Item - 2022.EY33.17

The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and his/her/their representative, to enter into an agreement under Section 47 (4.3) of the Planning Act with the owner(s) of the land located at 2111 Finch Avenue West.

2. City Council authorize and direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and his/her/their representative, to amend and release any registered agreement, execute any necessary undertaking(s), and other required process to give effect to the approval of the plans and drawings for the development at 2111 Finch Avenue West under Ontario Regulation 474/20.

On August 29, 2020, the Province enacted a Minister's Zoning Order (Ontario Regulation 474/2020), which was further amended on April 6, 2021, to permit a stand-alone six-storey long-term care facility with 320 beds at 2111 Finch Avenue West.

Minister's Zoning Orders are not subject to Site Plan Control approval under Section 41 of the Planning Act and Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act and therefore are not subject to the City's delegation of site plan control approval authority By-law 483-2000. However, Section 47 (4.3) of the Planning Act allows the City to require the owner of lands subject to a Minister's Zoning Order to enter into one or more agreements dealing with Site Plan Control approval matters.  

The purpose of this report is to request City Council to authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to enter into an agreement under Section 47 (4.3) of the Planning Act for the development approved under Ontario Regulation 474/20 at 2111 Finch Avenue West.