90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Decision Report - Approval

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 3. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require: a. the owner of the lands at 90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue to enter into an agreement with the City under Section 37(3) of the Planning Act, as it read the day before Section 1 of Schedule 17 to the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020, came into force, to secure the following, satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, at the owner's sole expense, with such agreement to be registered on title to the lands, in a manner satisfactory to the City Solicitor: i. as a community benefit, the owner shall provide and maintain 11 new Affordable Rental Housing Units in the new development on the lands for a minimum period of ninety-nine (99) years beginning from the date that each such unit is first occupied, in accordance with the following: 1. the average unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the average unit size of all the market units, by unit type; 2. the minimum unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the minimum unit sizes of all market units, by unit type; 3. the unit mix of the affordable housing shall reflect the market component of the development; 4. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided in contiguous groups of at least six (6) rental dwelling units if tenure of the building is condominium; 5. the general configuration, location and layout of the Affordable Rental Housing Units in the development shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; 6. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided with access to, and use of all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development at no extra charge; access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; 7. all Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with ensuite laundry facilities and central air conditioning at no extra charge; 8. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with access to permanent and visitor bicycle parking/bicycle lockers in accordance with the Zoning By-law and on the same basis as other units within the development; 9. the affordable rental housing units shall be secured for a minimum of ninety-nine (99) years beginning with the date each unit is first occupied ("the Affordability Period"); 10. the initial rents (inclusive of utilities) charged to the first tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units and upon turnover of any Affordable Rental Housing Unit for the duration of the Affordability Period shall not exceed the lower of City of Toronto's Official Plan definition of affordable rental housing and the Provincial Affordable Residential Units Bulletin definition; 11. during the Affordability Period, increases to initial rents charged to tenants occupying any of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act and shall not exceed the Provincial rent guideline, regardless of whether the Provincial rent guideline applies to the Affordable Rental Housing Units under the Residential Tenancies Act; 12. the owner shall provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units at the rents identified in Part 3.a.i.10. above for the duration of the Affordability Period; the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall not be registered as a condominium or any other form of ownership, such as life lease or co-ownership, which provide a right to exclusive possession of a dwelling unit, and no application for conversion for non-rental housing purposes, or application to demolish any Affordable Rental Housing Unit shall be made for the duration of the Affordability Period; upon the expiration of the Affordability Period, the owner shall continue to provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units, unless and until such time as the owner has applied for and obtained all approvals necessary to do otherwise; 13. the owner will use the City's Centralized Affordable Housing Access System to advertise and select tenants for the Affordable Rental Housing Units, provided it is in place, unless otherwise agreed to by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and at least six (6) months in advance of any Affordable Rental Housing Unit being made available for rent, the owner shall develop and implement an Access Plan which will outline how the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be rented to eligible households in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and 14. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent (70 percent) of the new dwelling units erected in the new development on the lands are available and ready for occupancy; ii. as a legal convenience: 1. the owner agrees to continue to provide and maintain the 304 existing rental dwelling units at 2 Secord Avenue and 383 existing rental dwelling units at 90 Eastdale Avenue as rental housing for a period of at least 20 years commencing from the date the Zoning By-law Amendment comes into force and effect, with no application for demolition or conversion from residential rental use during the 20-year period, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; 2. the owner agrees to not apply for above-guideline rent increases for previous capital repairs including window replacements and garage slab replacement at 90 Eastdale Avenue; 3. prior to issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the new development on the lands, the owner shall develop a Construction Mitigation and Tenant Communication Plan, including an interim parking plan, to mitigate the impacts of construction of the development on tenants of the existing rental buildings at 2 Secord Avenue and 90 Eastdale Avenue, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; 4. the owner shall provide access to indoor amenities in the proposed new residential building for tenants at 2 Secord Avenue; and 5. prior to issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the new development on the lands, the owner shall undertake improvements to the existing rental buildings at 90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue, at its sole expense and at no cost to the tenants at 2 Secord Avenue and 90 Eastdale Avenue, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as follows: a. improvements to the garbage storage enclosure at 2 Secord Avenue; b. upgrades to existing at-grade residential terraces at 2 Secord Avenue; c. automatic push door to the entrance of the Multipurpose Room at 2 Secord Avenue; d. 50 additional bicycle parking spaces at 2 Secord Avenue; and e. renovations to the laundry rooms of 2 Secord Avenue and 90 Eastdale Avenue including painting, new counters and new washers and dryers; and b. the Rental Housing Demolition Application 24 123653 STE 19 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of 31 existing rental dwelling units, has been approved by City Council; and c. the owner to submit, for review and acceptance, a revised Functional Servicing Report to determine whether the existing municipal infrastructure has adequate capacity to accommodate the proposed development; the owner shall update all servicing-related plans and reports, where applicable, including but not limited to the Servicing Report and Groundwater Summary Form, to the satisfaction of Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and make satisfactory arrangements with Development Engineering, if it is determined that upgrades to the municipal infrastructure are required to support the development, including, the owner shall enter into a financially secured agreement with the City for the design and construction of such improvements, at no cost to the City, in accordance with the accepted Functional Servicing Report, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 4. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Transportation Services, as part of the Site Plan process, to work with the applicant at 90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue to provide a construction management plan, construction timeline with the approximate frequency of weekly deliveries and traffic mitigation measures to alleviate the impacts to the neighbourhood and overall transportation network and measures to address potential traffic infiltration into the surrounding Neighbourhoods, including pursuing site access via Dawes Road. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and report back on the feasibility of amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue from Permit Parking.