Item - 2023.EY8.1

The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 596 Renforth Drive substantially-in-accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (September 27, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 925, Permit Parking in order to exclude residents or visitors to or tradespersons at 596 Renforth Drive from obtaining a parking permit.

3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to include the following as a post-approval condition of site plan:

a. the Owner shall insert an advisory clause that residents of the development will be ineligible for on-street parking permits, substantially in the form of the advisory clause in Attachment 4 to the report (November 10, 2021) contained in item 2021.PH29.3 from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, into all purchases, agreements of purchase and sale or agreements to lease and condominium declaration document(s) for each affected residential unit within the development.

Purchasers acknowledge and agree that purchasers or residents of the Development will not be eligible for on street-parking permits under the City of Toronto Municipal Code. Purchasers agree that, despite the status or availability of on-street parking permits for residents in the development area as of the date of this document, the availability of on-street parking permits in the development area for the purchasers or residents of the Development may, at the discretion of City of Toronto Council, be modified, amended or removed at any time in accordance with the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as amended from time to time and its successors, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, that notwithstanding the content of the report dated September 27, 2023 from the Director, Community Planning, no designs have been determined for improvements to the right of way on Centennial Park Gate, and that any future design be determined through consultation with the Community and the Local Councillor.

5. City Council direct the Director, Engineering Review, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Director, Community Planning, consult with the Local Councillor on the construction management plan to ensure that it meets the needs of the local residents, institutions and park users.

6. City Council request the Director, Urban Forestry, to plant one or two city trees if feasible, on the East side boulevard of Renforth Road at the intersection of Centennial Park Gate, and behind 49 Oxenden Crescent.

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

The Etobicoke York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on October 16, 2023, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit the development of 140 residential units in five stacked, back-to-back, three-storey apartment buildings. The proposed development has a building height of 10.3 metres and a floor space index of 1.6 times the area of the lot.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The proposal conforms with the Official Plan and is consistent with the City’s urban design guidelines. The proposed development represents an appropriate level of intensification and infill housing that is compatible with the surrounding context.