North American suburbs are not just the result of people's preferences. To a large extent, they're mandated by government rules and regulations. Things like minimum parking requirements and single-family detached zoning have raised more attention and controversy recently—in this video we're going to look at Toronto's restrictions on the number of front doors a residence can have as another example of suburban-style housing regulation.

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More information: https://spacing.ca/toronto/2019/04/02/lorinc-fiddling-while-toronto-burns/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-term-neighbourhood-character-is-a-euphemism-for-something-ugly/ http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.PH3.1 https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-130496.pdf https://www.toronto.ca/zoning/bylaw_amendments/ZBL_NewProvision_Chapter150_10.htm

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