Item - 2015.NY5.33

Tracking Status

This item was considered by North York Community Council on April 14, 2015 and was adopted with amendments.

NY5.33 - Preliminary Report - Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision Applications - 1087, 1091 and 1095 Leslie Street

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Ward:: 25 - Don Valley West

Community Council Decision

North York Community Council directed that:

1. City Planning staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 1087, 1091 and 1095 Leslie Street 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 for the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre notice area, all landowners and residents in the area bounded by Lawrence Avenue East to the north, Eglinton Avenue East to the south, Don Mills Road to the east, and Leslie Street in the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area.

3. City Clerk's staff give notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

Origin

(March 23, 2015) Report from the Director, Community Planning, North York District

Summary

The application proposes to rezone and subdivide approximately 2.07 hectares of land on the east side of Leslie Street, north of Eglinton Avenue East, for the purposes of a mix-use development. The proposal consists of four residential buildings with heights of 28, 29, 34 and 39 storeys containing 1,380 residential units and a total of 943 square metres of at-grade commercial uses. Also proposed are 2 blocks of 3-storey back to back townhouses containing 20 units. Parking for the residential buildings and townhouses is being provided in a shared four-level underground parking garage with 1,246 residential spaces including 151 visitor parking spaces. A new public road is proposed that will provide direct access to and from the subject lands from a signalized intersection at Leslie Street. A private road also provides access throughout the site.

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.

It is intended that a community consultation meeting be scheduled by staff, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. A final report and public meeting under the Planning Act to consider this application is targeted for the first quarter of 2016, provided that any required information by the City is submitted in a timely manner by the applicant.

Background Information

(March 23, 2015) Preliminary Report and Attachments 1-5 from the Director, Community Planning, North York District on Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision Applications for 1087, 1091 and 1095 Leslie Street
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-78557.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Jon Burnside (Carried)

That North York Community Council:

1. Adopt the staff recommendations in the Recommendations Section of the report (March 23, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, with Recommendation 2 being amended to include the following:

"That the notice area for the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre notice area, all landowners and residents in the area bounded by Lawrence Avenue East to the north, Eglinton Avenue East to the south, Don Mills Road to the east, and Leslie Street in the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area."