The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division recommends that the Recommendations in the August 5, 2010 Final Report be replaced with the following revised Recommendations:

1.         City Council enact the proposed City-wide Zoning By-law substantially in the form attached as Attachment 1 to the report dated August 5, 2010, as amended by the modifications set out in Attachment 1, entitled "Requested By-law Modifications" attached to the report dated August 16, 2010, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

2.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft City‑wide Zoning By‑law as may be required.

3.         City Council determine that no further notice is to be given in respect of the proposed by‑law. 

This supplementary report requests that modifications be made to the draft Zoning By‑law. The modifications are appended to this report as Attachment 1 and are grouped into categories for ease of reference. The types of requested modifications include: corrections to the text of the general regulations, corrections that address consistency between the zoning map labels and the text references, corrections and changes to the Exceptions part of the Bylaw, proposed additions to Chapters 950, Prevailing Bylaws, and Chapter 955, Prevailing Bylaw Sections, recommended zoning changes and corrections to specific properties, properties that should be added to the Bylaw and, properties that should be removed from the Bylaw. The report recommends that Council determine that the proposed draft Zoning Bylaw, together with these modifications, be enacted without further notice.

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building recommends that:

1.         City Council approve an amendment to Chapter 694, Signs, General, to adopt a site specific amendment for the property municipally known as 14 Strachan Avenue, substantially in accordance with the administrative design features as set out in Appendix A of the report (August 13, 2010) from the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building.

2.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to prepare the necessary Bills for introduction in Council to implement the above recommendations, subject to such stylistic and technical changes to the draft bills as may be required.

3.         City Council direct the builder to undertake to provide in any new Purchase and Sale Agreements for any residential units to be located on the lands known as 14 and 20 Strachan Avenue, 39 and 51 East Liberty Street and 19 Western Battery Road a written "Buyer Beware" notice to all the future buyers of the residential units stating that an illuminated third party ground sign of such size and height is located to the south of these buildings.

This report reviews and makes recommendations on a request by Bill Dalton of IBI Group, on behalf of 863880 Ontario Limited c/o David Moscovitz, for a site specific amendment to Chapter 694, Signs, General, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code to permit for the erection of a ground sign on the premises municipally known as 14 Strachan Avenue, on the following conditions: the permit for the erection and display of the sign is non-renewable and shall expire on March 31, 2018, and that the existing roof sign located approximately 80 metres to the west on the same premises is removed.

The proposed amendment will result in the elimination of a large format third party roof sign from the Gardiner Corridor.  The proposal will also result in the eventual removal of a large format third party ground sign, furthering the objectives of Chapter 694, with respect to the protection of panoramic views of the City’s skyline, and will ensure that signage will reflect the increasingly residential nature of the area upon conclusion of the redevelopment of the area.

Staff recommend approval of the application for a Sign By-law amendment in general accordance with the specific permission previously contemplated by City staff and approved by City Council.