Item - 2023.NY7.8

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 1 Greenbriar Road and 635 Sheppard Avenue East in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (August 18, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, for the lands at 1 Greenbriar Road and 635 Sheppard Avenue East in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached to the Motion by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

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

This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 12-storey (38.35 metres) mixed-use building with 145 residential units at 1 Greenbriar Road and 635 Sheppard Avenue East with non-residential uses on the ground level facing Sheppard Avenue East. The proposed building would have a total gross floor area of 10,731.2 square metres, which would include 403.5 square metres of non-residential gross floor area. Vehicular access to the site would be provided by a driveway via Greenbriar Road. The application proposes a total of 78 parking spaces located in a two-level underground garage and proposes a total of 125 bicycle parking spaces. The two existing detached dwellings on the subject properties would be demolished.

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 of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. The proposal represents an appropriate level of intensification of the site in proximity to a higher order transit station and provides commercial uses that would contribute to the animation of the Sheppard Avenue East frontage. The development also proposes an appropriate massing and scale that is compatible with existing developments along Sheppard Avenue East.