Item - 2020.EY16.1

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve Rental Housing Demolition application No. 19 244273 WET 05 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to allow for the reconfiguration of five (5) rental dwelling units located at 523 Rogers Road into three (3) rental dwelling units, and to create one (1) new rental dwelling unit and retain one (1) existing rental dwelling unit, subject to the following conditions:

a. The owner shall provide and maintain five (5) rental dwelling units, comprising one (1) bachelor unit, two (2) one-bedroom units and two (2) two-bedroom units, on the subject site for a period of at least twenty (20) years beginning from the date that each rental dwelling unit is first occupied, as generally shown on the plans submitted to the City Planning Division and dated March 2, 2020. Any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

b. The owner shall provide and maintain a communal laundry room in the basement which shall be equipped with at least two (2) washers and two (2) dryers, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division and dated March 2, 2020. Any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

c. The owner shall provide and maintain five (5) bicycle parking spaces in the basement of the building as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division and dated March 2, 2020.

d. The owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all Eligible Tenants, including the right to return to a rental dwelling unit at the subject site, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

e. The owner shall enter into, and register on title at 523 Rogers Road, one or more agreement(s) to secure the conditions outlined in 1.a. through 1.d. above, including an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to issue the Preliminary Approval for the application under Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 for the reconfiguration of five (5) existing rental dwelling units into three (3) rental dwelling units, and to create one (1) new rental dwelling unit and retain one (1) retained rental dwelling unit, at 523 Rogers Road after all conditions in Part 1 above have been fully satisfied and secured.

3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Buildings to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 2 above.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement City Council's decision, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement.

Etobicoke York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 17, 2020, and notice was given in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 667, under the City of Toronto Act.

This Rental Housing Demolition application proposes to reconfigure five rental dwelling units located within a residential rental building at 523 Rogers Road, which currently has a total of six rental dwelling units. The condition of the existing building on the subject property does not meet applicable Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code requirements, and was not in compliance with the Zoning By-law. Interior alterations were previously made to the building without building permits and without zoning approvals, converting one commercial space and one residential unit in the building into six rental dwelling units.

In order to bring the building on the subject property into compliance with applicable Ontario Building Code and Ontario Fire Code requirements, the six-unit residential rental building is proposed to be reconfigured into a five-unit residential rental building. The five rental dwelling units would include one new rental dwelling unit, one existing rental dwelling unit to be retained in its current form and three rental dwelling units to be created as a result of the required internal reconfiguration.

A Minor Variance application (File No. A0561/19EYK) was approved by the Etobicoke York panel of the Committee of Adjustment on December 5, 2019, approving the variances required to permit the proposed five-unit residential rental building. The Committee of Adjustment approval is subject to a condition that the owner obtain a Rental Housing Demolition Permit from the City pursuant to Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code, subject to conditions.