Item - 2020.TE18.35

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed:

1.  Staff to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 33-45 Avenue Road and 136-148 Yorkville Avenue together with the Ward Councillor.

2.  Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the application site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

Following a Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) decision on June 12, 2018, permiting a 29-storey mixed-use building, which included the conservation and alteration of the existing Victorian house-form buildings at 33 Avenue Road and the creation of a new publicly-accessible courtyard fronting Yorkville Avenue, a new Zoning By-law Application was submitted on March 16, 2020.

The new Zoning By-law Amendment application (File No. 20 126634 STE 11 OZ), which is the subject of this report, adds 136 Yorkville Avenue to the subject site and modifies the height, setbacks, and massing of the previous proposal approved at the LPAT.

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the application located at 33-45 Avenue Road and 136-148 Yorkville Avenue. The application proposes to demolish all the existing buildings on the site, including the heritage buildings previously secured to be conserved and altered, and a new 29-storey mixed-use building containing 4,454 square metres of commercial space and 100 residential units. The application must preserve the heritage buildings that were preserved as part of the previous approval.

Staff are currently reviewing the application. It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment. Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application with the Ward Councillor.