Item - 2024.TE16.5

The Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 214-230 Sherbourne Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 6 to this report.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 214-230 Sherbourne Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 7 to this report.

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

4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council

require the owner to:

a. provide confirmation, satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, that the draft Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands at 214-230 Sherbourne Street, including any height exemptions, conform with Ontario Regulation 10/24: Zoning Order - Protection of Public Health and Safety - Toronto Hospital Heliports and with City By-law 1432-2017 to regulate the use of lands in the vicinity of St. Michael's Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 46-storey (149.45 metres, including the mechanical penthouse) residential building with additional non-residential uses in the integrated heritage building being retained as part of the overall development proposal at 214-230 Sherbourne Street. The proposal includes 615 dwelling units and 479 square metres of non-residential gross floor area. The Official Plan Amendment to Site and Area Specific Policy 461 is appropriate because the proposed tower setbacks and impacts are acceptable.

The entire site is designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the Garden District Heritage Conservation District. The vacant properties at 214, 218, 220, 222, 224 and 226 Sherbourne Street are identified as 'non-contributing' properties within the District Plan. The proposal includes the in-situ retention of 230 Sherbourne Street (the William Dineen House), a property designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and identified as a 'contributing' property in the District Plan.

The City Planning Division confirms that there are no financial implications resulting from the recommendations included in this report in the current budget year or in future years.