Item - 2013.PG22.6
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on February 28, 2013 and was adopted without amendment.
PG22.6 - 22 Metropolitan Road - Official Plan Amendment Application - Preliminary Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 40 - Scarborough Agincourt
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed staff to review this application to remove 22 Metropolitan Road and two abutting westerly properties from the ‘Employment Districts’ indicated on Map 2 – Urban Structure of the Official Plan, and to redesignate the subject property from ‘Employment Areas’ to ‘Mixed Use Areas’ for the purpose of permitting commercial, residential and hotel development concurrently and in the context of, the statutory Five Year Review of the Official Plan, which includes a Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) that has been commenced by the City Planning Division.
2. Authorized staff, upon completion of the Five Year Review of the Official Plan and the Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR), to:
a. Schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 22 Metropolitan Road, together with the Ward Councillor.
b. Provide notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site.
c. Give notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations for the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
This site at 22 Metropolitan Road is identified on Map 2 – Urban Structure of the Official Plan as an ‘Employment District’, and is also designated as ‘Employment Areas’. The application proposes amending the Official Plan to delete this site and two abutting westerly properties (1645 Warden Avenue and 8 Metropolitan Road) from the ‘Employment Districts’ indicated on Map 2. The application also proposes to redesignate the subject property in the Official Plan to ‘Mixed Use Areas’ to permit two 20-storey and one 21-storey apartment buildings containing a total of 877 residential dwelling units, and a new 201-room hotel beside Hwy. 401. Approximately 5 756 m² of retail commercial space on the ground floors of the three apartment buildings, and 5 641 m² of ‘institutional/office’ space in a 5-storey portion of the southerly apartment building fronting on Metropolitan Road, are also proposed. Two levels of underground parking throughout the site would accommodate 1,640 parking spaces for all uses.
The application will be reviewed within the context of the Municipal Comprehensive Review and the Five Year Official Plan Review currently being conducted by the City.
This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted application and seeks Planning and Growth Management Committee directions on further processing of the application and on the community consultation process.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-56257.pdf