Item - 2020.PH19.1

City Council on December 16, 17 and 18, 2020, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 482, Protected Major Transit Station Areas, for the Finch West Transit Station Area and Sentinel Transit Station Area, substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2020) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to seek approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing of Official Plan Amendment 482, Protected Major Transit Station Areas, for Finch West Transit Station Area and Sentinel Transit Station Area, under Section 17 of the Planning Act for Protected Major Transit Station Areas pursuant to Section 16(15) of the Planning Act.

3. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 483, Keele Finch Secondary Plan, substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to the report (November 24, 2020) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with Attachment 2 amended as follows:

a.  amend Policy 5.2.5 to now read as follows:

The new local street to the north of Fountainhead Park will have an integrated design with the park. The full length of the street is only intended to provide local vehicular access and will be designed to prioritize pedestrian and cyclist safety and/or as a shared street;

b.  amend Policy 6.2.4. to now read as follows:

The location and design of the new street north of Fountainhead Park (Link 2 on Map 6, Public Street Plan) will be determined as sites redevelop. The street is envisioned as a low-volume, local shared street, providing address and safe access for all modes. The right-of-way of the street may be reduced from 20 to 16.5 metres where sidewalks, trees and landscaping is incorporated along the streets' southern edge as part of an integrated design with existing parks and open spaces to enhance the utility of these spaces;

c. amend Policy 6.2.5 to permit the consideration and approval of a private road to serve future development instead of a public road;

d.  amend the conveyance of land and construction of the street north of Fountainhead Park (Link 2 on Map 6, Public Street Plan) to service local development, or contributions to the construction of the street, will be secured through the development approvals process as sites redevelop and there will be no loss of parkland or dedicated open space within the area bounded by Finch Avenue West, Sentinel Road, Four Winds Drive and Keele Street to achieve the street; and

e.  amend Map 9, Maximum Height Limits as follows:

1.  reduce the maximum permitted building height to eight storeys (25 metres) in the area on the south side of Finch Avenue West between Paulvale Crescent and Black Creek Valley;

2.  reduce the maximum permitted height to 20 metres in the areas along Sentinel Road south of Finch Avenue West that are shown to have a maximum height of 25 metres; and

3.  remove the properties on the south side of Finch Avenue West on either side of Sentinel Road from the Potential Additional Height Zone B.

4. City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the introduction of the necessary Bill for Official Plan Amendment 483, Keele Finch Secondary Plan, until such time as:

a. the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing makes a decision on Official Plan Amendment 482, Protected Major Transit Station Area, for the Finch West Transit Station Area and Sentinel Transit Station Area; and

b. the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning confirms to the City Solicitor that Official Plan Amendment 483, Keele Finch Secondary Plan, does not require any changes, beyond stylistic and technical changes as may be required as a result of the Minister's decision.

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

6. City Council classify the lands identified in Attachment 3 to the report (November 24, 2020) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, designated Mixed Use Areas located east of Keele Street within the Keele Finch Secondary Plan area as a Class 4 noise area pursuant to Publication NPC-300 (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning, August 2013).

7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review the Zoning By-law for the Keele Finch Secondary Plan area to comply with Official Plan Amendments 482 and 483 upon the Amendments coming into full force and effect. 

8.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillors representing the area covered by the Keele Finch Secondary Plan, to meet with the oil companies that have facilities in the area north of Finch Avenue West and east of Keele Street, and to report on amendments to the Plan that would:

a.  enhance community and transport safety in the area surrounding the oil tank storage facilities located in this quadrant;

b.  explore safer route options for the movement of oil tank trucks into and out of the oil tank farms east of Keele Street and north of Finch Avenue; and

c.  consider and study the safety hazards tied to trucked petroleum transportation in relation to the nearby subway and light rail transit stations.