Item - 2015.TE5.8

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council endorse the Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Study Principles, attached as Attachment 1 to the report (March 24, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, and direct staff to apply the Principles in evaluating future and current development applications in the study area along with the direction of the Better Bathurst Built Form and Land Use Study.

2.  City Council request the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to:

a.  schedule a second community consultation meeting for the Study Area together with the two Ward Councillors on draft Official Plan Policy for the study area;

b.  report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the third quarter of 2015 with a recommended Official Plan Amendment for the study area;

c.  report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the third quarter of 2015 on the feasibility of extending Zoning By-law Amendment 714-2014, and its provisions related to retail use, to include all Mixed Use Areas in the study area;

d.  report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the third quarter of 2015 with specific recommendations for the conservation of heritage resources within the Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Study Area.

The purpose of this report is to update City Council on the status of the work and next steps for the Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Study. It also recommends that City Council endorse the emerging principles of the study to inform staff's review of current and future development applications. The Study focuses on the area around the intersection of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street West and was requested as one of the recommendations adopted by City Council as a result of the Bathurst Street Study and Official Plan Amendment No. 246 from Dupont Street to Queen Street West.

The Bathurst-Bloor Four Corners Study will result in a long-term plan including potential Official Plan or Zoning Amendments. The study area includes the Honest Ed's site and extends south of Lennox Street, north of the Bathurst Subway Station, east of Albany/Lippincott Street and west of Markham Street south of Bloor Street. This area specific study includes a review of: public realm improvements, pedestrian and cycling connections, heritage conservation, open space, new parks, relationship of the transit station and entrances with their surroundings, appropriate built form, and a full range of residential unit sizes and affordability and land use.