Item - 2025.TE24.39

The Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the permanent closure of the portion of the laneway abutting 1747 and 1753 St. Clair Avenue West described as Part 1 & Part 2 on Plan 66R-33759 as shown on Attachment 1 and Attachment 2.

2. City Council dedicate as public highway the lands described as Part 3 on Plan 66R-33759 as shown on Attachment 1 and Attachment 2, to form part of the public laneway.

3. City Council direct the City Solicitor to prepare and submit for enactment any necessary bills to give effect to Council’s decision, including the closing by-law (substantially in the form of the draft by-law attached as Attachment 3) and the dedication by-law for the New Laneway Lands (substantially in the form of the draft by-law attached as Attachment 4), and authorize the General Manager of Transportation Services and the Executive Director of Corporate Real Estate Management to execute any documents or agreements necessary to implement the closure, conveyance, and dedication, on terms satisfactory to the City.   

As this report recommends the permanent closure of a portion of public laneway and the dedication of a portion of public laneway, City Council approval is required.

Transportation Services has reviewed the feasibility of closing a portion of the laneway abutting 1747 and 1753 St. Clair Avenue West, shown on the registered plan of survey appended hereto as Part 1 and Part 2 on Attachment 1 (66R-33759), and has determined that it can be stopped-up and closed to sell for incorporation into the adjacent development site. In addition, Transportation Services recommends that the lands shown on the registered plan of survey appended hereto as Part 3 on Attachment 1 (66R-33759) be dedicated as public highway to form part of the north-south laneway and provide access to the new development.

There are no financial implications for this budget year resulting from the recommendations included in this report.