Item - 2024.PH12.3

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

1. City Council delete Recommendation 2 from PH12.3 Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Major Streets Study – Final Report dated April 24, 2024 from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and replace with the following: 

City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to this report; and 

2. City Council determine pursuant to Subsection 34 (17) that no further notice is required.

That:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, working with the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to pursue opportunities to support the creation of rent-controlled market, affordable rental and affordable ownership homes by non-profit housing providers, enabled through the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods Program on Major Streets, through leveraging available funding and financial incentive programs. 

That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council reconsider the vote on Motion 1b by Mayor Olivia Chow.

That:

1. City Council, in consideration of the minimal number of affected properties, the steep topography abutting the street, and the future expansion of Rouge National Park in the area:

a. revise the draft Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting Lawrence Avenue East, east of East Avenue; and

b. revise the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties in the Residential Zone category abutting Lawrence Avenue East, east of East Avenue.

2. City Council, in consideration of an anticipated proposal to amend the Official Plan to implement the Highland Creek Village Transportation Master Plan:

a. revise the draft Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting Meadowvale Road, south of Highway 2A;

b. revise the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties in the Residential Zone category abutting Meadowvale Road, south of Highway 2A; and

c. request the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report back through Planning and Housing Committee on zoning permissions for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings on Meadowvale Road south of Highway 2A, as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods major streets monitoring program.

That:

1. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to undertake an area specific engagement program with the communities along Huntingwood Drive to discuss the appropriateness of Huntingwood Drive for intensification, maximum permitted heights, and other design considerations as proposed in the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and consider any feedback as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Neighbourhood Retail and Services study and the proposed major streets monitoring program.

That:

1. City Council amend proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, by excluding the following major street: Sloane Avenue.

2. City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, by excluding the following major street: Sloane Avenue.

That:

1. City Council amend proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting Guildwood Parkway.

2. City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, by excluding properties in the Residential Zone category abutting Guildwood Parkway.

That:

City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back through Planning and Housing Committee, as part of the Major Streets monitoring program, on:

a. a review of the criteria to determine if Guildwood Parkway is properly classified as a major street on Map 3 of the Official Plan, such review to consider:

1. the nature of the Scarborough Bluffs Erosion abutting Guildwood Parkway;

2. Guildwood Parkway’s planned transportation function;

3. the presence of a significant 88-acre natural landmark Guild Park and Gardens; and

4. any other criteria that would relate to Guildwood Parkway being classified as major street on Map 3 of the Official Plan;

b. the implications for City service delivery and for planning of removing Guildwood Parkway from Map 3 of the Official Plan; and

c. in consideration of Recommendations 3.a. and 3.b. above, recommendations for appropriate Official Plan amendments and Zoning By-law amendments for townhouses and for small-scale apartment buildings on Guildwood Parkway.

That:

1. City Council amend the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting the following major streets:

a. Kipling Avenue, from Finch Avenue West to Steeles Avenue West;

b. Steeles Avenue West, from Kipling Avenue to Martin Grove Road;

c. Martin Grove Road, from Steeles Avenue West south to Colony Park;

d. Martin Grove Road, from Racine Road to the Humber River, West Branch; and

e. Martin Grove Road (west side), from the Westway north to Dixon Road.

2. City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties in the Residential Zone category abutting the following major streets:

a. Kipling Avenue, from Finch Avenue West to Steeles Avenue West;

b. Steeles Avenue West, from Kipling Avenue to Martin Grove Road;

c. Martin Grove Road, from Steeles Avenue West south to Colony Park;

d. Martin Grove Road, from Racine Road to the Humber River, West Branch; and

e. Martin Grove Road (west side), from the Westway north to Dixon Road.

That:

1. City Council, in consideration of the unusually steep topography between Bayview Avenue and True Davidson Drive, amend the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting True Davidson Drive.

2. City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties in the Residential Zone category abutting True Davidson Drive.

That:

1. City Council defer the item to the December 17, 18, and 19, 2024 meeting of City Council, and:

a. request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to:

1. develop criteria which indicate the key major street attributes which support development intensification contemplated by the policy;

2. give special consideration to opportunities and transitions at intersections of major streets;

3. allow for distinction between townhouse or apartment intensification opportunities; 

4. consult with Community Council areas, including public input, on the new major streets map; and

5. prepare a new major streets policy map based on the criteria and consultation, to be used instead of Official Plan Map 3; and

b. request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report directly to City Council with an updated Avenues Policy to allow appropriate heights for new buildings which will adequately respond to contemporary intensification needs.

That City Council delete the eligibility of through-lots, and require that eligible lots for intensification under the major streets policy must have an existing active frontage on the major street.

That City Council delete the recommendations and adopt instead the following:

1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report directly to City Council on a revised Major Streets Policy, which is not founded on as-of-right permissions, and instead includes an opportunity for public input to each application, and provides a streamlined application process to reduce barriers to small scale proponents.

That:

1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to undertake an area-specific engagement program with the communities along Pharmacy Avenue, from Eglinton Avenue East south to Danforth Road; Brimley Road South; and McCowan Road, from Eglinton Avenue East south to Kingston Road, discuss the appropriateness of these streets for intensification, maximum permitted heights, and other design considerations, as proposed in the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and consider any feedback as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Neighbourhood Retail and Services study and the proposed major streets monitoring program.

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as part of the major streets monitoring program, to review building permits issued for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings in residential zones on major streets in relation to the level of transit service available to the subject sites.

In response to Councillor Perks’ remarks, Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that he wished to know how a Member could dare to refer to another Member as cowardly because they placed a motion, and then to say that it’s just pushing it off when it has a whole page of work to do with it. Councillor Holyday stated that his rights have been infringed and that he would not tolerate being called a coward in Council.

Councillor Perks, rising on a Point of Privilege, stated that he would never call Councillor Holyday a coward and that he did not; he said that it would be a cowardly act for people to defer this. Councillor Perks further stated that Council draws a distinction in debate between describing people’s actions and speaking to the nature of the individual—it is parliamentary to characterize motions, votes, and acts in certain ways, and not parliamentary to characterize individuals in that way—and he was careful to make that distinction.  Councillor Perks further stated that if Councillor Holyday misunderstood him, he would clarify it again.

That:

1.  The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the TTC be requested to analyze the proposed elimination of circular driveways and their effects on WheelTrans access and report directly to City Council on May 22, 2024 with results and recommendations.

That:

1. Planning and Housing Committee direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report directly to the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council on the merits of increasing the proposed maximum permitted number of dwelling units in apartment buildings on Major Streets from 30 dwelling units to 60 dwelling units, including the implications for financial feasibility, and provide any appropriate recommendations.

2. Planning and Housing Committee direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to include the “EHON Major Streets: Financial Feasibility” report from December 2023 as an attachment on this item at the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council.

3. Planning and Housing Committee direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report directly to the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council on the merits of reducing front yard setbacks, side yard setbacks, landscaping requirements, amenity space requirements, and minimum building separation, and provide any appropriate recommendations.

That the Planning and Housing Committee:

1. Amend proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report to exclude the following major streets:

• Guildwood Parkway,
• Morningside Avenue, from Guildwood Parkway to GO Transit – Metrolinx Rail corridor, and
• Scarborough Golf Club Road to GO Transit – Metrolinx Rail corridor 

2.  Amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment appended as Attachment 2 to this report, to exclude following major streets:

• Guildwood Parkway,
• Morningside Avenue, from Guildwood Parkway to GO Transit – Metrolinx Rail corridor, and
• Scarborough Golf Club Road to GO Transit – Metrolinx Rail corridor.

Request the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report directly to the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council on the feasibility of implementing the proposed zoning on major streets in two or more phases based on the presence of different levels of transit service.