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2402-2418 Dufferin Street and 4-10 Ramsden Road - Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision Applications - Request for Directions
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2024-03-20 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on March 20 and 21, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 6, 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.
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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 6, 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 the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment applications dated March 5, 2024 set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 6, 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 approve that in accordance with section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the first above grade building permit, the owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 503.2 square metres, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 3. 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. 4. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 5. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning Bylaw Amendment are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has submitted revised architectural and landscape plans, and sun/shadow and wind studies to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; c. the owner has revised the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report, Hydrological Review Summary, and Groundwater Summary to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; d. 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, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development; in requiring any off site municipal infrastructure upgrades, the owner is to make satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services for Work on the City's Right-of-Way; e. the owner has submitted an updated Transportation Impact Study to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. the owner has submitted a revised Transportation Demand Management Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such matters be secured if required; g. the owner has provided space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the private side, as close to the property line as possible, for both the storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law Chapter 681.10 to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and h. the owner has provided a revised draft Plan of Subdivision, as necessary, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (March 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 6, 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 (March 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
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As the city filed it
On November 10, 2021, Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications were submitted to permit a 24-storey (76 metres high) mixed-use building and a 9-storey residential building (30 metres high) at 2402-2418 Dufferin Street and 4-10 Ramsden Road. Also proposed were a northerly extension to the existing municipal laneway within the site, and an on-site parkland dedication at the southwest corner of the site.
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On August 2, 2022, the Applicant appealed the Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications to the Ontario Land Tribunal due to Council not making a decision within the prescribed time frames in the Planning Act. Case Management Conferences before the Ontario Land Tribunal took place on November 15, 2022 and April 3, 2023. Duffli Limited and Li III Ltd, an adjacent landowner, was made a party to the proceedings and a 10 day hearing has been scheduled to commence on April 15, 2024. The City Solicitor urgently requires further directions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing. This item 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 in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor if the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted by City Council.
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3. City Council direct that all 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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