Item - 2024.TE15.8

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 79-81 Granby Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to to the revised report (July 9, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 412-418 Church Street and 79-81 Granby Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to to the revised report (July 9, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and/or draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

4. City Council approve an off-site parkland dedication of 128.9 square metres, in satisfaction of the owner's required parkland contribution pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, located at 191-201 Sherbourne Street (Application 20 224753 STE 13 OZ), to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

5. City Council approve that, prior to the first above-grade building permit for any development on the lands, the owner shall have either conveyed to the City the off-site parkland dedication at 191-201 Sherbourne Street (Application 20 224753 STE 13 OZ) or provided to the City a Letter of Credit, in the City's standard form and in an amount satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, which will be increased in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, as reported quarterly by Statistics Canada Table 18-10-0135-01 (formerly CANSIM 327-0058), or its successor, beginning two years from the date of issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the proposed development and increased on each succeeding anniversary date by the amount of the Construction Price Index for the previous year until such time as the parkland dedication has been conveyed to the City, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.

6. City Council approve the acceptance of off-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and report back on the feasibility of amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 412-418 Church Street and 79-81 Granby Street from Permit Parking.

8. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. submit a Functional Servicing Report for review and acceptance to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; the report will determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and whether upgrades or improvements of the existing municipal infrastructure are required;

b. make satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services for work on the City's right-of-way should it be determined that municipal infrastructure upgrades and road improvements are required to support the development, according to the functional servicing report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; provide financial security in an amount to be determined, submit engineering and inspection fees in an amount to be determined, and provide insurance, as required; and

c. deliver confirmation, satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, that the site-specific zoning by-law amendment for the lands at 412 Church Street and 79-81 Granby Street does not conflict with Ontario Regulation No. 10/24: “Zoning Order - Protection of Public Health and Safety - Toronto Hospital Heliports.”

9. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 10, 2024 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 32-storey (112-metre including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building at 412-418 Church Street and 79-81 Granby Street. The proposal includes 310 dwelling units and 275 square metres of commercial space at grade.

The Official Plan Amendment is required to re-designate the lands at 79-81 Granby Street from Neighbourhoods to Mixed Use Areas and to vary the unit mix requirements in the Downtown Secondary Plan.

The site contains properties designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act located at 414-418 Church Street and 79 and 81 Granby Street. The development proposal involves the in situ retention of the Church Street and Granby Street facades of the heritage property located at 414-418 Church Street and the entire, in situ, retention of the heritage properties located at 79 and 81 Granby Street.