Item - 2017.NY26.15

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council withhold any approvals on the application for 110, 114 and 120 Broadway Avenue until the adoption of the revised Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan as part of the City-initiated Midtown in Focus: Growth, Built Form and Infrastructure Review.

North York Community Council directed that:

1.  City Planning staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 110-120 Broadway 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 Sherwood Avenue and Briar Hill Avenue in the north, Yonge Street in the west, Eglinton Avenue in the south, and Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery and Corinth Gardens in the east; 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.

The Zoning By-law Amendment application proposes the development of a 28-storey (92 metres) tower and 35-storey (112 metres) tower connected by a six storey base building on the lands at 110-120 Broadway Avenue. The proposed development would consist of 822 residential units, including 121 rental replacement units and 261 parking spaces in two levels of underground parking.  The resulting density would be 9.45 times the lot area. 

An associated application for Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) seeks approval to demolish the three existing buildings on the subject lands containing 121 rental units.

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 community consultation meeting scheduled by staff in consultation with the Ward Councillor is intended to be held in the fourth quarter of 2017.  A Final Report and statutory public meeting under the Planning Act to consider the applications will be scheduled provided issues identified are satisfactorily addressed, and the applicant submits all required information in a timely manner.