Item - 2024.NY11.3

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition Application File Number 23 174083 NNY 08 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 which allows for the demolition of one hundred and two (102) existing rental dwelling units located at 3 Leila Lane, 5 Leila Lane, and 31-109 Bagot Court, subject to the following conditions:

a. The owner shall provide and maintain not less than one hundred and two (102)  replacement rental dwelling units as social housing units with rents geared-to-income within the Lawrence Heights Phase 2 lands for a period of at least 99 years beginning from the date that each replacement social housing unit is first occupied and, during which time, no application may be submitted to the City for condominium registration, or for any other conversion to a non-rental housing purpose, or for demolition without providing for replacement. The replacement social housing units of one hundred and two (102) replacement rental dwelling units shall be comprised of twenty-four (24) one-bedroom units, twenty six (26) two-bedroom units, forty (40) three-bedroom units, and twelve (12) four-bedroom units, as generally illustrated in the architectural plans submitted to the City Planning Division with a minimum ground floor area of 8,547.1 square metres. Any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

b. The owner shall provide tenant relocation assistance to all Eligible Tenants of the one hundred and two (102) existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished at 3 Leila Lane, 5 Leila Lane, and 31-109 Bagot Court, including the right to return to occupy a replacement social housing unit to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and as further detailed in the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan; and

c. The owner shall enter into, and register on title to the lands at 3 Leila Lane, 5 Leila Lane, and 31-109 Bagot Court and additional lands that comprise the Lawrence Heights Phase 2 revitalization (Lawrence Heights Phase 2 lands), an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to secure the conditions outlined in Recommendations 1.a. and 1.b. above all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 for the demolition of the one hundred and two (102) existing rental dwelling units located at 3 Leila Lane, 5 Leila Lane, and 31-109 Bagot Court after all of the following have occurred:

a. All conditions in Recommendation 1 above have been fully satisfied and secured;

b. The Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan has been approved by the City of Toronto;

c. The owner has provided Typical Unit Layouts for the Replacement Social Housing Units, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division; and

d. The owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant.

3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 3 Leila Lane, 5 Leila Lane, and 31-109 Bagot Court after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above, which may be included in the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to section 6.2 of Chapter 363, on condition that:

a. The owner removes all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition;

b. The owner erects solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

c. The owner erects the replacement units on the Lawrence Heights Phase 2 lands no later than four (4) years from the date that the demolition of such building commences, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division; and Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

d. Should the owner fail to complete the replacement units within the time specified in Recommendation 4.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, as with municipal property taxes, an amount equal to the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that such amount shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the Residential Demolition Permit is issued; and,

e. A Toronto Transit Commission technical review of the proposed development and any related conditions have been completed to the satisfaction of the Toronto Transit Commission.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement City Council's decision, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement and other related agreements.

The North York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on February 22, 2024, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This Rental Housing Demolition application proposes to demolish 102 existing social housing units within two three-storey residential rental apartment buildings at 3 Leila Lane and 5 Leila Lane, and townhouses at 31-109 Bagot Court, as part of the Lawrence Heights revitalization proposed by Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC).

This application will accommodate a new City of Toronto Community Recreation Centre (CRC). The City has applied for the Federal Government's Green and Inclusive Community Building Fund, which if granted would require the Community Recreation Centre to be completed by the end of 2026. As a result of this timeline, Toronto Community Housing Corporation needs to advance the relocation of existing tenants in the subject properties prior to a zoning by-law amendment for the next phase of revitalization.

This report recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 and demolition permit under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code, subject to replacing the existing social housing units in the next phase of revitalization and the provision of an approved Tenant Relocation and Assistance Implementation Plan.