72 Perth Avenue - Zoning Amendment Application - Final Report

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2022-03-09 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on March 9, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 72 Perth Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

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3. Before introducing the necessary Bill to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to submit a revised Rail Safety and Development Viability Assessment to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. In accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the first above grade building permit, City Council require the owner to pay the cash-in-lieu payment and convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 134.0 square metres located along the western property boundary, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor; the conveyance of the on-site parkland dedication will be further facilitated through the Site Plan Control application. 5. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and to report back on amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 72 Perth Avenue from permit parking area 2.

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This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a ten-storey (37.95 metres, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse) residential building at 72 Perth Avenue with 108 residential units and an on-site parkland dedication that would support the widening of the West Toronto Rail Path. The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020), conforms to the relevant policies of the Official Plan, the Council endorsed Planning Framework for the Bloor Street Study: St.

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Helen's Avenue to Perth Avenue, and incorporates direction from the applicable design guidelines. This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.

Staff recommended

The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 72 Perth Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 5 to the report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, dated January 31, 2022. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

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3. Before introducing the necessary Bill to City Council for enactment, require the owner to submit a revised Rail Safety and Development Viability Assessment to the satisfaction of Metrolinx's Third Party Projects Review. 4. In accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the first above grade building permit, the owner shall pay the cash-in-lieu payment and convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 156.4 square metres located along the western property boundary, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. The conveyance of the on-site parkland dedication will be further facilitated through the Site Plan Control application. 5. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

Considered

2022-02-16 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 72 Perth Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.
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3. Before introducing the necessary Bill to City Council for enactment, require the owner to submit a revised Rail Safety and Development Viability Assessment to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. In accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the first above grade building permit, City Council require the owner to pay the cash-in-lieu payment and convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 156.4 square metres located along the western property boundary, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. The conveyance of the on-site parkland dedication will be further facilitated through the Site Plan Control application. 5. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and to report back on amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 72 Perth Avenue from permit parking area 2.
Clerk’s note
The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 16, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.
2022-03-09 · Toronto City Council · amended

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