Item - 2023.EY2.1

The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 3353-3359 Lake Shore Boulevard West substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (January 4, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 3353-3359 Lake Shore Boulevard West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (January 4, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

3. City Council authorizes the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

The Etobicoke York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on January 23, 2023, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to amend Official Plan Site and Area Specific Policy 21 (SASP 21) and city-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 3353-3359 Lake Shore Boulevard West to permit a six-storey mixed-use building containing 60 residential condominium units and retail uses at-grade.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020).

This report reviews and recommends approval to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law.

Although the building height and density exceeds the development standards established in Official Plan Site and Area Specific Policy 21, the necessary revisions have been made to ensure that the development is in keeping with the intent of the mid-rise vision for Lake Shore Boulevard West. The revised proposal is reflective of a mid-rise built form typology generally consistent with the Mid-Rise Building Performance Standards. The building has been massed with various setbacks and stepbacks that minimize shadow and visual impacts on the public realm, provide good transition in scale to neighbouring properties, and achieve a well-proportioned pedestrian-scale streetwall along Lake Shore Boulevard West.

The development introduces an appropriate density and mix of uses along a transit route that is well-serviced by Toronto Transit Commission's 10-minute network of streetcar and buses that further connects to the regional transportation network via the Long Branch Loop.