2-6 Howard Park Avenue - Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications - Request for further Direction Regarding Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2023-02-07 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on February 7 and 8, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and that Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Show the rest of As filed, 1,687 more characters as filed

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated January 25, 2023 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the revised proposed development set out in the Settlement Offer in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and as shown on the revised plans in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any appropriate City Staff to take such actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. March 10, 2023 Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (January 26, 2023) from the City Solicitor are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

On the agenda

As the city filed it

BJL HP Corp. (the "Applicant") is the owner of the properties municipally known as 2-6 Howard Park Avenue (the "Subject Property"). On April 21, 2021, the Applicant applied for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments in order to facilitate a proposed redevelopment of the Subject Property (the "Applications"). The Applications proposed an 11-storey mixed use building with 128 residential units and 377 square metres of commercial retail space at grade.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 672 more characters as filed

The proposed overall height of the building is 39.95 metres, inclusive of the mechanical penthouse, and the proposed floor space index is 7.93 times the area of the lot. The Application would require the demolition of the 1-storey Master Mechanic automobile service and repair shop. The Applicant appealed the Application to the Ontario Land Tribunal on November 5, 2021 due to City Council's failure to make a decision. A nine day hearing of this appeal is scheduled to be heard by the Ontario Land Tribunal commencing on March 27, 2023. The City Solicitor is bringing this report for the purpose of requesting instructions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion

Show the rest of Staff recommended, 193 more characters as filed

of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and that Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

On the record

The item as the City filed it

More from this meeting

The whole meeting