Item - 2020.TE12.30

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council endorse the Yonge-St. Clair Planning Framework attached as Attachment 4 to the report (December 19, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, and direct City staff to review all current and future development applications against the Planning Framework.

2. City Council request the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to study the Apartment Neighbourhoods designated lands to the northwest and southeast of the Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue intersection and to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council with a Planning Framework providing guidance on managing development pressures no later than the fourth quarter of 2020; such study to include a consultation process with the local community.

3. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to initiate a Secondary Plan Review upon completion of the Planning Framework described in Recommendation 1 above.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to direct Transportation staff to work with the Deer Park Residents Group, local BIA and other community stakeholders to evaluate transportation, street safety and traffic concerns identified through the Yonge-St. Clair Planning Framework study, and develop a Transportation Management Plan for the Deer Park neighbourhood, and to report to Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2020.

This report recommends that City Council endorse a Planning Framework for the area surrounding the Yonge-St. Clair intersection to be used to evaluate current and future development applications. The Planning Framework includes a vision of a distinct and complete community, a co-ordinated plan for new and enhanced parks, open spaces and connections, and guidance on urban structure and built form.

The Planning Framework complements the existing Official Plan policies and, as the area continues to grow and intensify, the Framework is intended to provide clarity as to where tall buildings could go and the open space, public realm and built form improvements that are required to achieve those tall buildings.

The Framework study benefitted from a thorough public consultation process, input and feedback from the local community, the concurrent review of major development applications and the input of staff from various City Divisions. The Framework encourages a sense of place and guides development with a vision of an expanded and improved public realm consisting of new and expanded open spaces, pedestrian connections, widened sidewalks, intersection improvements, and appropriately scaled built form.