Item - 2025.NY24.6

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council refuse the applications for the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 22 190116 NNY 18 OZ) for the lands municipally known as 5576 Yonge Street for the reasons identified in the report (May 16, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City Staff, to appear before the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of City Council’s decision to refuse the application, in the event that the decision is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate City Staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event an appeal of Council's decision is allowed by the Ontario Land Tribunal, in whole or in part.

This Report recommends refusal of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit two mixed use buildings with heights of 35-storeys and 25-storeys with a total of 608 dwelling units and 507 square metres of retail floor area at 5576 Yonge Street. The application would require relocation of an existing City Sanitary sewer which runs through the centre of the site in a subsurface easement. The application does not address this servicing issue and proposes buildings which exceed the contemplated height and density in the North York Centre Secondary Plan. The proposed buildings also do not provide sufficient separation to the properties to the north and would negatively impact the ability of the entire block to be developed comprehensively in the future.