3429 Bloor Street West - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions

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2019-07-16 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019 adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor and direct that the balance of the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with City Planning and other appropriate staff to appear before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to oppose the rezoning application in its revised form. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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DCMS Realty (Bloor-Islington) Inc. (the "Owner") is the owner of lands known municipally as 3429 Bloor Street West. On June 27, 2017 the Owner applied for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment with respect to the subject lands in order to permit an 18-storey mixed-use building containing retail uses at-grade, office uses on the 2nd level and a retirement facility above. On November 10, 2017 and January 15, 2018, the applicant filed appeals of the Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment applications, respectively, to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT"), citing Council's failure to make a decision on the applications within the prescribed timelines of the Planning Act.

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The LPAT has held two pre-hearing conferences in this matter, the first on April 5, 2018 and the second on October 9, 2018. An 8-day hearing is scheduled to begin on September 3, 2019. On June 17, 2019 the City received "with prejudice" revised plans from the applicant's solicitor on the appealed application. The purpose of this report is to seek further instruction for the LPAT hearing of the appeals.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, if adopted by City Council, but that the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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