Item - 2011.PG5.1

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on June 14, 2011 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by the Planning and Growth Management Committee on May 30, 2011 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on June 14, 2011.

PG5.1 - 328 Dupont St (also includes 330, 332, 344, 358 and 374 Dupont Street) - Official Plan Amendment Application - Refusal Report

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
20 - Trinity-Spadina

City Council Decision

City Council on June 14 and 15, 2011 adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council refuse the application for the following reasons:

 

a.         the proposal conflicts with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe;

 

b.         the proposal is inconsistent with the Provincial Policy Statement;

 

c.         the proposal does not conform to the City's Official Plan; and

 

d.         the proposal's abutting to the CPR mainline railway traffic carrying dangerous goods, abutting residential intensification.

 

2.         Should the Official Plan Amendment application be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the appropriate City staff to appear before the Ontario Municipal Board in support of Council's refusal.

Background Information (Committee)

(May 12, 2011) Report from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division on 328 Dupont Street (also includes 330, 332, 344, 358 and 374 Dupont Street) - Official Plan Amendment Application - Refusal Report
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-38168.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(May 26, 2011) E-mail from David Harrison, Chair, Annex Residents Association (PG.Supp.PG5.1.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/comm/communicationfile-22284.pdf
(May 26, 2011) E-mail from Ophira Sutton (PG.Supp.PG5.1.2)
(May 26, 2011) E-mail from Karen Fitzsimmons (PG.Supp.PG5.1.3)
(May 27, 2011) E-mail from Edward Leman, Annex Residents' Association Planning and Zoning Committee (PG.New.PG5.1.4)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Jessica Rudolph (PG.New.PG5.1.5)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Marion Plunkett (PG.New.PG5.1.6)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Mark Phillips (PG.New.PG5.1.7)

PG5.1 - 328 Dupont St (also includes 330, 332, 344, 358 and 374 Dupont Street) - Official Plan Amendment Application - Refusal Report

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
20 - Trinity-Spadina

Committee Recommendations

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council refuse the application for the following reasons:

 

a.         the proposal conflicts with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe;

 

b.         the proposal is inconsistent with the Provincial Policy Statement;

 

c.         the proposal does not conform to the City's Official Plan; and

 

d.         the proposal's abutting to the CPR mainline railway traffic carrying dangerous goods, abutting residential intensification.

 

2.         Should the Official Plan Amendment application be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board, the City Solicitor and the appropriate City staff be authorized to appear before the Ontario Municipal Board in support of Council's refusal.

Origin

(May 12, 2011) Report from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division

Summary

This application is subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

 

This application proposes to amend the Toronto Official Plan designation at 328, 330, 332, 344, 358 and 374 Dupont Street to permit a mixed use development through conversion of the Employment Areas designated property to a Mixed Use Areas designation to accommodate  two residential towers, with retail/office on the lower four floors and a mid-rise live/work building directly abutting the Canadian Pacific Rail(CPR) corridor.

 

The proposal does not conform with the Province's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe; it is not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, nor does it conform to the City's Official Plan.  It also fails to address serious rail safety matters.

 

This report reviews and recommends refusal of the application to amend the City's Official Plan.

Background Information

(May 12, 2011) Report from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division on 328 Dupont Street (also includes 330, 332, 344, 358 and 374 Dupont Street) - Official Plan Amendment Application - Refusal Report
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-38168.pdf

Communications

(May 26, 2011) E-mail from David Harrison, Chair, Annex Residents Association (PG.Supp.PG5.1.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/comm/communicationfile-22284.pdf
(May 26, 2011) E-mail from Ophira Sutton (PG.Supp.PG5.1.2)
(May 26, 2011) E-mail from Karen Fitzsimmons (PG.Supp.PG5.1.3)
(May 27, 2011) E-mail from Edward Leman, Annex Residents' Association Planning and Zoning Committee (PG.New.PG5.1.4)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Jessica Rudolph (PG.New.PG5.1.5)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Marion Plunkett (PG.New.PG5.1.6)
(May 29, 2011) E-mail from Mark Phillips (PG.New.PG5.1.7)

Speakers

Stuart Grant, The Centre, on behalf of Blaskett Holdings Limited
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Edward Leman, Annex Residents' Association, Co-Chair, Planning and Zoning Committee
Peter Smith, Bousfields Inc.

Motions

1 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried)
 
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