Item - 2020.TE13.2

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86, for the lands at 41 Wabash Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report. (January 21, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at  41 Wabash Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report. (January 21, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

4. City Council accept an on-site parkland dedication pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act having a minimum size of 115.7 square metres, generally as shown on Attachment 6: Site Plan to the report(January 20, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, with the exact size, location and configuration of the on-site parkland dedication to be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and such on-site parkland dedication to be transferred to the City shall be in an acceptable environmental condition, free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments.

5. City Council require that the parkland dedication shall be conveyed to the City, at no cost to the City, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit.

6. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

7. City Council accept the remaining 59.3 square metre shortfall of parkland dedication as cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication, the value of which to be appraised by Real Estate Services upon the submission of an application for the first above-grade building permit.

8. City Council require the owner to secure matters such as materiality and design of the condition along their property boundary that abuts Charles G. Williams Park through the Site Plan approval process to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

9. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council, City Council require the applicant to address comments regarding the submitted Functional Servicing Report identified in the Engineering and Construction Services memo to City Planning, dated September 17, 2019.

Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 5, 2020 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to construct a fourth-storey addition and a four-storey rear addition to the existing three-storey warehouse building at 41 Wabash Avenue. Fifteen residential units, each with a dedicated  parking space, are proposed in the application to amend the property's industrial zoning classification to residential. The abutting Charles G. Williams park will be expanded along its eastern property line through a required on-site parkland dedication.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), and conforms to A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019).

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The proposal represents a scale of development that is consistent with the surrounding low-scaled built form character of the surrounding Neighbourhoods-designated area. Incorporating the existing warehouse building into the proposal will help to maintain the industrial history and sense of place of this part of the City. The proposed change in use from industrial will reinforce the residential use prevailing in the surrounding area.