Re-Opening and Amending Item 2024.NY12.8 - 680 and 688 Sheppard Avenue East - Rental Housing Demolition Application - Decision Report - Approval - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise

Due to significant health and safety concerns, the applicant would like to demolish the dwelling units located at 680 Sheppard before a building permit for a replacement rental building is issued. This motion also modifies the conditions upon which demolition permit can be issued by requiring public art to be included on the construction hoarding for the duration of construction. This motion is urgent as it will enable the earlier demolition of the vacant building subject to conditions, including a requirement for a construction mitigation strategy that will mitigate impacts on existing tenants of 688 Sheppard Avenue East. Requires Re-opening Item 2024.NY12.8 (April 17 and 18, 2024 City Council Meeting) only as it pertains to Parts 2 and 4 of the decision.

all conditions in Part 1 above have been fully satisfied and secured; b. the Official Plan Amendment has come into full force and effect; c. the Zoning By-law Amendment has come into full force and effect; d. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; e. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permit) for the approved development on the site; and f. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. and adopting instead the following new part: 2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, after all the following have occurred: a. for the demolition of 12 of the 47 existing rental dwelling units located at 680 Sheppard after all the following have occurred: i. all conditions in Part 1 above have been fully satisfied and secured; and, ii. the provision and implementation of a Construction Mitigation Strategy, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to minimize the impact on the tenants of the remaining residential rental building on site; b. for the demolition of 35 of the 47 existing rental dwelling units located at 688 Sheppard Avenue East after all the following have occurred: i. all conditions in Part 1 have been fully satisfied and secured; ii. the Official Plan Amendment has come into full force and effect; iii. the Zoning By-law Amendment has come into full force and effect; iv. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; v. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permit) for the approved development on the site; and vi. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. b. amending Part 4 by: 1. adding the words "as applicable" after the words "referred to in Part 2," in the lead in paragraph; and 2. adding the words "with public art" after the words "solid construction hoarding" and adding the words "and in consultation with the Local Councillor" after the words "Executive Director Toronto Building" so that Part 4 now reads as follows: 4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 680 and 688 Sheppard Avenue East after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 2 above, as applicable, which may be included in the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to section 6.2 of Chapter 363, on condition that: a. the owner removes all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition; b. the owner erects solid construction hoarding with public art to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and in consultation with the local councillor; c. the owner erects the proposed building on the site no later than three (3) years from the date that the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and d. should the owner fail to complete the proposed building within the time specified in Part 4.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector's roll, as with municipal property taxes, an amount equal to the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that such amount shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the Residential Demolition Permit is issued.