Item - 2015.SC6.14

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1.   City Council amend former City of Scarborough Employment Districts Zoning By-law No. 24982 for the lands at 426, 441, 451, 477, 505, 520 and 555 Ellesmere Road; 11, 20, 21, 31 and 100 Canadian Road; 2, 12, 20 and 21 Principal Road; 1407 and 1411 Warden Avenue; 1550 Birchmount Road; and 2 Rolark Drive, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 1 to report dated April 24, 2015, from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District.

2.   City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 11, 21, 31 and 100 Canadian Road, and 1550 Birchmount Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 1 to report dated April 24, 2015, from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District.

3.   City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

The Scarborough Community Council held a statutory public meeting on May 12, 2015, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

Staff have concluded a City-initiated planning study of employment lands adjacent to Ellesmere Road and Canadian Road, between Warden Avenue and Birchmount Road, referred to as the Ellesmere Employment Study (the "Study").  The Study has reviewed compatibility of land uses which are currently permitted in the Study Area, shown outlined on the key map below.  The Study has also assessed consistency of existing use permissions in the Study Area with Provincial Policies, the City's Official Plan Employment Policies including Official Plan Amendment No. 231 enacted in December 2013, and the City's consolidated Zoning By-law 569-2013. 

In addition, the Study included a detailed consideration of planning and permit issues associated with recycling and recovery uses, permission for which was temporarily suspended in the Study Area through the enactment of Interim Control By-law No. 1431-2013 on November 13, 2013, as extended in August 2014 by By-law No. 972-2014 by a further six months to now expire on May 14, 2015.

Considerable research and analysis has been conducted to date, as well as public area business and stakeholder consultations.  The results of the Study are set out in Attachment 3 (Ellesmere Employment Study – Final Report – April 2015) to this report. 

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Study, which concludes that zoning amendments should be implemented to add construction and demolition waste materials to the list or currently prohibited 'recovery' uses within the Employment Industrial (E) zoned lands within the Study Area under the consolidated Zoning By-law No. 569-2013, and to apply this same expanded list as prohibited 'recycling' uses within the remainder of the Study Area that continues to be regulated under the former City of Scarborough Employment Districts Zoning By-law No. 24982.  Additionally, the industrial zoning currently applying to 20 Canadian Road under By-law No. 24982 is proposed to be replaced with Parks (P) zoning to better reflect the Ellesmere Park and Community Centre.