Item - 2024.NY15.8

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council refuse the application for the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 24 135591 NNY 08 OZ) for 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West and 17-19 Henning Avenue in its current form for the reasons identified in the report (June 6, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with appropriate staff, to appear before the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of City Council’s decision to refuse the application, in the event that the application is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

The application proposes to increase the permitted height and density from the approved heights of 35 and 37- storeys as per By-law 1263-2022 (Ontario Land Tribunal), to 46 and 58-storeys. This height increase would result in a total gross floor area of 73,305 m2, comprised of 71,992 m2 of residential gross floor area and 1,313 m2 of non-residential gross floor area at-grade. A total of 1,206 residential units are proposed, including 553 units in the west tower and 653 in the east tower. Vehicular and loading access to the development continues to be proposed from the future east-west private laneway along the north boundary of the site, connecting Henning Avenue and Duplex Avenue. Three (3) levels of underground parking are proposed, containing a total of 156 residential parking spaces and 14 visitor parking spaces. The revised buildings maintain the setbacks, stepbacks, commercial uses, and heritage retention of the previous approval. 

This report reviews and recommends refusal of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law because the outstanding issues could not be resolved within the legislated timeline for a decision of 120 days.  Staff will continue discussions with the applicant in order to resolve outstanding issues.