Item - 2020.TE15.4

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal  to oppose the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications in their current form for the lands at 601, 603 and 605 Oakwood Avenue.

2. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to continue discussions with the applicant and seek revisions to the application in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues identified in the Comments section of the report (May 28, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and to report back to Council on the outcome of the discussions, if necessary.

3. In the event that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal allows the appeals in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Orders until such time as:

a. the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that the final form of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor;

b. the owner has submitted revised architectural and landscape plans to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the owner has submitted an updated Parking Study and a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

d. the owner has addressed all outstanding engineering issues outlined in the memo dated November 4, 2019 from Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments and Site Plan Control applications, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

e. the owner has provided a Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water;

f. the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and General Manager, Toronto Water, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development;

g. the owner has confirmed from the City Solicitor that the implementation of the Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General manager, Transportation Services, does not require changes to the proposed amending by-laws, or any such required changes have been made to the proposed amending by-laws to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

h. the owner has provided space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the private side, as close to the property line as possible, for both the storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law Chapter 681.10;

i. that should it be deemed necessary by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the by-laws shall require the owner, at no cost to the City, prior to the issuance of any above grade permit for all or any part of the site, including any conditional above-grade permit, to design, financially secure, construct, and make operational, any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the General Manager Toronto Water, and the City Solicitor; and

j. City Council has approved Application 18 152114 NNY 15 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to demolish the six (6) existing rental dwelling units at 601 and 605 Oakwood Avenue.

This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-laws for the lands at 601, 603 and 605 Oakwood Avenue to permit the redevelopment of the existing 0.054 hectare (2.47 acre) site at the southeast corner of Oakwood Avenue and Reggae Lane. The proposal is for a 5 storey residential building with 30 rental apartment units (including 6 rental replacement units) and 2 ground level parking spaces accessed from Reggae Lane. It includes a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 2,161 square metres, Floor Space Index (FSI) of 4 times the lot area, indoor amenity space of 230 square metres, outdoor amenity space of 90 square metres, and a road widening conveyance of 0.37 metre along Reggae Lane.

A Rental Housing Demolition Application for 601, 603 and 605 Oakwood Avenue has been submitted under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act and seeks approval to demolish six existing rental units.

The applicant has appealed their applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), citing Council's failure to make a decision within the timeframe prescribed by the Planning Act.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council's direction for the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the LPAT hearing to oppose the application in its current form because the proposed building massing, transition to adjacent properties, and site organization are not satisfactory. The proposal in its current form does not conform to Official Plan policies on Healthy Neighbourhoods, Public Realm, Built Form, and Neighbourhoods. This report also seeks Council's direction to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to address the issues outlined in this report.