Item - 2024.EY11.2

The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 564-580 Evans Avenue substantially-in-accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (February 7, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke 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. Before introducing the necessary Bill to City Council for enactment, City Council require that the owner:

a. Shall submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

b. Shall make satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and enter into the appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal road infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades to infrastructure are required to support this development according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report.

4. Prior to Site Plan Control approval, City Council require the owner to address:

a. The outcome of the peer review of the Compatibility and Mitigation Study (Air Quality, Dust, Odour, Noise and Vibration) prepared by SLR Consulting Canada Ltd., dated October 2020, including the recommendations contained in the peer reviewer's letter from Jade Acoustics Inc., dated July 23, 2021, to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

b. Issues raised in the Urban Forestry memo, dated December 22, 2023, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

5. In accordance with the delegated approval under By-law 229-2000, as amended, City Council be advised that the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning intends to approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision as generally illustrated in Attachment 7 the report (February 7, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, subject to:

a. Approval conditions from various City divisions, except as otherwise noted, must be fulfilled prior to final approval and the release of the Plan of Subdivision for registration; and

b. Any such revisions to the proposed Plan of Subdivision or any such additional modified conditions as the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning may deem to be appropriate to address matters arising from the on-going technical review of this development must also be fulfilled prior to the final approval and release of the Plan of Subdivision for registration.

6. City Council direct that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, as a component of the registration of the Plan of Subdivision, the owner shall convey to the City an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 3,909 square metres, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

7. City Council approve the acceptance of the on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition, and the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tie-backs, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor, and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

8. City Council approve a Development Charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Development Charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of Development Charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time-to-time.

The Etobicoke York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 26, 2024, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 564-580 Evans Avenue to permit a residential development consisting of a nine-storey seniors residence, two blocks of three-storey townhouses and four tall buildings of 21, 29, 32 and 38 storeys on shared three-storey base buildings. The proposal has a total gross floor area of 100,841 square metres, a floor space index of 3.4 times the lot area, and 1,196 residential units. Also proposed are a new 4,129 square metre park and three new 20-metre-wide streets (one private and two public).

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.

A Draft Plan of Subdivision application has also been submitted to create the necessary blocks to support the proposed development. This report advises that the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning intends to approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision application to create the development blocks, proposed roads and park block.