The filed record
1175-1181 Weston Road and 7-17 Locust Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
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The decision
2025-04-23 · Toronto City Council · amended
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City Council on April 23 and 24, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
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4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 5. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management following the closing of the transactions contemplated in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, at the discretion of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 6. City Council request the Mayor to consider allocating any Community Benefit Charge funds collected from the development to the Mount Dennis Business Improvement Area Streetscape Plan, through the annual budget process immediately following the payment of the funds to the City. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information regarding a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management will be made public at the discretion of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. October 22, 2025 The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated April 11, 2025, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor and 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 Order until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment(s) and Zoning By-law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, City Planning and City Solicitor; b. the owner meets the Toronto Green Standard Tier 1, version 4, requirements applicable at the zoning bylaw-stage to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with the exception of soil width area as set out on the drawings attached as Appendices D and E in Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor; c. the owner has provided and implemented a Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning for Eligible Tenants of four (4) existing rental dwelling unit proposed to be demolished, addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship, including the provision of rent gap payments; d. the owner has provided a legal undertaking to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing the implementation of the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan required by condition (c) above; e. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues identified within the Engineering and Construction Services correspondence, dated May 8, 2024, or as revised, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; f. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and such report shall determine the stormwater run-off, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from the development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development and/or any upgrades that may be required; g. the owner has provided a revised Servicing Report Groundwater Summary Form, Hydrogeological Review Report, Hydrological Review Summary Form, and Foundation Summary Form to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; h. should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report, a Holding Provision be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment and the Holding Provision not to be lifted until such a time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for 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; i. the submitted Noise and Vibration Impact Study, Rail Safety Report, and Compatibility/ Migration Study have been peer reviewed by a third-party consultant retained by the City at the owner's expense, to the satisfaction of the City; j. the submitted Energy Strategy Report has been reviewed to the satisfaction of the Environment and Energy; k. the owner has provided a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study, including a revised Wind Tunnel Study with the identification of any required mitigation measures to be secured in the Zoning By-law amendment, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review; and l. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Metrolinx noted in correspondence, dated May 7, 2024, including the need for a technical review and made required revisions, to the satisfaction of the Manager, Technical Review, Metrolinx. 3. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals, in whole or in part, City Council approve an on-site parkland dedication having a minimum size of 503 square metres with frontage on Weston Road and Hollis Street in satisfaction of the owner's required parkland dedication pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act as described in the Settlement Offer; the on-site parkland dedication shall be conveyed to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments with the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks 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 and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; the on-site parkland shall further be conveyed to the City prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for whichever building comes first, in an acceptable environmental condition, and constructed to base park condition at no cost to the City, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 4. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part and the owner elects to construct the Above Base Park Improvements, City Council approve a Development Charges 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 and Recreation; the Development Charges 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 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 authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor is now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make it public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 11, 2025) 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 (April 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The Applicant submitted Official Plan amendment and Zoning Bylaw amendment applications for the sites located at 1175-1181 Weston Road and 7-17 Locust Street (the "Applications"). City Council refused the Applications at its meeting on July 24 and 25, 2024. The applicant appealed City Council's decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal on August 22, 2024 (the "Appeal"). The City Solicitor requires further directions regarding the Appeal at the Ontario Land Tribunal.
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The first Case Management Conference for this matter is scheduled on May 20, 2025. This matter is urgent and cannot be deferred.
Staff recommended
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor are to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as they contain advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 3. City
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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 adopted by City Council, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
On the record
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