Item - 2021.PH27.2

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council amend Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 2  to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council amend North York Zoning By-law 7625, York Zoning By-law 1-83, Leaside Zoning By-law 1916, Scarborough Employment Districts By-law 24982 and the Etobicoke Zoning Code substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendments attached as Attachments 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council amend East York Zoning By-law 6752, and the Municipal Shelter By-law 138-2003 substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendments attached as Attachments 8 and 9  to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for 60 Starview Lane substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 10 to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

7. City Council resolve and declare that the decision to amend the zoning by-laws in Attachments 1-10  to the report (October 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning described in Recommendations 1 to 5 above conforms to the Growth Plan (2019) as amended, has regard to matters of Provincial interest listed in Section 2 of the Planning Act, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) issued under Section 3 of the Planning Act.

8. City Council request that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the Acting General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, identify ancillary uses associated with Cultural Industries that may be appropriate to permit in certain Employment Areas on a site and area specific basis as part of the current Municipal Comprehensive Review of the Official Plan (Our Plan Toronto).

9.  In reviewing the Official Plan and the City's Employment Areas, City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to look at areas where impactful industries may not be appropriate and to consider the introduction of daycares to support existing workers nearby, including on sites that staff may bring forward for conversions.

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Acting General Manager, Economic Development and Culture in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Service and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to prepare a package of materials for the DUKE Heights, the Emery Village and the LIKE BIA Boards of Directors and all BIA members on OPA 231 that would cover all aspects of the proposed changes and which would also cover the concerns that have been expressed by BIA members' representatives at the October 18, 2021 meeting; and that the initial proactive outreach to concerned members happen as quickly as possible, well before the November 9, 2021 meeting of City Council; and that the relevant city officials report directly to City Council on the results and findings of these meetings.

2.  Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Acting General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to meet with representatives of the DUKE Heights Business Improvement Area, to discuss the concerns set out in their correspondence to the Planning and Housing Committee, and which processes may be appropriate to resolve the concerns prior to the November 9, 2021 meeting of Toronto City Council.

The Planning and Housing Committee commenced a statutory public meeting on June 28, 2021, that continued on September 21, 2021 and ended on October 18, 2021 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

Toronto's Official Plan includes extensive policies that recognize the importance of Employment Areas to provide for a broad and diverse employment base. On December 10, 2019, the Planning and Housing Committee endorsed a proposed two-phased zoning framework to bring the City's zoning by-laws into conformity with Official Plan Amendment 231 (OPA 231), Employment Areas policies.

Phase 1 of the review involves the removal of sensitive land uses as permitted uses in all former general zoning by-laws and the city-wide Zoning By-law for lands designated as Employment Areas in the Official Plan.

This report summarizes the Phase 1 review and recommends amendments to all of the in-force zoning by-laws to remove permissions for sensitive land uses or other land uses that are not permitted in General Employment Areas or Core Employment Areas under the policy direction of OPA 231. This report also describes the next steps for Phase 2 of the review.

At its meeting of June 28, 2021, the Planning and Housing Committee adjourned the statutory public meeting under the Planning Act for the Zoning Conformity for Official Plan Employment Areas - Phase 1 Final Report and Phase 2 Update until the September 21, 2021 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee.

The Committee requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to provide a supplementary report that addresses: 1) zoning permissions for art gallery, museum and performing arts studio uses in General Employment Areas of the Official Plan (OP); 2) whether zoning by-law amendments are required to maintain land use permissions for the Woodbine Racetrack lands at 555 Rexdale Boulevard, in conformity with the OP; and 3) whether zoning by-law amendments are required to maintain existing zoning permissions for sites owned by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) that are zoned industrial but not designated as either General Employment Areas or Core Employment Areas in the OP.

This Supplementary Report responds to the Committee requests, as well as written submissions made to the Committee, and revises some of the draft by-laws contained in the previously submitted final report from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, dated June 10, 2021.

The Planning and Housing Committee, at its meeting of September 21, 2021, adjourned the statutory public meeting under the Planning Act for the Zoning Conformity for Official Plan Employment Areas - Phase 1 Final Report and Phase 2 Update until the October 18, 2021 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee. This follows an adjournment at the June 28, 2021 Planning and Housing Committee meeting, where staff were requested to prepare a supplementary report to address permissions for certain cultural uses, some school sites and the Woodbine lands.

Since the June 28, 2021 meeting, numerous written submissions have been made on this item. This second Supplementary Report responds to these written submissions, and recommends revising the draft by-law amendment for former City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 to address the Pinewood Studios site in the Port Lands, as detailed in this report.

The recommendations in this report replace the recommendations in the reports dated June 10, 2021 and September 1, 2021 from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.