2939-2943 Bloor Street West - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Direction Report

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2022-07-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the revised Zoning By-law Amendment application for the lands at 2939-2943 Bloor Street West as generally described in the report (June 7, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Order(s) be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a.

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the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, which is to include the site of a previous and related application at 2915-2917 Bloor Street West, is in a final form and content that is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Hydrogeological report addressing all outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application as set out in their memorandum dated March 23, 2022 or as may be updated in response to further submission(s) filed by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and entered into the appropriate agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Traffic Impact Study accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; d. the owner has submitted to the General Manager, Transportation Services, for review and acceptance, a revised Transportation Impact Study and Parking Study to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; e. the owner has submitted a revised Landscape Plan, Soil Volume Plan, Arborist Report and Tree Protection Plan, for review to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; and any necessary financial securities, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and that such matters arising from such studies and plans be secured if required; and f. the owner has submitted and received approval from City Council regarding a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversation Application pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act with respect to the existing rental dwelling units being demolished on the site. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure the following matters through Section 37 and/or the Site Plan Control process: a. the owner work with City staff to provide space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the property, as close to the property line as possible, for both storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers Chapter 68-10; b. the owner work with City staff to achieve appropriate unit sizes for the two-bedroom and three-bedroom units to accommodate families; c. secure the road widening of 0.4 metres along the Bloor Street West frontage of the property and a laneway widening of 1.67 metres across the rear of the property abutting the existing public laneway; d. secure planters for the rear terraces, including an obligation for maintenance as part of the common elements of the condominium corporation, to ensure year-round plantings that provide visual screening; and e. satisfactory arrangements are made with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for the design and construction of new infrastructure or any improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure, should it be determined in the revised Functional Servicing Report and/or revised Hydrogeological Report, as required below, that new infrastructure and/or upgrades/improvements are required to the existing infrastructure, to support this development, and that the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement to pay for and construct any necessary municipal infrastructure, with any such agreement to be executed prior to issuance of an above-grade building permit. 4. City Council encourage the owner to continue working with abutting property owners to the south of the subject property on appropriate fencing and screening.

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This application for an amendment to the Zoning By-law is adjacent to and related to a previous application at 2915-2917 Bloor Street West (16 141156 WET 05 OZ), dated April 15, 2016, that was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB"), now Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT"), on January 16, 2017. At their meeting of July 14 to 16, 2021, City Council accepted a settlement offer proposing a seven-storey building with 163 units and retail at grade.

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The 2021 Settlement Offer has not yet been presented to the Ontario Land Tribunal for final approval. The purpose of this application, received on January 18, 2022, is to extend the built form accepted by City Council in the 2021 Settlement Offer to include two parcels known as 2939 to 2943 Bloor Street West. This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the new Zoning By-law Amendment application for the seven-storey building, extending from 2915 to 2943 Bloor Street West. The proposal contains an additional 62 dwelling units and 408 square metres of retail space on the ground floor. The total gross floor area of the proposed building is 15,628 square metres. The existing buildings would be demolished. The application was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal on May 26, 2022 for non-decision. This report recommends that the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing to support the application in principle, subject to addressing the necessary conditions for approval in the Recommendations section of this report.

Staff recommended

The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the revised Zoning By-law Amendment application for the lands at 2939-2943 Bloor Street West as generally described in this report. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Order(s) be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a.

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the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, which is to include the site of a previous and related application at 2915-2917 Bloor Street West, is in a final form and content that is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Hydrogeological report addressing all outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application as set out in their memorandum dated March 23, 2022 or as may be updated in response to further submission(s) filed by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and entered into the appropriate agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Traffic Impact Study accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services; d. the owner has submitted to the General Manager of Transportation Services, for review and acceptance, a revised Transportation Impact Study and Parking Study to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Transportation Services; e. the owner has submitted a revised Landscape Plan, Soil Volume Plan, Arborist Report and Tree Protection Plan, for review to the satisfaction of General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; and any necessary financial securities, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and that such matters arising from such studies and plans be secured if required; and f. the owner has submitted and received approval from City Council regarding a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversation Application pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act with respect to the existing rental dwelling units being demolished on the site. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure the following matters through Section 37 and/or the Site Plan Control process: a. the owner work with City staff to provide space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the property, as close to the property line as possible, for both storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law Chapter 68-10; b. the owner work with City staff to achieve appropriate unit sizes for the two-bedroom and three-bedroom units to accommodate families; c. secure the road widening of 0.4 metres along the Bloor Street West frontage of the property and a laneway widening of 1.67 metres across the rear of the property abutting the existing public laneway; d. secure planters for the rear terraces, including an obligation for maintenance as part of the common elements of the condominium corporation, to ensure year-round plantings that provide visual screening; and, e. satisfactory arrangements are made with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for the design and construction of new infrastructure or any improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure, should it be determined in the revised Functional Servicing Report and/or revised Hydrogeological Report, as required below, that new infrastructure and/or upgrades/improvements are required to the existing infrastructure, to support this development, and that the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement to pay for and construct any necessary municipal infrastructure, with any such agreement to be executed prior to issuance of an above-grade building permit.

Considered

2022-06-27 · Etobicoke York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the revised Zoning By-law Amendment application for the lands at 2939-2943 Bloor Street West as generally described in the report (June 7, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Order(s) be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a.
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the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, which is to include the site of a previous and related application at 2915-2917 Bloor Street West, is in a final form and content that is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Hydrogeological report addressing all outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application as set out in their memorandum dated March 23, 2022 or as may be updated in response to further submission(s) filed by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and entered into the appropriate agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Traffic Impact Study accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services; d. the owner has submitted to the General Manager of Transportation Services, for review and acceptance, a revised Transportation Impact Study and Parking Study to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Transportation Services; e. the owner has submitted a revised Landscape Plan, Soil Volume Plan, Arborist Report and Tree Protection Plan, for review to the satisfaction of General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; and any necessary financial securities, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and that such matters arising from such studies and plans be secured if required; and f. the owner has submitted and received approval from City Council regarding a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversation Application pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act with respect to the existing rental dwelling units being demolished on the site. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure the following matters through Section 37 and/or the Site Plan Control process: a. the owner work with City staff to provide space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the property, as close to the property line as possible, for both storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law Chapter 68-10; b. the owner work with City staff to achieve appropriate unit sizes for the two-bedroom and three-bedroom units to accommodate families; c. secure the road widening of 0.4 metres along the Bloor Street West frontage of the property and a laneway widening of 1.67 metres across the rear of the property abutting the existing public laneway; d. secure planters for the rear terraces, including an obligation for maintenance as part of the common elements of the condominium corporation, to ensure year-round plantings that provide visual screening; and, e. satisfactory arrangements are made with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for the design and construction of new infrastructure or any improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure, should it be determined in the revised Functional Servicing Report and/or revised Hydrogeological Report, as required below, that new infrastructure and/or upgrades/improvements are required to the existing infrastructure, to support this development, and that the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement to pay for and construct any necessary municipal infrastructure, with any such agreement to be executed prior to issuance of an above-grade building permit. 4. City Council encourage the owner to continue working with abutting property owners to the south of the subject property on appropriate fencing and screening.
2022-07-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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