Item - 2024.NY14.10

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the report (May 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning North York District:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands 172-202 Drewry Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to this report.

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. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the first above grade building permit, the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 617 square metres, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

4. City Council approve the acceptance of an 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; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, 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.

5. 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 (PFR). 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.

6. City Council authorize that the remaining 133 square metres of the parkland dedication requirement, pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, shall be satisfied through a cash-in-lieu of parkland payment. The cash-in-lieu payment shall be made prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for the site.

That:

1. City Council direct that when the necessary Bills are brought forward to City Council for enactment, the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (May 16, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, be amended to require a minimum of four visitor parking spaces for the site at 172-202 Drewry Avenue. 

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to incorporate a fence and gate around the 617 square metre on-site parkland dedication through the park design process.

3. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, consider the following when reviewing the site plan application for the lands at 172-202 Drewry Avenue:

a. locating 2 of the required visitor parking spaces at the eastern loop of the proposed driveway if deemed feasible;

b. that the applicant should be required to plant new trees in the backyards of townhouses in Blocks 4 and 5;

c. providing an 8 foot fence to increase privacy along the north property line; and

d. whether an 8 foot tall fence along the east and west property lines is desired by abutting land owners.

4. City Council determine that the revision to the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment in Recommendation 1, above is minor in nature and that pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is required in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment.

That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendations.