Item - 2011.TE3.25

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed that:

1.         Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 Glen Road; 4, 6, 58, 60, 62, 64, 76 and 100 Howard Street; and 603, 605, 607, 609, and 611 Sherbourne Street together with the Ward Councillor.

2.         Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and to additional residents and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

3.         Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations under the Planning Act.

This application was made on or after January 1, 2007, and is subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

An application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law has been submitted for a development proposal located at 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 Glen Road; 4, 6, 58, 60, 62, 64, 76 and 100 Howard Street; and 603, 605, 607, 609 and 611 Sherbourne Street.  This proposal is to permit a development consisting of four residential towers with heights of 46, 50, 53 and 56 storeys, a mid-rise residential building with a height of 5 storeys, semi detached housing, a low-rise mixed use building, retail uses at grade along Howard Street at Sherbourne Street and an amenity and servicing building.  The development is proposed to contain 1,840 units.  The proposal includes retaining the heritage buildings at 603 Sherbourne Street and 6-16 Glen Road.

The application in its current form is not supportable. Among the issues of considerable concern to staff, are the appropriateness of the proposed land use redesignation, along with the proposal’s significant scale, density, massing and transition towards the existing adjacent neighbourhoods in the centre of the North St. James Town Neighbourhood and Apartment Neighbourhoods to the south, as well as the provision of public open space. However, the further processing of the application and a public consultation process are recommended in order determine the nature and extent of the changes to the application.