Public Notice

Notice is given that the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building (Acting), is reporting on a proposed amendment to Municipal Code Chapter 694, Signs, General (the "Sign By-law"), to create a Woodbine Special Sign District, which would contain unique regulations to allow for, and regulate, first party and third party signs displaying static and electronic sign copy; alter the sign district designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from an Employment (“E”) Sign District to the Woodbine (“WB-SSD”) Special Sign District; and, modify the area-specific restrictions listed in 694-24A of the Sign By-law which prohibit third party signs from being displayed within 400 metres of Highway 427 and Highway 27.

The proposed amendment seeks to:

1. Establish a Woodbine Special Sign District (“WB-SSD”). The proposed special sign district would include distinct regulations to allow and regulate first and third-party signs with static and electronic sign copy.

• To reflect the diverse nature of uses within Woodbine Special Sign District (“WB-SSD”), the WB-SSD to have both general regulations applicable throughout, and regulations which will apply with respect to  six sub-designations as follows:
• • WB-SSD-R sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain residential uses which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within a R-Residential Sign District in the Sign By-law;
  • WB-SSD-OS sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain green space and similar mixed-use purposes which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within an OS-Open Space Sign District in the Sign By-law;
  • WB-SSD-C sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain commercial (retail, entertainment facilities, etc.), and similar mixed-use purposes, which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within a C-Commercial Sign District in the Sign By-law;
  • o   WB-SSD-CR sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain a variety of specific commercial facilities and mixed-use commercial residential purposes, which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within a CR-Commercial Residential Sign Districts in the Sign By-law;
  • o   WB-SSD-U sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to contain transit facilities and ancillary retail uses, which shall have signage regulations mirroring those applicable within an U-Utility Sign Districts in the Sign By-law; and,
  • o   WB-SSD-EZ, sub-designation to be applicable to the portions of the WB-SSD proposed to specific commercial uses (the casino and racetrack portions) and the associated area, which shall have signage regulations  concerning wall signs, ground signs and overhanging structure signs specifically designed to address the specific uses and building types to which this sub-designation would apply.

• The WB-SSD will also contain a series of signage regulations permitting and regulating specific forms of first-party "directional signs" within the WB-SSD-CR, WB-SSD-C, and WB-SSD-OS sub-designations, which may display up to eight sign faces, with an aggregate sign face area of up to 40 square metres, and a maximum height of eight metres.
• The WB-SSD will contain signage regulations permitting and regulating third party electronic signs displaying electronic static copy with maximum sign face area of 85 square metres and requiring first party static sign copy with a maximum 14 square metre sign face area identifying specific uses within the WB-SSD.

2.    Amendments to the area-specific restrictions prohibiting third-party signs within 400 meters of any limit of Highway 427 and Highway 27 to permit the implementation of WB-SSD by excluding 555 Rexdale Boulevard from these restrictions. This adjustment will allow for the implementation of the specific signage regulations permitting and regulating appropriate third-party signage within the WB-SSD. This adjustment will allow for the implementation of the specific signage regulations permitting and regulating appropriate third-party signage within the WB-SSD.

3.    Change the sign designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from E-Employment Sign District to WB-SSD Woodbine Special Sign District by amending Schedule A, Maps to the Sign Bylaw, by replacing the current Sign District Map Ward 2: Etobicoke North, accordingly.

The Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, is recommending that the Council of the City of Toronto adopt the amendments to the Sign By-law, to create and implement the Woodbine Special Sign District, as described above, and alter the sign district designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from an Employment Sign District to Woodbine Special Sign District.

The Planning and Housing Committee may recommend that the Council of the City of Toronto amend the Sign By-law to create a Woodbine Special Sign District, which would contain unique regulations to allow for, and regulate, first party and third party signs displaying static and electronic sign copy; alter the sign district designation applicable to 555 Rexdale Boulevard from an Employment (“E”) Sign District to the Woodbine (“WB-SSD”) Special Sign District; and, modify the area-specific restrictions listed in 694-24A of the Sign By-law which prohibit third party signs from being displayed within 400 metres of Highway 427 and Highway 27.

At its meeting to be held via video conference and in-person at City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, the Planning and Housing Committee of Toronto City Council will hear from any person or by his or her counsel, agent, or solicitor, who wishes to speak to the matter.

To obtain or view a copy of the report outlining the proposed amendments, you may view the Planning and Housing Committee agenda at https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2565/23263. 

To submit comments or make a presentation to the Planning and Housing Committee please contact the Committee no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 2023:

Planning and Housing Committee

Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West

10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2

Telephone: 416-397-4579; Fax: 416-392-2980

Email: phc@toronto.ca 

To ask questions regarding the content of the report, please contact:

Ted Van Vliet

Project Director, Business Transformation, Toronto Building

100 Queen Street West, Ground Floor, East Tower

Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2

Telephone: 416-392-4235

Email: Ted.VanVliet@toronto.ca 

Any comments received after the Committee meeting will be forwarded to Council.

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The Planning and Housing Committee will make its final recommendations on June 1, 2023 which will be forwarded to City Council for its meeting on June 14, 15 and 16, 2023.

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NOTICE OF DECISION

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, has considered an application under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to alter a building and/or structure on a Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 41-53 Fraser Avenue, 135 Liberty Street.  

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, has considered an application under Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to demolish or remove or permit the demolition or removal of a building and/or structure on the Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as the designated power house building at 42 Pardee Avenue.  

This notice is being served to the Owner of the Property, the Ontario Heritage Trust and any Interested Persons.

The decision of City Council, among other matters, regarding the application under the Ontario Heritage Act is as follows:

1. City Council approve:

a. the alterations to the designated heritage properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a new 10 and 11-storey building substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated June 10, 2022 prepared by Sweeny & Co. Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 3, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

b. the demolition of the powerhouse building at 42 Pardee Avenue, in accordance with Section 34 (1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a new 10 and 11-storey building substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated June 10, 2022 prepared by Sweeny & Co. Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 3, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. all subject to, and in accordance with, a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to the conditions as set out below.

2. City Council direct that it's consent to the application to alter the designated properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street Avenue under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to demolish the designated power house building at 42 Pardee Avenue, under Part IV, Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions:

a. That the related Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations and the proposed demolition of the power house building have been enacted by City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council the owner shall:

1. Enter into a  Heritage Easement Agreement(s) with the City for the properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated June 10, 2022 prepared by Sweeny & Co. Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 3, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement(s) to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street dated February 3, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

c. That prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street the owner shall:

1. Provide final Site Plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect

3. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning.

5. Submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

6. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall:

1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan.

3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8” x 10” colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 2.d.2 above, the owner shall:

1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner(s) of 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill(s) in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 41 Fraser Avenue, 47 Fraser Avenue and 135 Liberty Street.

IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND TRIBUNAL:

Notice of an appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter, erect, demolish or remove a building and/or structure on the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Administrator, Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: hertpb@toronto.ca within thirty days of May 16, 2023, which is June 15, 2023.

A Notice of Objection of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)       set out the reasons for the objection to the decision; and

(2)       set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to demolish or remove a building and/or structure on the Property under section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)          set out the reasons for the objection to the decision;

(2)          set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision; and

(3)          be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, in the amount of $1,100 for each appeal payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.

If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/forms.

Who Can File An Appeal:

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to alter a property with certain terms or conditions, or refuses the application to alter a property.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Decision of Council of the City of Toronto on the matter is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.TE4.19 

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Reasons for Designation

The Dominion Wheel & Foundries Complex

The properties at 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue are worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value, and meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under all three categories of design, associative and contextual value.

Description

The properties at 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue are located in the West Don Lands neighbourhood, on the south side of Eastern Avenue between Rolling Mills Road and Bayview Avenue. The buildings were originally part of a larger industrial complex for the Dominion Wheel & Foundries Company that spanned from Cherry Street to (former) Overend Street. The grouping is associated with the rail and industrial uses predominant in the surrounding area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and contains a collection of two-storey buildings originally constructed between 1929 and 1953. They were used for industrial purposes until the late 1980s, when they were among several properties expropriated by the province for a redevelopment initiative intended to provide affordable housing in a new mixed-use neighbourhood. The project did not move forward, and the buildings are currently vacant.

The properties at 153, 169, 171 and 185 Eastern Avenue were listed on the City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties (now the Heritage Register) on October 1, 2004. As a consequence of some demolition activity by the province in early 2021, both the buildings located at 169 and 171 Eastern Avenue have been removed, although sufficient material has been salvaged to permit a reconstruction of the north elevation of the building located at 169 Eastern Avenue.

Two remaining properties contribute to the understanding of the Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex, as follows:

• 153 Eastern Avenue: a two-storey rectangular industrial building known as the "Cleaning Room", constructed for the Dominion Wheel & Foundries Co. Ltd. to the designs of engineering firm Proctor, Redfern & Laughlin in 1953.
• 185 Eastern Avenue: a two-storey rectangular industrial building known as the "Machine Shop", likely constructed c.1930. Significant additions were made to the building in 1940 (north addition linking the Machine Shop with the Storage Building to the north), c.1946 (west addition) and 1947 (east addition), all to the designs of engineering firm James, Proctor & Redfern.    

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

The properties at 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue have design value as representative examples of a mid-20th-century vernacular industrial style. As articulated on the Cleaning Room at 153 Eastern Avenue and the Machine Shop at 185 Eastern Avenue, this vernacular expression is typified by restrained classical features, including symmetrical composition of bays and piers, brick piers with concrete footings, pediments formed by gabled rooflines, and concrete window sills. These buildings also prominently feature large, multi-paned industrial steel windows that maximize natural light exposure, and which are similarly representative of the mid-century industrial architectural style. The architectural style of these properties is rare within the surrounding context of the West Don Lands.

The subject properties once functioned together as part of a larger industrial site spanning from Cherry Street to (former) Overend Street. Together, they are a rare surviving example of an industrial complex typology in the West Don Lands neighbourhood.

The former Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex has value through its direct associations with Dominion Wheel & Foundries Ltd. The company was established in Toronto in 1913 and played an important role in supplying rail and train parts to Canada's burgeoning rail industry in the first half of the 20th century. Shortly after incorporation, the company moved onto a large site at the southeast corner of Cherry Street and Eastern Avenue and gradually expanded their operations eastward through the early half of the 20th century. In 1929, the company purchased a large tract of land from the CNOR (including the subject properties at 153-185 Eastern Avenue), and proceeded to construct a series of buildings related to the company's principal operations as a foundry for the railway industry.

The complex has historic value as it yields information about the historical development of the West Don Lands neighbourhood, which evolved from its earliest use as a Government Reserve fortifying the eastern edge of York, to the burgeoning immigrant neighbourhood of Corktown in the mid-19th century, to its establishment as an important industrial centre in the city in the late-19th and early-20th centuries following the introduction of the railways. Due to its location on former CNOR lands, proximity to the rail corridor, and original use manufacturing equipment for the rail industry, the subject site also yields information about the rise and subsequent decline of the rail industry in Canada through the 19th and 20th centuries.

The complex has further associative value as it demonstrates the work of the prolific Toronto-based engineering firm of James, Proctor & Redfern (later Proctor, Redfern & Laughlin), who were responsible for the building program at the Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex during its period of expansion from the 1920s to the 1950s. Established c.1920 by founding partners architect Edgar Augustus James (1874-1927), and engineers Edward Moore Proctor (1888-1972) and Wesley Blaine Redfern (1886-1960), the firm was instrumental in civil engineering and city-building in Southern Ontario's growing municipalities in the early 20th century. The firm is credited with a varied portfolio of projects, including firehalls, industrial buildings, bridges, dams, sewage treatment plants, storm water management systems, and environmental engineering projects. The firm was also responsible for Hamilton's High Level Bridge in the early 1930s, in collaboration with celebrated architect John Lyle.

As a former industrial complex built between c.1912 and 1953 on former CNOR lands and in proximity to the extant rail corridors to the south and east, the Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex has contextual value for its functional and historical links to its surroundings. While the surrounding area reflects major redevelopment and master-planning projects from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including the Don Valley Parkway overpasses directly to the north and the surrounding high-density mixed-use West Don Lands neighbourhood, the site is part of a larger post-industrial landscape within the West Don Lands. Surviving structures from this landscape include the former Canadian National Railways Office Building located to the southwest at 453 Cherry Street (and originally part of the same large CNOR property as the Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex), the Consumers' Gas Co. building to the southwest at 51 Parliament Street, the Gooderham & Worts Distillery to the southwest, the Cherry Street Interlocking Station at 385 Cherry Street, and the extant rail corridors to the south and east. Many of these buildings have been adaptively reused.

As a large site reflecting a mid-20th-century industrial typology, and as the last remaining former industrial complex in the surrounding area, the complex is a landmark within the West Don Lands neighbourhood. The site also terminates the view north on Tannery Road.

Design or Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the properties at 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue being representative of mid-20th-century vernacular industrial style, forming a rare surviving 20th-century industrial complex:

• The setback, placement and orientation of the building complex on the south side of Eastern Avenue between Rolling Mills Road and Bayview Avenue, which expresses the functional arrangement of its various building components and the relationship of the complex to its surroundings
• The two-storey brick streetwall formed by the extant buildings along the perimeter of the site, including Rolling Mills Road, Eastern Avenue, and Palace Street

153 Eastern Avenue: Cleaning Room

• The building's location, placement (tight to the north and west property lines) and orientation within the larger Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex
• The scale, form and massing of the two-storey, rectangular building with a shallow-gable roof
• The building's materials and their application, including red brick cladding laid in a common bond and concrete detailing of the window sills and foundation
• The symmetrical design and arrangement of the building's elevations as a series of piers and bays (four bays on the north and south elevations, six bays on the east and west elevations), which express the classical proportions typical of mid-century industrial design
• The design, arrangement and placement of the building's window openings, and the extant large industrial steel multi-paned window units (some of the original units have been demolished)
• The large, two-storey entrance openings on the building's east and south elevations

Interior

• The interior design of 153 Eastern Avenue including:
• The double-height open interior space with exposed brick walls, concrete floor slab and steel roof trusses, purlins, and exposed wood roof decking
• The interior fitments and equipment of 153 Eastern Avenue including:
• Travelling gantry crane manufactured by Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland
• Secondary steel structure to support the gantry crane

185 Eastern Avenue: Machine Shop

• The building's location, placement along the south property line and orientation within the larger Dominion Wheel & Foundries complex
• The scale, form and massing of the two-storey building with shallow-gable roofs
• The building's materials and their application, including red brick cladding laid in a common bond and concrete details including window sills and foundation
• The design and arrangement of the building's elevations as a series of piers and bays (four bays on the west elevation, five bays on the east elevation, and thirteen bays on the south elevation)
• The design and arrangement of the building's window openings, which contain large industrial steel multi-paned window units, and feature concrete sills and steel lintels
• Large entrance openings on the building's north, south and west elevations

Interior

• The interior design of 185 Eastern Avenue including:
• The double-height open interior space with exposed brick walls and concrete floor slab
• The exposed structural steel beams supporting steel roof purlins and exposed wood roof decking of the original building and west addition
• The exposed structural steel roof trusses, girts and wood roof decking of the eastern addition
• The interior fitments and equipment of 185 Eastern Avenue including:
  • The secondary steel structures for the gantry cranes in the original building and eastern addition
  • The railway tracks embedded in the concrete flooring

Historical or Associative Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the subject properties for their association with the Dominion Wheel & Foundries Company and reflect their former use as an industrial complex important to the historical development of the West Don Lands neighbourhood:

• The setback, placement and orientation of the building complex on the south side of Eastern Avenue, and in particular the orientation of 185 Eastern Avenue, which is functionally and visually oriented in the direction of the former rail yards to the south
• The large industrial window units and double-height door openings of 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue
• The interior fitments and equipment of 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue including:
  • The secondary steel structures to support gantry cranes in both buildings
  • The travelling gantry crane manufactured by Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland in 153 Eastern Avenue
  • The railway tracks embedded in the concrete slab of 185 Eastern Avenue

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property at 153-185 Eastern Avenue being part of a 20th-century industrial complex that is historically and functionally linked to its setting and a landmark:

• The setback, placement and orientation of the building complex on the south side of Eastern Avenue
• The placement and orientation of 185 Eastern Avenue, which terminates the view north on Tannery Road

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Administrator, Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: hertpb@toronto.ca within thirty days of May 16, 2023, which is June 15, 2023. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PH3.12

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 4888 Dundas Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Reasons for Designation

The property at 4888 Dundas Street West is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value, and meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under the criteria of design/physical, historical/associative and contextual values.

Description

The property at 4888 Dundas Street West comprises a two-storey house constructed in 1879.  It is located midblock on the north side of Dundas Street West between Burnhamthorpe Road and Burnhamthorpe Crescent in the village of Islington area of Etobicoke. The brick house was designed in the Italianate style and originally featured a wraparound verandah. It is now distinguished by its hipped roof and symmetrical façade. The polychromatic brick has been painted on the main facades and a c. late 1940s addition attached to the southwest corner of the house. The property housed the post office from 1887-1906, while also serving as the residence for postmasters Thomas and Elizabeth Musson. In addition to its continued use as a residence, it contained the local telephone exchange from 1912-25.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

Design and Physical Value

The property at 4888 Dundas Street West, built 1879, has design value as a unique example of Italianate style design in Toronto. The house represents an understated version of Italianate design in combination with an earlier, more conservative Georgian-style aesthetic. In reference to Georgian-style architecture, the house is of rectangular form with a symmetrical main façade, hipped roof and central doorway with side and transom lights. However, numerous features align the home with the more contemporary Italianate style of the time such as the segmental arched windows, polychromatic brickwork, and the detailing of the main doorway assembly with its rounded sidelights, thick rope mouldings and panelled base. Further, the design originally featured two-over-two windows sashes, and a verandah will bellcast eaves to create a picturesque effect characteristic of Italianate style design.

Historical or Associative Value

The property has historical value given that it yields information that contributes to an understanding of the historical development of the village of Islington.

The site occupies a position on Dundas Street West, which was the main street of the Islington village and an important strategic and military road established further south in 1795 but resurveyed through this location in 1814. The road became a stagecoach route in 1816 and then an important location of converging local roads by the 1840s. In the decade before, however, the village had already begun to take form with a tavern, store, and services typical of a small, rural village.

By 1879, when the house was constructed for Township clerk, Alexander MacPherson (1822-1906), the village contained 200 people and had just gained railway service the same year. The property became an Islington focal point and contributed significantly to the social fabric of the community as the post office from 1887-1906, while also serving as the residence for postmasters Thomas and Elizabeth Musson. In addition to its continued use as a residence, it contained the local telephone exchange from 1912-25.

Contextual Value

The presence of 4888 Dundas Street West, in addition to several other municipally recognized heritage properties, serves to symbolize the location of Islington village and is historically linked to its surroundings.

The subject property is situated within close proximity to two other sites designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act: the Montgomery Inn (c.1832), a site to the east, and the Etobicoke Township Hall (built 1843 as the Methodist church), a site one block west. Additionally, two other sites to the north are listed on the City's Heritage Register. Immediately behind the house is the Islington United Church (1949), and a block further north at 66 Burnhamthorpe Road is the 1907 Johnston residence built for descendants of the first settlers to the area. This small collection of buildings, of which the subject property contributes to, are integral to representing the historic development of the Islington community.

Heritage Attributes

Design and Physical Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 4888 Dundas Street West as a unique example of Italianate style design include:

• The form, scale and massing of the building as a rectangular, two-storey, house-form building
• The hipped roof
• The polychromatic brick exterior comprising mostly red brick with buff-coloured brick quoin detailing at the corners of the house (painted on the three main facades, but extant on the rear facade)
• The fenestration comprising segmental-arched openings and a symmetrical arrangement on the main facade
• The main central doorway and doorway assembly with transom light and rounded sidelights, a panelled base and thick rope mouldings

Historical or Associative Value

Attributes that contribute to the value of the property at 4888 Dundas Street West for its contribution to an understanding of the historical development of the village of Islington include:

• The setback, placement, and orientation of the house in its original location on Dundas Street West
• The rear doorway at the Northeast corner of the house marking the location of the post office and telephone exchange

Contextual Value

Attributes that contribute to the contextual value of 4888 Dundas Street West as historically linked to its surroundings include:

• The setback, placement, and orientation of the house in its original location on Dundas Street West

Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate

Notice of an objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Administrator, Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: hertpb@toronto.ca within thirty days of May 16, 2023, which is June 15, 2023. The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PH3.13 

NOTICE OF DECISION

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, has considered an application under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to alter a building and/or structure on a Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 221 Sterling Road (including active entrance addresses at 225 and 227 Sterling Road).  

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Toronto on May 10, 11 and 12, 2023,  has considered an application under Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act to demolish or remove or permit the demolition or removal of a heritage attribute of the Property designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the Property municipally known as 221 Sterling Road (including active entrance addresses at 225 and 227 Sterling Road).

The decision of City Council, among other matters, regarding the application under the Ontario Heritage Act is as follows:

1.  City Council approve:

a.  The alterations to the designated heritage property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new residential building that includes three towers, in conjunction with an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, comprised of the plans and drawings prepared by Turner Fleisher Architects Inc., and dated February 1, 2023, submitted with the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 10, 2023, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out in Recommendation 2 below.

b.  The removal of the heritage attributes from the designated heritage property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), in accordance with Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a new residential building that includes three towers, in conjunction with an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, comprised of the plans and drawings prepared by Turner Fleisher Architects Inc., and dated February 1, 2023, submitted with the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 10, 2023, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the conditions as set out in Recommendation 2 below.

2.  City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road) under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of heritage attributes, of the designated heritage property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), under Part IV, Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions:

a.  Prior to issuance of an OLT order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision appeals for the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), the owner shall:

1.  Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by Turner Fleisher Architects Inc. and dated February 1, 2023, submitted with the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects dated February 10, 2023, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

2.  Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 10, 2023, and details all future conservation efforts as part of this application, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

3.  Withdraw the appeal of the heritage designation by-law 1130-2022 at the Ontario Land Tribunal (Case OLT-22-004437).

b.  Prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), the owner shall:

1.  Provide final site plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

2.  Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

3.  Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

4.  Submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

5.  Submit a Landscape Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

c.  That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall:

1.  Obtain final approval for the necessary by-law amendments required for the alterations to the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road), such amendments to have been enacted by City Council in connection with an Ontario Land Tribunal Order and to have come into effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council as determined by the Chief Planner, City Planning in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

2.  Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

3.  Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan, Landscape Plan, and Interpretation Plan.

d.  That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 2.c.3. above the owner shall:

1.  Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Landscape Plan, and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

2.  Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3.  City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road) in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 221 Sterling Road (including active entrances at 225 and 227 Sterling Road).

IF YOU WISH TO APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO LAND TRIBUNAL:

Notice of an appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to alter, erect, demolish or remove a building and/or structure on the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention: Administrator, Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: hertpb@toronto.ca within thirty days of May 16, 2023, which is June 15, 2023.

A Notice of Objection of the decision of City Council on the application to alter the Property under section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)       set out the reasons for the objection to the decision; and

(2)       set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision.

A Notice of Appeal of the decision of City Council on the application to demolish or remove a building and/or structure on the Property under section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act must:

(1)          set out the reasons for the objection to the decision;

(2)          set out the reasons in support of the objection to the decision; and

(3)          be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Land Tribunal Act, 2021, in the amount of $1,100 for each appeal payable by certified cheque or money order to the Minister of Finance, Province of Ontario.

If you wish to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) or request a fee reduction for an appeal, forms are available from the Ontario Land Tribunal website at https://olt.gov.on.ca/appeals-process/forms.

Who Can File An Appeal:

Only the owner of the Property may appeal the decision of Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and only where City Council has consented to an application to alter a property with certain terms or conditions, or refuses the application to alter a property.

Getting Additional Information:

Further information in respect of the Decision of Council of the City of Toronto on the matter is available from the City of Toronto at:

https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.CC6.4 

DEEMED WITHDRAWAL OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY

TAKE NOTICE that as Council for the City of Toronto did not pass the designating by-law, the notice of intention designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon, known municipally as1117 Queen Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest is deemed withdrawn in accordance with subsection 29(9) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended.

Notice is hereby given that Toronto and East York Community Council proposes to pass a by-law to realign the boundary of Permit Parking area "5E" to exclude development at 208 Bloor Street West.  

The meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council will be held on May 24, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., or shortly afterwards and will meet by video conference and in person in Committee Room 2, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West.

Any objections regarding this proposal should be set out in writing and forwarded to the City Clerk, Attention: Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, City of Toronto, Secretariat Division, City Hall, 100 Queen Street W, 2nd floor west tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2, or by E-mail: teycc@toronto.ca. 

If you wish to make a presentation to the Community Council regarding this proposal, please phone 416-392-7033 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca by 12:00 p.m. on May 23, 2023, so that we can include your name on the list of speakers and provide you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

Special Assistance for Members of the Public: City staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-7033, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca.

Notice to People Writing or Making Presentations to the Toronto and East York Community Council: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 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 and Boards.

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.

Many Committee Board, and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.

If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5H 2N2 or call 416-392-7033.

CITY OF TORONTO ACT, 2006 - PUBLIC NOTICE

NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA

To consider a proposal to name a proposed private street at 3450 Dufferin Street as “York Heights Terrace".

The plan showing the lands to be affected may be seen on the North York Community Council agenda online at toronto.ca/council. The North York Community Council will hear in person or by his or her counsel, agent or solicitor, any person who claims that his or her lands will be prejudicially affected by the naming and who applies to be heard with respect to the proposed naming.

Special Assistance for Members of the Public: City staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-4666, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail nycc@toronto.ca.

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the North York Community Council: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 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.

Many Committee, Board, and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.

To obtain additional information, submit comments or address the North York Community Council meeting on May 16, 2023, please contact the following City official no later than 4:30 p.m. on May 15, 2023.

Mr. Matthew Green

Administrator, North York Community Council

City Clerk’s Office

Toronto City Hall

100 Queen Street West

Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

Telephone: 416-392-4666; Fax: 416-392-1879

E-mail: nycc@toronto.ca 

Location of Application: 555 Davenport Road
Applicant: 555 Davenport Road Holdings Ltd.
 
Date: May 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The application proposes to amend the Official Plan to redesignate the lands at 555 Davenport Road from Institutional Areas to Apartment Neighbourhoods, and to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 and Zoning By-law 438-86 to permit a 30.5 metre (including mechanical penthouse) residential building, with a maximum gross floor area of 12,000 square metres.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material, including the proposed Official Plan Amendment, may be obtained by contacting Catherine Jung, Planner at 416-338-3735, or by e-mail at Catherine.Jung@toronto.ca.

Further information can be found at: www.toronto.ca/555DavenportRd.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Toronto and East York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application. 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 teycc@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 Toronto and East York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the Toronto and East York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to teycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-7033, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 23, 2023. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Toronto and East York Community Council 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: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor,  West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-7033, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: teycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-7033, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the proposed Official Plan Amendment and/or passing or refusal of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention:  Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body 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 or refused and the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

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.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

Location of Application: 124 Bedford Road
Applicant: Weston Consulting 
 
Date: May 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The application proposes to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 at 124 Bedford Road to allow an office to occupy the entire 2 ½-storey building. The maximum floor space index will be 0.87 times the area of the lot (Gross floor area of 571 square metres) and three vehicular parking spaces will be provided at the rear of the lot.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Tiffany Ly at 416-338-4788, or by e-mail at Tiffany.Ly@toronto.ca.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Toronto and East York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application. 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 teycc@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 Toronto and East York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the Toronto and East York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to teycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-7033, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 23, 2023. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Toronto and East York Community Council 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: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor,  West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-7033, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: teycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-7033, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the passing or refusal of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

Zoning By-law Amendments Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

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.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

Location of Application: 31-37 Gladstone Avenue
Applicant: Galbraith & Associates Inc.
 
Date: May 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The applications to amend the Zoning By-law proposes to construct a new 6-storey residential building containing 28 units and 21 parking spaces for the property at 31-37 Gladstone Avenue.

Detailed information regarding the proposal, including background information and material may be obtained by contacting Patrick Miller, Planner, Community Planning at 416-338-3002, or by e-mail at Patrick.Miller@toronto.ca.

Further information can be found at http://app.toronto.ca/AIC/index.do?folderRsn=icF7kE9169gG%2BDUriMBC8w%3D%3D.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Toronto and East York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application. 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 teycc@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 Toronto and East York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the Toronto and East York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to teycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-7033, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 23, 2023. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Toronto and East York Community Council 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: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor,  West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-7033, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: teycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-7033, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the passing or refusal of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

Zoning By-law Amendments Appeal: If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Toronto before the Zoning By-law Amendment is passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

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.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.

Location of Application: 3239-3251 Dundas Street West
Applicant: Gairloch Developments
 
 
Date: May 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter
Place: Committee Room 1, Toronto City Hall and by Video Conference
 

PROPOSAL

The application proposes to demolish the existing buildings at 3239-3251 Dundas Street West, which currently contain 2 rental dwelling units and 7 owner-occupied dwellings. A related Zoning By-law Amendment application proposes an 8-storey mixed-use building having a non-residential gross floor area of 219 square metres, and a residential gross floor area of 7982 square metres. 88 residential dwelling units and 71 parking spaces are proposed.

A Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application (21 247134 STE 04 RH) under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) has been submitted to permit the demolition. Under the City of Toronto Act, 2006, the demolition of a rental property with six or more dwelling units is prohibited without obtaining a permit from the City. Decisions by City Council on the rental housing demolition application are not subject to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT).

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Detailed information regarding the demolition proposal, including background information and materials, may be obtained by contacting Andrew Cohrs, Planner, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis (Housing) at 416-392-4730, Andrew.Cohrs@toronto.ca.

PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING

Toronto and East York Community Council will receive input and review the proposal and any other material placed before it, in order to make recommendations on the application. 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 teycc@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 Toronto and East York Community Council, in person, by video conference or by telephone, to make your views known regarding the proposal.

If you wish to address the Toronto and East York Community Council directly, please register by e-mail to teycc@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-392-7033, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 23, 2023. If you register, we will contact you with instructions on how to participate in the meeting.

The Toronto and East York Community Council 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: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, 100 Queen Street West, 2nd Floor,  West Tower, Toronto ON M5H 2N2, Phone: 416-392-7033, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: teycc@toronto.ca.

Special Assistance: City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice.  If you need special assistance, please call 416-392-7033, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail teycc@toronto.ca. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you wish to be notified of the decision on the proposed demolition, you must make a written request to the City Clerk attention: Cathrine Regan, Administrator, Toronto and East York Community Council, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.

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.

Many Committee, Board and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this collection to City Clerk’s Office at the telephone number or email address set out above.

An online version of this Notice is available at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/.

Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you receiving duplicate notices.