Party Wall Permission

Party Wall Permission is a narrow Toronto zoning fix for sixplexes and small apartment buildings up to four storeys.

Let small apartments share an internal wall. A narrow Toronto zoning fix for sixplexes and small apartment buildings up to four storeys. The problem Internal gaps waste narrow lots. When two adjacent lots are developed together, required side yards at the internal lot line can consume width, complicate layouts, and reduce unit and bedroom count. This is not about removing side yard protections for unrelated neighbours. It is about treating the shared internal lot line differently when both sides are controlled and designed together. Existing precedent Fourplexes already do this.…

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• Rishi Kothari

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