Item - 2024.SC13.5

The Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning.

2. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the Study area as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning.

The Planner, Urban Design, Scarborough District, gave a presentation on Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines - Final Report.

In response to a series of development applications and interest for sites near the Eglinton GO station, City Council directed City Planning staff to initiate a Planning Study for the segment of Eglinton Avenue East generally between McCowan Road and Mason Road. The subsequent Council adoption of Official Plan Amendment 570 identified lands around Eglinton GO Station as a Protected Major Transit Station Area and included Site and Area Specific Policy 625 that provides for minimum densities for sites within the PMTSAs. With the planning framework anticipating intensification and limited guidance for the lands from a policy or zoning perspective it was important to examine the area and determine appropriate built form guidance for future development. The Urban Design Guidelines recommended for adoption in this report respond to the original Council direction and reflect a work plan initiated, developed and implemented by City Planning staff and informed by community and landowner consultation.

The Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines will assist in advancing the vision of a connected and sustainable community along a vibrant commercial main street anchored by the Eglinton GO Station and the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit (EELRT) line. The Guidelines seek a diversity of building types that will frame and support an attractive, green, and memorable public realm supporting non-residential uses at grade.

This report recommends that City Council adopt the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines. This report also recommends that City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the Study area.