Item - 2018.NY30.7

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. Should the application for the lands at 12-24 Leith Hill Road be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to appear before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to oppose the proposal.

1. City Planning staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 12-24 Leith Hill Road 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 Esterbrooke Avenue to the north, Sheppard Avenue East to the south, Don Mills Road to the east and Shaughnessy Boulevard 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.

This application proposes a 12-storey apartment building (with 159 rental units) and four blocks of 3-storey stacked townhouses (64 units) at 12-24 Leith Hill Road. The existing 16-storey rental apartment building and six townhouses would be retained, thereby resulting in a total of 447 units across the site. Access would be via the existing driveway and the underground parking is proposed to be extended to accommodate the proposal, for a total of 433 parking spaces within the underground garage. The proposed density is 2.81 times the lot area.

An application for Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) has been filed to permit the demolition of one (1) existing one-bedroom rental dwelling unit.

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

Planning staff have significant concerns with the proposal in its current form, particularly with respect to built form/massing, coverage, height, transition, compatibility, access, the need for a context plan and parkland dedication among other matters.

A Final Report and Public Meeting under the Planning Act will be scheduled following community consultation and resolution of outstanding issues, provided the applicant provides all required information in a timely manner.