210 Bloor Street West - Zoning Amendment Application - Refusal Report

Given the small site size, the proposed building cannot provide appropriate stepbacks above the Canyon Form Base building height of 20-storeys (62 metres) as required in the Downtown Tall Buildings - Vision and Supplementary Design Guidelines. The proposed development is not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), as it sets out inappropriate development standards including inadequate setbacks and tower stepbacks. As a result, the proposed development negatively impacts the access to sunlight for existing residents by locating the proposed building too close to existing and planned buildings on neighbouring properties. The proposal fails to conform with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2017). It does not provide the appropriate scale of development and transition of built form to adjacent areas. The proposal does not adequately address policies contained in the City's Official Plan, including Official Plan Amendment 352 and Official Plan Amendment 406 which provide direction on tall building setbacks and separation distances, as well as the appropriate transition in scale of buildings within the Downtown.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision. 4. City Council request the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") to withhold its order in the event that the project is approved in some form, until the following have been secured: a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has revised the Site Servicing and Stage 2 Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. community benefits and other matters in support of the development are secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and the City Solicitor.