Item - 2026.TE34.54

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the report (June 19, 2026) from the Acting Director, Community Planning Toronto and East York District, amended to read as follows:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86, as amended by By-law 141-2005, for the lands municipally known as 500 Dundas Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to this Report Attachment 1 to this motion.

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. City Council require the owner, at their sole cost and expense, to enter into, and register on title, an Amending Section 37 Agreement that amends the Section 37 Agreement registered on title to the lands, registered as Instrument Number AT934744, to secure the following community benefits in addition to the previously secured items for the Regent Park area, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor:

a. a minimum of six (6) Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be designed, constructed, finished, maintained and provided by the owner on the lands known in 2025 as 500 Dundas Street East;

b. the unit mix of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be consistent with the overall unit mix in the development to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the average unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units must be no less than the average unit size of all the market units, by unit type, in the proposed development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

d. the minimum unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units must be no less than the minimum unit sizes of all market units, by unit type, in the proposed development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

e. the general configuration, location and layout of the Affordable Rental Housing Units in the development must be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

f. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units must be provided with access to, and use of all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings, unless otherwise agreed to by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

g. all Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided, at no extra charge, with central air conditioning and ensuite laundry facilities or common laundry room(s), to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

h. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with access to long-term and short-term bicycle parking in accordance with the Zoning By-law, and on the same basis as other units within the development;

i. the initial rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to first tenants and upon turnover of the Affordable Rental Housing Units must not exceed Affordable Rent as defined in the Official Plan for a minimum 25-year period, beginning with the date each such unit is first occupied (the "Affordability Period"); during the Affordability Period, increases to initial rents charged to tenants occupying any of the Affordable Rental Housing Units must be in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act and must not exceed the Provincial rent guideline, regardless of whether the Provincial rent guideline applies to the Affordable Rental Housing Units under the Residential Tenancies Act;

j. the owner must provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units at the rents identified in Part 3.i. above for the duration of the Affordability Period; the Affordable Rental Housing Units must not be registered as a condominium or any other form of ownership, such as life lease or co ownership, which provide a right to exclusive possession of a dwelling unit, and no application for conversion for non-rental housing purposes, or application to demolish any Affordable Rental Housing Unit will be made for the duration of the Affordability Period; and upon the expiration of the Affordability Period, the owner must continue to provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units, unless and until such time as the owner has applied for and obtained all approvals necessary to do otherwise;

k. the owner will use the City's Centralized Affordable Housing Access System, provided it is in place, or a non-profit referral agency satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to advertise and select tenants for the Affordable Rental Housing Units, unless otherwise agreed to by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and at least 6 months in advance of any Affordable Rental Housing Unit being made available for rent, the owner must develop and implement an Access Plan which will outline how the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be rented to eligible households in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat;

l. the Affordable Rental Housing Units must be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent (70 percent) of the new dwelling units in the proposed development erected on the site are available and ready for occupancy; and

m. the Affordable Rental Housing Units may instead be delivered as Affordable Ownership Housing Units, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat.

4. 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 500 Dundas Street East.

5. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes to the draft Zoning By-law attached as Attachment 1 to this Motion.

That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation.