Item - 2019.PH3.3

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council amend the City-Wide Community Improvement Plan (By-law No. 516-2008, as amended) in accordance with the proposed amendment in Attachment 1 to the report (March 5, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

2. City Council amend the South of Eastern Community Improvement Plan (By-law No. 517-2008, as amended) in accordance with the proposed amendment in Attachment 2 to the report (March 5, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

3. City Council amend the Waterfront Community Improvement Plan (By-law 518-2008, as amended) in accordance with the proposed amendment in Attachment 3 to the report (March 5, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to implement the foregoing.

The Planning and Housing Committee held a statutory public meeting on March 20, 2019, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report brings forward proposals to amend the Community Improvement Plan By-laws (CIPs) that enable the Imagination Manufacturing Innovation Technology (IMIT) program by removing the size and construction value minimums for office and industrial condominiums.

In July 2018, City Council adopted a new City-wide IMIT CIP By-law (No. 1207-2018) which among other matters enabled office and industrial condominiums to receive Development Grants regardless of the gross floor area or construction value of units provided a third party facilitator is engaged by the applicant to assist in administration and monitoring. The July by-law was appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) and is awaiting adjudication. However these appeals do not relate to condominium eligibility which is the subject of this report.

Due to the appeal, the IMIT Program continues to be implemented by the three in force by-laws (City-Wide CIP, South of Eastern CIP, and Waterfront CIP) which require a minimum of 5,000 m2 GFA and construction value of $5,000,000 per condominium unit. To enable developments with commercial and industrial condominium units to be eligible to receive Development Grants, this report recommends that the currently in force by-laws be amended to be consistent with the condominium eligibility criteria contained within By-law No. 1207-2018.