Item - 2025.NY28.9

The Director, Community Planning North York District recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the ConsumersNext Secondary Plan for the lands municipally known as 1 Herons Hill Way substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 8 to this Report.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 1 Herons Hill Way substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment Number 9 to this Report.

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

This report recommends approval of the application to amend the ConsumersNext Secondary Plan and the Zoning By-law to redevelop the easterly portion of the subject site for a 34-storey (110 metre) residential building while retaining the existing 2-storey (7 metre) office building on the westerly portion of the subject site, subject to a modification of the applicant’s proposed Official Plan Amendment.  The proposed development contains 343 residential units with a total gross floor area of 29,484 square metres resulting in a density of 4.54 times the area of the lot and a 524 square metre privately-owned publicly-accessible open space.

The applicant’s Official Plan Amendment seeks revisions to Chapter 6, Section 38 of the ConsumersNext Secondary plan, Site and Area specific policy Number 1. by reducing the affordable housing obligation and years of affordability. Six (6) affordable rental units are proposed at an affordability term of 25 years.  Also, the amendment reduces the required employment gross floor area from 3,342 square metres to 2,227 square metres.

Staff support the reduction in required employment gross floor area, but recommend that the affordable housing terms remain unchanged. The amendment is approved as it applies to the reduction in employment gross floor area and no change is made to the affordable housing clauses.

The proposed Official Plan amendment and Zoning By-law amendment application are consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement (2024) and conforms to the City's Official 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.