Item - 2012.PG19.7

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.         the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, upon completion of the Five-Year Official Plan and Municipal Comprehensive Reviews, be directed to:

a.         Schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 299 Campbell Avenue together with the Ward Councillor.

b.         Issue notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site.

c.         Ensure that notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

This proposal is for an 18-storey mixed-use building comprised of 270 residential units, 4 live-work units and 3,259 square metres of non-residential floor area at 299 Campbell Avenue. There are 206 vehicular parking spaces and 222 bicycle parking spaces located in four below-grade levels.

These applications propose to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a mixed-use development on lands currently designated as Employment Areas in the Official Plan. The applications will be reviewed within the context of the Municipal Comprehensive Review and the Five-Year Official Plan Review currently being conducted by City staff. The planning assessment of the conversion is contained in the report of the Chief Planner being tabled at the November 8, 2012 Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting.

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted applications and seeks Planning and Growth Management Committee's direction on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.