Item - 2019.TE7.60

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the St. Clair Avenue West and Bathurst Street area Planning Framework and direct City staff to apply the Planning Framework during the review of current and future development applications.

This report introduces and recommends a Planning Framework for the St. Clair Avenue West and Bathurst Street area to be used to evaluate current and future development applications. The Planning Framework includes a vision statement, defined character areas, built form objectives, and a public realm network plan.

The Planning Framework will apply to a study boundary that extends out from the St. Clair Avenue West and Bathurst Street intersection generally between Vaughan Road and Walmer Road. To the south this generally includes the triangle bounded by Bathurst Street and Vaughan Road and to the north the study area extends to Tichester Road with a portion extending further northwest of Bathurst Street. See Attachment 1 for the study area boundary.

The Framework was developed with significant input and feedback from the community and based on a review and analysis by Planning staff. The Framework encourages a sense of place and guides development with a vision of well-designed and appropriately scaled built form, for each defined character area, and a cohesive network of pedestrian features.

The Framework is also intended to act as a guide to intensification by detailing built form principles for each character area.