The filed record
673 Warden Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
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The decision
2024-05-22 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 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 supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor.
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3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 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. 4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 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 supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer attached as Public Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by the Supplementary Settlement Offer attached as Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement, provided that the Revised Plans are also modified to reduce the height of the proposed mechanical penthouse to approximately 5.0 metres, such that there is a reduction in the overall metred height of the building. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised the Ontario Land Tribunal that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is of a final content and form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the Owner has: 1. submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, and Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report or addendums (the "Engineering Reports"), to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; secured the design and provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, 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; 2. provided an addendum to the Transportation Impact Study, dated September 2022, including acceptable Transportation Demand Measures to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services; 3. submitted a revised full Landscape drawing set including Soil Volume Plans and Chart to address compliance with the Toronto Green Standard, including the parts of the ecology section, which pertain to existing and proposed trees and soil volume requirements, as well as Manufacturer specific soil cell layouts, sections and specifications (stamped by a licensed professional Civil Engineer and Structural Engineer in the Province of Ontario warranting that the product as proposed satisfied all City of Toronto loading requirements), along with a Public Utility Plan inclusive of Quality Level A data, all acceptable and satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; 4. submitted an updated complete Toronto Green Standards Checklist and Statistics Template, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; 5. submitted a Compatibility and Mitigation Study for Air Quality, Dust, Odour, Noise and Vibration, that is peer reviewed by a qualified third-party consultant retained by the City of Toronto, at the Owner's expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and 6. submitted an updated Wind Tunnel Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process. 3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the municipal infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report and/or the Transportation Impact Study or that mitigation is required per the Subsurface Investigation, which cannot be addressed through the withholding of the Ontario Land Tribunal's final order, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to request that a Holding provision (H) be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment, not to be lifted until such time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for required mitigation, as well as the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (May 22, 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 supplementary report (May 22, 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 supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 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. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 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 September 14, 2022, the City received a Zoning By-law Amendment application for 673 Warden Avenue to permit a mixed-use building of 15-storeys, in a tall mid-rise built form, plus rooftop amenity space and mechanical penthouse. The proposed building included retail space on the ground floor and 274 residential dwelling units. The total gross floor area of the proposed development was 18,965 square metres, comprising 18,759 square metres of residential gross floor area and 206 square metres of ground-floor commercial gross floor area, resulting in a floor space index of 6.9 times the area of the lot.
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The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Zoning By-law Amendment, to the Ontario Land Tribunal on May 1, 2023. The Ontario Land Tribunal held the first Case Management Conference on October 27, 2023. At the Case Management Conference, three entities with interests in the vicinity of the proposal, Choice Properties Limited Partnership (the owner of 683-685 Warden Avenue to the north of the Site), and Rataj Holdings Inc., and Tradition Fine Foods Ltd.(the owner and operator, respectively, of a food manufacturing facility at 663 Warden Avenue), were granted Party Status. A nine-day hearing is scheduled to commence August 26, 2024. On May 2, 2024, the City received a with prejudice, not confidential, settlement offer from the applicant's lawyers, Overland LLP, which is attached as Public Attachment 1. The Settlement Offer contains revised plans. The Settlement Offer is open until the end of the City Council meeting commencing on May 22, 2024. The applicant has also filed the Revised Plans with the Ontario Land Tribunal, and will be seeking approval of the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of the Revised Plans. The City Solicitor requires further instructions for the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing. Given imminent procedural filing dates, and the expiry of the Settlement Offer at the end of the May City Council meeting, this matter 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 Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential
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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.
On the record
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