Item - 2011.PG2.9
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on March 24, 2011 and was adopted without amendment.
PG2.9 - 675 Progress Avenue - Official Plan Amendment Application - Preliminary Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 38 - Scarborough Centre
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed Staff to process this application concurrently with the City's Five Year Review of the Official Plan which will include a Municipal Comprehensive Review, to be undertaken in 2011 by City Planning.
2. Upon completion of the Municipal Comprehensive Review, authorized staff to:
i. schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 675 Progress Avenue, together with the Ward Councillor;
ii. provide notice for a community consultation meeting to be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site; and
iii. give notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations under the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
This application was made after January 1, 2007 and is subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.
This application proposes the redesignation of lands known as 675 Progress Avenue (former A.G. Simpson heavy metal stamping plant) from “Employment Areas” to “Mixed Use Areas” and to change the identification of the site on the Urban Structure Map from “Employment Districts” to “Centres”. The owner is proposing to redevelop from its current industrial use to mixed use development similar to the mixed use development of the adjacent Scarborough Centre. The owner has only filed an official plan amendment (OPA) application at this time. An OPA is required in order to redesignate the lands and to incorporate the lands into the Scarborough Centre. Subject to approval of the OPA, the owner intends to submit a zoning by-law amendment application(s) to permit development of the site.
This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted application and seeks Planning & Growth Committee's directions on further processing of the application and on the community consultation process.
A final report will be prepared and a public meeting scheduled once all identified issues have been satisfactorily resolved and all required information is provided.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-36623.pdf