96 Spadina Avenue and 379, 383, 385 and 391 Adelaide Street West - Zoning Amendment - by Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton

It has come to City Planning's attention that structural issues related to the retention of the heritage building and the proposed building's transfer columns require reducing the eight floor stepback to 5.5 metres. A 5.5 metre stepback meets City Planning's heritage and built form policies, and would provide an acceptable building stepback along the Adelaide Street West frontage. The proposed revision to the Draft By-laws revises Diagram 7 and Map 2 to reflect the eighth floor 5.5 metre stepback along Adelaide Street West. No other changes have been made to the proposal, as approved, and it is therefore the opinion of City Planning and Legal Staff that the required changes are minor and technical in nature. As such, the draft Zoning By-laws should be replaced with the attached draft Zoning By-law amendments. As the proposed change is considered minor and technical in nature, it is appropriate for City Council to deem that no further notice be required pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act. This is an urgent matter since the Zoning By-laws were adopted in October, 2019, and further delay may cause hardship to the applicant.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 4. City Council determine that the changes contained within the revised By-laws are minor, technical in nature, and reflective of the original proposal and plans considered by City Council, and pursuant to subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is required in respect of the proposed amendment to the Zoning By-laws.