Item - 2010.TE36.20

City Council on August 25, 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council amend the former City of Toronto Official Plan for the lands known as The West Don Lands, Phase 2, substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment in Attachment No. 7 to the July 29, 2010 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2.         City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 for the former City of Toronto substantially in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendments attached as Attachment Nos. 8 and 9, to the July 29, 2010 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, with Attachments Nos. 8 and 9 amended as follows:

Revisions related to Attachment 8:

a.         The clause relating to loading facilities has been revised to remove (f)(i):  “for a building containing 30 or more dwelling units within the area shown on Map 2 as having a maximum height zone of 15 metres.”  The clause is not necessary because the remaining clause sufficiently denotes the loading requirement:  (f)(ii) “Type ‘G’ loading shall be required for buildings containing 30 or more dwelling units only where access to dwelling units is by means of a common internal corridor or if a building is a rowplex.”

b.         For the purpose of clarity, the zoning by-law needs to include a definition of “tower” relating to high rise buildings as follows:  clause (z)(viii)  ““tower” means a building, or part thereof, within which any individual floor may not exceed a residential gross floor area, non-residential gross floor area, or any combination thereof of 800 square metres.”

c.         A number of other minor revisions of a stylistic and technical nature have been made to Attachment No. 8 so as to clarify, but not alter, the intent of the draft zoning by-law.

Revision related to Attachment 9:

d.         Map 1, with respect to the area boundary, has been revised to reflect the correct land boundary along the northern end of Street ‘F’ to the south of the All City Storage private lands.

3.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Official Plan Amendment and the draft Zoning By-laws as may be required to give effect to the recommendations in this report.

4.         City Council authorize the introduction of the necessary Bill by the City Solicitor for enactment by City Council immediately upon finalization of the requirements set out in Section 4(c) of draft Zoning By-law attached as Attachment No. 8 to the July 29, 2010 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, respecting the removal of the holding (“h”) symbol.

5.         City Council be advised that the Chief Planner, and Executive Director of Planning who has been delegated authority to approve draft plans of subdivision, proposes to approve the draft plan of subdivision generally outlined on Attachment 1, subject to:

i.          the conditions as generally listed in Attachment 13 to the July 29, 2010 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, which as except as otherwise noted, must be fulfilled prior to the release of the plan of subdivision for registration; and

ii.         such revisions to the proposed plan of subdivision or additional or modified conditions as the Chief Planner may deem to be appropriate to address matters arising from the on-going technical review of the development.

6.         City Council grant the City Clerk authority to sign the final plan of subdivision as the City is an owner of land in the West Don Lands.

7.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to the recommendations in the July 29, 2010 report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, respecting the proposal that includes the City of Toronto lands.

8.         City Council determine that, pursuant to subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is required in respect of the changes described above.