46, 46R, 48, 50, 52 and 52R Laing Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions

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2024-02-06 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on February 6 and 7, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3.

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City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated January 23, 2024 set out in Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Final Order until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment has been finalized to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, and Hydrogeological Review, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; and c. the owner has provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the acceptable Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water, where it has been determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

On December 23, 2022 the City received Official Plan, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control applications for 46R, 46-52 and 52R Laing Street to permit the construction of two apartment buildings at four and seven storeys. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments (the "Appeal"), to the Ontario Land Tribunal on May 8, 2023.

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On June 30, 2023, the Applicant submitted a revised proposal, having acquired the properties known municipally as 46-48 Laing Street. The revised proposal is for two seven-storey apartment buildings. The City Solicitor requires further directions for an upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing scheduled for June 12 to 25, 2024. Consideration of this item is urgent and cannot be deferred.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all

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other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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