Item - 2019.PH4.4
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Housing Committee on April 4, 2019 and was adopted with amendments.
PH4.4 - Official Plan Review: Draft Transportation Policies for Consultation
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Planning and Housing Committee:
1. Endorsed the draft Official Plan Amendments containing transportation policies appended as Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 to the report (March 15, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as the basis for public consultation.
2. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to conduct open house(s) in each community council district, and meet with key stakeholders including additional advocates, organizations and academic researchers promoting greater accessibility and safety especially for vulnerable road and transit users such as the elderly, women, children and people living with disabilities to obtain comments and feedback regarding the draft revisions to transportation policies contained in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 of the report (March 15, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
3. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to submit a Final Recommendations Report with a proposed Official Plan Amendment containing revised Official Plan policies for Transportation to the Planning and Housing Committee at its regularly scheduled meeting on July 3, 2019 for a special meeting in fulfilment of Section 26 of the Planning Act.
4. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to submit a Final Recommendations Report with a proposed Official Plan Amendment containing revised Official Plan policies for Transportation in the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan to the Planning and Housing Committee at its regularly scheduled meeting on July 3, 2019 for a public meeting in fulfilment of Section 17 of the Planning Act.
Origin
Summary
This report presents draft changes to Official Plan sections containing policies related to some areas of transportation for the purpose of public consultation as part of the Five Year Review of the Official Plan. The particular areas of transportation policy under review relate to: transit; cycling; and automated vehicles, shared mobility and other emerging mobility technologies. Updates to the street related map and schedules are also being considered.
The draft policy amendments are intended to strengthen the existing policies and provide greater clarity regarding the City's goals related to transportation and the tools endorsed for use to achieve them. Two draft Official Plan Amendments are appended to this report. Attachment 1 contains draft changes impacting Chapters 1-5 of the Official Plan and Attachment 2 contains complementary draft changes impacting the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan in Chapter 6. Attachment 3 demonstrates how the draft amendments would be incorporated into the relevant sections of the Official Plan, if approved.
An initial set of transportation policy amendments was approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in December, 2014 (OPA No. 274). These are now incorporated into the Official Plan. This earlier set of policy amendments related to: Integration with Land Use; “Complete Streets”; Active Transportation; Auto, Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Parking; and, Goods Movement. The draft policies presented in this report build upon these earlier policy amendments and will, once refined and adopted, complete the transportation component of the Official Plan Review process which began in 2013.
The draft policies have been formulated to address proposed policy directions endorsed by Planning and Growth Management Committee in 2018, and revised based on feedback received through a citywide consultation process.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131018.pdf
Attachment 1: Proposed Official Plan Amendment
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131019.pdf
Attachment 2: Proposed Official Plan Amendment - Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131020.pdf
Attachment 3: Incorporated Draft Policy Revisions with the In-Force Official Plan
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131021.pdf
Attachment 8: Draft Amended Map 4
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131022.pdf
Attachment 9: Draft Amended Map 5
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131023.pdf
Attachment 10: Consultation Summary Report
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131024.pdf
Communications
(April 4, 2019) E-mail from Hamish Wilson (PH.New.PH4.4.2)
Speakers
Hamish Wilson
Motions
That Recommendation 2 be amended to read as follows:
"2. Planning and Housing Committee request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to conduct open house(s) in each community council district, and meet with key stakeholders including additional advocates, organizations and academic researchers promoting greater accessibility and safety especially for vulnerable road and transit users such as the elderly, women, children and people living with disabilities to obtain comments and feedback regarding the draft revisions to transportation policies contained in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2 of this report."