Item - 2018.EY32.4

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve and adopt the "High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Urban Design Guidelines" and direct staff to use these Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications located within the area covered by Site and Area Specific Policy No. 551.

The purpose of this report is to present the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Character Study Urban Design Guidelines and to recommend that City Council approve the Guidelines for use in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the study area. The Urban Design Guidelines have been developed as a companion document to Official Plan Amendment No. 419 which includes the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Site and Area Specific Policy No. 551.

The Urban Design Guidelines have been developed through a process of research, analysis and public consultation undertaken in conjunction with the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Character Study and the area specific Official Plan policy development. The Urban Design Guidelines have been made available online for public consultation on the City of Toronto Planning Studies website specific to the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Character Study. They can be found at the following link:

https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/high-park-apartment-neighbourhood-area-character-study/information-reports-high-park-apartment-neighbourhood-study

The High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Character Study involved extensive community consultation and provided an evidence based approach and analysis to identifying the neighbourhood characteristics and attributes that define the High Park

Apartment Neighbourhood. The findings of the study enabled staff to identify which character defining attributes required localized policies and guidelines to augment the direction of the City's Official Plan and various City-wide Guideline documents.

The High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Urban Design Guidelines are predicated on the study's findings, guiding principles and results from community consultation and will further implement Official Plan Amendment No. 419 (OPA 419) and Site and Area

Specific Policy No. 551 (SASP 551) for this area. The Urban Design Guidelines will provide greater direction for the area to guide change and compatible infill development within the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area that is sensitive to the character of the neighbourhood.

This report recommends the approval and adoption of the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Urban Design Guidelines and that staff be directed to use these Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications in this area.