7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West in the City of Vaughan - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment Applications - Request for Direction Report

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2019-02-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on February 26, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council endorse the January 17, 2019 letter from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, Attachment 2 to the report (January 23, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to the City of Vaughan's Committee of the Whole which identifies the concerns with the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West, including height and density.

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2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on next steps, should the City of Vaughan approve an application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West that is not substantially in conformity with the Yonge-Steeles Corridor Secondary Plan adopted by the Council of Vaughan. 3. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend and seek party status to support the City's interests, should the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

This report responds to an application filed in the City of Vaughan to amend the City of Vaughan Official Plan and the City of Vaughan Zoning By-law, identifies the concerns of City Planning staff and makes recommendations on future steps to protect the City's interests concerning the applications. The applications are at the north-west corner of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue West, abutting the City of Toronto. The purpose of these amendments is to permit three mixed-use residential towers connected by a seven storey mixed-use base building.

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The base would contain residential and hotel uses. The towers range in height from 52 to 65 storeys and the overall development would have a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 14.3 times the area of the lot. The Deputy Manager, Planning and Growth Management for the City of Vaughan has written a report to the City of Vaughan's Committee of the Whole regarding the application.

Staff recommended

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council endorse the January 17, 2019 letter from the Director, Community Planning, North York District (Attachment 2) to the City of Vaughan's Committee of the Whole which identifies the concerns with the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West, including height and density. 2. Should the City of Vaughan approve an application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West that is not substantially in conformity with the Council of Vaughan adopted Yonge-Steeles Corridor Secondary Plan, City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on next steps.

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3. Should the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend and seek party status to support the City's interests.

Considered

2019-02-12 · Planning and Housing Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that: 1. City Council endorse the January 17, 2019 letter from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, Attachment 2 to the report (January 23, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to the City of Vaughan's Committee of the Whole which identifies the concerns with the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West, including height and density.
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2. Should the City of Vaughan approve an application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West that is not substantially in conformity with the Council of Vaughan adopted Yonge-Steeles Corridor Secondary Plan, City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on next steps. 3. Should the application at 7028 Yonge Street and 2 Steeles Avenue West be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend and seek party status to support the City's interests.
2019-02-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

On the record

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