Bloor West Village Avenue Study - Urban Design Guidelines - Final Report

The Bloor West Village Avenue Study Final Consultant Report (the "Consultant Report") was completed in 2018, which suggested a range of development policies and guidelines to allow for gentle, mid-rise intensification within the Bloor West Village Avenue Study Area. Bloor West Village has a unique and active retail character that serves the local community and also as a destination. It includes existing and potential heritage properties, as well as important linkages to natural and cultural heritage resources. The Guidelines focus on the pedestrian-oriented scale of Bloor West Village as draw for residents, employees, and visitors. They support the integration of new development into Bloor West Village in a manner that builds on this attractive, livable community with a mix of uses, walkable streets, distinctive neighbourhoods, and access to a variety of open spaces, including parks and publicly accessible spaces. The following document formalizes the previous work by providing direction and Urban Design Guidelines that have been developed to align with the current planning policy framework, which will inform new development in the Bloor West Village Urban Design Guidelines Area (the "Area"). Key objectives of the Guidelines are compatible intensification along a transit line, protection of sunlight in public spaces, celebrating natural and cultural heritage of the area, and enhancing the public realm.

3. City Council adopt the High Park Neighbourhood Area Biodiverse Landscape Manual in Attachment 6 of this report and direct staff to make it available to landscape professionals and members of the public in the vicinity of High Park.