Item - 2022.TE31.4

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 340-376R Dufferin Street and 2 Melbourne Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (January 31, 2022) 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 340-376R Dufferin Street and 2 Melbourne Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 16, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to introduce the site into City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 and to modify the range of permitted employment uses on the site at 340-376R and 2 Melbourne Avenue. No physical changes to the existing building are proposed.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020), and conforms to A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020), and to the City of Toronto Official Plan.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. The Official Plan Amendment will ensure the Site and Area Specific Policies will authorize the employment uses and ensure that such uses are compatible with the physical context and will not affect nearby Neighbourhoods in a manner contrary to the neighbourhood protection policies of the Official Plan, and that the proposed uses do not adversely impact adjacent residential districts.

Currently, the site is regulated by former City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86, as amended. Introducing the site into City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 will ensure the property is regulated by the most current Zoning By-law while expanding the range of permitted office, retail, and service uses to improve access to locally servicing employment uses for the area. The proposed zoning by-law amendments also carry forward some use permissions from the current Industrial (I1 D2) zoning, while removing uses which are incompatible with the surrounding residential context.