Item - 2017.NY20.29

Tracking Status

This item was considered by North York Community Council on February 22, 2017 and was adopted with amendments.

NY20.29 - Preliminary Report - Zoning Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion Applications - 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Ward:: 10 - York Centre

Community Council Decision

North York Community Council directed that:

1. City Planning staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue together with the Ward Councillor.

2. City Planning staff give notice for the community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and that the notice area of the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre radius notice area, all landowners and residents residing in the area bounded by Highway 401 to the south, Delahaye Street/King High Avenue to the east, DeQuincy Boulevard/Model Avenue to the north, and Wilson Heights/Tippett Road to the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area.

3. City Clerk's staff give notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

Origin

(January 31, 2017) Report from the Director, Community Planning, North York District

Summary

This application proposes to amend the zoning by-law to permit a 13-storey condominium building (353 units), a 12-storey rental apartment building (158 units) and two stacked townhouse buildings (112 units) on the site located at 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue. The proposed redevelopment includes a three level underground parking garage with a total of 559 parking spaces and 5 surface parking spaces. The proposal also includes the demolition of a four-storey commercial office building and two four-storey residential rental buildings that contain a total of 110 rental units. The applicant has also filed a Rental Housing Demolition application (File No. 16 270452 NNY 10 RH).

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted applications and seeks Community Council's directions on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.

A final report and public meeting under the Planning Act will be scheduled following community consultation and the resolution of the outstanding issues, and provided the applicant provides all required information in a timely manner.

Background Information

(January 31, 2017) Report and Attachments 1-4 from the Director, Community Planning, North York District on Zoning By-law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition Applications for 470, 490 and 530 Wilson Avenue
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-101087.pdf

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor James Pasternak (Carried)

That North York Community Council:

1. Adopt the staff recommendations in the Recommendations Section of the report (January 31, 2017) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, with Recommendation 2 being amended to include the following:

"That the notice area of the community consultation meeting be extended to include, in addition to the 120 metre radius notice area, all landowners and residents residing in the area bounded by Highway 401 to the south, Delahaye Street/King High Avenue to the east, DeQuincy Boulevard/Model Avenue to the north, and Wilson Heights/Tippett Road to the west; and that the applicant pay the City for the costs associated with extending the notice area."