Item - 2021.TE23.15

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86, for the lands at 545 Commissioners Street, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (February 5, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 545 Commissioners Street, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 7 to the report (February 5, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

4. City Council, pursuant to Subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, permit an application for minor variances with respect to the property municipally known as 545 Commissioners Street for additional relief from the requirements of Former City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86, as amended by By-law 337-2018, and from the requirements of City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, should it be necessary to facilitate the relocation of the ML Ready Mix concrete batching facility to the Port Lands.

5. City Council approve, in principle, the conditions set out in Attachment 8 to the report (February 5, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District for the proposed concrete batching and mixing yard, builder's supply yard, and open storage of raw materials at 545 Commissioners Street.

6. City Council delegate back to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or designate the authority to issue final Site Plan Approval.

7. In order to support the introduction of the proposed batching yard to the site, City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to cover the costs of extending the current landscaping treatment along the appropriate available sites between Leslie Street to the Turning Basin; and further, City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to complete the sidewalk on that stretch and direct the work be completed by June 30, 2021.

8. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with CreateTO, to ensure that all Ministry of Environment conditions related to batching plants on this section of Commissioners Street are in effect, and to ensure that road safety, which is compromised by dust from the batching plants and their trucks, is ensured by the same regular street sweeping regimen which the Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO) had conducted, and directed the plan and schedule for road safety and street sweeping be provided to the Ward Councillor's office.

The Toronto and East York Community Council requested the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to report directly to City Council on the initiation of a design for Turning Basin Park as a public realm improvement related to the numerous batching plants that the City has approved for this quadrant of the PortLands.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 24, 2021 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to construct a concrete batching and mixing yard, builder's supply yard, and open storage of raw materials at 545 Commissioners Street. Office, retail, and vehicle repair shop uses are also proposed as ancillary to the primary industrial uses on the site. The local Councillor directed staff to report to City Council, through Toronto and East York Community Council, as per the provisions in By-law No. 438-2000 for Site Plan Control applications. In addition to a review of the site plan control matters for this application, City staff are bringing forward amendments to the Zoning By-law through a City-initiated site specific zoning by-law which is intended to further facilitate this project, in keeping with prior decisions for this site and use.

This report reviews and recommends approval of a site specific zoning by-law under zoning by-laws 438-86 and 569-2013. This report also reviews and recommends approval, in principle, of the Site Plan Control application for 545 Commissioners Street.