Toronto and East York Community Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 83 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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TE33.1adopted
Naming of an existing Public Lane west of Rusholme Road, extending south of Rusholme Park Crescent
This report recommends that the name "Tony Oliveira Lane" be approved to identify an existing Public Lane located west of Rusholme Road, extending south of Rusholme Park Crescent. This naming proposal complies with the City of Toronto Street Naming Policy which can be found at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/street-naming/
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the name "Tony Oliveira Lane" for an existing Public Lane located west of Rusholme Road, extending south of Rusholme Park Crescent.
Staff recommendation as filed
Engineering and Construction Services recommends that Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approve the name "Tony Oliveira Lane" for an existing Public Lane located west of Rusholme Road, extending south of Rusholme Park Crescent.
TE33.2adopted
This application proposes to demolish twenty existing rental dwelling units located at 41-63 High Park Avenue and 102-116 Pacific Avenue. All twenty rental dwelling units had rents that exceeded mid-range rents at the time of application, and as a result Official Plan policy does not require replacement of the existing rental units. The lands at 35, 41-63, 65 and 95 High Park Avenue and 66 and 102-116 Pacific Avenue are subject to a related application under the Planning Act for amendments to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law (Application No. 16 271597 WET 13 OZ). This application was appealed to the then Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) and resolved through a settlement offer accepted by City Council on December 17, 2019. The final order has been witheld until all outstanding matters, including the necessary agreements with the City, are secured, including rental housing matters. This report reviews and recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and the Residential Demolition Permit Application under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code, to demolish twenty residential dwelling units, subject to conditions, which includes the provision of a Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council approve the application for a Rental Housing Demolition Permit in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code to allow for the demolition of twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units located at 41-63 High Park Avenue and 102-116 Pacific Avenue, subject to the following conditions: a. The owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all eligible tenants of the existing rental dwelling units to be demolished, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and b. The owner shall enter into and register on title to the subject site one or more agreement(s) to secure the conditions outlined in (a) above, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, including a Section 111 Agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and a Section 37 Agreement pursuant to the Planning Act. 2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning , to issue Preliminary Approval for the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code for the demolition of all or any of the twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units at 41-63 High Park Avenue and 102-116 Pacific Avenue after all of the following have occurred: a. The satisfaction or securing of the conditions in Recommendation 1 above; b. The site-specific Zoning By-law Amendments have come into full force and effect; c. The issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; d. The issuance of excavation and shoring permits for the proposed mixed-use building on the subject site; and e. The City's receipt of confirmation that the existing rental dwelling units to be demolished are vacant; 3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above. 4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act no earlier than the issuance of the excavation and shoring permit for the proposed development, and after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above, which may be included in the demolition permit for Chapter 667 under 363-6.2, of the Toronto Municipal Code, on condition that: a. The owner shall remove all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition; b. The owner shall erect solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; c. The owner erects a mixed-use building on the site no later than three (3) years from the day demolition of the existing buildings is commenced; and d. Should the owner fail to complete the new building within the time specified in Recommendation 4.c above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector's roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each rental dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the demolition permit is issued. 5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement the recommendations above, including execution of the Section 37 and Section 111 Agreements.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council approve the application for a Rental Housing Demolition Permit in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code to allow for the demolition of twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units located at 41-63 High Park Avenue and 102-116 Pacific Avenue, subject to the following conditions: a. The owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all eligible tenants of the existing rental dwelling units to be demolished, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. The owner shall enter into and register on title to the subject site one or more agreement(s) to secure the conditions outlined in (a) above, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, including a Section 111 Agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and a Section 37 Agreement pursuant to the Planning Act. 2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning , to issue Preliminary Approval for the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code for the demolition of all or any of the twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units at 41-63 High Park Avenue and 102-116 Pacific Avenue after all of the following have occurred: a. The satisfaction or securing of the conditions in Recommendation 1 above; b. The site-specific Zoning By-law Amendments have come into full force and effect; c. The issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; d. The issuance of excavation and shoring permits for the proposed mixed-use building on the subject site; and e. The City's receipt of confirmation that the existing rental dwelling units to be demolished are vacant; 3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above. 4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act no earlier than the issuance of the excavation and shoring permit for the proposed development, and after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2, which may be included in the demolition permit for Chapter 667 under 363-6.2, of the Toronto Municipal Code, on condition that: a. The owner shall remove all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition; b. The owner shall erect solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; c. The owner erects a mixed-use building on the site no later than three (3) years from the day demolition of the existing buildings is commenced; and d. Should the owner fail to complete the new building within the time specified in condition 4 (c) above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector's roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each rental dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the demolition permit is issued. 5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement the foregoing, including execution of the Section 37 and Section 111 Agreements.
TE33.3amended
1319 Bloor Street West - Zoning Amendment Application - Final Report
This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a mixed-use development with two residential towers with heights of 27 and 31-storeys atop a "C-shaped" base building ranging in height between two and 12-storeys. The base building would include retail uses at-grade and a community agency space. The proposed development would include a 1,077 square metre public park located towards the southeastern limit of the subject site, a privately-owned publicly accessible open space (POPS) located within the centre of the subject site, and a 465 square metre community agency space within levels one and two of the base building fronting Bloor Street West. The owner has also entered a commercial agreement with Metrolinx under the Province of Ontario's and Metrolinx's Transit-Oriented Communities Program and the future Bloor-Lansdowne SmartTrack station would be integrated within the proposed development. A total of 60,439 square metres of gross floor area (GFA) is proposed, of which 59,238 square metres is residential GFA, 291 square metres is retail GFA, 465 square metres is community agency space GFA, and 445 square metres for the SmartTrack station. The development would also contain 799 residential units, 268 vehicular parking spaces, and 800 bicycle parking spaces. The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020), conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020), conforms to the relevant policies of the Official Plan, the Council endorsed Planning Framework for the Bloor Street Study: St. Helen's Avenue to Perth Avenue, and incorporates direction from the applicable design guidelines. This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1319 Bloor Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the May 9, 2022 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 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. City Council require the owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows: a. Prior to the earlier of condominium registration or first residential use on site, the owner shall design, construct, finish and convey to the City, in an acceptable environmental condition, for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, a minimum 5,000 square feet (465 square metres) Community Agency Space located on levels one and two of the podium fronting Bloor Street West and subject to the following: i. The Community Agency Space shall be delivered to the City in accordance with the City's Community Space Tenancy Policy and finished to Base Building Condition, with the terms and specifications to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement, all satisfactory to the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; ii. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for residential development, the owner shall provide a letter of credit in the amount sufficient to guarantee 120 percent of the estimated cost of the design, construction, and conveyance of the Community Agency Space complying with the specifications and requirements of the Section 37 Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; iii. Prior to the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner shall provide a one-time cash contribution in the amount of $500,000.00 for total finishing costs of the community agency space; and iv. Concurrent with or prior to, the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner and the City shall enter into, and register on title to, the appropriate lands an Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, that is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. The Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement shall address and/or provide for the integrated support, use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and reconstruction of certain shared facilities, and the sharing of costs, in respect thereof, of portions of the subject lands to be owned by the City and the owner as they pertain to the Community Agency Space. b. The owner shall provide and maintain 15 new affordable rental dwelling units on the lands at 1319 Bloor Street West 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: i. At least one (1) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be a three-bedroom rental unit with an average unit size of approximately 90 square metres; ii. At least four (4) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be two-bedroom rental units with an average unit size of approximately 70 square metres; iii. At least ten (10) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be one-bedroom rental units with an average unit size of approximately 50 square metres; iv. The fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units shall be provided in vertically and/or horizontally contiguous groups of six (6) or more dwelling units within the development; v. The location and layouts of the new affordable rental dwelling units within the development shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; vi. The owner shall provide and maintain all fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units as secured rental housing at affordable rents, as currently defined in the Official Plan, for a minimum period of ninety-nine (99) years beginning from the date that each such unit is first occupied. During such ninety-nine (99) year period, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to any tenant of a new affordable rental dwelling unit shall not exceed one (1) times the average rent for the same bedroom type in the City of Toronto, as reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in its most recent Rental Market Survey, and no application shall be made to demolish any affordable rental dwelling unit or to convert any affordable rental dwelling unit to a non-residential rental purpose; vii. Notwithstanding Part 3.b.vi. above, after the first year of occupancy of an affordable rental dwelling unit, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to any first tenant or new tenant of a new affordable rental dwelling unit may be escalated annually by not more than the annual provincial rent guideline, irrespective of whether such guideline is applicable to the unit under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or any successor legislation governing residential tenancies in Ontario, until the tenancy ends; viii. At least six (6) months in advance of any new affordable rental dwelling unit being made available for rent, the owner shall develop and implement a Tenant Access Plan in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to ensure the affordable rental units are rented to eligible households; ix. The fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent (70%) of the new dwelling units erected on the lands are available and ready for occupancy; x. The owner shall provide all tenants of the affordable rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development at no extra charge and 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; and xi. The owner shall provide all tenants of the affordable rental dwellings units with laundry facilities on the same basis as other residents of the development at no extra charge. 4. City Council also direct that the following be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to secure matters required to support the development. These matters will be delivered or secured through the Site Plan review process, and prior to Site Plan approval: a. The owner shall prepare all documents and convey a Pedestrian Clearway Easement to the City to secure a 6.0 metre corner rounding, at a minimum height of 3.0 metres above finished grade, at the northeast corner of 1319 Bloor Street West (southwest corner of Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue), together with rights of support, such lands to be free and clear of all other physical and title encumbrances, and subject to a right-of-way for access and construction purposes in favour of the Grantor until such time as the said lands have been laid out and dedicated for public pedestrian clearway purposes, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the City Solicitor; b. The owner shall submit to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, a draft Reference Plan of Survey in metric units and integrated into the Ontario Coordinate System, with coordinate values shown on the face of the plan and delineating thereon, by separate PARTS, the lands to be conveyed to the City for corner rounding purposes as, the remainder of the site, and any appurtenant right-of-way, for review and approval, prior to depositing it in the Land Registry Office; c. The owner shall prepare all documents and convey a Pedestrian Clearway Easement to the City to secure a 2.5 metre wide minimum pedestrian clearway, to a minimum height of 3.0 metres above finished grade, along the Bloor Street West frontage of the subject site, together with rights of support, such lands to be free and clear of all other physical and title encumbrances, and subject to a right-of-way for access and construction purposes in favour of the Grantor until such time as the said lands have been laid out and dedicated for public pedestrian clearway purposes, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the City Solicitor; d. The owner shall submit a comprehensive Construction Management Plan for each stage of the construction process, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Ward Councillor. The Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to the following construction-related details: noise, dust, size and location of staging areas, location and function of gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking and access, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, and a communication strategy with the surrounding community, and any other matters requested by the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; e. The owner shall submit a financial security in the form of a letter of credit or certified cheque (amount to be determined) for the traffic control signals to be installed at the intersection of Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue, and any subsequent timing card/programming costs, as required by the General Manager, Transportation Services; f. The owner shall submit a payment in the form of a certified cheque (amount to be determined) for the pavement marking and signage additions and modifications required within the frontage of the site and at the Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue intersection, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; g. The owner shall submit a payment of $85,513.01 for a five year maintenance fee for the required new traffic signal at Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue; h. The owner shall submit financial contributions/payments in the form of a letter of credit or certified cheques and/or provide additional documentation for the implementation of a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan. These provisions include, but are not limited to: i. The owner shall pay for a bike share station on the subject site, in the event that a bike share station is not provided on the future Metrolinx lands; ii. A minimum of three (3) publicly accessible car-share spaces on-site; iii. One (1) car-share and/or bike-share membership per unit, offered for the first year of occupancy; and iv. A minimum of one (1) bike repair station/area provided on-site. i. The owner shall submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and supporting documents, including confirmation of water and fire flow, sanitary and storm capacity, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; j. The owner shall address all outstanding engineering issues set out in the memoranda dated March 28, 2022, as well as any other comments that may arise from further review of materials to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; k. The owner shall design and submit the provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure and/or new municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades and/or new infrastructure are required to support the development; l. The owner shall submit a Rail Safety Assessment for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; m. The owner shall submit a revised Noise and Vibration Impact Study for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; n. The owner shall submit a revised Compatibility Mitigation Study for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and o. The owner shall provide to the City for nominal consideration Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Open Space (POPS) easements for the on-site POPS of approximately 304 square metres located within the centre of the subject site, for public access and provisions for rights of support if necessary, encumbrances and insurance, and indemnification of the City by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Director, Real Estate Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The owner shall own, operate, maintain, and repair the POPS and install signage in a location to be determined through the Site Plan review process, at its own POPS at any time, 365 days a year. The final design and program of the POPS will be determined through the Site Plan review process and secured in a Site Plan Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 5. In accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the first above grade building permit, the owner shall convey to the City, a parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 1,077 square metres located towards the southeastern limit of the subject site, which includes a 193 square metre off-site dedication from the site at 1423-1437 Bloor Street West and 278 Sterling Road (Application Number 21 139658 STE 09 OZ), to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 6. City Council approve the acceptance of an on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 7. In the event the owner elects to design and construct Above Base Park Improvements, City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Park, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and to report back on amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 1319 Bloor Street West from permit parking area 2.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1319 Bloor Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 6 to the May 9, 2022 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 3. City Council require the owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows: a) Prior to the earlier of condominium registration or first residential use on site, the owner shall design, construct, finish and convey to the City, in an acceptable environmental condition, for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, a minimum 5,000 square feet (465 square metres) Community Agency Space located on levels one and two of the podium fronting Bloor Street West and subject to the following: i. The Community Agency Space shall be delivered to the City in accordance with the City's Community Space Tenancy Policy and finished to Base Building Condition, with the terms and specifications to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement, all satisfactory to the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; ii. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for residential development, the owner shall provide a letter of credit in the amount sufficient to guarantee 120 percent of the estimated cost of the design, construction, and conveyance of the Community Agency Space complying with the specifications and requirements of the Section 37 Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; iii. Prior to the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner shall provide a one-time cash contribution in the amount of $500,000.00 for total finishing costs of the community agency space; and iv. Concurrent with or prior to, the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner and the City shall enter into, and register on title to, the appropriate lands an Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, that is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. The Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement shall address and/or provide for the integrated support, use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and reconstruction of certain shared facilities, and the sharing of costs, in respect thereof, of portions of the subject lands to be owned by the City and the owner as they pertain to the Community Agency Space. b) The owner shall provide and maintain 15 new affordable rental dwelling units on the lands at 1319 Bloor Street West 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: i. At least one (1) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be a three-bedroom rental unit with an average unit size of approximately 90 square metres; iii. At least four (4) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be two-bedroom rental units with an average unit size of approximately 70 square metres; iv. At least ten (10) of the new affordable rental dwelling units shall be one-bedroom rental units with an average unit size of approximately 50 square metres; vi. The fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units shall be provided in vertically and/or horizontally contiguous groups of six (6) or more dwelling units within the development; vii. The location and layouts of the new affordable rental dwelling units within the development shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; viii. The owner shall provide and maintain all fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units as secured rental housing at affordable rents, as currently defined in the Official Plan, for a minimum period of ninety-nine (99) years beginning from the date that each such unit is first occupied. During such ninety-nine (99) year period, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to any tenant of a new affordable rental dwelling unit shall not exceed one (1) times the average rent for the same bedroom type in the City of Toronto, as reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in its most recent Rental Market Survey, and no application shall be made to demolish any affordable rental dwelling unit or to convert any affordable rental dwelling unit to a non-residential rental purpose; ix. Notwithstanding Part 3.b.viii. above, after the first year of occupancy of an affordable rental dwelling unit, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to any first tenant or new tenant of a new affordable rental dwelling unit may be escalated annually by not more than the annual provincial rent guideline, irrespective of whether such guideline is applicable to the unit under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 or any successor legislation governing residential tenancies in Ontario, until the tenancy ends; x. At least six (6) months in advance of any new affordable rental dwelling unit being made available for rent, the owner shall develop and implement a Tenant Access Plan in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to ensure the affordable rental units are rented to eligible households; xi. The fifteen (15) new affordable rental dwelling units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent (70%) of the new dwelling units erected on the lands are available and ready for occupancy; xii. The owner shall provide all tenants of the affordable rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development at no extra charge and 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; and xiii. The owner shall provide all tenants of the affordable rental dwellings units with laundry facilities on the same basis as other residents of the development at no extra charge. 4. City Council also direct that the following be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to secure matters required to support the development. These matters will be delivered or secured through the Site Plan review process, and prior to Site Plan approval: a) The owner shall prepare all documents and convey a Pedestrian Clearway Easement to the City to secure a 6.0 metre corner rounding, at a minimum height of 3.0 metres above finished grade, at the northeast corner of 1319 Bloor Street West (southwest corner of Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue), together with rights of support, such lands to be free and clear of all other physical and title encumbrances, and subject to a right-of-way for access and construction purposes in favour of the Grantor until such time as the said lands have been laid out and dedicated for public pedestrian clearway purposes, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the City Solicitor; b) The owner shall submit to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, a draft Reference Plan of Survey in metric units and integrated into the Ontario Coordinate System, with coordinate values shown on the face of the plan and delineating thereon, by separate PARTS, the lands to be conveyed to the City for corner rounding purposes as, the remainder of the site, and any appurtenant right-of-way, for review and approval, prior to depositing it in the Land Registry Office; c) The owner shall prepare all documents and convey a Pedestrian Clearway Easement to the City to secure a 2.5 metre wide minimum pedestrian clearway, to a minimum height of 3.0 metres above finished grade, along the Bloor Street West frontage of the subject site, together with rights of support, such lands to be free and clear of all other physical and title encumbrances, and subject to a right-of-way for access and construction purposes in favour of the Grantor until such time as the said lands have been laid out and dedicated for public pedestrian clearway purposes, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the City Solicitor; d) The owner shall submit a comprehensive Construction Management Plan for each stage of the construction process, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Ward Councillor. The Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to the following construction-related details: noise, dust, size and location of staging areas, location and function of gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking and access, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, and a communication strategy with the surrounding community, and any other matters requested by the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; e) The owner shall submit a financial security in the form of a letter of credit or certified cheque (amount to be determined) for the traffic control signals to be installed at the intersection of Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue, and any subsequent timing card/programming costs, as required by the General Manager, Transportation Services; f) The owner shall submit a payment in the form of a certified cheque (amount to be determined) for the pavement marking and signage additions and modifications required within the frontage of the site and at the Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue intersection, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; g) The owner shall submit a payment of $85,513.01 for a five year maintenance fee for the required new traffic signal at Bloor Street West and St. Helen's Avenue; h) The owner shall submit financial contributions/payments in the form of a letter of credit or certified cheques and/or provide additional documentation for the implementation of a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan. These provisions include, but are not limited to: i. A payment of $100,000 for bike-share station implementation on-site or in the area surrounding the subject site; ii. A minimum of three (3) publicly accessible car-share spaces on-site; iii. One (1) car-share and/or bike-share membership per unit, offered for the first year of occupancy; and iv. A minimum of one (1) bike repair station/area provided on-site. i) The owner shall submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and supporting documents, including confirmation of water and fire flow, sanitary and storm capacity, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; j) The owner shall address all outstanding engineering issues set out in the memoranda dated March 28, 2022, as well as any other comments that may arise from further review of materials to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; k) The owner shall design and submit the provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure and/or new municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades and/or new infrastructure are required to support the development; l) The owner shall submit a Rail Safety Assessment for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; m) The shall submit a revised Noise and Vibration Impact Study for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; n) The shall submit a revised Compatibility Mitigation Study for peer review, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and o) The owner shall provide to the City for nominal consideration Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Open Space (POPS) easements for the on-site POPS of approximately 304 square metres located within the centre of the subject site, for public access and provisions for rights of support if necessary, encumbrances and insurance, and indemnification of the City by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Director, Real Estate Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The owner shall own, operate, maintain, and repair the POPS and install signage in a location to be determined through the Site Plan review process, at its own POPS at any time, 365 days a year. The final design and program of the POPS will be determined through the Site Plan review process and secured in a Site Plan Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 5. In accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the first above grade building permit, the owner shall convey to the City, a parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 1,077 square metres located towards the southeastern limit of the subject site, which includes a 193 square metre off-site dedication from the site at 1423-1437 Bloor Street West and 278 Sterling Road (Application Number 21 139658 STE 09 OZ), to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 6. City Council approve the acceptance of an on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 7. In the event the owner elects to design and construct Above Base Park Improvements, City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Park, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.
TE33.4amended
This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit two 16 and 18-storey mixed use buildings at 1500­1536 St. Clair Avenue West and 20-36 Caledonia Road. The buildings are proposed to contain 752 dwelling units and 1289 square metres of retail space. Two levels of underground parking are proposed with 320 vehicle parking spaces and a total of 752 bicycle parking spaces.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West and 20-36 Caledonia Road substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West and 20-36 Caledonia Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such actions as are required to implement City Council's decision, including the execution and implementation of appropriate agreements. 5. City Council authorize the entering into of an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, satisfactory to the City Solicitor to secure the following matters as community benefits and as a legal convenience to support the development: a. the owner shall enter into assignable Agreement(s) of Purchase and Sale ("Purchase Agreements") to convey, at below market value (as further described below), up to forty (40) dwelling units comprised of a minimum total 2,280 saleable square metres (24,500 saleable square feet) to a maximum of 2,375 saleable square metres (25,530 saleable square feet) ( the "Affordable Ownership Units") for the purchase of affordable ownership housing by Habitat for Humanity (the "Provider"), with the City included as a contingent transferee, which Purchase Agreements will be formalized by the owner, the Provider and the City (as contingent transferee) entering into the owner's standard form of residential condominium agreement of purchase and sale for the Development as amended to reflect the terms and conditions set out below, within the later of 30 days of the owner being licenced with the Home Construction Regulatory Authority and Tarion and having finalized for release the disclosure statement required by the Condominium Act; in accordance with the following terms: i. The Affordable Ownership Units shall have the following minimum specifications: a. the location and layouts of the new Affordable Ownership Units within the approved development on the lands shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and b. the Affordable Ownership Units shall be constructed to a fully-finished condition, with appliances including washer and dryer, to a similar standard as the market units in the remainder of the Development; ii. the owner shall ensure that the condominium Declaration provides all owners or residents of the Affordable Ownership Units with access to, as well as the use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the Development at no extra charge and on the same terms and conditions as any other owner or resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; iii. the owner shall ensure that the condominium Declaration provides all owners or residents of the Affordable Ownership Units with access to permanent and visitor bicycle parking/bicycle lockers on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building and in accordance with the Zoning By-law; iv. the proportionate share of each Affordable Ownership Unit's interest in the common interests/common expense of the condominium reflected in Schedule D to the condominium Declaration expressed as a percentage shall be stated as 50 percent of the proportionate interest/share of the common interests/common expenses (including 50 percent of any reserve fund contributions, and 50 percent of any special assessments) for the same type and size of market unit in the condominium; v. the Declaration shall contain an express duty that the Condominium Corporation shall not take steps to amend the Declaration or impose other fees and charges against or attributable to the Affordable Ownership Units for the 99 year term to indirectly make up or increase the common expenses payable by these units; vi. the Declaration shall contain a requirement that the Condominium Corporation provide to the Provider and the City written notice at least 90 days prior to a meeting of the board of directors of the condominium to pass a resolution approving any proposed amendment to the Declaration, with a copy of the proposed amendment; vii. prior to the registration of the condominium, the obligations in Recommendation 5.a)iv., 5.a)v and 5.a)vi above shall be reflected in an indemnity agreement (the "Indemnity Agreement") to be entered into between the owner, Provider and the City of Toronto, with content satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and viii. following Condominium Registration and prior to the conveyance of the first market unit in the condominium, an assumption agreement of the Indemnity Agreement shall be entered into by the Owner and the condominium corporation, in a form of assumption agreement acceptable to the subject parties (the "Indemnity Assumption Agreement"), through which the condominium corporation shall assume all of the owner's obligations under the Indemnity Agreement; an executed copy of the Indemnity Assumption Agreement shall be delivered to the City within five (5) business days thereafter together with a copy of the registered bylaw of the condominium corporation; b. the purchase price payable to the owner shall be up to $1,225.00 per saleable square foot inclusive of HST (the "Purchase Price") and shall be subject to the following: i. The Provider shall be responsible to pay applicable land transfer taxes associated with the conveyance of the Affordable Ownership; ii. There shall be no closing adjustments made with respect to the Affordable Ownership Units transferred to the Provider, other than adjustments for monthly occupancy fees or common expense fees and realty taxes for the year in which the final closing date occurs, adjusted and payable on either the interim occupancy or final closing date of the sale of each unit; iii. the owner shall be solely responsible and liable for remitting the Harmonized Sales Tax eligible on each of the units' conveyances, if the conveyances to the Provider and/or the City of Toronto are not be eligible for any new housing rebates; iv. the Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward by the amount of the Development Charge Deferral as set out in Recommendation 5.c below; v. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, the owner shall provide a total cash contribution of $7,500,000.00 towards the purchase of the Affordable Ownership Units, which shall be delivered by way of a credit to the Purchase Price of each Affordable Ownership Unit, the amount of such credit to each Affordable Ownership Unit to be determined by the City; and vi. All cash contributions referred to in Recommendation 5.b)v. above, shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date of the execution of the Section 37 Agreement to the date the payment is made. c. the owner shall enter into an agreement with the Provider and the City, being a Home Ownership Assistance Program ("HOAP") delivery agreement ("HOAP Agreement"), no later than 180 days after zoning by-law amendment(s) permitting the Development becomes final and binding or within such longer period of time as the City and the owner may agree to, but in any case before Development Charges for the Affordable Ownership Units would otherwise be due, which HOAP Agreement will provide for the Affordable Ownership Units to be secured as affordable ownership housing for a minimum period of 99 years beginning from the date that each such unit is first sold to an eligible purchaser, on terms satisfactory to the City. The HOAP Agreement will include: i. a requirement and timelines for the Provider to prepare a long term affordable ownership plan, outlining its method of ensuring that affordability will be maintained for the 99 year period, to be provided to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Provider shall be obligated to administer the units in accordance with the finally approved plan; ii. a requirement that at least 10 percent of the Affordable Ownership Units be dedicated to the Black North Initiative Homeownership Bridge Program administered by the Provider; iii. at least six months in advance of any new Affordable Ownership Unit being made available for occupancy, the Provider shall develop and implement an Owner/Occupant Access Plan in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; iv. the deferral of development charges for the Affordable Ownership Units under the terms of the City's Home Ownership Assistance Program, such that the owner shall not be obligated to pay to the City the otherwise payable Development Charges for the Affordable Ownership Units, (the "Development Charge Deferral") and re-payment of such deferred Development Charges by the owner shall occur if the owner is unable to transfer the units for affordable housing in accordance with these terms, and thus the owner is able to sell the units without restrictions; v. the benefit of the Development Charge Deferral shall be secured by a charge against the Lands equivalent to the amount of the Development Charge Deferral; vi. the charge in favour of the City will be registered after the execution of the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement and prior to when the Development Charges would otherwise be payable by the owner to the City; the City agrees to postpone the charge and rank behind charges for preconstruction, construction and surety financings, easements for utilities and telecommunications and, and in the event the charge encumbers lands required in support of the Development to be transferred to the City or other government authority, such as the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the City shall provide a release and partial discharge; vii. the charge described above, shall be partially discharged forthwith from all but the Affordable Ownership Units upon the availability of a legal description for the said units; and viii. the charge will be discharged from each Affordable Ownership Unit upon a second charge being registered to secure the value of the Development Charge Deferral by the Provider or eligible purchaser, as the case may be, to the satisfaction of the City; d. in the event the owner, after employing reasonable commercial efforts; i. does not enter the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement with the Provider and the City in accordance with Recommendation 5.c. above; or ii. does not enter into the Purchase Agreements for all the Affordable Ownership Units or is unable to complete all the transfers to the Provider or the City's Assignee, or the City, in its sole discretion, chooses not to accept the transfers from the owner or assign its rights, as contingent transferee in accordance with the Purchase Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units, the owner shall instead make a cash contribution to the City in the amount of $7,500,000 to be used towards affordable housing ("Affordable Housing Cash Contribution"); the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution payment shall occur upon the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit, if the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement is not executed by the parties; alternatively, if the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement is executed by the parties, the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution shall be made the later of the following events: (a) the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit, or (b) the first of the following two events, being either the failure of the owner and Provider to enter into the Purchase Agreements for all of the Affordable Ownership Units in accordance with the terms set out herein, or the failure to complete the transfers of the Affordable Housing Units to the Provider, the City or its assignee in accordance with the terms of the Purchaser Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units; and iii. the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution shall be indexed annually in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for the Toronto CMA, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Construction price Statistics Publication No. 62-007-XPB, or its successor, calculated from the date of execution of the Section 37 Agreement to the date of payment; e. forthwith following the registration of the Section 37 Agreement, the owner shall register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a restriction against title to the Lands pursuant to Section 118 of the Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5 to restrict the transferring and/or charging of the Lands by the owner, other than as may be consented to in writing by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, which consent won't be unreasonably withheld and which for greater certainty, shall not be withheld to facilitate financing and development; f. the Section 118 Restriction shall be removed forthwith by the City upon any one of the following events occurring as required by these terms: the registration of the charge securing the Development Charge Deferral; or where the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution is paid in accordance with these terms; and g. the owner shall ensure that a minimum of 35% of the saleable area for affordable units will be ready for occupancy in the first tower to be constructed and prior to condo registration, where a purchaser of an Affordable Ownership Units would pay occupancy fees upon taking occupancy of such unit. 6. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to execute on behalf of the City of Toronto, the Purchase Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units, provided that the Purchase Agreements provide the City with the right to assign the Purchase Agreements to other non-profit housing providers or to an eligible purchaser pursuant to the City's Home Ownership Assistance Program, the City is not liable to pay any deposit, penalty or liquidated damages to the owner or the Provider in the event it terminates the Purchase Agreement at a later date for any reason. 7. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to execute, on behalf of the City of Toronto, all development charges deferral agreements ("HOAP Agreement") and any security or financing or other documents required by the Provider or a related corporation to obtain conventional financing and subsequent refinancing, including any postponement, tripartite, confirmation of status, discharge or consent documents of any City of Toronto security documents where and when required during the term of the HOAP Agreement, as required by normal business practices, and provided that such documents do not give rise to financial obligations on the part of the City of Toronto that have not been previously approved by City Council. 8. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the First Above Grade Building Permit, the owner shall convey to the City, a total required parkland dedication value of $6,500,000.00, indexed upwardly in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto calculated upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit, composed of off-site parkland dedication, of properties acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor, subject to the following: a. reasonable best efforts shall be made by the owner to acquire at least one acceptable property and shall be conveyed to the City prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development; b. the owner shall comply with the City's environmental requirements with respect to conveyances to the City prior to the conveyance of the off-site parkland dedication to the City and shall be responsible for all costs associated with any environmental work to be completed prior to the conveyance of the land, including the peer review process; c. prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development site, the owner shall be responsible for the cost, design and construction of the Base Park Improvements on the off-site parkland dedications; and d. if the cost of acquiring the land for the off-site dedication, including the purchase price, less reasonable real estate commissions of 5 percent, land transfer tax, and typical closing adjustments incurred, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, is less than $6,500,000.00, indexed upwardly in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto calculated upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit, the remainder will be paid as cash in lieu to the City prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development. 9. City Council approve the acceptance of off-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. 10. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 11. City Council direct the City Solicitor to secure the provisions of recommendations 8 to 10 above through an agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, and any other necessary agreement(s), satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 12. City Council also direct that the following be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to secure matters required to support the development: a. The owner shall submit a comprehensive Construction Management Plan for each stage of the construction process, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Ward Councillor. The Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to the following construction-related details: noise, dust, size and location of staging areas, location and function of gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking and access, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, and a communication strategy with the surrounding community, and any other matters requested in consultation with the Ward Councillor; b. The owner shall implement the recommendations of the approved Traffic Impact Study including Transportation Demand Management Measures and traffic improvements, to be constructed and paid for by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. The owner shall submit a Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; d. The owner shall submit a Commemoration Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; e. The peer review of the submitted Rail Safety Assessment, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. The peer review of the submitted Noise and Vibration Impact Study, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and g. The owner shall provide to the City for nominal consideration Privately Owned Publicly Accessible Open Space (POPS) easements for the on-site POPS of approximately 450 square metres located within the centre of the subject site, for public access and provisions for rights of support if necessary, encumbrances and insurance, and indemnification of the City by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Director, Real Estate Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The owner shall own, operate, maintain, and repair the POPS and install signage in a location to be determined through the Site Plan review process, at its own expense, stating that members of the public shall be entitled to the use of the POPS at any time, 365 days a year. The final design and program of the POPS will be determined through the Site Plan review process and secured in a Site Plan Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West and 20 - 36 Caledonia Road substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District Including a holding (h) provision requiring related to engineering conditions to met 2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West and 20-36 Caledonia Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. Including a holding (h) provision requiring related to engineering conditions to met 3. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such actions as are required to implement City Council's decision, including the execution and implementation of appropriate agreements. 5. City Council authorize the entering into of an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, satisfactory to the City Solicitor to secure the following matters as community benefits and as a legal convenience to support the development: a. the owner shall enter into assignable Agreement(s) of Purchase and Sale ("Purchase Agreements") to convey, at below market value (as further described below), forty (40) dwelling units comprised of thirty-seven (37) two-bedroom; and three (3) one-bedroom units (the "Affordable Ownership Units") for the purchase of affordable ownership housing by Habitat for Humanity (or a related corporation) and/or Community Affordable Housing Solutions (or a related corporation (the "Provider"), with the City included as a contingent transferee, which Purchase Agreements will be formalized by the owner, the Provider and the City (as contingent transferee) entering into the owner's standard form of residential condominium agreement of purchase and sale for the Development as amended to reflect the terms and conditions set out below, within the later of 30 days of the owner being licenced with the Home Construction Regulatory Authority and Tarion and having finalized for release the disclosure statement required by the Condominium Act; in accordance with the following terms: i. The Affordable Ownership Units shall have the following minimum specifications: a. the Affordable Ownership Units shall have a maximum area of 2,371 sq. m (25,530 square feet) and shall include: i. up to three (3) one-bedroom units; and ii. up to thirty-seven (37) two-bedroom units; b. the location and layouts of the new Affordable Ownership Units within the approved development on the lands shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; c. the Affordable Ownership Units shall be constructed to a fully-finished condition, with appliances including washer and dryer, to a similar standard as the market units in the remainder of the Development; ii. the owner shall ensure that the condominium Declaration provides all owners or residents of the Affordable Ownership Units with access to, as well as the use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the Development at no extra charge and on the same terms and conditions as any other owner or resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; iii. the owner shall ensure that the condominium Declaration provides all owners or residents of the Affordable Ownership Units with access to permanent and visitor bicycle parking/bicycle lockers on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building and in accordance with the Zoning By-law; iv. the proportionate share of each Affordable Ownership Unit's interest in the common interests/common expense of the condominium reflected in Schedule D to the condominium Declaration expressed as a percentage shall be stated as 50 percent of the proportionate interest/share of the common interests/common expenses (including 50 percent of any reserve fund contributions, and 50 percent of any special assessments) for the same type and size of market unit in the condominium; v. the Declaration shall contain an express duty that the Condominium Corporation shall not take steps to amend the Declaration or impose other fees and charges against or attributable to the Affordable Ownership Units for the 99 year term to indirectly make up or increase the common expenses payable by these units; vi. the Declaration shall contain a requirement that the Condominium Corporation provide to the Provider and the City written notice at least 90 days prior to a meeting of the board of directors of the condominium to pass a resolution approving any proposed amendment to the Declaration, with a copy of the proposed amendment; vii. prior to the registration of the condominium, the obligations in Part 5.a)iv., 5.a)v and 5.a)vi above shall be reflected in an indemnity agreement (the "Indemnity Agreement") to be entered into between the owner, Provider and the City of Toronto, with content satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; viii. following Condominium Registration and prior to the conveyance of the first market unit in the condominium, an assumption agreement of the Indemnity Agreement shall be entered into by the Owner and the condominium corporation, in a form of assumption agreement acceptable to the subject parties (the "Indemnity Assumption Agreement"), through which the condominium corporation shall assume all of the owner's obligations under the Indemnity Agreement; an executed copy of the Indemnity Assumption Agreement shall be delivered to the City within five (5) business days thereafter together with a copy of the registered bylaw of the condominium corporation; b. the purchase price payable to the owner shall be $1,225.00 per square foot inclusive of HST (the "Purchase Price") to a maximum total of $31,274,250 for the forty (40) Affordable Ownership Units, (subject to an adjustment for the amount of the Development Charge Deferral as set out below), and shall be subject to the following: i. the owner shall pay all applicable land transfer taxes associated with the conveyance of the Affordable Ownership Units to the Provider; ii. there shall be no closing adjustments made with respect to the forty (40) Affordable Ownership Units transferred to the Provider, other than adjustments for monthly occupancy fees or common expense fees and realty taxes for the year in which the final closing date occurs, adjusted and payable on either the interim occupancy or final closing date of the sale of each unit, and in accordance with Part 5.a)ii.D. below; iii. the owner shall be solely responsible and liable for remitting the Harmonized Sales Tax eligible on each of the units' conveyances, if the conveyances to the Provider and/or the City of Toronto are not be eligible for any new housing rebates; iv. the Purchase Price shall be adjusted downward by the amount of the Development Charge Deferral as set out in Part 5.c below; and v. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, the owner shall provide a total cash contribution of $7,500,000.00 towards the purchase of the Affordable Ownership Units, which shall be delivered by way of a credit to the Purchase Price of each Affordable Ownership Unit, the amount of such credit to each Affordable Ownership Unit to be determined by the City. vi. All cash contributions referred to in Recommendation 5.b)v. above, shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date of the execution of the Section 37 Agreement to the date the payment is made c. the owner shall enter into an agreement with the Provider and the City, being a Home Ownership Assistance Program ("HOAP") delivery agreement ("HOAP Agreement"), no later than 180 days after zoning by-law amendment(s) permitting the Development becomes final and binding or within such longer period of time as the City and the owner may agree to, but in any case before Development Charges for the Affordable Ownership Units would otherwise be due, which HOAP Agreement will provide for the Affordable Ownership Units to be secured as affordable ownership housing for a minimum period of 99 years beginning from the date that each such unit is first sold to an eligible purchaser, on terms satisfactory to the City. The HOAP Agreement will include: i. a requirement and timelines for the Provider to prepare a long term affordable ownership plan, outlining its method of ensuring that affordability will be maintained for the 99 year period, to be provided to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Provider shall be obligated to administer the units in accordance with the finally approved plan; ii. a requirement that at least 10% of the Affordable Ownership Units be dedicated to the Black North Initiative Homeownership Bridge Program administered by the Provider; iii. at least six months in advance of any new Affordable Ownership Unit being made available for occupancy, the Provider shall develop and implement an Owner/Occupant Access Plan in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; iv. the deferral of development charges for the Affordable Ownership Units under the terms of the City's Home Ownership Assistance Program, such that the owner shall not be obligated to pay to the City the otherwise payable Development Charges for the Affordable Ownership Units, (the "Development Charge Deferral") and re-payment of such deferred Development Charges by the owner shall occur if the owner is unable to transfer the units for affordable housing in accordance with these terms, and thus the owner is able to sell the units without restrictions; v. the benefit of the Development Charge Deferral shall be secured by a charge against the Lands equivalent to the amount of the Development Charge Deferral; vi. the charge in favour of the City will be registered after the execution of the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement and prior to when the Development Charges would otherwise be payable by the owner to the City; the City agrees to postpone the charge and rank behind charges for preconstruction, construction and surety financings, easements for utilities and telecommunications and, and in the event the charge encumbers lands required in support of the Development to be transferred to the City or other government authority, such as the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the City shall provide a release and partial discharge; vii. the charge described above, shall be partially discharged forthwith from all but the Affordable Ownership Units upon the availability of a legal description for the said units; viii. the charge will be discharged from each Affordable Ownership Unit upon a second charge being registered to secure the value of the Development Charge Deferral by the Provider or eligible purchaser, as the case may be, to the satisfaction of the City; d. in the event the owner, after employing reasonable commercial efforts; i. does not enter the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement with the Provider and the City in accordance with Part 5.c. above; or ii. does not enter into the Purchase Agreements for all the Affordable Ownership Units or is unable to complete all the transfers to the Provider or the City's Assignee, or the City, in its sole discretion, chooses not to accept the transfers from the owner or assign its rights, as contingent transferee in accordance with the Purchase Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units, the owner shall instead make a cash contribution to the City in the amount of $7,500,000 to be used towards affordable housing ("Affordable Housing Cash Contribution"); the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution payment shall occur upon the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit, if the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement is not executed by the parties; alternatively, if the Home Ownership Assistance Program Agreement is executed by the parties, the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution shall be made the later of the following events: (a) the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit, or (b) the first of the following two events, being either the failure of the owner and Provider to enter into the Purchase Agreements for all of the Affordable Ownership Units in accordance with the terms set out herein, or the failure to complete the transfers of the Affordable Housing Units to the Provider, the City or its assignee in accordance with the terms of the Purchaser Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units; and iii. the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution shall be indexed annually in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for the Toronto CMA, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Construction price Statistics Publication No. 62-007-XPB, or its successor, calculated from the date of execution of the Section 37 Agreement to the date of payment. e. forthwith following the registration of the Section 37 Agreement, the owner shall register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a restriction against title to the Lands pursuant to Section 118 of the Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5 to restrict the transferring and/or charging of the Lands by the owner, other than as may be consented to in writing by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, which consent won't be unreasonably withheld and which for greater certainty, shall not be withheld to facilitate financing and development; f. the Section 118 Restriction shall be removed forthwith by the City upon any one of the following events occurring as required by these terms: the registration of the charge securing the Development Charge Deferral; or where the Affordable Housing Cash Contribution is paid in accordance with these terms; g. the owner shall ensure that new Affordable Ownership Units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which 70 percent of the new dwelling units erected on the Lands are available and ready for occupancy, where a purchaser of an Affordable Ownership Units would pay occupancy fees upon taking occupancy of such unit. 6. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to execute on behalf of the City of Toronto, the Purchase Agreements for the Affordable Ownership Units, provided that the Purchase Agreements provide the City with the right to assign the Purchase Agreements to other non-profit housing providers or to an eligible purchaser pursuant to the City's Home Ownership Assistance Program, the City is not liable to pay any deposit, penalty or liquidated damages to the owner or the Provider in the event it terminates the Purchase Agreement at a later date for any reason. 7. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to execute, on behalf of the City of Toronto, all development charges deferral agreements ("HOAP Agreement") and any security or financing or other documents required by the Provider or a related corporation to obtain conventional financing and subsequent refinancing, including any postponement, tripartite, confirmation of status, discharge or consent documents of any City of Toronto security documents where and when required during the term of the HOAP Agreement, as required by normal business practices, and provided that such documents do not give rise to financial obligations on the part of the City of Toronto that have not been previously approved by City Council. 8. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the First Above Grade Building Permit, the owner shall convey to the City, a total required parkland dedication value of $6,500,000.00, indexed upwardly in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto calculated upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit, composed of off-site parkland dedication, of properties acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor, subject to the following: a. at least two acceptable properties shall be acquired by the owner and shall be conveyed to the City prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development; b. the owner shall comply with the City's environmental requirements with respect to conveyances to the City prior to the conveyance of the off-site parkland dedication to the City and shall be responsible for all costs associated with any environmental work to be completed prior to the conveyance of the land, including the peer review process; c. prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the development site, the owner shall be responsible for the cost, design and construction of the Base Park Improvements on the off-site parkland dedications; and, d. if the value of the land acquired for the off-site dedication is less than $6,500,000.00, indexed upwardly in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto calculated upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit, net of reasonable real estate commissions of 5%, land transfer tax, and typical closing adjustments incurred, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the remainder will be paid as cash in lieu to the City prior to the issuance of the first building permit for the development. 9. City Council approve the acceptance of off-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. 10. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry & Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 11. City Council direct the City Solicitor to secure the provisions of recommendations 8 to 10 above through an agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, and any other necessary agreement(s), satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 12. City Council also direct that the following be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to secure matters required to support the development: a. The owner shall submit a comprehensive Construction Management Plan for each stage of the construction process, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Ward Councillor. The Construction Management Plan will include, but not be limited to the following construction-related details: noise, dust, size and location of staging areas, location and function of gates, dates of significant concrete pouring, lighting details, vehicular parking and queuing locations, street closures, parking and access, refuse storage, site security, site supervisor contact information, and a communication strategy with the surrounding community, and any other matters requested in consultation with the Ward Councillor; b. The owner shall implement the recommendations of the approved Traffic Impact Study including Transportation Demand Management Measures and traffic improvements, to be constructed and paid for by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. The owner shall submit a Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; d. The owner shall submit a Commemoration Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; e. The peer review of the submitted Rail Safety Assessment, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. The peer review of the submitted Noise and Vibration Impact Study, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and, g. The owner shall provide to the City for nominal consideration Privately Owned Publicly Accessible Open Space (POPS) easements for the on-site POPS of approximately 450 square metres located within the centre of the subject site, for public access and provisions for rights of support if necessary, encumbrances and insurance, and indemnification of the City by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Director, Real Estate Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The owner shall own, operate, maintain, and repair the POPS and install signage in a location to be determined through the Site Plan review process, at its own expense, stating that members of the public shall be entitled to the use of the POPS at any time, 365 days a year. The final design and program of the POPS will be determined through the Site Plan review process and secured in a Site Plan Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
TE33.5amended
361 Davenport Road - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Final Report
This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 7-storey mixed use building at 361 Davenport Road. The building is proposed to contain 16 dwelling units and 56 square metres of non-residential space on the ground floor. One level of underground parking is proposed with 7 vehicle parking spaces for residents and a total of 16 bicycle parking spaces.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 361 Davenport Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 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. City Council request that, as part of the review of any Site Plan Approval Application for the proposed development, Planning Staff, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, review with the Applicant measures to minimize and mitigate overlook from the proposed Development onto adjacent properties on Admiral Road, including but not limited to altering height and materiality of balcony railings, adding decorative screenings and planters, planting additional trees on the properties' borders, and other such measures to minimize overlook issues.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 361 Davenport Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 9, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.
TE33.6adopted
502 and 508-510 Spadina Avenue (Scott Mission) - Zoning Amendment - Final Report
This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 9-storey mixed-use building at 502 and 508-510 Spadina Avenue. The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings on the site and develop a 9-storey building with 109 affordable units approved by the City's Open Door program and non-residential uses supporting the units on the lower levels of the building. A total of 151 bicycle parking spaces, two loading spaces and five vehicle parking spaces are proposed on the ground level and within a two-level underground garage.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 502 and 508-510 Spadina Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 4, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 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, require the applicant to address comments identified in the Engineering and Construction Services memo to City Planning, dated March 28, 2022, and any subsequent memo prepared in response to applicant resubmission(s), to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 502 and 508-510 Spadina Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 5 to the May 4, 2022 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 2. City Council authorizes 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, require the applicant to address comments identified in the Engineering & Construction Services memo to City Planning, dated March 28, 2022, and any subsequent memo prepared in response to applicant resubmission(s), to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.
TE33.7amended
46 and 48 Laing Street - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Final Report
This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a seven-unit townhouse block to replace the existing semi-detached residential dwelling at 46 and 48 Laing Street. The proposed development would provide seven vehicular spaces and eight bicycle parking spaces.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 46 and 48 Laing Street, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 6, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 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, require the applicant to address all outstanding comments in Section A of the memo from Engineering and Construction Services dated April 26, 2022 in relation to functional servicing and stormwater management matters, and any subsequent memo prepared in response to the applicant resubmission(s) to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 4. City Council require the Owner to agree to submit, and thereafter implement, a construction management plan to address such matters as noise, dust, street closures, parking and laneway uses and access; such plan shall be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. 5. City Council direct the applicant to establish a Construction Liaison Committee made up of local residents to the satisfaction of the local Councillor; the Committee is to meet bi-weekly at the beginning of construction; and notes from the meetings are to be shared with the members and the Councillor's office in a timely way. 6. City Council direct the applicant to pressure wash the construction site and adjacent sidewalks, laneways and roadways weekly, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe. 7. City Council direct the applicant to ensure that the existing sidewalks and all pedestrian walkways have proper lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night. 8. City Council direct the applicant to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local residents in advance of any physical road modifications. 9. City Council direct the applicant to post a contact number for the site superintendent on the construction hoarding. 10. City Council direct the applicant to create a publicly accessible website with regular construction updates and post the website address on the subject site. 11. City Council direct the applicant to include a minimum of 75 percent of advertisement surface area on the construction hoarding to be allocated to artwork at their sole cost in collaboration with the Steps Initiative and to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor. 12. City Council direct Transportation Services to report to the Toronto and East York Community Council on excluding the development at 46 and 48 Laing Street from the on-street permit parking program including requiring the applicant to state in all marketing materials, disclosure documents, and sales agreements that the future owner, tenant, or sublet tenant or any other additional occupant or guest will be prohibited from applying for an on-street parking permit and the building will be excluded from any on-street permit specified area.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 46 & 48 Laing Street, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 6, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District. 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, require the applicant to address all outstanding comments in Section A of the memo from Engineering and Construction Services dated April 26, 2022 in relation to functional servicing and stormwater management matters, and any subsequent memo prepared in response to the applicant resubmission(s) to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering & Construction Services.
TE33.8adopted
177 Caledonia Road and 19 Innes Avenue - Part Lot Control Exemption Application - Final Report
This application is requesting exemption from the Part Lot Control provisions of the Planning Act to permit the creation of 41 lots for the residential dwellings currently under construction at 177 Caledonia Road and 19 Innes Avenue. The 41 lots will become the parcels of tied land (POTLs) associated with a common element condominium. The common element portions include a private laneway and a pedestrian walkway. This reports reviews and recommends approval of the Part Lot Control Exemption application. In addition, this report recommends that the owner of the lands be required to register a Section 118 Restriction under the Lands Titles Act against the subject lands, as described in Schedule "A" in Attachment 3 of this report. This is to ensure that no part of the lands can be conveyed or mortgaged without prior consent of the Chief Planner or his designate.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 177 Caledonia Road and 19 Innes Avenue, as generally illustrated on Attachment 2 to the report (May 2, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two years following enactment by City Council. 2. Prior to the introduction of the Part Lot Control Exemption Bill for enactment, City Council require the owner to: a. provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law; and b. register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the subject lands described in Schedule "A" in Attachment 3 to the report (May 2, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, without the written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or his/her designate. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction from all or any portion of the lands in the City Solicitor's sole discretion after consulting with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning at such a time as confirmation is received that the Common Elements Condominium has been registered to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title to the lands or any portion thereof against which the Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act has been registered. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law as may be required.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 177 Caledonia Road and 19 Innes Avenue, as generally illustrated on Attachment 2 to the report dated May 2, 2022, from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two years following enactment by City Council. 2. Prior to the introduction of the Part Lot Control Exemption Bill for enactment, City Council require the owner to: a. provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law; and b. register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the subject lands described in Schedule "A" in Attachment 3 to this report, without the written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director or his/her designate. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction from all or any portion of the lands in the City Solicitor's sole discretion after consulting with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning at such a time as confirmation is received that the Common Elements Condominium has been registered to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title to the lands or any portion thereof against which the Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act has been registered. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law as may be required.
TE33.9adopted
On July 9, 2021, an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted to permit a 24-storey residential apartment building containing 223 dwelling units. A Rental Housing Demolition application was submitted to permit the demolition of 10 rental dwelling units on the site. On March 3, 2022, the Applicant appealed the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT") due to Council not making a decision within the 120-day time frame in the Planning Act. This report recommends that the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff attend the OLT hearing to oppose the application in its current form and to continue discussions with the Applicant to resolve outstanding issues.
The Toronto and East 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 and Zoning By-law Amendment appeals for the lands at 438-440 Avenue Road and 169-171B Balmoral Avenue and to continue discussions with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Orders be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law amendment; c. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application (file 21 177893 STE 12 RH) in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of the ten (10) existing rental dwelling units on the site; and d. if applicable, community benefits and other matters in support of the development are secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, if appropriate, to request the issuance of any final Orders prior to the owner entering into a Section 37 Agreements referenced in Recommendation 2.d. above. 4. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement the recommendations above.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division 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 and Zoning By-law Amendment appeals for the lands at 438-440 Avenue Road and 169-171B Balmoral Avenue and to continue discussions with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Orders be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law amendment; c. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application (file 21 177893 STE 12 RH) in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of the ten (10) existing rental dwelling units on the site; d. if applicable, community benefits and other matters in support of the development are secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, if appropriate, to request the issuance of any final Orders prior to the owner entering into a Section 37 Agreements referenced in Recommendation 2.d. 4. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.
TE33.10adopted
On July 26, 2021, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted for a new 49-storey apartment building with 483 units at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street. A Rental Housing Demolition application has been submitted to permit the demolition of 32 existing residential rental units located at 383 Sherbourne Street. A Rental Housing Demolition application to demolish 44 units at 387 Sherbourne Street has not been submitted. On January 26, 2022, the Applicant appealed the application to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT") due to Council not making a decision within the 90-day time frame in the Planning Act. This report recommends that the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff attend the OLT hearing to oppose the application in its current form.
The Toronto and East 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 Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street. 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 Orders be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has entered into the appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design, construction and financial securities for any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, in connection with a Functional Servicing Report as accepted by the City's Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services should such Director determine that improvements to such infrastructure are required, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services; d. the owner has secured replacement of the same number, bedroom type and size and with similar rents of the existing rental housing at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street; e. the owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing and former tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of alternative accommodation at similar rents, and other assistance to mitigate hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition application 21 189637 STE 13 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 the existing rental dwelling units at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision; g. where applicable community benefits and other matters in support of the development are to be secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; h. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and i. the owner has provided a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement the recommendations above.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street. 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 Orders be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the owner has entered into the appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design, construction and financial securities for any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, in connection with a Functional Servicing Report as accepted by the City's Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services should such Director determine that improvements to such infrastructure are required, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services d. the owner has secured replacement of the same number, bedroom type and size and with similar rents of the existing rental housing at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street; e. the owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing and former tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of alternative accommodation at similar rents, and other assistance to mitigate hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition application 21 189637 STE 13 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 the existing rental dwelling units at 383 and 387 Sherbourne and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision; and g. where applicable community benefits and other matters in support of the development are to be secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. h. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 383 and 387 Sherbourne Street to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. i. the owner has provided a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.
TE33.11adopted
53-55 Yonge Street - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Direction Report
On March 19, 2021, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted to permit a 66-storey (236 metres tall including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 482 residential dwelling units, 16,491 square metres of office, 1,315 square metres of retail, and two levels of underground parking at 53-55 Yonge Street. The application was deemed complete on April 22, 2021. On January 24, 2022, the applicant appealed the application to the Ontario Land Tribunal (the "OLT") due to Council not making a decision within the time frame under the Planning Act. This report recommends that the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff attend the OLT hearing to oppose the application in its current form and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues.
The Toronto and East 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 Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 53-55 Yonge Street and to continue discussions with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council direct 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 Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Transportation Services as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law amendment; d. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, including no portion of the building being within 3.0 metres of all Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) infrastructure, to the satisfaction of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC); and e. where applicable, community benefits and other matters in support of the development are to be secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement the recommendations above.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 53-55 Yonge Street and to continue discussions with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council direct 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 Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Transportation Services as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. the owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law amendment; d. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by the TTC as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, including no portion of the building being within 3.0 metres of all TTC infrastructure, to the satisfaction of the TTC; and e. where applicable, community benefits and other matters in support of the development are to be secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.
TE33.12adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the property known as St. Luke's United Church at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act, in connection with an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application on the subject property, and that Council grant authority for the City to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the owner. The subject property is located within the Cabbagetown Northwest Heritage Conservation District (HCD) and contains the St. Luke's United Church complex. The property is identified in the HCD Plan as a significant building that contributes to the heritage character of the primarily residential district. The church, designed by Canadian architects Langley and Burke in 1887 as the Sherbourne Street Methodist Church, has undergone a series of alterations and additions over the years. In 1912, a Sunday school, also designed by Langley and Burke, was added to the northeast corner. A narthex, designed by Toronto architects Wickson and Gregg, was added to the front of the church in 1929 and a gymnasium was constructed in 1962 in the south portion of the site to the design of Toronto architects Parrott, Tambling and Witmer. The development application is comprised of the construction of a twelve-storey mixed-use building on the property that includes the rehabilitation of the 1887 church and the 1912 Sunday school, and the removal of the narthex and gymnasium additions.
The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new 12-storey mixed use building with alterations to the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated February 18, 2022 prepared by KPMB Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March 17, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated February 18, 2022 prepared by KPMB Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March 17, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated March 17, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. Submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1 above. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3 above, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new 12-storey mixed use building with alterations to the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated February 18, 2022 prepared by KPMB Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March 17, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated February 18, 2022 prepared by KPMB Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March 17, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated March 17, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning. 4. Submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3 above, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 353-355 Sherbourne Street and 157 Carlton Street.
TE33.13deferred
Front Yard Parking Appeal - 624 Davenport Road
This staff report is about a matter which Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision. Transportation Services has assessed an appeal from the owner of 624 Davenport Road for front yard parking. Front yard parking at this location is not recommended because it does not meet the requirements of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 918. Specifically, Code Chapter 918 does not permit the licensing of a front yard parking pad where there is a negative poll result. Therefore, staff do not recommend granting the appeal for front yard parking at 624 Davenport Road.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Deferred consideration of the item until the next term of Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council not approve the request for front yard parking at 624 Davenport Road. 2. Toronto and East York Community Council require that to prevent unauthorized parking, the owner of 624 Davenport Road restore a section of the paved area to greenspace to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Transportation Services, as indicated in Attachment 3, attached to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services. 3. Toronto and East York Community Council require the owner of 624 Davenport Road to pay for the removal of the unauthorized ramp and restoration of the full face curb.
TE33.14amended
Residential Demolition Application - 246 Albany Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey semi-detached dwelling, at 246 Albany Avenue (Application No. 22 143147 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; b. Directed that all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. Directed that sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. Directed that any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 246 Albany Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a) That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b) That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c) That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d) That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.15amended
Residential Demolition Application - 248 Albany Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey semi-detached dwelling, at 248 Albany Avenue (Application No. 22 143154 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 248 Albany Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.16amended
Residential Demolition Application - 1530 Bathurst Street
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, containing 3 dwelling units, at 1530 Bathurst St. (Application No. 22 107843 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; b. Directed that all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. Directed that sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. Directed that any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 1530 Bathurst St., and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a) That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b) That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c) That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d) That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.17amended
Residential Demolition Application - 65 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, at 65 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123123 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 65 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill
TE33.18amended
Residential Demolition Application - 73 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, containing 2 dwelling units, at 73 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123157 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 73 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.19amended
Residential Demolition Application - 75 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, at 75 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123164 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 75 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d. That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.20amended
Residential Demolition Application - 77 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, at 77 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123172 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. Directed that all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. Directed that sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. Directed that any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 77 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a) That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b) That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c) That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d) That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.21amended
Residential Demolition Application - 79 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, at 79 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123175 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. Directed that all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. Directed that sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. Directed that any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 79 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a) That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b) That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c) That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d) That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.22amended
Residential Demolition Application - 83 Raglan Avenue
This staff report is about a matter for which the Toronto and East York Community Council has delegated authority to make a final decision. In accordance with city-wide residential demolition control under the Toronto Municipal Code Ch.363, under the authority of Section 33 of the Planning Act, the application for the demolition of an existing 2-storey dwelling, at 83 Raglan Avenue (Application No. 22 123182 DEM 00 DM) is being referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council for consideration to refuse or grant the application, including any conditions, if any, to be attached to the permit application because a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Approved the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a. Directed that construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b. Directed that all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c. Directed that sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; d. Directed that any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill; e. That pursuant to By-law 3102-95 of the former City of York, the owner enter into a beautification agreement with the City containing a beautification plan to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the agreement be registered on title to the lands; f. That City Planning Staff be authorized to prepare the agreement in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the owner; and g. That the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director and Deputy Chief Building Official, Toronto Building, Toronto and East York District recommends that the Toronto and East York Community Council give consideration to the demolition application for 83 Raglan Avenue, and decide to: 1. Refuse the applications to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling because there is no permit to replace the building on the site at this time; or 2. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling without any conditions; or 3. Approve the application to demolish the two 2-storey dwelling with the following conditions: a) That construction fences be erected in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code, Chapter 363, Article 7, if deemed appropriate by the Chief Building Official; b) That all debris and rubble be removed immediately after demolition; c) That sod be laid on the site and that the site be maintained free of garbage and weeds, in accordance with the Municipal Code Chapter 629-10, paragraph B and 629-11; and d) That any holes on the property are backfilled with clean fill.
TE33.23adopted
Application to Remove a Private Tree - 351 Kennedy Avenue
This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision. This report requests that Toronto and East York Community Council deny the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 351 Kennedy Avenue. The application indicates the reason for removal is due to concerns that the tree will fail in a storm due to its size and location. The subject tree is a white spruce (Picea glauca), measuring 57 cm in diameter. The Tree By-laws do not support the removal of this tree as it is healthy and maintainable.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Denied the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 351 Kennedy Avenue.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Acting Director of Urban Forestry recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council deny the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 351 Kennedy Avenue.
TE33.24deferred
Application to Remove a Private Tree - 49 Sumach Street
This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision. This report requests that Toronto and East York Community Council deny the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 49 Sumach Street. The application indicates the reason for removal is due to the replacement of an existing pool, concerns over falling fruit that produced a foul smell, attracted wildlife, and may be poisonous to children and dogs. The subject tree is a ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) measuring 73 cm in diameter. The Tree By-laws do not support the removal of this tree as it is healthy and maintainable.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Deferred consideration of the item until the June 29, 2022 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Acting Director of Urban Forestry recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council deny the request for a permit to remove one privately owned tree located at 49 Sumach Street.
TE33.25adopted
306-310 Gerrard Street East - Official Plan and Zoning Amendment Application - Preliminary Report
This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment application located at 306-310 Gerrard Street East for a 10-storey (36 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing office, retail, and residential uses. The proposal includes 191 rental dwelling units and one level of underground parking. Staff are currently reviewing the application. It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment. Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application with the Ward Councillor.
The Toronto and East York Community Council directed: 1. Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 306-310 Gerrard Street East together with the Ward Councillor. 2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the application site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Planning Division recommends that: 1. Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 306-310 Gerrard Street East together with the Ward Councillor. 2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the application site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.