Item - 2022.PH30.4

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Authorized the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the draft Official Plan Amendment, attached as Attachment 2 to the report (December 15, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as a basis for consultation and bring forward a Final Report by the second quarter of 2022.

2. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consider opportunities for more density where feasible at all Protected Major Transit Station Areas along the Bloor-Danforth Corridor to increase housing supply and affordable housing across the City and report back in the Final Report to achieve this outcome.

3. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to revise Official Plan Amendment 540 by modifying Map 2 in Site and Area Specific Policy 657 to increase the minimum Floor Space Index from 0.5 to 2.0 on the lands municipally known as 13-35 Wade Avenue in 2021 and to consider land use changes that facilitate transit-oriented development next to the Lansdowne subway station entrance.

In June 2020, the City Planning Division initiated the Growth Plan Conformity and Municipal Comprehensive Review ("MCR") which includes the delineation of 180+ potential Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs) to meet Provincial minimum intensification requirements. A subset of MTSAs will be identified as Protected Major Transit Station Areas (PMTSAs), where the in-effect inclusionary zoning framework can be implemented. An equity lens is being applied to this work program that prioritizes the delineation of PMTSAs to enable the implementation of inclusionary zoning as an affordable housing tool, where market conditions could support it.

This report will be the basis for consultation for draft Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 540, which delineates 23 potential PMTSAs and Site and Area Specific Policies (SASPs) along Bloor Street West, Bloor Street East and Danforth Avenue. This includes 20 Line 2 Subway Stations, and 3 GO Rail stations along Bloor-Danforth from Jane Street to Victoria Park Avenue. The 23 potential PMTSA delineations address the conformity requirements of A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020) (the "Growth Plan") and Section 16(15) of the Planning Act.

For each of the 23 station areas, the draft Site and Area Specific Policies (SASPs) establish minimum density targets (residents and jobs per hectare) and minimum development density requirements (Floor Space Index ("FSI") or minimum number of units). The density measures are minimums and do not preclude the submission, staff review, and Council approval of any new development applications that may exceed these minimums. Additionally, these minimum densities do not preclude the adoption of local area study findings that may advance permissions that exceed the minimum densities once approved by the Minister.

The PMTSA density calculations included: estimated people and jobs from development applications which are approved but not yet built, density permissions included in secondary plans or local area studies, and in the absence of these other permissions, as-of-right zoning.

City Planning staff will use the draft PMTSAs as a basis for consultation, prior to advancing a Final Report for City Council's adoption. The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the approval authority for the delineation of PMTSAs. There is no appeal of the Minister's decision.