Item - 2024.TE10.15

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 8 Dawes Road and to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues.

2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold any Order until such time as the City Solicitor advises that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

b. the plans and studies be revised to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the General Manager, Transportation Services, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the Supervisor, Urban Forestry.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

On November 3, 2022, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted seeking to permit a 38-storey mixed-use building with commercial uses on the ground and second floor and 399 residential dwelling units above.

On September 15, 2023, the applicant appealed the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Land Tribunal due to Council not making a decision within the statutorily prescribed time frame in the Planning Act.

This report recommends that the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing to oppose the application in its current form and continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues.