23 Beechwood Avenue - Appeal of Committee of Adjustment Decision - Request for City Solicitor to Attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body - by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle

On August 19, 2024, the Applicant applied to the Committee for variances to the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 (the "Application"), seeking increases to the permitted maximum building length, building depth, building height, main wall height, platform height and projection, and first floor height, as well as a decrease to the TRCA shoreline distance limit. In a report from the Director of Community Planning, North York District dated February 27, 2025, Community Planning Staff raised concerns with respect to the Application and recommended that the Application be refused. A copy of the Planning Report is attached as Attachment 1. Of primary concern to Community Planning Staff were the proposed building length and depth which were almost double what is permitted by the Zoning By-Law. In particular, Community Planning Staff opined that the proposed building length and depth would result in excessive massing of the dwelling that does not fit the character of the neighbourhood. On March 6, 2025, the Committee heard the Application and issued a decision approving the Application, subject to conditions (the "Decision"). The Decision was issued on March 13, 2025. A copy of the Notice of Decision of the Committee of Adjustment is attached as Attachment 2. In order to preserve the City's right of appeal, the City Solicitor appealed the Committee of Adjustment's Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body on March 21, 2025. This matter is time sensitive and urgent as the City Solicitor has already appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to preserve the City's statutory right and requires instructions to appeal and attend the hearing for this matter.

A0426/24NY respecting 23 Beechwood Avenue and authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City at their discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Community Planning, North York District.