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995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2 and 4 Mortimer Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions Regarding Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Hearing

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2019-07-16 · Toronto City Council · amended

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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 and the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Paula Fletcher. 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 the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

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3. City Council direct that the balance of 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 and City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor and the confidential instructions to staff attached to motion 1 by Councillor Paula Fletcher were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated July 5, 2019 from Goodmans LLP, attached as Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing of these matters to advise that City Council supports a settlement in principle of the Official Plan Amendment 343 and site specific Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications related to 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue, as generally shown in the architectural plans dated June 28, 2019 attached as Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor, subject to the following: a. a minimum of 15 percent of the dwelling units in the development shall be 2 bedroom units or larger and a minimum of 10 percent of the dwelling units shall be 3 bedroom units or larger, with a majority located within the base building as per the Growing Up Guidelines; b. loading requirements and vehicular parking ratios shall be addressed in a Transportation Impact Report Addendum, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. stormwater management, functional servicing and hydrogeological issues shall be addressed in revised engineering reports, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and d. prior to the issuance of the final Orders from the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal on the related appeals: i. the Official Plan Amendment 343 for the site shall be finalized and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor; ii. the site specific Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment reflecting City Council's decision shall be finalized to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; iii. the Owner shall address all outstanding issues from Engineering and Construction Services, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; iv. the Owner shall prepare a revised Functional Servicing Report, a revised Stormwater Management Report and revised Hydrogeological Assessment, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; v. the Owner shall enter into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; vi. the Owner shall address all outstanding issues from Transportation Services, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; and vii. the Owner shall prepare a revised Transportation Impact Assessment Addendum to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services. 3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to take the necessary action to give effect to Parts 1 and 2 above. 4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to review the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Mortimer Avenue for safety and operation as it relates to the existing traffic congestion at that intersection as well as the traffic impact to be generated by the development and to report to the Toronto and East York Community Council on any recommended changes to improve the safety and operation of that intersection if required. 5. City Council direct the Applicant to amend its application to convert a minimum of one and up to three residential parking spaces to a car share or commercial/retail spaces or visitor parking spaces, to the satisfaction of and in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to reflect this change in the settlement at the hearing before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. 6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, together with the Applicant, to consult with the Toronto Public Library on the potential of leasing the proposed ground floor retail space to locate or relocate a library branch. 7. In the event that the appeals for 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue are allowed at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Toronto and East York Community Council on excluding the property located at 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue from Permit Parking Area 7K to ensure no future resident of 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue may obtain a parking permit in this permit parking area and to report on this exclusion by the October 10, 2019 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council. 8. In the event that the appeals for 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue are allowed at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and prior to the issuance of the first building permit and in support of the future site plan control application, City Council require the applicant to submit a Construction Management Plan to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and implement the plan during the course of construction; the Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to, details regarding size and location of construction staging areas, dates of significant concrete pouring activities, measures to ensure safety lighting does not negatively impact adjacent residences, construction vehicle parking locations, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information and any other matters deemed necessary. 9. In the event that the appeals for 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue are allowed at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, City Council direct that a local Construction Liaison Committee be established by the developer, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. 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. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (July 5, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 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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1001 Broadview Avenue Inc. (the "Applicant") is the owner of lands municipally known as 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2 & 4 Mortimer Avenue (the "Subject Site"). Policy Background The properties at 995-1005 Broadview Avenue are designated Mixed Use Areas in the Official Plan, which permit a broad range of uses and are generally where growth and intensification is targeted. The properties at 2-4 Mortimer Avenue are designated Neighbourhoods, which are stable low-rise residential areas where physical changes must be sensitive, gradual and "fit" the existing physical character.

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This site, specifically the properties at 995-1005 Broadview Avenue, fall within Site and Area Specific Policy 509 being Official Plan Amendment 343 ("OPA 343"), which was the result of the Broadview Avenue Planning Study. City Council adopted OPA 343 on June 7, 2016. However, OPA 343 was appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). On August 15, 2018, the LPAT approved OPA 343 save and except for three site-specific appeals that remain outstanding. The lands with outstanding site-specific appeals are the following: 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue (the Subject Site); 1132 Broadview Avenue; and 954-958 Broadview Avenue and 72 Chester Hill Road. All three of these site-specific appeals have site-specific development applications under way. OPA 343 guides and manages moderate incremental development on Broadview Avenue, between Danforth Avenue and O'Connor Drive; complements, builds upon, and strengthens the physical character of the area as a whole and within each of its five character areas; conserves and reinforces the area's natural and cultural heritage; and ensures compatibility between existing and future development. OPA 343 provides five character areas for Broadview Avenue, each area defined by its attributes in terms of function, built form and character. The subject site, for the properties at 995-1005 Broadview Avenue, is within Character Area B, which allows for a maximum height of 5 storeys. The properties at 2-4 Mortimer Road are not currently within OPA 343. In addition to OPA 343, City Council also adopted Broadview Avenue Urban Design Guidelines which aid in guiding the implementation of the policies in OPA 343. The Original Site-Specific Application On November 23, 2017, the Applicant submitted an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City, proposing to develop a 10-storey (33.2 metres plus a 5.5 metre mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building at the lands municipally known as 995-1005 Broadview Avenue and 2-4 Mortimer Avenue (the "Original Application"). The Original Application proposed a gross floor area ("GFA") of 8,709.5 square metres: 8,260.5 square metres of residential and 449 square metres of retail. The proposed Floor Space Index (FSI) of the Original Application was 5.66 times the area of the lot. In order to facilitate this development, the Original Application proposed amendments to the Official Plan, including re-designation of 2-4 Mortimer Avenue from Neighbourhoods to Mixed Use Areas, and an amendment to Site and Area Specific Policy No. 509 (SASP 509) to allow for the construction of a 10-storey building. On March 26, 2018, City Council adopted a refusal report (dated February 2, 2018) from the Director of Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. The Applicant appealed its Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's decision (the "Appeal"). The Appeal is currently subject to the rules and procedures established by Bill 139. The Appeal is adjourned pending the result of the Applicant's appeal of the City's Broadview Avenue Planning Study. The Applicant's outstanding appeal of OPA 343 has been scoped to the Subject Site and is considered a legacy appeal before the LPAT assessed against the Planning Act tests prior to the enactment of Bill 139. The site specific hearing of OPA 343 as it relates to this site is scheduled to be heard by the Tribunal on September 30, 2019 for 5 days. Since the refusal report, 1001 Broadview Avenue Inc. has approached City Planning in an effort to address the concerns raised in the February 2, 2018 refusal report.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the

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City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege, and Confidential Attachments 2 amd 3 shall remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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