Item - 2025.TE21.15

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 1212-1220 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (February 3, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

3. Before introducing the necessary Bills for enactment, City Council require:

a. the owner submit revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Reports ("Engineering Reports") to demonstrate that the existing sanitary sewer system and watermain, and any required improvements to them, have adequate capacity and supply to accommodate the development of the lands to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

b. if the accepted and satisfactory Engineering Reports, from Recommendation 3.a. above, require any new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, then either:

i. the owner has secured the design, construction and provision of financial securities for any new municipal infrastructure, or any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, in a financial secured agreement, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; or

ii. the required new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development in the accepted Engineering Reports, in Recommendation 3.a. above, are constructed and operational, all to the satisfaction to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. all necessary approvals or permits arising from Recommendation 3.b.i. or 3.b.ii. above are obtained, where required all to the satisfaction to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

d. the owner submit revised letters from the owner, structural engineer and mechanical engineer to support a watertight foundation as per Schedules D, E and F in the Servicing Report Groundwater Summary Form and a letter from the architect to support the type of construction for the required fire flow rate calculations, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

4. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review to explore options to secure an in-kind community benefit through the Community Benefits Charge, so that the benefits from the application are directly experienced in the community.

5. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review and the General Manager, Transportation Services to report on options to mitigate traffic impacts on Alcorn Avenue from this application, including the feasibility adding a layby on site to optimize vehicular flows.

6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report on options to improve pedestrian safety, sightlines and vehicle movement at the Yonge-Alcorn-Shaftesbury intersection, including through the addition of new skiplines.

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 1212-1220 Yonge St. from permit parking on Alcorn Street.

8. City Council request the Applicant to establish a Neighbourhood Liaison Committee including the Deer Park Residents Group and Summerhill Resident Association, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Development Review, and to consult the committee developing a Construction Management Plan for the project.

9. City Council request the Executive Director, Development Review to consult with residents’ groups at the site plan stage on the need for additional wind mitigation measures.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on April 3, 2025 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a 126.85-metre (35-storeys, excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building. The proposed building contains 273 residential units, with a total gross floor area of 20,873 square metres, including 320 square metres of gross floor area for non-residential uses.