Request for Direction Report - Official Plan and Zoning Amendment Applications - 6080 Yonge Street and 11 Homewood Avenue

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2021-05-05 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on May 5 and 6, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to oppose the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment application for 6080 Yonge Street and 11 Homewood Avenue in its current form. 2. Should the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approve the Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law amendment application, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withhold its Order(s) approving the application until such time as: a.

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the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that the form and content of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are satisfactory to the City; b. the City Solicitor confirms the satisfactory execution and registration of a Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure appropriate community benefits; c. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has addressed the outstanding comments identified in the memorandum (August 28, 2020) from the Manager, Development Engineering, Engineering and Construction Services, including an updated Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report that addresses staff's concerns; and d. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to continue discussions with the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to address the issues outlined in the report (March 24, 2021) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, North York District and to report back to City Council on the outcomes of those discussions, including proposed Section 37 contributions relating to any revised proposal, as appropriate.

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The application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law (the "application") to permit a 20-storey mixed use building with 808 square metres of ground floor retail and 262 residential units at 6080 Yonge Street and 11 Homewood Avenue (the "subject site"). The applicant has appealed the application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.

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A case management conference at the LPAT is scheduled for April 22, 2021. No hearing dates have been set. This report recommends that the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and other appropriate City staff, attend the LPAT hearing in opposition of the application. It also recommends that staff continue to have discussions with the applicant in an effort to resolve the issues outlined in this report and to report back to City Council on the outcome as appropriate.

Staff recommended

The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to oppose the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment application for 6080 Yonge Street and 11 Homewood Avenue in its current form. 2. Should the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approve the Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law amendment application, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withhold its Order(s) approving the application until such time as: a.

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the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that the form and content of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are satisfactory to the City; b. the City Solicitor confirms the satisfactory execution and registration of a Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure appropriate community benefits; c. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has addressed the outstanding comments identified in the memorandum dated August 28, 2020 from the Manager, Development Engineering, Engineering and Construction Services, including an updated Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report that addresses staff's concerns; and d. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to continue discussions with the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to address the issues outlined in the report dated March 24, 2021 from the Acting Director, Community Planning, North York District, and to report back to City Council on the outcomes of those discussions, including proposed Section 37 contributions relating to any revised proposal, as appropriate.

Considered

2021-04-20 · North York Community Council · adopted
Decision as filed
North York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to oppose the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment application for 6080 Yonge Street and 11 Homewood Avenue in its current form. 2. Should the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approve the Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law amendment application, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal withhold its Order(s) approving the application until such time as: a.
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the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that the form and content of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are satisfactory to the City; b. the City Solicitor confirms the satisfactory execution and registration of a Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure appropriate community benefits; c. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has addressed the outstanding comments identified in the memorandum dated August 28, 2020 from the Manager, Development Engineering, Engineering and Construction Services, including an updated Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report that addresses staff's concerns; and d. the City Solicitor confirms that the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Assessment, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to continue discussions with the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to address the issues outlined in the report dated March 24, 2021 from the Acting Director, Community Planning, North York District, and to report back to City Council on the outcomes of those discussions, including proposed Section 37 contributions relating to any revised proposal, as appropriate.
2021-05-05 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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