Item - 2019.TE7.22

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council refuse the application for the Zoning By-law Amendment at 65-83 Raglan Avenue for the reasons set out in the report (June 7, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with appropriate staff, to appear before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of City Council's decision to refuse the application, in the event the application is appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

4. City Council request the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold its order in the event that the project is approved in some form, until the following have been secured:

a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor;

b. the owner has revised the Site Servicing and Stage 2 Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. community benefits and other matters in support of the development are secured in a Section 37 Agreement executed by the owner and registered on title to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor; and,

d. all comments from Engineering and Construction Services contained in their May 29, 2019 memorandum are addressed to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law for the property at 65-83 Raglan Avenue to permit a 33-storey residential building (103.8 metres plus a 4.9-metre mechanical penthouse) containing 347 residential dwelling units. A total of 153 parking spaces are proposed within a 3 level underground garage.

This report reviews and recommends refusal of the application to amend the Zoning By-law as it is overdevelopment and it results in a significant density of 11.66 times the area of lot.

The proposed development is not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), as it sets out inappropriate development standards including inadequate setbacks and tower stepbacks.

The proposal fails to conform with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019). It does not provide the appropriate scale of development and transition of built form to adjacent areas.

While the proposal is consistent with the policies of Site and Area Specific Policy 38, the proposal fails to conform with the policies of the City of Toronto Official Plan and does not appropriately respond to the Tall Building Design Guidelines.