Item - 2017.MM24.40

City Council on January 31, 2017, adopted the following:

1.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to complete the Regeneration Area Study that is underway pursuant to the requirements for Regeneration Areas as set out in OPA 231 for the lands bound by Dufferin Street to the west, Wilson Avenue to the north, the retail centre known as the Downsview Power Centre to the east, Billy Bishop Way and the parcel of land abutting Highway 401 to the south, as identified in Attachment 1 to the report (January 31, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and in connection with the ongoing study, to complete its review of land use permissions in the Dufferin Wilson Regeneration Area, and to review the zoning regulations and permitted uses that apply to the proposed study area.

2.  If it is determined through the Regeneration Area Study that new zoning standards and land use policies are required to reduce land use conflict and to ensure uses are complementary to the vision of the study, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to bring forward new zoning regulations and land use policies for the study area.

3.  Pursuant to Section 38 of the Planning Act, City Council enact the Interim Control By-law, for the lands within the Dufferin Wilson Regeneration Area as identified in Attachment 1 (Schedule 1) to the report (January 31, 2017) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for a period of one year to prohibit the following uses: car washing establishment, gasoline station, motor vehicle body repair shop and dealership, manufacturing, contractor's establishment, custom workshop, car rental agency, parking lot, public self storage warehouse, retail over 5,000 square metres, service station, transportation terminal and warehouse, for the period of one year to study the permitted uses permissions contained within the former City of North York Zoning By-law 7625 as they apply to the proposed study area.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Interim Control By-law Amendment, as may be required.