Item - 2024.SC10.5

That:

1. City Council adopt the following recommendations in the report (December 18, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District:

1. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition application (21 134167 ESC 20 RH) under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to permit the demolition of sixty-eight (68) existing rental dwelling units at 54 to 62 Glen Everest Road, subject to the following conditions:

a. The owner shall provide and maintain sixty-eight (68) replacement rental dwelling units on the subject site for a period of at least 20 years beginning from the date that each replacement rental 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 sixty-eight (68) replacement rental dwelling units shall collectively have a total gross floor area of at least 4925.3 square metres and be comprised of two (2) studio, twenty-five (25) one-bedroom units, forty (40) two bedroom units and one (1) three bedroom unit, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division dated March 17, 2023. Any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

b. The owner shall, as part of the sixty-eight (68) replacement rental dwelling units required in Recommendation 1.a. above, provide at least one (1) studio, nineteen (19) one-bedroom, thirty-two  32) two-bedroom and one (1) three bedroom unit replacement rental dwelling units at affordable rents, defined as gross monthly rent no greater than one times the average City of Toronto rent by unit type, as reported annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and at least one (1) studio, six (6) one-bedroom and eight (8) two bedroom replacement rental dwelling units at mid-range rents, defined as gross monthly rent that exceeds Affordable Rent but is no greater than 1.5 times the average City of Toronto rent by unit type, all for a period of at least ten (10) years beginning from the date of first occupancy of each unit;

c. The owner shall provide an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to all Eligible Tenants of the sixty-eight (68) existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished at 54 to 62 Glen Everest Road, addressing the right to return to occupy one of the replacement rental dwelling units at similar rents, and other assistance to lessen hardship. The Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan shall be developed in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

d. The owner shall provide tenants of all sixty-eight (68) replacement rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed development at no extra charge. Access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the development, without the need to pre-book or pay a fee unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings;

e. The owner shall provide ensuite laundry in each replacement rental dwelling unit within the proposed development at no extra charge;

f. The owner shall provide at least three (3) one-bedroom and nine (9) two bedroom replacement rental dwelling units with balconies or terraces for private and exclusive access by the tenants of such units. Such units shall be made available firstly to returning tenants who previously rented a unit with  balcony or terrace;

g. The owner shall provide central air conditioning in each replacement rental dwelling unit within the proposed development at no extra charge; 

h. The owner shall provide and make available for rent at least forty-nine (49) vehicle parking spaces to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units. Such parking spaces shall be made available firstly to returning tenants who previously rented a vehicle parking space, and at similar monthly parking charges that such tenants previously paid. The remaining vehicle parking spaces shall be made available to tenants of the replacement rental units to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

i. The owner shall provide and make available for rent a minimum of five (5) storage lockers to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed building;

j. The owner shall provide tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units with access to bicycle and visitor vehicular parking at no charge and on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed development;

k. The sixty-eight (68) replacement rental dwelling units required in recommendation 1.a above shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent (70%) of the new dwelling units in the proposed development, exclusive of the replacement rental dwelling units, are made available and ready for occupancy; and

l. The owner shall enter into and register on title to the lands at 54 to 62 Glen Everest Road an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to secure the conditions outlined in Recommendations 1.a through 1.k 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 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 sixty-eight (68) existing rental dwelling units at 54 to 62 Glen Everest Road after all the following have occurred:

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

b. the Zoning By-law Amendment has come into full force and effect;

c. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006;

d. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permits) for the approved development on the site; and

e. 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 Division 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 Division to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 54 to 62 Glen Everest Road 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 Division;

c. the owner erects the proposed building no later than four (4) years from the date on which the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division; and

d. should the owner fail to complete the proposed development containing sixty eight (68) replacement rental dwelling 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.

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.

That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation.