Item - 2025.NY28.8

The Director, Community Planning North York District recommends that:

1. City Council refuse the application for the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 24 128320 NNY 17 OZ) for the lands municipally known as 1125 Sheppard Avenue East.

2. In the event the applications are appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, use mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council’s intention to rely on subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsections 22(8.2) and 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act.

4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council’s intention pursuant to subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters

5. Should the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application be resolved, and there is no appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal or the appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal has been withdrawn, City Council direct the Director, North York District, Community Planning to bring forward an Approval Report to North York Community Council for a statutory public meeting as required under the Planning Act.

6. 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 reviews and recommends refusal of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a mixed-use development consisting of 52 and 48-storey residential towers on a shared 6-storey podium, a privately owned publicly accessible space at the southeast corner of the site and landscaped mid-block connection connecting Sheppard Avenue East to Singer Court. The proposal includes a total of 1,238 residential units, with 78,265.24 square metres of gross floor area, including 2,881.8 square metres of non-residential gross floor area for a maximum Floor Space Index ("FSI") of 11.50 times the lot area.

The application does not conform with the Official Plan and the Sheppard Subway Corridor Secondary Plan. The proposal is in its current form does not appropriately respond to the Council-adopted Renew Sheppard East Secondary Plan.

The Development Review 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.