Item - 2007.NY9.22

 The North York Community Council recommends that City Council:

1.         Adopt the urban design guidelines presented in Attachment 3 to the report (September 17, 2007) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, for use in reviewing development applications for the west side of Bayview Avenue from Finch Avenue to Hollywood Avenue, subject to the specific guidelines for Scenario "A", contained in the second paragraph under the section, headed "Transition Scenario 'A'" (Page 2 of Attachment 3) being deleted and replaced with the following instead:

"-         no part of any building shall exceed 70 percent of the horizontal distance separating that part of the building from the nearest residential property line;

-           the horizontal setback is not less than 9.5 metres; and

-           there will be a suitable opaque barrier 1.8 metres in height, as well as a minimum 4.5 metre landscape strip to buffer the adjacent low density residential neighbourhood from the potential impacts of redevelopment."

The North York Community Council requested the Director, Community Planning, North York District, to meet with interested Councillors with respect to provisions respecting building heights, setbacks and lot depths and report directly to City Council, for its meeting on October 22 and 23, 2007, if necessary, on any modifications required to strengthen the intent of the community protections.