Item - 2017.TE24.37

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed that:

1.  Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 6 Noble Street together with the Ward Councillor.

2.  Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site.

3.  Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

4.  Staff continue to work with the applicant on significantly changing the proposal from its current form to address the issues set out in the report (April 11, 2017) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

This application proposes a 14-storey mixed-use building comprised of commercial space located on portions of the first and second floors, 174 residential units, and two levels of below-grade parking at 6 Noble Street.

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted application, and seeks Community Council's directions on further processing of the application, and on the community consultation process.

City Planning Staff have raised concerns including, but not limited to, the overall height and density, the proposed building representing overdevelopment of the site, the disproportionate relationship between the building height and the narrow width of the right-of-way, insufficient setbacks from the property lines, and the incompatibility of the proposed built form in relation to the predominantly low-scaled character of the surrounding area. Planning Staff have advised the applicant that the proposal is not supportable unless significant changes are made to the height and the overall massing of the project.