Item - 2016.PG13.3

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.  Directed that staff be authorized to schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 225 Birmingham Street together with the Ward Councillor;

2.  Directed that notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 500 metres of the site;

3.  Directed that notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act following the resolution of the site specific appeal of OPA 231 for the lands municipally known as 225 as Birmingham Street; and

4.  Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to submit the Final Report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee following the resolution of the site specific appeal of OPA 231 for the lands municipally known 225 as Birmingham Street.

The Zoning By-law Amendment application proposes to amend the Etobicoke Zoning Code and City of Toronto Zoning By-law No. 569-2013 to permit the development of twelve stacked townhouse blocks at 225 Birmingham Street.  The development would contain 226 units, have a total gross floor area of 26,233 m2 and an overall density of 1.3 times the area of the lands.  Two levels of underground parking containing 275 parking spaces are proposed. Also, public parkland, a private outdoor amenity space and a new public road (an extension of Twelfth Street to Birmingham Street) are included in the proposal.  A Draft Plan of Subdivision application has been submitted to create the new public street, the public park block and the development block for the townhouses. 

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted applications and seeks Planning and Growth Management Committee's directions on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.

This site was considered as part of the City's Municipal Comprehensive Review which resulted in Official Plan Amendment 231 (OPA 231).  OPA 231 redesignated the lands as Core Employment Areas.  The owner has filed a site specific appeal to OPA 231 seeking residential land use permissions on the property.