'; marketed to investors and contractors for major development work.

Good bones, dated everything. The return comes out of the work rather than a rezoning.

  • Lot 12.2 m x 43.2 m (40'-0" x 141'-9")
  • Detached
  • Full gut
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 (f12.0; a371) (x169)

Site exception

Exception 169, with parts of it still to confirm

As-of-right form

Detached houseplex, 4 unitsAs-of-right (building permit)

As-of-right envelope

522 m² (5,613 ft²)

Severance

Not supported on this lotA split would leave roughly 6.1 m (20'-0") of frontage per lot, short of what this zone allows.

Up to 5 units may be possible with an approval beyond what the by-law allows today. Ask TESA what that would take.

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 an apartment building could be argued here, which the by-law does not allow without a rezoning
  • 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
  • Easements, rights of way and restrictive covenants registered on title
  • The existing building measured on site: real footprint, height and grade

And more, depending on what the site turns up.

Have TESA check this lot properly

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 you are buying, and what is left unused

The building is the asset here, so the numbers lead with what it costs per existing foot and per unit. The as-of-right envelope follows as unused permission: where it runs well ahead of what is standing, there is room to add without buying more land.

Lot area

527 m² (5,670 ft²)Calculated from the listed frontage and depth.

Lot coverage

33%

Storeys

2

Height limit

9 m (29.5 ft)

Existing floor area

700 to 1,100 ft²

Permitted envelope

348 m² (3,742 ft²)As-of-right envelope on this lot. Where it runs well ahead of the existing building, that gap is unused permission.

Zone

RD

Zone min. frontage

12 m (39.4 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
354 m² (3,811 ft²)
Main plus suite
474 m² (5,103 ft²)

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

Main building
348 m² (3,742 ft²)
Main plus suite
468 m² (5,034 ft²)

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Listing updated Aug 25, 2026, 2:23 PM ET · Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board