Item - 2013.NY28.27
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by North York Community Council on November 19, 2013 and was adopted with amendments.
NY28.27 - Preliminary Report - Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition Applications - 2 and 50 Sheppard Avenue East, 4841 to 4881 Yonge Street and 2 to 6 Forest Laneway
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 23 - Willowdale
Community Council Decision
North York Community Council directed that:
1. City Planning Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 2 and 50 Sheppard Avenue East, 4841 to 488 Yonge Street and 2 to 6 Forest Laneway together with the Ward Councillor.
2. City Planning staff give notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and that the notice area of the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre notice area, all landowners and residents residing in the area bounded along both sides of Finch Avenue to the north, Willowdale Avenue to the east, Highway 401 to the south and Senlac Road to the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area.
3. City Planning Staff include in the notice for the community consultation meeting, an explanation of the density incentives that are being sought contrary to the Official Plan, in layman's terms.
4. City Clerk's staff give notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations of the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
These applications are on the site of the Sheppard Centre at the northeast corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue. The lands are the entire city block bounded by Yonge Street, Sheppard Avenue East, Greenfield Avenue and Doris Avenue. The proposed development is a 39 storey and 343 unit residential apartment building located mid-block on the Greenfield Avenue frontage, additional retail commercial uses with improved connections to both the Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue frontages, and the demolition and replacement of 25 existing residential rental units in a new 8 storey building located mid-block on the Sheppard Avenue East frontage.
A Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) has been made and will be reviewed concurrently with the Zoning By-law application.
This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted applications and seeks Community Council's directions on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-63245.pdf
Motions
That North York Community Council:
1. Adopt the staff recommendations in the Recommendations Section of the report (October 31, 2013) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, with Recommendation 2 being amended to include the following:
“That the notice area of the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre notice area, all landowners and residents residing in the area bounded along both sides of Finch Avenue to the north, Willowdale Avenue to the east, Highway 401 to the south and Senlac Road to the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area.”
2. Request City Planning Staff to include in the notice for the meeting, an explanation of the density incentives that are being sought contrary to the Official Plan, in layman's terms.