Item - 2022.TE34.38

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 110-116 Avenue Road, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (June 13, 2022) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such actions as are required to implement City Council's decision, including the execution and implementation of appropriate agreements.

4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. revise the Functional Servicing Report prepared by Counterpoint Engineering, dated April 29, 2022, to address the comments in the memorandum from Engineering and Constructions Services dated June 9, 2022, and re-submit to the City for review and acceptance to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

5. City Council require the owner to provide and implement an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to mitigate hardship for eligible tenants of the existing three (3) rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished at 110 Avenue Road prior to the issuance of Notice of Approval Conditions (NOAC) for Site Plan Approval. The Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, including the final list of eligible tenants, shall be developed in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the City Solicitor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Transportation Services to review the potential of widening Tranby Avenue to permit two-way traffic from Avenue Road to the proposed driveway on the site in consultation with the adjacent landowners and the Ward Councillor prior to Site Plan Approval.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on June 30, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report reviews and recommends approval of an application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 9-storey mixed-use building at 110-116 Avenue Road. The building is proposed to contain 45 dwelling units and 350 square metres of retail space and an underground parking garage containing 52 vehicle parking spaces and 46 bicycle parking spaces.

The proposal contemplates the alteration of a heritage structure on the site, conserving the building in three-dimensional form. It also includes a new publicly-accessible driveway and pedestrian walkway that provides access from the public lane north of the site to Tranby Avenue.