Amendment to Item 2024.TE13.5 - 639-653 Yonge Street - Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Application

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2025-03-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its decision on Item 2024.TE.13.5 by deleting Part 8.e. as follows: 8.e. enter into an Agreement, or similar legal instrument, between the owner of 639-653 Yonge Street, the owner of 663 Yonge Street, and the City, to be registered on title to 663 Yonge Street that would prevent the erection of a building above the existing height permissions, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

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At its meeting of May 22 and 23, 2024, City Council adopted Item 2024.TE13.5, granting approval to a proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Application to permit a 76-storey mixed-use building at Yonge Street and Isabella Street. As a condition of approval, an agreement or similar legal instrument was to be registered on title at 663 Yonge Street, located north of the site, that would limit height permissions to address tower separation issues.

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Staff have been advised that no such legal agreement is feasible or practicable in this circumstance. Given a limiting distance agreement is already registered on the eastern portion of the property at 663 Yonge Street, staff recommend that the condition be deleted.

Staff recommended

The Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District recommends that: 1. City Council amend its decision on Item 2024.TE.13.5 by deleting Part 8.e. as follows: 8.e. enter into an Agreement, or similar legal instrument, between the owner of 639-653 Yonge Street, the owner of 663 Yonge Street, and the City, to be registered on title to 663 Yonge Street that would prevent the erection of a building above the

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existing height permissions, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

Considered

2025-02-20 · Toronto and East York Community Council · adopted
Decision as filed
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend its decision on Item 2024.TE.13.5 by deleting Part 8.e. as follows: 8.e. enter into an Agreement, or similar legal instrument, between the owner of 639-653 Yonge Street, the owner of 663 Yonge Street, and the City, to be registered on title to 663 Yonge Street that would prevent the erection of a building above the existing height permissions, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;
2025-03-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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