Item - 2018.TE34.9

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands fronting Roncesvalles Avenue between Queen Street West and Boustead Avenue (excluding the west side of the street between Harvard Avenue and Marmaduke Street), Dundas Street West between Boustead Avenue and Sorauren Avenue and Ritchie Avenue between Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas Street West, substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment No. 421, appended as Attachment 2 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment as may be required.

3. City Council adopt the Dundas-Roncesvalles Urban Design Guidelines, June 2018, appended as Attachment 4 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

4. City Council direct the Director, Urban Design, City Planning, to research and evaluate properties with potential cultural heritage value identified within Attachment 2 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.

5. City council direct the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to require that a Heritage Impact Assessment be submitted with a development application that includes any of the properties identified within Attachment 2 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, as properties with cultural heritage potential.

6. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend and support the recommended Official Plan Amendment should the Official Plan Amendment be appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 4, 2018, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report summarizes the findings of the Dundas Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue Built Form Study, initiated in 2015, and recommends approval of a Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) as an amendment to the Official Plan for the lands fronting Dundas Street West between Sorauren Avenue and the intersection with Roncesvalles Avenue, Roncesvalles Avenue between Queen Street West and Boustead Avenue (excluding the west side of the street between Marion Street and Marmaduke Street), and Ritchie Avenue between Roncesvalles Avenue and Dundas Street West (the Study Area). This report also recommends the adoption of area-specific Urban Design Guidelines for the Study Area.

The Site and Area Specific Policy and associated Guidelines implement the findings of the Dundas and Roncesvalles Built Form Study. They seek to:

- Guide and manage moderate, incremental development;

- Respect and reinforce the existing mixed-use character of the Study Area;

- Encourage a sense of place, by promoting well-designed built form and by conserving features and cultural heritage resources that help define local character;

- Achieve appropriate transition between new development and adjacent Neighbourhoods and Parks and Open Spaces; and,

- Promote a vibrant, animated and safe public realm.

The recommended Site and Area Specific Policy is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2017). It also supports and advances the Official Plan, particularly the policies related to Avenues, Mixed Use Areas and Employment Areas as well as heritage conservation. Additionally, it complements and further refines the Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Guidelines.