224-240 Adelaide Street West - Zoning By-law Amendment - Final Report

Considered

• 2022-06-29 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended

  Decision as filed

  The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 224-240 Adelaide Street West, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (June 8, 2022), from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit the necessary bill to implement the foregoing recommendations provided the City Solicitor is satisfied that the appropriate legal mechanisms are in place to ensure that no building permit will be issued until such time as the Section 37 Agreement is executed and registered.

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  3. City Council require the owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, prior to the issuance of any building permit for the development, as follows: a. the community benefits recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement are as follows: i. Prior to the issuance of the fist above-grade building permit, the owner shall make a cash contribution in the amount of $ 1,200,000 for the provision of affordable housing in Ward 10 within the vicinity of the site to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. ii. Prior to the issuance of the fist above-grade building permit, the owner shall make a cash contribution in the amount of $ 4,800,000 for the provision of Community Services and Facilities, parkland construction/improvements and/or streetscape improvements along Adelaide Street West and/or Duncan Street in Ward 10 within the vicinity of the site, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. iii. The financial contributions pursuant to Recommendation 3.a.i. and ii. above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date City Council adopts the zoning by-law amendment(s) to the date of payment; iv. In the event the cash contributions referred to in Recommendations 3.a.i-ii above have not been used for the intended purposes within three (3) years of the Zoning By-law Amendment 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 purpose is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in Ward 10; b. The following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience in support of the development: i. Prior to the commencement of any excavation or shoring work, the owner shall submit a Construction Management Plan to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and thereafter in support of the development, will 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 access gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking 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 General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. ii. The construction and maintenance of the development in accordance with at least the Tier 1 performance measures of the Toronto Green Standard; iii. The conveyance to the City for nominal consideration of the required 0.72 metre strip of land between the existing commercial lane to the north of the subject site and the proposed building face for a lane widening to be dedicated to the City at no cost to the City, free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments and in acceptable environmental condition, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; 4. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 5. City Council declare, pursuant to subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13 for the purposes of subsection 45(1.3) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, that the owner, may be permitted to apply to amend the site specific zoning by-law for the lands at 224-240 Adelaide Street West before the second anniversary of the first day on which any part of the site specific by-law comes into effect.

  Clerk’s note

  The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on June 30, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

• 2022-07-19 · Toronto City Council · adopted