Item - 2024.EY18.1

The Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Adriatic Road substantially-in-accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 8 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Adriatic Road substantially-in-accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 9 to the report (November 12, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, as amended by the following:

a. amend Part 7, Site Specific Provisions to add the following regulations:

"A minimum of one day nursery is required in “Building 1”, “Building 2” or “Building 3”;

Despite Regulations 15.20.20.20(1), 15.20.20.100(6), and 150.45.50.1(1)(B), a children’s play area for a day nursery may be located closer than 6.0 metres to a lot line abutting Adriatic Road or the “Proposed Private Road” as shown on Diagram 3 of By-law [Clerks to insert By-law number] provided it is not located within a front yard;

Despite 15.20.40.50(1)(A), the minimum rate of indoor amenity space required for “Building 1”, “Building 2” or “Building 3” may be reduced by the interior floor area of a day nursery in which it is located;

Despite 15.20.40.50(1)(B), the minimum rate of outdoor amenity space required for “Building 1”, “Building 2” or “Building 3” may be reduced by the area of the children's play area for a day nursery in which it is located;

In addition to the elements listed in Regulation 15.5.40.40(1) that reduce gross floor area, the interior floor area of a day nursery will also apply to reduce the gross floor area of the building in which it is located;"

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

4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. Submit a Compatibility/Mitigation Study, Air Quality Study, Noise Study, and Vibration Study to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review.

b. Submit an updated Pedestrian Level Wind Study, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, the owner shall convey to the City an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 1,007 square metres, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

6. City Council approve the acceptance of 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 tiebacks, where such an encumbrance and environmental condition 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.

7. 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. 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.

8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to continue to work with the applicant to bring forward an in-kind community benefit offer, pursuant to 37(6) of the Planning Act, for the provision of a new child care centre, and to report back to City Council if an offer is made.

The Etobicoke York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on December 2, 2024, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to amend the Official Plan and amend city-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 for 1-20 Adriatic Road.

The Official Plan Amendment (OPA 758) would redesignate 18 properties, each with a detached dwelling, from Neighbourhoods to Apartment Neighbourhoods to facilitate a more intense form of development. OPA 758 would also redesignate the southeast corner of the development block as Parks and Other Open Spaces – Parks, in recognition of the on-site parkland dedication secured through the development review process, and Natural Areas for the sensitive areas within the Natural Heritage System.

The rezoning would introduce regulations and performance standards to permit the intensification of the site with three new 22-storey residential apartment buildings. In total, the proposal would deliver 947 new residential units. The new residential units would be supported by a new park, positive public realm interventions, and amenity spaces.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law with a Holding Provision.