191-201 Church Street - Zoning Amendment Application - Final Report

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with the A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019) and conforms to the City's Official Plan This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The proposed development is in keeping with the intent of the Toronto Official Plan, particularly as it relates to intensification in the Downtown, which is a designated growth area, in the form of a mixed use development that conforms with the relevant Tall Building guidelines. Staff worked with the applicant and the community to address and resolve various massing issues including appropriate setbacks and heritage conservation matters. The provision of affordable housing and/or community service and facilities space through a Section 37 contribution and a range of dwelling unit types will help address housing and community issues. Staff recommend that Council support approval of the application.

5 b to this report. 3. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required. 4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to Council for enactment, City Council direct that the owner be required to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, and any other necessary agreements, satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, with such Agreement to be registered on title to the lands at 191-201 Church Street in a manner satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 5. The community benefits recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement are a financial contribution in the amount of $ 5,500,000.00 payable to the City prior to issuance of the first above-grade building permit, with such amount to be indexed upwardly in accordance with Statistics Canada Residential Building or Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index, as the case may be, for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported by Statistics Canada in the Building Construction Price Indexes Publication 327-0058, or its successor, calculated from the date of the Section 37 Agreement to the date of payment; the funds shall be directed as follows: i. affordable housing, including Toronto Community Housing Corporation within the Ward, in consultation with the local Councillor; and ii. community service and facilities space within the Ward, in consultation with the local Councillor. 6. The following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as matters required to support the development of the site: i. prior to the issuance of the first building permit on the site, the owner shall provide confirmation from both the Hospital for Sick Children and St. Michael's Hospital, or their representative, that any temporary (including construction cranes or related construction machinery) and permanent structures are below or outside the protected flight path to the satisfaction Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; and ii. that the owner construct and maintain the development of the Site in accordance with Tier 1 performance measures of the Toronto Green Standard, and the owner will be encouraged to achieve Toronto Green Standard, Tier 2 or higher, where appropriate. 7. In the event the cash contribution referred to in Recommendation 5 has not been used for the intended purpose within three (3) years of the implementing Zoning By-law Amendments coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, provided that the purposes is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the local community. 8. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require that the owner shall enter into a Limiting Distance Agreement between the landowners of 191-201 Church Street, 86 Dalhousie Street and the City, to be registered on title to the 86 Dalhousie Street property, that would prevent the erection of a building above existing height permissions, for the entirety of the 86 Dalhousie Street lot, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner, and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 9. Prior to the commencement of any excavation and shoring work, the owner shall submit a Construction Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, the General Manager of Transportation Services, the Chief Building Official, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, in consultation with the local community, and thereafter shall implement the plan during the course of construction. The Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to the following construction-related details: noise, dust, size and location of staging areas, location and function of gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking and laneway uses and access, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, and a communication strategy with the surrounding community, and any other matters requested by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Ward Councillor.