Amending Item 2023.SC2.1 - 1625, 1633 and 1641 Kingston Road and 52 Birchcliff Avenue - Rental Housing Demolition Application - Amendment - by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Lily Cheng

Due to the deteriorating condition of the existing buildings and associated health and safety issues, the applicant would like to demolish the buildings located at 1625, 1633 and 1641 Kingston Road and 52 Birchcliff Avenue before the issuance of Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan and excavation and shoring permits for the approved development. All tenants of the existing buildings on the site have moved out and received tenant assistance and compensation, and all the rental units are currently vacant. This motion is urgent as the buildings in question are in a deteriorating state, resulting in serious concerns over health and safety impacts to the surrounding community. The applicant would like to demolish the buildings to remedy the situation.

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; d. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permit) for the proposed building which includes the replacement rental units on the subject site; and b. by deleting the words "no earlier than the issuance of the excavation and shoring permit for the proposed development, and" in Part 4 so that it reads: 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 no earlier than the issuance of the excavation and shoring permit for the proposed development , and after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 2 above, which may be included in the demolition permit for Chapter 667 under 363-6.2, of the Toronto Municipal Code, on condition that: 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the registered Section 111 Agreement as necessary to implement the change in requirements for issuance of Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit.