Item - 2021.PH25.8

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Directed that the Draft Planning Framework, comprised of the Draft Parks and Public Realm Plan, Draft Focus Areas, Draft Land Use Plan and Preliminary Assessments of Employment Area Conversions, appended to the report (June 14, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in Attachments 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively, and the Draft Policy Directions contained within the report (June 14, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be endorsed as the basis for public consultation.

2. Directed City Planning staff to consult with the public and key stakeholders, including landowners, businesses and agencies, to obtain comments and feedback on the Draft Planning Framework and Draft Policy Directions.

3. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prepare a draft Official Plan Amendment for the Keele-St. Clair Local Area Study, based on the attached Draft Planning Framework and further public consultation, for Planning and Housing Committee's consideration on September 21, 2021.

4. Authorized the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the Draft Official Plan Amendment for the Protected Major Transit Station Area (PMTSA) delineation and associated policies, forming Attachment 7 to the report (June 14, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as the basis for consultation.

5. Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to continue to consult with the landowner of 65-81 McCormack Street and other landowners and business owners along McCormack Street on the feasibility and appropriateness of permitting residential uses on 33-177 McCormack Street.  This feasibility should be conducted through the submission and review of a Block Context Plan by landowners that shows how a coordinated approach to development could be achieved, and an updated Compatibility/Mitigation Study that demonstrates compatibility of uses with the Core Employment Area to the south.  

6. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the Acting General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to continue to consult with the landowners on the feasibility and appropriateness of a Mixed-Use designation which would include the feasibility of permitting residential uses on the lands known as 195 Old Weston Road.  This further consultation is subject to the owners' submission and City staff's review of a Block Context Plan that demonstrates how a coordinated approach to development could be achieved to the satisfaction of city staff.

This report recommends land use and policy directions pertaining to the Keele-St. Clair Local Area Study ("KSC LAS") conducted as part of the current Municipal Comprehensive Review ("MCR") and Growth Plan Conformity Exercise of the City of Toronto Official Plan under Section 26 of the Planning Act.

This report also:

- presents the results of the preliminary KSC LAS public consultations held between September and December, 2020;

- provides Preliminary Assessments of potential conversions of Employment Areas within the KSC LAS, including formal conversion requests received as part of the current MCR; and

- provides a Draft Official Plan Amendment ("OPA") for a Protected Major Transit Station Area ("PMTSA") for the planned St. Clair-Old Weston SmartTrack/GO Transit Station located at 2-80 Union Street.
 

The land use and policy directions in this report respond to Planning and Housing Committee's direction to prioritize the Keele-St. Clair area as part of the MCR and Growth Plan Conformity Exercise in response to the planned SmartTrack/GO Transit station and other transportation, transit and infrastructure improvements approved through the St. Clair Avenue West Area Transportation Master Plan.