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3386-3398 Bayview Avenue and 32 Brenham Crescent - Zoning By-law Amendment - Decision Report - Appeal
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2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on May 21 and 22, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 3386-3398 Bayview Avenue and 32 Brenham Crescent and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues.
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2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any Final Order be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Development Review; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report ("Engineering Reports") to demonstrate that the existing sanitary sewer system and watermain and any required improvements to them, have adequate capacity and supply to accommodate the development of the lands and addressed outstanding issues in the Development Engineering memo dated January 24, 2025, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; 1. if the Engineering Reports are accepted and are satisfactory and should they identify any new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, then either: a. the owner or applicant has secured the design, construction, and provision of financial securities for any new municipal infrastructure, or any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, in a financial secured agreement, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; or b. the required new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development in the accepted and satisfactory Engineering Reports in Part 2.b.1.a. above are constructed and operational, all to the satisfaction to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study, including the missing digital Synchro files for all scenarios and conditions (existing, future background, and future total), addressing outstanding issues in the Transportation Services memo dated January 24, 2025, or as may be updated in response to further submissions filed by the Owner, all to the satisfaction of Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Transportation Services and that such matters arising from such Plan be secured as required; and d. the Chief Planner and Executive Director City Planning has approved Rental Housing Demolition Application to permit the demolition of the existing rental housing and the owner has entered into and registered on title one or more agreements to secure an acceptable tenant assistance plan, all to the satisfaction on the Chief Planner and Executive Director City Planning. 3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Engineering Reports and/or the Transportation Impact Study, the 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, 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 General Manager, Transportation Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.
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As the city filed it
This Report recommends refusal of the application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit fifty (50) (12.5 metre high) 4-storey townhomes at 3386-3398 Bayview Avenue and 32 Brenham Crescent. A total of 25 units front onto Bayview Avenue while the remaining units front onto a new private driveway the connects to Brenham Crescent. An outdoor amenity space is proposed in the northwest portion of the site. The proposal does not conform to the City's Official Plan policies as it does not appropriately address site organization, tree preservation and access matters.
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Further detail noted below. A related Rental Housing Demolition application (25 121033 NNY 18 RH) was submitted and is currently under review.
Staff recommended
The Director, Community Planning North York District recommends that: 1. City Council refuse the application for the Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 24 235666 NNY 18 OZ) for the lands municipally known as 3386-3398 Bayview Avenue and 2 Brenham Crescent for the reasons identified in this Report. 2. In the event the applications are appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsections 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, use mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Zoning By-law Amendment applications, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor.
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3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council's intention to rely on subsections 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsections 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act. 4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council's intention pursuant to subsections 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters. 5. Should the Zoning By-law Amendment application be resolved, and there is no appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal or the appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal has been withdrawn, City Council direct the Director, North York District, Community Planning to bring forward an Approval Report to North York Community Council for a statutory public meeting as required under the Planning Act.
Considered
2025-04-30 · North York Community Council · amended
Decision as filed
North York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 3386-3398 Bayview Avenue and 32 Brenham Crescent and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any Final Order be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a.
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the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Development Review; b. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report ("Engineering Reports") to demonstrate that the existing sanitary sewer system and watermain and any required improvements to them, have adequate capacity and supply to accommodate the development of the lands and addressed outstanding issues in the Development Engineering memo dated January 24, 2025, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; 1. If the Engineering Reports are accepted and are satisfactory and should they identify any new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, then either: A. the owner or applicant has secured the design, construction, and provision of financial securities for any new municipal infrastructure, or any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, in a financial secured agreement, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; or, B. the required new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development in the accepted and satisfactory Engineering Reports in (2.b.1.A) above are constructed and operational, all to the satisfaction to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study, including the missing digital Synchro files for all scenarios and conditions (existing, future background, and future total), addressing outstanding issues in the Transportation Services memo dated January 24, 2025, or as may be updated in response to further submissions filed by the Owner, all to the satisfaction of Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Transportation Services and that such matters arising from such Plan be secured as required; and d. The Chief Planner has approved Rental Housing Demolition Application to permit the demolition of the existing rental housing and the owner has entered into and registered on title one or more agreements to secure an acceptable tenant assistance plan, all to the satisfaction on the Chief Planner. 3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Engineering Reports and / or the Transportation Impact Study, the 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, 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 General Manager, Transportation Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.
2025-05-21 · Toronto City Council · adopted
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