Item - 2024.NY17.7

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan, for the lands at 3309 and 3317 Dufferin Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (September 6, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 3309 and 3317 Dufferin Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (September 6, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

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 and / or applicant to:

a. Prepare and submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Functional Servicing Report Groundwater Summary Form to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for review and acceptance;

b. Make satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services Division;

c. Provide space on the subject site for the installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the private side, as close to the property line as possible, for both the storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Sewers By-law Chapter. 681.10;

d. Provide and implement an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, for Eligible Tenants of the existing rental dwelling unit proposed to be demolished, addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship, including the provision of rent gap payments; and

e. Enter into an agreement or legal undertaking with the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing the implementation of the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan required by recommendation d. above.

The North York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on September 24, 2024, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This application proposes to amend the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan and Zoning Bylaw 569-2013 to permit a twelve storey (40.42 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse), 194 unit residential building with 472 square metres of non-residential gross floor area on the ground floor at 3309 and 3317 Dufferin Street. 

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020). The proposed development also conforms to the City's Official Plan, and the official plan amendment will conform to the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. The proposed development represents an appropriate level of intensification on the site and is generally consistent with the midrise vision for this segment of Dufferin Street as envisioned in the Dufferin Street Secondary Plan. The proposed development is massed to fit within its existing context while providing appropriate transitions to the adjacent low-rise neighbourhood.