Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment - Request for Direction Report

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2019-03-27 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on March 27 and 28, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other appropriate staff, to attend before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of a settlement of the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment with permissions for two towers on Block 7, which is bounded by New Street, Harbour Street, Lower Jarvis Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

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2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to present the Draft Consolidated Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment, in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (March 12, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal pre-hearing conference scheduled for April 11, 2019. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such further stylistic and technical changes to the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment as may be required and to take such further actions, as may be required, to give effect to City Council's decision. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take such actions, as are required, to give effect to City Council's decision.

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The purpose of this report is to request direction from City Council on the pending Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) pre-hearing on the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment (OPA), adopted by City Council at their June 7, 8 and 9, 2016 meeting. The Lower Yonge OPA, as amended by the 1-7 Yonge Street and 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East site-specific LPAT settlements, is scheduled to be presented to the LPAT on April 11, 2019.

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Choice Properties REIT (ChoiceREIT) is a Party to the upcoming LPAT Pre-Hearing and requested an OPA policy change to permit two towers on Block 7 to realize the OPA density permission of 12.5 times lot area (approximately 158,000 square meters of GFA) on 10 Lower Jarvis Street. ChoiceREIT developed a two-tower built form demonstration model based upon the Lower Yonge OPA tall building criteria and policies. After extensive review of the two-tower demonstration model by City Planning, informed by the built form criteria of the City's Tall Building Guidelines, the Lower Yonge Precinct Plan and the Lower Yonge OPA, as amended by the site-specific LPAT settlements, Planning staff supports the proposed two tower policy amendment. It is recommended that City Council modify the Lower Yonge OPA to permit two towers on Block 7, bounded by future Harbour Street, future New Street, Lower Jarvis Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East, in accordance with the recommendations included within this Request for Directions Report.

Staff recommended

The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other appropriate staff, to attend before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of a settlement of the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment with permissions for two towers on Block 7, which is bounded by New Street, Harbour Street, Lower Jarvis Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.

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2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take such actions, as are required, to give effect to City Council's decision.

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2019-03-19 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other appropriate staff, to attend before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of a settlement of the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment with permissions for two towers on Block 7, which is bounded by New Street, Harbour Street, Lower Jarvis Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.
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2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to present the Draft Consolidated Lower Yonge OPA, in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (March 12, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal pre-hearing conference scheduled for April 11, 2019. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such further stylistic and technical changes to the Lower Yonge Official Plan Amendment as may be required and to take such further actions, as may be required, to give effect to City Council's decision. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take such actions, as are required, to give effect to the Recommendations above.
2019-03-27 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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