Item - 2023.SC6.11

The Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 1555 Midland Avenue as generally illustrated on Attachment 1 to report (May 29, 2023) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two years following enactment by City Council.

2. City Council require the Owner to provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law as may be required.

This application requests exemption from Part Lot Control for a portion of 1555 Midland Avenue to create 8 residential semi-detached lots and 95 townhouse parcels with maintenance easements for a total of 103 conveyable parts.

The subject lands were part of a subdivision application for the larger lands at 1555 Midland Avenue that also included 7 single-detached dwellings, blocks encompassing the above-noted semi-detached and townhouse units, as well as a public parkland dedication, new public streets and rear public lanes, including the extension of Brockley Drive westerly to Midland Avenue. The plan of subdivision was registered on November 18, 2021 as Plan 66M-2579.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law. The proposal complies with the Official Plan and Zoning By-law, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020). The lifting of the Part Lot Control for a period of two years is considered appropriate for the orderly development of the lands.