Item - 2021.SC26.8

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct City Planning staff to initiate a Planning Study, as outlined in the report (August 19, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Owner of the lands at 4121 Kingston Road.

2. City Council determine that an Avenue Segment Study is not required given that City Planning staff are undertaking a Planning Study for the area that includes the subject lands.

Scarborough Community Council directed that:

1. This application be considered by Scarborough Community Council concurrently or following Scarborough Community Council's consideration of the outcome of the Planning Study.

2. Within the context of the ongoing development of the Planning Study, staff be authorized to:

a. schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 4121 Kingston Road, either as a separate meeting or in conjunction with public engagement meetings for the Planning Study, together with the Ward Councillor; and

b. provide notice for a community consultation meeting to be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the zoning amendment application located at 4121 Kingston Road. The application seeks to permit 4 mixed-use buildings consisting of 10 and 12-storey mid-rise buildings located  along Kingston Road and 25 and 35 storey buildings located on the southern portion of the site.

The proposed development would have a gross floor area of 88,051 square metres,  comprising 84,298 square metres of residential uses and 3,753 square metres of commercial uses. The proposal would have a Floor Space Index of 7.73 and a total of 996 residential units. The application also proposes a total of 533 vehicular and 973 bicycle parking spaces. A new east-west private street and a new public street along the eastern edge of the site are proposed.

Staff are currently reviewing the application. It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment.

Given the significant scale and size of this application, its adjacency to the Guildwood GO Station and Neighbourhoods to the east, City staff have determined that a Planning Study should be undertaken to update the existing Planning Framework to appropriately and concurrently review the proposed development. As such, staff have recommended a more extensive community engagement process that will inform the planning and design for the site and its surrounding context. This process will be initiated and led by the City.

Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application and the Planning Study, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The cost of the Planning Study and the associated community consultation will be borne by the Owner of the subject property.