Item - 2013.PG20.6
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on January 28, 2013 and was adopted with amendments.
PG20.6 - 171 East Liberty Street - Zoning Amendment Application - Preliminary Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 19 - Trinity-Spadina
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to review the development proposal respecting 171 East Liberty Street concurrently and in the context of the statutory Five Year Review of the Official Plan, which includes a Municipal Comprehensive Review, that is being undertaken by the City Planning Division.
2. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to:
a. Schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 171 East Liberty Street together with the Ward Councillor.
b. Issue notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents between Strachan Avenue and Atlantic Avenue bounded to the north and south by the rail corridors.
c. Ensure that notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
This application proposes to permit the redevelopment of the most easterly portion of the site with a 32-storey mixed-use building consisting of ground floor retail, office floorspace on the 2nd to 7th storeys, residential units on the 8th to 32nd storeys and three levels of underground parking. A two-storey portion of the existing building at the east part of the site is proposed to be demolished to facilitate the proposed development.
While the subject application for a zoning by-law amendment is considered by staff to be complete, the application is also considered to be premature, as it proposes residential uses, other than live/work units, within an area designated 'Employment Areas' by the City of Toronto Official Plan. In order to consider the currently proposed development, City Planning Staff require the submission of an Official Plan Amendment application to propose residential uses, other than live/work units, in an Employment Area designation.
This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted application and seeks Planning and Growth Management Committee's direction on further processing of the application and on the community consultation process.
A final report cannot be brought forward for consideration until such time as the applicant submits an Official Plan Amendment application to permit residential uses within an 'Employment Lands' designation for review. The Official Plan amendment application would be considered through the City's ongoing 5-year Municipal Comprehensive Reviews of the Official Plan.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-55186.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/pg/comm/communicationfile-34317.pdf
Motions
1. That staff recommendation 2 be amended to remove the words "upon completion of the Five-Year Official Plan and Municipal comprehensive Review".
2. That staff recommendation 2b be amended by deleting "within 120 metres of the site" and replacing the words with "between Strachan Avenue and Atlantic Avenue bounded to the north and south by the rail corridors".