Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

To be held by the Planning and Housing Committee

(Under the Planning Act)

Request to Amend the Official Plan Application Number 24 252701 NNY 16 OZ

Location of Application:       1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, and 1888 O’Connor Drive, and 1460, 1468 and 1474 Victoria Park Avenue
Applicant:                              City of Toronto
 
Date:                                      January 23, 2025
Time:                                     9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place:                                    Committee Room 1, City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The application to amend the Official Plan for the properties at 1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, and 1888 O’Connor Drive, and 1460, 1468 and 1474 Victoria Park Avenue, is to implement the preferred alignment for the O’Connor Drive Reconfiguration, which is being recommended through the ReNew Golden Mile Municipal Class Environmental Assessment.

Amendments to Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) Number 400 include:

• Addition of new Policy c) to reflect the preferred alignment of the O’Connor Drive Reconfiguration and facilitate comprehensive development; and
• Addition of new Appendix 3, to reflect the preferred alignment of the O’Connor Drive Reconfiguration.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material [and a copy of the proposed Official Plan Amendment can be obtained by contacting Emily Caldwell, Senior Planner at 416-396-4927, or at Emily.Caldwell@toronto.ca.

Further information can be found at https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/golden-mile-area-street-network-environmental-assessment-study/.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

The Planning and Housing Committee will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the applications. These recommendations will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.

You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN

You may send written comments by e-mail to phc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives final consideration to the proposal.

You are also invited to address the Planning and Housing Committee in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address Planning and Housing Committee directly, please register by e-mail to phc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-397-4579, no later than 12:00 p.m. on January 22, 2025. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Planning and Housing Committee may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the Clerk.

For more information about the matter, including information about appeal rights, please contact: City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Planning and Housing Committee, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-397-4579, Fax: 416-392-2980, E-mail: phc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-397-4579, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail phc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk, Attention: Nancy Martins, Administrator, Planning and Housing Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out above.

Official Plan Amendment Appeal:  If a specified person or public body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which the plan or by-law would apply would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal, but the specified person or public body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which the plan or by-law would apply does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted, the specified person or public body as defined under the Planning Act or the registered owner of any land to which the plan would apply is not entitled to appeal the decision to adopt the proposed Official Plan Amendment or the by-law.

People writing or making presentations at the public meeting: The City of Toronto Act, 2006, the Planning Act, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees.

The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations, or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City's website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

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