Item - 2024.TE10.7

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition Application File 20 205135 STE 12 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to allow the demolition of twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units located at 147-153 Vaughan Road, subject to the following conditions:

a. the owner shall provide and maintain twenty (20) 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; during such 20-year period, 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 replacement; and the replacement rental dwelling units shall collectively have a total gross floor area of at least 1,223.9 square metres and be comprised of four (4) studio units, ten (10) one-bedroom units, and six (6) two-bedroom units, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division dated August 31, 2023 and any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the owner shall, as part of the twenty (20) replacement rental units required in Recommendation 1.a. above, provide at least six (6) one-bedroom units and two (2) two-bedroom 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 four (4) studio, four (4) one-bedroom and one (1) 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, as reported annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 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 twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished, addressing the right to return to occupy one of the replacement rental dwelling units at similar rents and other assistance, including a rent gap payment, 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;

d. the owner shall provide tenants of all twenty (20) replacement rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 12-storey residential building 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 building 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 and central air conditioning in each replacement rental dwelling unit at no extra charge;

f. the owner shall provide tenants of all replacement rental dwelling units with access to bicycle and visitor parking on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed building;

g. the rental dwelling units required in as part of Recommendation 1.a. above shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent of the new dwelling units in the proposed 12-storey mixed use building, exclusive of the replacement rental units, are made available and ready for occupancy; and

h. the owner shall enter into, and register on title to the lands at 147-153 Vaughan 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.g. above all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to issue Preliminary Approval for 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 twenty (20) existing rental dwelling units at 147-153 Vaughan Road after all of the following have occurred:

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

b. the Minor Variance Application (A0928/23TEY) for 147-153 Vaughan Road is final and binding;

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 permit) for the approved development on the site; and

e. the City's receipt of confirmation that all existing rental dwelling units to be demolished are vacant.

3. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 147-153 Vaughan Road after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 2 above, which may be included in the demolition permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to section 6.2 of Chapter 363, of the Toronto Municipal Code, on condition that:

a. the owner shall remove all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition;

b. the owner shall erect solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

c. the owner erects the proposed mixed-use building containing the replacement rental dwelling units on the site no later than three (3) years from the date that the demolition of the existing buildings is commenced, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

d. should the owner fail to complete the proposed 12-storey building within the time specified in Recommendation 4.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each rental dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the 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 any related agreements.

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

This Rental Housing Demolition application proposes to demolish 20 rental dwelling units at 147-153 Vaughan Road and replace them with 20 new rental units by the respective unit types and sizes and at similar rents to those in effect at the time of application and an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, within a new 12-storey 80-unit residential building.

A Minor Variance application (A0928/23TEY) to facilitate the proposed redevelopment was approved by the Committee of Adjustment on December 6, 2023, and included a condition of City Council approval of the Rental Housing Demolition application.

This report recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and the residential demolition permit under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code.