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Minutes |
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Planning and Growth Management Committee |
Meeting No. | 38 | Contact | Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator | |
Meeting Date |
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 |
Phone | 416-392-7340 | |
Start Time |
9:30 AM |
pgmc@toronto.ca | ||
Location |
Committee Room 1, City Hall
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Chair | Councillor Norman Kelly |
PG38.1 | ACTION |
Amended |
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Ward: 19 |
30 Ordnance Street – Official Plan Amendment – Final Report |
Public Notice Given |
Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990 |
Committee Recommendations |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. Attachment 1 of the report (April 29, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be deleted and replaced with the Attachment 1 submitted by Councillor Vaughan, which amends Schedule A by adding the following:
"Chapter 6, Section 14 (Garrison Common North Secondary Plan) is amended by deleting Sections 9.2 and 9.3."
2. City Council amend the Official Plan for the City of Toronto substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment in Attachment 1 as amended above, appended to the report (April 29, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment as may be required. |
Decision Advice and Other Information |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee held a public meeting on May 19, 2010, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.
The Planning and Growth Management Committee requested staff from Economic Development and Culture and City Planning to work with Morgan Solar to assist in relocation and retention of the company in Toronto, including exploring possible assistance through tax grants and other City led initiatives. |
Origin |
(April 29, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
This report responds to the April 21, 2010 direction by the Planning and Growth Management Committee that the Chief Planner prepare an Official Plan Amendment for the Garrison Common North Secondary Plan to add residential permissions and encourage a total non-residential gross floor area of 24,000 square feet (2,230 square metres) to be developed for 30 Ordnance Street. |
Background Information |
30 Ordnance Street OPA Final Report (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29890.pdf) |
Communications |
(April 30, 2010) E-mail from John Paul Morgan and Nicolas Morgan, Morgan Solar Inc. (PG.New.PG38.1.1) (May 18, 2010) E-mail from Similar e-mails received on behalf of Morgan Solar Inc. (PG.New.PG38.1.2) (May 18, 2010) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault LLP. (PG.New.PG38.1.3) (May 19, 2010) Letter from James Nugent (PG.New.PG38.1.4) (May 19, 2010) Letter from John Paul Morgan, President, Morgan Solar Inc. (PG.New.PG38.1.5) |
Speakers |
John Paul Morgan, Morgan Solar Inc. (Submission Filed) |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) That Attachment 1 appended to the report (April 29, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be deleted and replaced with the Attachment attached to this motion. 2 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) Request staff from Economic Development and Culture and City Planning to work with Morgan Solar to assist in relocation and retention of the company in Toronto, including exploring possible assistance through tax grants and other City led initiatives. 3 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) |
1a | Technical Amendment to PG38.1 |
Origin |
(May 19, 2010) Memo from Councillor Adam Vaughan, Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina |
Summary |
Forwarding a technical amendment to remove the Front Street Extension from the area secondary plan. |
Background Information |
E-mail from Councillor Vaughan re Technical Amendment (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30462.pdf) Attachment to Councillor Vaughan's e-mail (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30463.pdf) |
PG38.2 | ACTION |
Amended |
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Ward: 38, 42 |
Official Plan Amendment for Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) Extension – Final Report |
Public Notice Given |
Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990 |
Committee Recommendations |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. Attachment 1: Draft Official Plan Amendment appended to the report (April 27, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be amended by:
- deleting Clause 4; - deleting Schedule "2";
so that Map 5, Surface Priority Network, is not amended with respect to Progress Avenue.
2. City Council amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with the revised Attachment 1: Draft Official Plan Amendment appended to the report (April 27, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft official plan amendment as may be required. |
Decision Advice and Other Information |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee held a public meeting on May 19, 2010, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act. |
Origin |
(April 27, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
On March 21, 2007 the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) endorsed a light rail transit plan for the City of Toronto which included seven projects across the City and subsequently initiated environmental assessment studies for those projects, as well as one for the Scarborough Rapid Transit (SRT) extension to Malvern.
The Official Plan, Map 4 Higher Order Transit Corridors, identifies a transit corridor from the existing terminus of the SRT at McCowan Road eastward to Markham Road and north on Markham Road to Steeles Avenue and potentially beyond.
This report recommends an amendment to Map 4 Higher Order Transit Corridors, of the Official Plan, deleting the transit corridor from the existing terminus of the SRT at McCowan Road eastward to Markham Road and north on Markham Road to Steeles Avenue and replacing it with a transit corridor as recommended in the current environmental assessment study for the SRT Extension as shown in Attachment 1. In addition, the location for a future maintenance and storage facility for the light rail transit vehicles has been identified on Map 4. A service track connection along Progress Avenue, north of Highway 401 to Sheppard Avenue, recommended to route trains to the maintenance and storage facility along Sheppard Avenue at Conlins Road is also proposed to be identified as a Transit Priority Segment on Map 5 Surface Transit Priority Network of the Official Plan. |
Background Information |
OPA for Scarborough Rapid Transit Extension Final Report (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29900.pdf) |
Communications |
(May 9, 2010) E-mail from George Smith (PG.New.PG38.2.1) (May 8, 2010) Fax from Pei Kun Chen & Family (PG.New.PG38.2.2) (May 7, 2010) Letter from M.A. Haffejee (PG.New.PG38.2.3) (May 14, 2010) Letter from Vince Cornacchia, Cornacchia Planning Services Inc. (PG.New.PG38.2.4) (May 18, 2010) E-mail from Angelo Sangiorgio, Associate Director of Planning and Facilities, Toronto Catholic District School Board (PG.New.PG38.2.5) |
Speakers |
Peter Teeson |
Motions |
2 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) That:
1. Attachment 1: Draft Official Plan Amendment appended to the report (April 27, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be amended by:
- deleting Clause 4; - deleting Schedule "2";
so that Map 5, Surface Priority Network, is not amended with respect to Progress Avenue.
2. City Council amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with the revised Attachment 1: Draft Official Plan Amendment appended to the report (April 27, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft official plan amendment as may be required. 1 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) |
PG38.3 | ACTION |
Amended |
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Ward: All |
Final Changes Made to the Draft Zoning By-law |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to incorporate the following changes into the final version of the new Zoning By-law:
Industrial zone categories:
a. Add a NEW Section 60.20.20.1 (2) to read:
Interpreting Permitted Manufacturing Uses in the E Zone
Despite regulation 1.20.2 (11) a manufacturing use is permitted generally in the E zone and regulations 60.20.20.10 (1) and 60.20.20.20 (1) lists specific manufacturing uses that are not permitted in the E zone.
b. Add a NEW Section 60.30.20.1 (2) to read:
Interpreting Permitted Manufacturing Uses in the EH Zone
Despite regulation 1.20.2 (11) a manufacturing use is permitted generally in the EH zone and regulations 60.30.20.10 (1) and 60.30.20.20 (1) lists specific manufacturing uses that are not permitted in the EH zone.
c. Revise Section 60.5.1.10 (3) to read:
Gross Floor Area Calculations for Manufacturing Uses in Employment Industrial Zones
Despite the definition of gross floor area in this By-law, for the purposes of calculating the floor space index for a lot in an Employment Industrial Zone category, the gross floor area of a building used for manufacturing use, does not include storage rooms or washroom in the basement, voids at the level of each floor, such as an atrium, mezzanine, stairwell, escalator, elevator, ventilation duct, utility shaft, utility areas used for the purposes of servicing the building, or structures associated with equipment, such as catwalks or service platforms.
d. Revise Section 60.20.20.100 (2) to read:
Ancillary Office Condition in E Zone
In an E zone, the maximum interior floor area on a lot used for ancillary office to a manufacturing use is the lesser of:
49% of the interior floor area of the building; or a floor space index of 0.5.
e. Revise Section 60.30.20.100 to read:
Ancillary Office Condition in EH Zone
In an EH zone, the maximum interior floor area on a lot used for ancillary office to a manufacturing use is the lesser of:
10% of the interior floor area of the building; or a floor space index of 0.1.
f. Revise Section 60.20.20.100 (4) to read:
Ancillary Retail Store Condition (in E Zone)
In an E zone, an ancillary retail store is only permitted with a permitted manufacturing use and the interior floor area devoted to ancillary retail store does not exceed 20% of the total gross floor area of a permitted manufacturing use on the lot.
An ancillary retail store on a lot must be delineated by a floor-to-ceiling partition wall from the manufacturing use to prevent public access from these latter uses.
g. Revise Section 60.10.20.30 (5) to read:
Ancillary Retail Store or Ancillary Eating Establishment Condition (in EL Zone)
In an EL zone, an ancillary retail store, ancillary eating establishment, or ancillary take-out eating establishment is only permitted with a permitted manufacturing use and the total interior floor area devoted to ancillary retail, ancillary eating establishment, or ancillary take-out eating establishment may not individually or in combination on a lot exceed 20% of the total gross floor area of a permitted manufacturing use on the lot.
An ancillary retail store, ancillary eating establishment or ancillary take-out eating establishment individually or in combination on a lot must be delineated by a floor-to-ceiling partition wall from the manufacturing use to prevent public access from these ancillary uses.
h. Revise Section 60.5.75. 1 (1) by removing the words “cogeneration energy device”.
i. Revise Section 60.5.80.1 (1) by removing the words “an atrium” and adding the works “and associated voids” after the words “utility areas”.
j. Revise Section 60.5.80.1 by adding a new section the same as 60.5.80.1 that addresses the Calculation of Loading Spaces.
k. Remove Sections 60.10.20.1, 60.20.20.1, 60.30.20.1, 60.40.20.1, 60.50.20.1, 50.10.20.1 150.200, 150.200.20 as they reference chemical separation distances.
l. Revise Sections 60.10.80.200 (1)(B), 60.20.80.200 (1)(B), 60.30.80.200 (1)(B) and 60.40.80.200 (1)(B) by adding the words “as per the land uses listed in Table 200.5.10.10” after the words “change in use”.
m. Nightclubs not be permitted in buildings that abut properties zoned for residential use including mixed use buildings
2. Directed that the changes to the draft new Zoning By-law as discussed in the report (May 14, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be incorporated into the final version of the By-law.
3. Directed that for a trial three-year period in PA1 (Downtown and Central Waterfront), the minimum vehicle parking requirement for new developments may be reduced at a rate of 1 vehicle parking space for every 5 bicycle parking spaces provided in excess of the minimum required amount of bicycle parking by up to a maximum of 20% of the minimum number of required vehicle parking spaces.
4. Requested the General Manager of Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the proposal to introduce payment in lieu for bicycle parking in the City’s mixed-use growth areas as defined by Parking Policy Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4.
5. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to continue working with Toronto Industry Network, South Etobicoke Industrial Employers Association and other industry representatives to resolve issues and bring forward any recommended changes in time for the June 16, 2010 statutory public meeting.
6. Directed that the decision of Planning and Growth Management to roll Fraternity and Sorority Houses into the rooming House Licensing regime be forwarded to Licensing staff and ask staff to report to the Licensing and Standards Committee to enact this change.
7. Referred the submission from the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning with the request that he report back on revisions to Section 150.80.20(2) of the Draft By-law that would consider locating stacking lanes in front yards or exterior side yards where the sites are larger than 1,350 square metres or are located in areas without residential or other sensitive land uses.
8. Directed that the next draft of the New Zoning By-law to be released on May 27, 2010 be prepared in both clear text and text with revisions noted.
9. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee in the fall of 2011 on updating the City's Harmonized Zoning By-law, taking into account any relevant changes to provincial policy, legislation or regulations, and make any further recommendations concerning distancing issues for residential land uses. |
Decision Advice and Other Information |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee received a presentation from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Acting Director, Zoning By-law and Environmental Planning, City Planning. |
Origin |
(May 14, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director,City Planning |
Summary |
This report outlines further changes and refinements to the draft new Zoning By-law that have resulted from the direction of the Committee at the meeting of April 21, 2010, and further input from stakeholders and other interested parties . These changes will be incorporated in the final draft of the new Zoning By-law that will be prepared for the Statutory Open House on May 27, 2010, and brought back to the Committee for final consideration at its meeting to be held on June 16, 2010. |
Background Information |
Final Changes Made to the Draft Zoning By-law (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30388.pdf) Final Changes Made to the Draft Zoning By-law (Notice of Pending Report) (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29916.pdf) |
Communications |
(May 10, 2010) Letter from Wendy Nott, Walker, Nott, Dragicevic Associates Limited (PG.New.PG38.3.1) (May 12, 2010) E-mail from Ian MacLeod, Bravo Residences Inc. (PG.New.PG38.3.2) (May 12, 2010) E-mail from Ian MacLeod, Bohemian Embassy Queen St. Residences Inc. (PG.New.PG38.3.3) (May 13, 2010) E-mail from Sang Won Kim (PG.New.PG38.3.4) (May 13, 2010) E-mail from Maggi Redmonds (PG.New.PG38.3.5) (May 14, 2010) E-mail from Catharine Mifflin (PG.New.PG38.3.6) (May 14, 2010) E-mail from Steven J. O'Melia, Miller Thomson LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.7) (May 14, 2010) E-mail from Ken MacLeod (PG.New.PG38.3.8) (May 14, 2010) Letter from Eric A. Bristow, Canadian Petroleum Products Instiute (PG.New.PG38.3.9) (May 16, 2010) E-mail from Mariana Valverde (PG.New.PG38.3.10) (May 3, 2010) Letter from Patrick Berne, St. Joseph and Bay Land Corporation (PG.New.PG38.3.11) (May 17, 2010) E-mail from Allan Reynolds, Linda Lapointe and Emerich Kaspar, Palmerston Area Residents' Association (PG.New.PG38.3.12) (May 19, 2010) Letter from Christopher J. Tanzola, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.13) (May 18, 2010) E-mail from A. Milliken Heisey, Papazian Heisey Myers, Barristers & Solicitors (PG.New.PG38.3.14) (May 17, 2010) E-mail from Laurie Letheren, ARCH Disability Law Centre (PG.New.PG38.3.15) (May 18, 2010) E-mail from David Bronskill, Goodmans LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.16) (May 19, 2010) Submission from Eric A. Bristow, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (PG.New.PG38.3.17) (May 19, 2010) Letter from Katarzyna Silwa, Davies Howe Partners (PG.New.PG38.3.18) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner, Ontario Human Rights Commission (PG.New.PG38.3.19) (May 20, 2010) E-mail from Mark Noskiewicz, Goodmans LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.20) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Christopher J. Tanzola, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.21) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Christopher J. Tanzola, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (PG.New.PG38.3.22) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Nick Singh, President, Swansea Area Ratepayers' Association (PG.New.PG38.3.23) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Eileen Denny, President, Teddington Park Residents Association Inc. (PG.New.PG38.3.24) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Wendy Nott (PG.New.PG38.3.25) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Daniel B. Artenosi, Associate, McCarthy Tetrault (PG.New.PG38.3.26) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from George Milbrandt, Co-Chair, FoNTRA (PG.New.PG38.3.27) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Mark and Mary Lou Shapiro (PG.New.PG38.3.28) (May 19, 2010) Letter from Leslie McDonald, Habitat Services (PG.New.PG38.3.29) (May 19, 2010) E-mail from Al Brezina, President, South Etobicoke Industrial Employers Association (PG.New.PG38.3.30) (May 19, 2010) Letter from Christopher J. Tanzola, McCarthy Tetrault (PG.New.PG38.3.31) |
Speakers |
Eric A. Bristow, Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (Submission Filed) |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) Request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee in the fall of 2011 on updating the City's Harmonized Zoning By-law, taking into account any relevant changes to provincial policy, legislation or regulations, and make any further recommendations concerning distancing issues for residential land uses. 2 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, be directed to continue working with TIN, SEIEA and other industry representatives to resolve issues and bring forward any recommended changes in time for the June 16, 2010 statutory public meeting. 3 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) That the following changes be made to the industrial zone categories:
1. Add a NEW Section 60.20.20.1 (2) to read:
Interpreting Permitted Manufacturing Uses in the E Zone
Despite regulation 1.20.2 (11) a manufacturing use is permitted generally in the E zone and regulations 60.20.20.10 (1) and 60.20.20.20 (1) lists specific manufacturing uses that are not permitted in the E zone.
2. Add a NEW Section 60.30.20.1 (2) to read:
Interpreting Permitted Manufacturing Uses in the EH Zone
Despite regulation 1.20.2 (11) a manufacturing use is permitted generally in the EH zone and regulations 60.30.20.10 (1) and 60.30.20.20 (1) lists specific manufacturing uses that are not permitted in the EH zone.
3. Revise Section 60.5.1.10 (3) to read:
Gross Floor Area Calculations for Manufacturing Uses in Employment Industrial Zones
Despite the definition of gross floor area in this By-law, for the purposes of calculating the floor space index for a lot in an Employment Industrial Zone category, the gross floor area of a building used for manufacturing use, does not include storage rooms or washroom in the basement, voids at the level of each floor, such as an atrium, mezzanine, stairwell, escalator, elevator, ventilation duct, utility shaft, utility areas used for the purposes of servicing the building, or structures associated with equipment, such as catwalks or service platforms.
4. Revise Section 60.20.20.100 (2) to read:
In an E zone, the maximum interior floor area on a lot used for ancillary office to a manufacturing use is the lesser of:
49% of the interior floor area of the building; or a floor space index of 0.5.
5. Revise Section 60.30.20.100 to read: Ancillary Office Condition in EH Zone
In an EH zone, the maximum interior floor area on a lot used for ancillary office to a manufacturing use is the lesser of:
10% of the interior floor area of the building; or a floor space index of 0.1.
6. Revise Section 60.20.20.100 (4) to read:
Ancillary Retail Store Condition (in E Zone)
In an E zone, an ancillary retail store is only permitted with a permitted manufacturing use and the interior floor area devoted to ancillary retail store does not exceed 20% of the total gross floor area of a permitted manufacturing use on the lot.
An ancillary retail store on a lot must be delineated by a floor-to-ceiling partition wall from the manufacturing use to prevent public access from these latter uses.
7. Revise Section 60.10.20.30 (5) to read:
Ancillary Retail Store or Ancillary Eating Establishment Condition (in EL Zone)
In an EL zone, an ancillary retail store, ancillary eating establishment, or ancillary take-out eating establishment is only permitted with a permitted manufacturing use and the total interior floor area devoted to ancillary retail, ancillary eating establishment, or ancillary take-out eating establishment may not individually or in combination on a lot exceed 20% of the total gross floor area of a permitted manufacturing use on the lot.
An ancillary retail store, ancillary eating establishment or ancillary take-out eating establishment individually or in combination on a lot must be delineated by a floor-to-ceiling partition wall from the manufacturing use to prevent public access from these ancillary uses.
8. Revise Section 60.5.75. 1 (1) by removing the words “cogeneration energy device”.
9. Revise Section 60.5.80.1 (1) by removing the words “an atrium” and adding the works “and associated voids” after the words “utility areas”.
10. Revise Section 60.5.80.1 by adding a new section the same as 60.5.80.1 that addresses the Calculation of Loading Spaces.
11. Remove Sections 60.10.20.1, 60.20.20.1, 60.30.20.1, 60.40.20.1, 60.50.20.1, 50.10.20.1 150.200, 150.200.20 as they reference chemical separation distances.
12. Revise Sections 60.10.80.200 (1)(B), 60.20.80.200 (1)(B), 60.30.80.200 (1)(B) and 60.40.80.200 (1)(B) by adding the words “as per the land uses listed in Table 200.5.10.10” after the words “change in use”. 4 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Peter Milczyn (Carried) That the Committee refer the submission from the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning with the request that he report back on revisions to Section 150.80.20(2) of the Draft By-law that would consider locating stacking lanes in front yards or exterior side yards where the sites are larger thatn 1,350 square metres or are located in areas without residential or other sensitive land uses. 5 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Final)
1. That the Committee forward the decision of Planning and Growth Management to roll Fraternity and Sorority Houses into the rooming House Licensing regime to Licensing staff and ask staff to report to the Licensing and Standards Committee to enact this change. (Carried)
2. request staff to bring forward an amendment to allow private music instruction in semi-detached homes and a cap on the number of students allowed. (Lost)
3. that nightclubs not permitted in buildings that abut properties zoned for residential use including mixed use buildings. (Carried)
4. delete spacing requirement for group homes. (Lost) 6 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor John Filion (Carried) That the next draft of the Harmonized Zoning By-law to be released on May 27, 2010 be prepared in both clear text and text with revisions noted. 7 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) |
PG38.4 | ACTION |
Adopted |
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Ward: All |
Report on Avenue Studies, 2010 |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee directed that:
1. No Avenue Studies be undertaken in 2010.
2. The Chief Planner report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee in the first quarter of 2011 recommending which Avenue studies should be undertaken in 2011.
3. No Avenue study be undertaken on Weston Road between Humber Boulevard and Ray Avenue at this time. |
Origin |
(May 4, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
This report recommends that no new Avenue studies be undertaken in 2010. The Chief Planner proposes to report to Planning and Growth Management Committee in 2011 with recommendations for Avenue Studies in 2011. This report also recommends that no Avenue study be undertaken on Weston Road between Humber Boulevard and Ray Avenue. |
Background Information |
Report on Avenue Studies, 2010 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29917.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried) |
PG38.5 | ACTION |
Deferred |
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Ward: All |
Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Study and Action Plan |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. deferred consideration of the item until its meeting on June 16, 2010;
2. referred the following motion 2 by Councillor Filion to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for consideration and report to that meeting:
"2. Prior to further consideration of this report:
a. Staff be directed to show concern for the stability of neighbourhoods and protections existing in the Official Plan, not only the width of adjoining roads.
b. Recommendation 5 of the report (May 4, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be deleted and be replaced with the following:
5. in accordance with the motion (PG26.2 - Recommendation 12) adopted by City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, in relation to the St. Clair Avenue West (between Bathurst and Keele) Avenue Study, that the Chief Planner be directed as follows:
a. Enhancement Zones only be considered as a local solution after being approved for consideration by Community Council following a Community Council process to determine that sufficient community consultation has occurred and the community is in support; and
b. in the absence of such community support, the 45 degree angular plane from the rear property line adjacent to a neighbourhood shall determine the maximum height of the building." |
Decision Advice and Other Information |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee received a presentation from the Project Manager, Urban Design, City Planning, Etobicoke York District. |
Origin |
(May 4, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
The purpose of this report is to update the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the status of the ‘Avenues and Mid-Rise Building Action Plan’.
The Action Plan consists of a number of components to encourage the reurbanization of Toronto’s Avenues. It includes the Avenues & Mid-Rise Buildings Study prepared by Brook Mcllroy Planning + Urban Design/Pace Architects with E.R.A. Architects, Quadrangle Architects Limited and Urban Marketing Collaborative, and consultations with members of the Mid-Rise Buildings Interdivisional Team, various stakeholders and the public. This report provides updates on these initiatives and makes recommendations related to implementation.
Toronto's Avenues are an integral part of the urban fabric. Avenues serve as social and commercial centres and are intimately linked to the identity and vitality of the neighbourhoods that surround them. They are also part of Toronto's Official Plan growth management strategy and therefore it is important to anticipate and set the stage for an appropriate, typically mid-rise, form of development. In the City of Toronto, mid-rise buildings are defined in relation to the adjacent street or Avenue and can rise no taller than the street ‘right-of-way’, which is generally between 4 and 11 storeys.
The Official Plan vision for Toronto's Avenues is one of vibrant, tree-lines streets, wide sun-lit sidewalks, framed by well designed and contextually sensitive mid-rise buildings that support an active street life by providing a variety of retail and community uses at the ground floor level. Mid-rise buildings are an integral part of the City’s past, present and future built form and they also help to achieve the growth targets while enhancing and revitalizing existing neighbourhoods.
The implementation of the Avenues’ vision has been dependant on individual Avenues Studies, sixteen of which have been completed across the city to date. Even with new as-of-right zoning in those areas, there has been a slow response from the development community. A faster and more pro-active ‘Action Plan’ was deemed appropriate to put new housing and jobs close to existing transit and infrastructure. This report, the Consultant study, the ongoing work of the Mid-Rise Building Interdivisional Team, and other related city initiatives together form the ‘Action Plan’.
The consultant’s Avenues & Mid-Rise Building Study provides guidance about the future built form of the Avenues through suggested Performance Standards which will provide the foundation for new zoning regulations and urban design guidelines for mid-rise buildings that respect individual characteristics.
This report recommends that staff use the Mid-Rise Performance Standards in reviewing proposals for a two year monitoring period. During the monitoring period, an implementation strategy will be developed which will include a review of existing zoning, the statutory 5 year review of the Official Plan, and the new Urban Design Handbook, in order to incorporate the Performance Standards in guidelines, policies or new as-of-right zoning.
By the end of the two year monitoring period, staff will report back to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the effectiveness of the Performance Standards and potential implementation measures as appropriate and necessary.
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Background Information |
Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Study and Action Plan (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29910.pdf) Performance Standards for Mid-Rise Buildings Part 1 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29911.pdf) Performance Standards for Mid-Rise Buildings Part 2 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30018.pdf) |
Communications |
(May 19, 2010) E-mail from Eileen Denny, President, Teddington Park Residents Association Inc. (PG.New.PG38.5.1) |
Speakers |
Eileen Denny, Teddington Park Residents Association Inc. (Submission Filed) |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Peter Milczyn (Carried) That consideration of the item be deferred until until June 16, 2010, and that Councillor Filion's motion #2 be referred to staff for consideration.
2 - Motion to Amend Motion moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) That Councillor Milczyn's motion be amended by adding that the following motion 2 by Councillor Filion be referred to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for consideration:
"2. Prior to further consideration of this report:
a. Staff be directed to show concern for the stability of neighbourhoods and protections existing in the Official Plan, not only the width of adjoining roads.
b. Recommendation 5 of the report (May 4, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be deleted and be replaced with the following:
5. in accordance with the motion (PG26.2 - Recommendation 12) adopted by City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, in relation to the St. Clair Avenue West (between Bathurst and Keele) Avenue Study, that the Chief Planner be directed as follows:
a. Enhancement Zones only be considered as a local solution after being approved for consideration by Community Council following a Community Council process to determine that sufficient community consultation has occurred and the community is in support; and
b. in the absence of such community support, the 45 degree angular plane from the rear property line adjacent to a neighbourhood shall determine the maximum height of the building."
3 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor John Filion (Redundant) That:
1. The report be deferred until such time as the Official Plan is being reviewed so that it can be considered in conjunction with it.
2. Prior to further consideration of this report:
a. Staff be directed to show concern for the stability of neighbourhoods and protections existing in the Official Plan, not only the width of adjoining roads.
b. Recommendation 5 of the report (May 4, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be deleted and be replaced with the following:
5. in accordance with the motion (PG26.2 - Recommendation 12) adopted by City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, in relation to the St. Clair Avenue West (between Bathurst and Keele) Avenue Study, that the Chief Planner be directed as follows:
a. Enhancement Zones only be considered as a local solution after being approved for consideration by Community Council following a Community Council process to determine that sufficient community consultation has occurred and the community is in support; and
b. in the absence of such community support, the 45 degree angular plane from the rear property line adjacent to a neighbourhood shall determine the maximum height of the building. |
PG38.6 | ACTION |
Adopted |
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Ward: All |
Request for Direction – Official Plan – Employment Areas Policy |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to schedule community consultation with interested representatives from stakeholder groups, such as the Toronto Industry Network and the South Etobicoke Industrial Employers Association, and the public at-large to obtain their comments on Employment Areas policies and the proposed Official Plan Amendment in Attachment 1 of the report (May 3, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
2. Directed that notice of the public meeting under the Planning Act be given in accordance with the regulations under the Planning Act.
3. Authorized and directed the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto. |
Origin |
(May 3, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
This report responds to Planning and Growth Management Committee’s request of the Chief Planner and Executive Director to examine the Employment Areas policies in the Official Plan with respect to certain land use permissions. The report reviews various undertakings with respect to planning and promoting employment lands; highlights findings from the Toronto Employment Survey 2009; and identifies potential amendments to the Official Plan to strengthen the intent of the Employment Areas land use designation.
As part of the next steps, this report seeks Planning and Growth Management Committee’s direction to conduct consultation, and to give notice on a proposed amendment to the Official Plan upon completion of the consultation process. |
Background Information |
Employment Areas Policy Report (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29918.pdf) Attachment 2: Profile Toronto, Toronto Employment Survey 2009 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29919.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) |
PG38.7 | ACTION |
Adopted |
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Ward: All |
Further Report: Commercial Floorspace Requirements in Mixed Use Areas |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Directed that notice of public meeting under the Planning Act be given in accordance with the regulations under the Planning Act with the public meeting targeted for the August meeting of Planning and Growth Management Committee.
2. Directed that the proposed Official Plan Amendment be substantially the same as that in Attachment 1 of the report (May 4, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. |
Origin |
(May 4, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
This report responds to the Planning and Growth Management Committee’s request for further consideration and report on a proposed Official Plan Amendment that would address instances where redevelopment proposals involving the reduction or elimination of existing commercial space in areas designated as Mixed Use Areas may have a relatively large local impact.
The Committee members’ main concern was that the policy should specify a minimum percentage of the existing space that should be replaced or retained. There is no defensible basis for setting a city-wide level for the amount of retail-commercial space that should be retained or replaced. But it would clearly be reasonable to require that retaining or replacing such space be seriously considered. The policy before Committee in November, 2009 could be strengthened to indicate this.
Committee members were also concerned that the 3,000 sq.m. threshold size of existing floorspace at which the policy would apply was too great. It would be reasonable to eliminate this threshold, but the policy would need to recognize that not all space should be replaced.
The report recommends that a public meeting be held at the August meeting of Planning and Growth Management Committee to consider a revised policy. |
Background Information |
Commercial Floorspace Requirements in Mixed Use Areas (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29925.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Norman Kelly (Carried) |
PG38.8 | ACTION |
Adopted |
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Ward: All |
Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program Review Update |
Committee Recommendations |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. City Council postpone the Heritage Tax Rebate Program for the 2010 tax year until such time as a full review of the program is completed and presented to Council and any changes to the program can be implemented. |
Origin |
(April 13, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
The purpose of this report is to inform Council of the upcoming review of the Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program. The report also recommends that Council postpone program applications in 2011 until such time as the program review is completed and any required changes to the program can be implemented.
As part of initiating the Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program, a review of the program is to be undertaken after two years of operation at full capacity. The 2009 tax year applications, which were due March 1, 2010, represent the second year at full operation. In order to report on the program and recommend any changes, staff is recommending that the 2010 tax year applications (due March 1, 2011) be postponed until a full report on the success of the program and any changes required to the program can be prepared for consideration by Council. |
Background Information |
Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program Review Update (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29920.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) |
8a | Heritage Property Tax Rebate Program Review Update |
Origin |
(April 30, 2010) Letter from Toronto Preservation Board |
Summary |
Advising of the action taken by the Toronto Preservation Board on April 30, 2010. |
Background Information |
Letter April 30, 2010 from Toronto Preservation Board (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29923.pdf) |
PG38.9 | ACTION |
Amended |
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Ward: All |
Interim Procedures During Council Election |
Committee Recommendations |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor to:
a. send staff to Ontario Municipal Board hearings on matters of concern to the City; and
b. request the Ontario Municipal Board to postpone scheduling hearings of matters of concern to members of City Council, to allow City Council to consider and take a position on those matters as needed, during the period between September 2010 and December 2010 when Council is not meeting due to the Municipal Election.
2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to submit a status report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee and to each Community Council on the use of delegated authority during the election period.
3. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with City Councillors on any Ontario Municipal Board attendance, and that individual Councillors who wish to have the City initiate an appeal, support or oppose an appeal or request a deferral, may formally file requests with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning on matters that are time sensitive.
4. City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto. |
Origin |
(April 16, 2010) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning |
Summary |
This report requests Council's authority to temporarily amend council adopted procedures to send city staff to the Ontario Municipal Board as needed during the election hiatus. |
Background Information |
Interim Procedures During Council Election (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29928.pdf) |
Motions |
1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor John Filion (Final) That Recommendation 1 in the report (April 16, 2010) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be replaced with the following:
1. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor to:
a. send staff to Ontario Municipal Board hearings on matters of concern to the City; and
b. request the Ontario Municipal Board to postpone scheduling hearings of matters of concern to members of City Council, to allow City Council to consider and take a position on those matters as needed, during the period between September 2010 and December 2010 when Council is not meeting due to the Municipal Election. 2 - Motion to Adopt Item as Amended (Carried) |
PG38.10 | ACTION |
Deferred |
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Ward: All |
Signage on Construction Hoarding - Phase II |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee deferred the item to the June 16, 2010 meeting to give Notice of Public Meeting. |
Origin |
(May 3, 2010) Report from General Manager, Transportation Services |
Summary |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee of April 14, 2009 requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with appropriate staff to report further on:
1. definition of hoarding specifying that it must be a continuous enclosure;
2. a provision which regulates the timing of the erection of construction hoarding in relation to the applicant obtaining demolition and building permits, so that hoarding cannot be erected prematurely or remain when no construction activity is taking place; and
3. information on the market value of first party advertising on hoarding, to assist the Committee and Council in the event that it wishes to increase revenue for the use of City property for first party advertising on construction hoarding. This report recommends amendments to Chapter 693, Signs, of the Toronto Municipal Code implementing a harmonized, City-wide approach to permit first party project specific graphics and information on construction hoarding erected within the public right-of-way. |
Background Information |
Signage on Construction Hoarding - Phase II (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29780.pdf) Attachment 1 - Signage on Contruction Hoarding (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29781.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Frank Di Giorgio (Carried) That consideration of the item be deferred until June 16, 2010.
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PG38.11 | ACTION |
Received |
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Ward: All |
Building Permit Fees 2009 Annual Report |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee received the item for information. |
Origin |
(March 31, 2010) Report from Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building |
Summary |
The attachment to this report contains the "Building Permit Fees 2009 Annual Report" for the 12‑month period ending December 31, 2009.
Under the Building Code Statute Law Amendment Act, the City is required to report on the 2009 budget year outlining how new revenues collected have been used to cover the direct and indirect costs of administering and enforcing the Building Code Act and the Building Code. |
Background Information |
Building Permit Fees 2009 Annual Report - Staff Report and Attachment (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-29735.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) That the item be received for information.
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PG38.12 | ACTION |
Referred |
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Ward: All |
Public Space Policy |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee referred the memo from Councillor Moscoe to the City Manager for consideration and report to the Committee as soon as possible. |
Origin |
(April 28, 2010) Memo from Councillor Howard Moscoe, Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence |
Summary |
Memorandum from Councillor Howard Moscoe, Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence, requesting a review of the City's Public Space Policy. |
Background Information |
Letter from Councillor Moscoe re Public Space Policy (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30029.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Refer Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried) That the Memo from Councillor Moscoe be referred to the City Manager for consideration and report to the Committee as soon as possible. |
PG38.13 | ACTION |
Referred |
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Zoning Study of Oakwood Avenue Arts District |
Committee Decision |
The Planning and Growth Management Committee referred the Memo from Councillor Moscoe to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for consideration and report to the Committee as soon as possible. |
Origin |
(April 28, 2010) Memo from Councillor Howard Moscoe, Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence |
Summary |
Memorandum from Councillor Howard Moscoe, Ward 15 Eglinton-Lawrence, requesting a planning study of Oakwood Avenue from Eglinton to St. Clair Avenues. |
Background Information |
Letter from Councillor Moscoe re Zoning Study of Oakwood Avenue Arts District (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30030.pdf) |
Motions |
Motion to Refer Item moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried) That the Memo from Councillor Moscoe be referred to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for consideration and report to the Committee as soon as possible. |
13a | Zoning Study of Oakwood Avenue |
Origin |
(May 19, 2010) Letter from Councillor Cesar Palacio, Ward 17 Davenport |
Summary |
In support of the request for a Zoning Study of Oakwood Avenue Arts District. |
Background Information |
Letter from Councillor Palacio (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-30476.pdf) |
Procedural Motions |
Motion to Adopt Minutes moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried) That the Minutes of the Planning and Growth Management Committee meeting held on April 21, 2010, be confirmed. |
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Councillor Norman Kelly, Chair, Planning and Growth Management Committee |
Meeting Sessions |
Session Date | Session Type | Start Time | End Time | Public or Closed Session |
2010-05-19 | Morning | 9:45 AM | 12:30 PM | Public |
2010-05-19 | Afternoon | 1:40 PM | 6:00 PM | Public |
Attendance | ||
Members were present for some or all of the time period indicated. |
Date and Time | Quorum | Members |
2010-05-19 9:45 AM - 12:30 PM (Public Session) |
Present |
Present: Di Giorgio, Filion, Kelly (Chair), Milczyn, Thompson, Vaughan Also present (non-members): Cho, Jenkins, Nunziata, Pantalone, Perks, Walker |
2010-05-19 1:40 PM - 6:00 PM (Public Session) |
Present |
Present: Di Giorgio, Filion, Kelly (Chair), Milczyn, Thompson, Vaughan Also present (non-members): Jenkins, Nunziata, Walker |