Item - 2015.PG3.6
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 5, 2015 without amendments.
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on April 13, 2015 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on May 5, 2015.
- See also PG6.3
PG3.6 - Official Plan Review: Results of Public Consultations and Revised Policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on May 5, 6 and 7, 2015, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct that the proposed Official Plan Amendment containing the proposed policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods appended to the report (March 10, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 be endorsed as the basis for consultation at an open house scheduled for June 17, 2015.
2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prepare a Final Recommendation Report with a proposed Official Plan Amendment containing revised policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on September 3, 2015.
3. City Council direct that the Final Recommendations Report tabled at the September 2015 meeting of Committee be considered at a statutory Public Meeting at the Planning and Growth Management Committee on November 16, 2015.
4. City Council receive the Consultant's report which summarizes the feedback from the public consultations on the draft policies appended as Attachment 3 to the report (March 10, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
5. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the September 3, 2015 meeting of the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the addition of a non-statutory policy that speaks to the following intent:
Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods being communities that are planned to support Toronto’s diverse households with safe and appropriate housing, services, roads and environments, thus enabling residents to raise and care for children and dependants, make a living, as well as transition from one phase in life to another.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78160.pdf
Attachment 3, Appendices A-B
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78817.pdf
Attachment 3, Appendices C-F
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78818.pdf
Presentation from the Project Manager, Official Plan Review, City Planning on the Official Plan Review: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78966.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(April 10, 2015) E-mail from David Godley (PG.New.PG3.6.2)
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Geoff Kettel, Co-Chair, Federation of North Toronto Residents' Association (FONTRA), and Cathie Macdonald, Co-Chair, FONTRA (PG.New.PG3.6.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52266.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Cathie Macdonald, Past President, Deer Park Residents' Group (PG.New.PG3.6.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52282.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Reggie Modlich, TWCA Toronto Women's City Alliance (PG.New.PG3.6.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52283.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Jeremy Skinner (PG.New.PG3.6.6)
(April 13, 2015) Letter from William Roberts, Chair and Eileen Denny, Vice Chair, Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations in Toronto (CORRA) (PG.New.PG3.6.7)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52285.pdf
Motions (City Council)
PG3.6 - Official Plan Review: Results of Public Consultations and Revised Policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. City Council direct that the proposed Official Plan Amendment containing the proposed policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods appended to the report (March 10, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 be endorsed as the basis for consultation at an open house scheduled for June 17, 2015.
2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prepare a Final Recommendation Report with a proposed Official Plan Amendment containing revised policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on September 3, 2015.
3. City Council direct that the Final Recommendations Report tabled at the September 2015 meeting of Committee be considered at a statutory Public Meeting at the Planning and Growth Management Committee on November 16, 2015.
4. City Council receive the Consultant's report which summarizes the feedback from the public consultations on the draft policies appended as Attachment 3 to the report (March 10, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
5. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the September 3, 2015 meeting of the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the addition of a non-statutory policy that speaks to the following intent:
Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods being communities that are planned to support Toronto’s diverse households with safe and appropriate housing, services, roads and environments, thus enabling residents to raise and care for children and dependants, make a living, as well as transition from one phase in life to another.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Project Manager, Official Plan Review, City Planning gave a presentation to the Committee on the Official Plan Review: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods.
Origin
Summary
This report provides a summary of the public consultations which took place in the last quarter of 2014 with respect to the Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods policies of the Official Plan. The report also sets out revised policies in the proposed Official Plan Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to this report. The draft policies have been further refined to address the comments received during the public consultations as well as internal consultations with city divisions. The Official Plan amendment is not an omnibus replacement of the Plan policies for Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods, and Apartment Neighbourhoods but rather contains a series of specific strategic policy revisions. Attachment 2 illustrates how the Official Plan would read if the amendments proposed in Attachment 1 were adopted.
Consultation participants were generally supportive of the draft proposed revisions to the Official Plan policies as the intent is to strengthen policies with respect to new development within Neighbourhoods as well as to add more clarity to policies providing for limited infill development on sites with existing apartment building(s) in Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods.
The proposed Official Plan Amendment implements the City's Tower Renewal Initiative by promoting the renewal and retrofitting of older residential apartment buildings. The revised policies encourage small scale retail, institutional uses and community facilities at grade in apartment buildings to better serve area residents, particularly on sites that are not within walking distance of such facilities.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78160.pdf
Attachment 3, Appendices A-B
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78817.pdf
Attachment 3, Appendices C-F
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78818.pdf
Presentation from the Project Manager, Official Plan Review, City Planning on the Official Plan Review: Healthy Neighbourhoods, Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-78966.pdf
Communications
(April 10, 2015) E-mail from David Godley (PG.New.PG3.6.2)
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Geoff Kettel, Co-Chair, Federation of North Toronto Residents' Association (FONTRA), and Cathie Macdonald, Co-Chair, FONTRA (PG.New.PG3.6.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52266.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Cathie Macdonald, Past President, Deer Park Residents' Group (PG.New.PG3.6.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52282.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Reggie Modlich, TWCA Toronto Women's City Alliance (PG.New.PG3.6.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52283.pdf
(April 10, 2015) Letter from Jeremy Skinner (PG.New.PG3.6.6)
(April 13, 2015) Letter from William Roberts, Chair and Eileen Denny, Vice Chair, Confederation of Resident and Ratepayer Associations in Toronto (CORRA) (PG.New.PG3.6.7)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pg/comm/communicationfile-52285.pdf
Speakers
Reggie Modlich, Toronto Women's City Alliance
Councillor Shelley Carroll
Councillor Janet Davis
Motions
That City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the September meeting of the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the addition of a non-statutory policy that speaks to the following intent:
Neighbourhoods and Apartment Neighbourhoods being communities that are planned to support Toronto’s diverse households with safe and appropriate housing, services, roads and environments, thus enabling residents to raise and care for children and dependants, make a living, as well as transition from one phase in life to another.
That Recommendation 3 be amended by changing the date of the statutory Public Meeting to November 2015.