Item - 2021.TE24.11

Tracking Status

TE24.11 - King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review - Final Report, Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Wards:
10 - Spadina - Fort York, 13 - Toronto Centre

City Council Decision

City Council on May 5 and 6, 2021, adopted the following:

 

1.  City Council adopt the Official Plan Amendment, King-Parliament Secondary Plan, included as Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

 

2.  City Council adopt the Zoning By-law Amendments to By-law 569-2013, as amended, for the King-Parliament Secondary Plan area, included as Attachment 2 to the report (March 30, 2021) 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 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.


4.  City Council resolve and declare that the revisions to the Official Plan attached as Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District conform to the Growth Plan, 2020, have regard to matters of Provincial interest listed in Section 2 of the Planning Act and are consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 issued under Section 3 of the Planning Act.

 

5.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council’s decision.

 

6.  City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the Bills enacting the Official Plan Amendment and the Zoning By-law Amendments noted in Parts 1 and 2 above, until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal issues its Order regarding the City’s request to bring the 2006 Official Plan into force for the West Don Lands.

 

7.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review the King-Parliament Urban Design Guidelines to assess their alignment and currency with respect to the Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, and make recommendations on the development of a Public Realm Strategy for the King-Parliament area, if deemed necessary.

 

8.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the Secondary Plan policies, contained in Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to inform the evaluation of current and future development applications in the King-Parliament Secondary Plan area.

 

9.  City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to undertake a Culture Master Plan exercise for the King-Parliament area and adjacent areas, to study and make recommendations on public investment in and support for arts and culture facilities in the district through their potential redevelopment, as well as to develop a strategy for the Jarvis Street and Front Street East Cultural Corridors identified in the Downtown Plan.

 

10.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to initiate a design study of the Front Street/Eastern Avenue/Trinity Street intersection, including potential road closures, as identified in the 2005 West Don Lands Class Environmental Assessment Master Plan, to facilitate public realm and transportation improvements as outlined in the recommended Secondary Plan.

Public Notice Given

Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990

Background Information (Community Council)

(March 30, 2021) Report and Attachments 3-5 from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District - King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review - Final Report, Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165498.pdf
(March 30, 2021) Attachment 1 - Official Plan Amendment No. 525
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165499.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Attachment 2: Draft Zoning By-law Amendment (569-2013)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165717.pdf
(March 26, 2021) Notice of Public Meeting
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165931.pdf

Communications (Community Council)

(April 19, 2021) Letter from Adam J. Brown, Sherman Brown (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130625.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Roslyn Houser, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130687.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Calvin Lantz, Stikeman Elliott LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130689.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130694.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130695.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from A. Milliken Heisey, Papazian - Heisey - Myers LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130725.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Tom Halinski, Aird and Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130716.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Mark Noskiewicz, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130728.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Eileen P. K. Costello, Aird Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130761.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Joe Hoffman, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130764.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Sidonia J. Tomasella, Aird Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130768.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130771.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130773.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from West Don Lands Committee (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130797.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (TE.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130799.pdf

Communications (City Council)

(April 27, 2021) E-mail from Joel Farber, Fogler D. Rubinoff on behalf of 1258870 Ontario Limited (CC.Main)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131164.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from Adam J. Brown, Sherman Brown on behalf of Front-Sherbourne Developments Inc. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131199.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from Signe Leisk, Cassels on behalf of Anishnawbe Health Toronto, 2290557 Ontario Limited, Yaorland Developments Ltd. and Bloorston Farms Ltd. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131219.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from Mike Domovitch, Chief Executive Officer, 1734140 Ontario Limited (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131222.pdf
(April 27, 2021) Letter from Mark R. Flowers, Davies Howe on behalf of 2575867 Ontario Inc. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131200.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of 2569144 Ontario Inc. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131240.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of ME to WE Asset Holdings Inc. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131259.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of ME to WE Foundation (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131260.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of ME to WE Foundation of Canada (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131261.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of WE Charity (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131241.pdf
(April 30, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of Wellbeing Foundation (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131242.pdf
(April 27, 2021) Letter from Mark R. Flowers, Davies Howe on behalf of Lanterra Parliament Developments Limited (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131275.pdf
(May 3, 2021) E-mail from Alan Milliken Heisey, Papazian Heisey Myers on behalf of 1175484 Ontario Inc., 1606072 Ontarion Inc. and John Gault Holdings Inc. (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131277.pdf
(May 3, 2021) Letter from Mary Flynn-Guglietti, McMillan on behalf of 1577377 Ontario Limited (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131285.pdf
(May 3, 2021) Letter from Eileen P. K. Costello on behalf of Allied Properties REIT, Lamb Development Corp., KingSett Capital and Hullmark Developments (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131287.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from Calvin Lantz, Stikeman Elliott on behalf of 1979351 Ontario Inc. and Queen River Limited Partnership (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131254.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from Joe Hoffman, Goodmans on behalf of Dream Asset Management Corporation, Dream Impact Master LP, Kilmer Infrastructure Developments Inc. and Tricon Lifestyle Rentals Investment LP (CC.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131299.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill on behalf of Queen Ontario GP Inc. (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131301.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill on behalf of the owners of the properties known municipally in the City of Toronto as 126 & 128 Parliament Street (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131302.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans, on behalf of CentreCourt Properties Inc. (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131303.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans on behalf of 1 Sumach Street Inc. (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131304.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from Tara Piurko, Miller Thomson on behalf of Devjo Holdings Limited (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131315.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from Nandor Gortva, Senior Planner, Portfolio Planning and Development, Infrastructure Ontario (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131319.pdf
(May 4, 2021) Letter from David Tang, Miller Thomson on behalf of Parl Estates Limited (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131324.pdf
(May 5, 2021) Letter from Emma West, Bousfields Inc. on behalf of The Rekai Centres (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131345.pdf
(May 5, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans on behalf of Li Limited Group of Companies (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131332.pdf
(May 5, 2021) Letter from Greg Gilbert, Director of Planning and Design, Trolleybus Urban Development Inc. (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131337.pdf
(May 6, 2021) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault on behalf of Richmond-George Limited (CC.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/comm/communicationfile-131401.pdf

TE24.11 - King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review - Final Report, Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
10 - Spadina - Fort York, 13 - Toronto Centre

Public Notice Given

Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990

Community Council Recommendations

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

 

1. City Council adopt the Official Plan Amendment, King-Parliament Secondary Plan, included as Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

 

2. City Council adopt the Zoning By-law Amendments to By-law 569-2013, as amended, for the King-Parliament Secondary Plan area, included as Attachment 2 to the report (March 30, 2021) 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 Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.


4. City Council resolve and declare that the revisions to the Official Plan attached as Attachment 1 to this report conform to the Growth Plan, 2020, have regard to matters of Provincial interest listed in Section 2 of the Planning Act and are consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 issued under Section 3 of the Planning Act.

 

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council’s decision.

 

6. City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the Bills enacting the Official Plan Amendment and the Zoning By-law Amendments noted in Recommendations 1 and 2 above, until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal issues its Order regarding the City’s request to bring the 2006 Official Plan into force for the West Don Lands.

 

7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to review the King-Parliament Urban Design Guidelines to assess their alignment and currency with respect to the Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, and make recommendations on the development of a Public Realm Strategy for the King-Parliament area, if deemed necessary.

 

8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to use the Secondary Plan policies, contained in Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2021) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to inform the evaluation of current and future development applications in the King-Parliament Secondary Plan area.

 

9. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to undertake a Culture Master Plan exercise for the King-Parliament area and adjacent areas, to study and make recommendations on public investment in and support for arts and culture facilities in the district through their potential redevelopment, as well as to develop a strategy for the Jarvis Street and Front Street East Cultural Corridors identified in the Downtown Plan.

 

10. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to initiate a design study of the Front Street/Eastern Avenue/Trinity Street intersection, including potential road closures, as identified in the 2005 West Don Lands Class Environmental Assessment Master Plan, to facilitate public realm and transportation improvements as outlined in the recommended Secondary Plan.

Decision Advice and Other Information

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on April 21, 2021 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

Origin

(March 30, 2021) Report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District

Summary

This report recommends the adoption of an Official Plan Amendment, which includes an updated King-Parliament Secondary Plan (“Secondary Plan”) and Zoning By-law Amendments (“ZBA”), both of which are outcomes of the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review and concurrent study of the north side of Queen Street East between Jarvis Street and River Street.

 

The recommended Plan builds on the success of the in-force King-Parliament Secondary Plan (1996) in addition to updated direction provided in the Downtown Plan under Official Plan Amendment 406 (OPA 406). The policies include area-specific strategies for heritage conservation, the improvement and expansion of parks and the public realm, and built form. The recommended Plan also includes objectives to support and enhance the creative and office employment cluster in the King-Parliament area and simplify the interpretation of overlapping policy frameworks that exist in the area. The Secondary Plan area comprises five Policy Areas, each reflecting a unique built form character.

 

To accommodate growth and new investment in King-Parliament, the recommended Secondary Plan provides a framework for development with a full mix of uses that are designed to be compatible with their existing and planned context, conserve cultural heritage resources, and improve and expand the public realm.  The Official Plan Amendment also:

  • amends the boundaries of the King-Parliament Secondary Plan Area to include and apply additional built form direction to certain properties on the north side of Queen Street East;
  • amends the boundaries to include Parliament Square Park as an important element of the area parks and open space network and potential public realm improvements on the First Parliament Site; and
  • identifies two new public roads to be realized through future development in the West Don Lands.

The recommended Zoning By-law Amendments (“ZBA”) would have the effect of incorporating significant portions of the King-Parliament area previously excluded from the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, with updated zone categories consistent with existing and planned Mixed Use Areas land use designations in the Downtown Plan. The ZBA also updates built form standards for each of the five recommended Policy Areas to reflect the intended direction for new development expressed in the recommended King-Parliament Secondary Plan (October 2019).

 

The recommended Secondary Plan and ZBA are consistent with the Official Plan (2006), Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms to A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019, amended 2020). Further, they build upon the Downtown Plan with a complementary planning framework that is specific to the King Parliament context. In addition, they are aligned with and support the intent and objectives of the St. Lawrence Heritage Conservation District Plan.  

 

The Official Plan Amendment and  ZBA have been prepared in consultation with the public and area stakeholder groups through a series of in-person and virtual engagement events, online presence and opportunities for input.

 

Background Information

(March 30, 2021) Report and Attachments 3-5 from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District - King-Parliament Secondary Plan Review - Final Report, Secondary Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165498.pdf
(March 30, 2021) Attachment 1 - Official Plan Amendment No. 525
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165499.pdf
(April 12, 2021) Attachment 2: Draft Zoning By-law Amendment (569-2013)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165717.pdf
(March 26, 2021) Notice of Public Meeting
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-165931.pdf

Communications

(April 19, 2021) Letter from Adam J. Brown, Sherman Brown (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130625.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Roslyn Houser, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130687.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Calvin Lantz, Stikeman Elliott LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130689.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130694.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from David Bronskill, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130695.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from A. Milliken Heisey, Papazian - Heisey - Myers LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130725.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Tom Halinski, Aird and Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130716.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Mark Noskiewicz, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130728.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Eileen P. K. Costello, Aird Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130761.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Joe Hoffman, Goodmans LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130764.pdf
(April 20, 2021) Letter from Sidonia J. Tomasella, Aird Berlis LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130768.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130771.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130773.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from West Don Lands Committee (TE.Supp)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130797.pdf
(April 21, 2021) Letter from Cynthia A. MacDougall, McCarthy Tetrault LLP (TE.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/te/comm/communicationfile-130799.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council