Item - 2022.NY30.4

North York Community Council:

1. Deferred consideration of Item NY30.4 until the May 24, 2022 meeting of the North York Community Council.

On December 14, 2018, applications to amend the Official Plan and former City of North York Zoning By-law No. 7625 were submitted to permit a 10-storey, 32 metre residential building at 1304, 1306 and 1308 Wilson Avenue. In support of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications, the applicant also submitted an application for Site Plan Approval on June 29, 2020.

The proposal would provide 90 rental residential units including five two-storey townhouse style units at grade along Wilson Avenue. Amenity space is proposed at the rear and on the tenth storey rooftop of the building. A driveway at the west side of the building would lead to a 2-level below grade parking garage providing 71 vehicular and 72 bicycle parking spaces.

Since the application submission, the proposal has been considered alongside the adjacent property at 1326 and 1328 Wilson Avenue, for which an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application has also been made for a proposed 9-storey, mixed-use building with 73 residential units and retail and medical office uses (File # 16 123717 NNY 09 OZ).

On June 14, 2021, the applicant appealed the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications and the Site Plan Control application to the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT), now called the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT"), citing Council's failure to make a decision within  prescribed time frames in the Planning Act. A Case Management Conference has not yet been rescheduled.

As detailed in this report, the proposed development is overall not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and does not conform with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020). The proposal does not conform to the Official Plan, in particular to the policies for Avenues, Apartment Neighbourhoods, Natural Areas, Public Realm and Built Form and does not meet the intent of the performance standards of the Avenues & Mid-Rise Buildings Guidelines and Addendum.

This report reviews and recommends that City Council instruct the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) hearing to oppose the applications in their current form and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues raised in this report.