Item - 2016.TE18.44

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed that:

1.  Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 31 Parliament Street together with the Ward Councillor.

2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

3. Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

An Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application has been submitted for 31 Parliament Street, to permit a 49-storey building consisting of 495 residential dwelling units; 404.1 square metres of commercial gross floor area; and 201 vehicular parking spaces within a 3-level underground garage and the first 3 storeys.

The Official Plan Amendment is required to permit the 49-storey tower because the existing Official Plan (Secondary Plan) requires building heights be consistent with the heights of the St. Lawrence Community, which generally consist of lower building forms. The Zoning By-law amendment is required for relief from various standards including land use permissions, building height, gross floor area and parking space ratios.

City Planning staff consider this application represents over-development based on the current direction of the built form study for the subject site and surrounding areas. Further consideration of this application is premature until the built form study and the resulting Official Plan Amendment 304 (OPA 304) process is complete.

It is recommended 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 the application is targeted for the third quarter of 2017, once the OPA 304 process is complete and all issues raised in this report and through the review process are satisfactorily resolved.