Item - 2009.SC30.23

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 3.

2.         City Council amend the Cliffside Community Zoning By-law No. 9364, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft zoning by-law amendment attached to this report as Attachment 4.

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

4.         City Council adopt the Urban Design Concept Plan and Urban Design Guidelines shown in Attachment 6.

5.         City Council direct Parks, Forestry and Recreation and Facilities and Real Estate staff in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to investigate park improvements and acquisitions within the Study Area with a focus on developing parkland, as identified in the Recommendation Section shown on Attachment 5, Section 2.8.

6.         City Council direct Toronto Water staff to investigate the sewer capacity within the Study Area to determine the availability of capacity and identify any infrastructure improvements which may be necessary to support the proposed intensification of this area and report back to Community Council on any capacity issues.

7.         City Council direct Transportation Services to consider within Ward 36, Kingston Road between Danforth Avenue and Midland Avenue as a priority area for the placement of street furniture under the City’s Co-ordinated Street Furniture Program.

8.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to report back to Scarborough Community Council upon completion of the Kingston Road/Danforth Avenue:  Preliminary Planning for a Transit Project Assessment Study on possible land use options for the lands located on the northwest corner of Danforth Avenue and Kingston Road (identified as the Apex Site on Attachment 2).

9.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, in consultation with the General Manager of Transportation Services and the Toronto Parking Authority to report back to Scarborough Community Council on a parking strategy for the Kingston Road Cliffside Community.

The Scarborough Community Council held a statutory public meeting on November 10, 2009, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

These City-initiated official plan and zoning by-law amendments are subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

This report summarizes and contains recommendations to implement the Avenue Study for the portion of Kingston Road between Danforth Avenue and Chine Drive.  City staff, the Ward Councillor, the City’s consultants, and members of the local community have worked together to put forward an implementation framework for new development and the improvement of the public realm on this portion of Kingston Road.  To implement this Avenue Study, the report recommends approval of amendments to the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law as shown on Attachments 3 and 4.  The report also recommends adoption of Urban Design Guidelines and outlines implementation strategies to achieve over time the revitalization of Kingston Road between Danforth Avenue to east of Midland Avenue (Chine Drive).

The proposed Official Plan Amendment identifies potential locations for new streets, lanes and lane/street widenings.

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment deletes the current Highway Commercial (HC), Neighbourhood Commercial (NC), Community Commercial (CC), and Apartment Residential (A) zoning and replaces it with a Commercial-Residential (CR) Zone which permits a mixture of commercial, residential and institutional uses.  Standards regulating height, density, building setbacks, bicycle parking standards and Section 37 community benefit provisions are established in the proposed zoning by-law.  Permitted heights within the Commercial-Residential Zone vary from a minimum of 3 storeys to a maximum of 8 or 11 storeys, along with the application of a 45 degree angular plane from adjacent low density residential areas to ensure an appropriate height transition from existing neighbourhoods.

The recommendations in this report have no financial impact.