Item - 2012.PG19.5

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.         Notwithstanding the Preliminary Assessment of sites noted in Attachment 5 of the report (October 22, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to conduct additional analysis of the following properties:

-           1500 Birchmount Road and 1510 Birchmount Road

-           1845 Birchmount Road

-           564 - 580 Evans Avenue and 24 The East Mall

-           6620 Finch Avenue West

-           22 Metropolitan Road

-           865 York Mills Road

-           1377 – 1385 Dufferin

-           436 – 444 Dufferin Street

-           41 Alma Avenue

-           290, 360 – 362, 404 Old Weston Road

-           299 Campbell Avenue 

2.         The further analysis consider, but not be limited to, the following criteria being addressed:

a.         The applicant demonstrating that a significant portion of the site will include employment uses;

b.         A phasing plan that articulates the employment uses noted in "a." will be constructed as a part of the first phase of any development; and

c.         Any residential uses be designed or situated in a manner to prevent or mitigate against adverse impacts of noise, vibration, traffic, odour and other contaminants from industry upon occupants of the new development and lessen complaints and their potential impact on business.

3.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to schedule a community consultation meeting in the first quarter of 2013 for the lands at 9 Tippet Road together with the Ward Councillor.

4.         City Council direct that notice for the community consultation meeting regarding 9 Tippet Road 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 costs to be borne by the applicant.

5.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to continue to process the official plan amendment and rezoning applications for the lands at 9 Tippet Road and to report to a meeting of North York Community Council after the statutory public meeting regarding the draft policies and designations for employment resulting from the municipal comprehensive review with a recommendation report regarding these applications.

6.         City Council direct that notice of the public meeting under the Planning Act regarding 9 Tippet Road be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

7.         City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to consider within the context of the Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) the portion of Dupont Street identified in Map 34 of the report (October 22, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning proposed as Retail Employment to be converted to a Regeneration Area, with design guidelines to be potentially secured through an area study, and report back on this issue to the Planning and Growth Management Committee.

8.         City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to identify Employment Areas with the highest vacancy rates and, if possible, the reasons for the vacancy, and rank them and report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the results.

9.         City Council direct that the draft Official Plan Employment policies appended in Attachment 1 to the report (October 22, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the draft changes to the Official Plan mapping appended in Attachment 2, be used as the basis for consultation.

10.       City Council direct, as the basis of consultation, the preliminary assessments and draft policy directions for the requests and/or applications for the conversion of employment lands through the redesignation of lands to non-employment uses and/or the introduction of residential uses, appended as Attachment 5 to the report (October 22, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

11.       City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to conduct open houses in each community council district of the City and meet with key stakeholders as outlined in Attachment 7 to the report (October 22, 2012) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to obtain comments and feedback regarding the proposed policies, mapping and preliminary assessments for requests/applications for conversion of employment lands.

12.       City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on additional requests and/or applications for conversion of employment lands  through the redesignation of lands to non-employment uses and/or the introduction of residential uses prior to the calling of a statutory meeting to consider proposed Official Plan amendments pertaining to the employment policies.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.         Referred back to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

            a.         the following motion from Councillor Milczyn:

                        "That staff give further consideration to the employment area near the Mimico Go Station, bounded by Royal York Road, Portland Street, and the CNR Rail corridor; subject to further review prior to any consideration of this area for conversion from employment uses."

b.         the following motion from Councillor Crawford:

            "That the Planning and Growth Management Committee recommend that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be directed to include the properties with frontage on Judson Street, between Royal York Road to the east, Willowbrook Road to the west and the CN Rail corridor to the south in the Secondary Plan study proposed in staff's preliminary assessment for the lands west of Royal York Road around the Mimico GO Station.

That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, upon commencement, notify the Judson Street property owners of the Secondary Plan study."