Item - 2020.TE21.4

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86, for the lands at 15 Devonshire Place and 6 Hoskin Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (November 13, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

3. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the Owner to:

a. Provide a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to demonstrate whether the existing municipal infrastructure is adequate to service the proposed development and to determine whether any upgrades may be required to the existing infrastructure to support the proposed development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and
 

b. Secure the design and provision of financial securities for any improvements to the municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support this development.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on December 2, 2020 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to permit a 5-storey, 18,835 square metre institutional building that would contain a 354-bed student residence as well as classrooms and office space, incorporate the existing George Ignatieff Theatre and connect to the existing Larkin Building, at 15 Devonshire Place and 6 Hoskin Avenue.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020), conforms with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020) and conforms with the Official Plan.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The application proposes a compact built form on a site that is appropriate for further intensification, within a built-up area, that would take advantage of existing infrastructure, conserve heritage resources, provide new institutional uses and student housing, allocate approximately 50 percent of the site as open space and contribute to the vitality of the campus and surrounding area.