| 140405 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | POSTPONE | N | 499 Briar Hill Avenue - Request for a Fence Exemption to the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 | 2025.NY24.1 | DELEG | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report concerns a matter for which the North York Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this report is to advise Community Council concerning an application by the property owner of 499 Briar Hill Avenue for a site-specific Fence Exemption, pursuant to Section 447-1.5(B) of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 - Fences. The property owner is seeking Community Council’s permission to maintain the follow:</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. A gate on the second story deck in the rear of the property that will not comply with the standards stipulated by Section 447-1.3(D)(1). This gate is made from tempered glass and measured at 1.06 metres in height.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2. An enclosure from the walkout basement that will not comply with the standards stipulated by section 447-1.3 (E) (1) (b). This enclosure is not located more than one metre away to any external condition that may facilitate climbing.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A Notice of Violation was issued to the property owners on December 6, 2024. The property owner has implemented alternative safety measures, including an enclosure constructed from marine-grade mesh vinyl material. This enclosure, measuring 1.2 metres in height, surrounds the east and south sides of the pool. Additionally, a pool cover, made from heavy-duty vinyl composite, has been installed, covering an area of 26.7 square meters. However, both measures do not comply with the requirements outlined in the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 - Fences.</p> | 24 | 1 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence | N | … | Report | ACTION | Deferred | Main | Delegated | Public Notice Given | Community Council | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | ACTION | true | Deferred | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 140789 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | Y | 1350 Sheppard Avenue West - Zoning Amendment Application - Decision Report - Approval | 2025.NY24.2 | — | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This application proposes to amend site-specific Zoning By-law 1082-2022 that was enacted by Council on July 22, 2022 for the William Baker / Arbo District Phase 1. The proposed amendments to the by-law include an increase of the maximum unit count from 1,400 units to 1,700 units, and a reduction in the minimum size of 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units, as well as several technical amendments to Schedule A of site specific Zoning By-law 1082-2022. The application does not propose any change to maximum total gross floor area, minimum non-residential gross floor area, parking, bicycle parking, loading, setbacks or height. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Zoning By-law 1082-2022 secured housing equal to the greater of 220 units or at least 20 percent of the total residential units would be delivered as affordable units. Of these, at least 50 percent will be provided as affordable rental housing units. The proposed increase in the number of total residential units will result in a net increase in affordable housing units, with up to 340 affordable units being provided in total.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The application also proposes to lift the holding provision from Zoning By-law 1082-2022. The approval of the by-law to remove the holding provision is subject to delegated approval.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>An update to the Urban and Architectural Guidelines was required as part of the Holding Provision for By-law 1082-2022. These urban design guidelines have been updated and staff recommends that Council endorse the guidelines.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The application is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2024) and conforms to the City's Official Plan and the Downsview Secondary Plan.</p>
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<p>This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.</p> |
| 140964 | REPORT | N | N | SUPPL | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | 1350 Sheppard Avenue West - Zoning Amendment Application - Supplementary Report | 2025.NY24.2a | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>On May 20, 2025, Staff submitted a report (NY24.2) to North York Community Council titled 1350 Sheppard Avenue West – Zoning Amendment Application – Decision Report – Approval which recommends that Council approve the application to amend Zoning By-law 1082-2022. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Since the writing of this report, there have been further discussions with the land owner and the Downsview Lands Community Voice Association. This report provides further information on two separate matters relating to the pedestrian bridge and the vision for a senior’s village.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report deletes original Recommendation Number 4. d. and replaces it with new recommendations as set out in this report. It also replaces Attachment Number 3 in Recommendation Number 2 in the original report. This report also provides information with regards to the existing planning and regulatory framework for which a senior’s village is permitted.</p> | 24 | 2 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 6 - York Centre | N | … | Report | ACTION | No Action | Supplementary |
| 140694 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | 690-720 Sheppard Avenue East Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications - Appeal Report | 2025.NY24.3 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications were submitted and deemed complete as of March 8, 2024, to construct 32-storey (100.65 metres) and 28-storey (92.25 metres) mixed-use buildings (705 units) with 8-storey podiums. The proposed total gross floor area is 54,700 square metres (7.28 Floor Space Index), with the residential gross floor area occupying 54,512 square metres and the non-residential gross floor area (4 retail units) occupying 1,221 square metres. The application includes the proposed demolition of 15 rental dwelling units, and a related submitted Rental Housing Demolition application.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On February 24, 2025, the applicant appealed the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the Ontario Land Tribunal ("OLT") citing Council's failure to make a decision within the timeframes specified in the Planning Act.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This report recommends that City Council instruct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing along with the appropriate City staff to oppose the proposal in its current form and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve the outstanding issues.</p> | 24 | 3 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 17 - Don Valley North | N | … | Report |
| 140691 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | WO_RECS | Y | 221-237 Finch Avenue West and 43 Finchurst Drive Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications - Decision Report - Approval | 2025.NY24.4 | — | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This Report recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law, with a Holding provision (H) to permit the development of an 11-storey building with a height of 36.0 metres, and a 5.0-metre mechanical penthouse, for a total of 41 metres at 221, 223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 235 and 237 Finch Avenue West and 43 Finchurst Drive.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The ground floor features retail and live-work units along Finch Avenue West, and the floors above contain residential units. The development is comprised of 578 dwelling units (including 13 live-work), 519 square metres of retail space, and 2,568 square metres of residential amenity space.</p> | 24 | 4 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 18 - Willowdale | N | … | Report | ACTION | Without Recs | Main | — | Public Notice Given | Community Council |
| 140787 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | 234 Sheppard Avenue West and 223 Harlandale Avenue - Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment - Decision Report - Appeal | 2025.NY24.5 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends refusal of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit the development of a 4-storey residential condominium building with 15 units fronting onto Harlandale Avenue, and an 11-storey mixed-use building with 43 rental residential units and 136 square metres of retail at-grade fronting onto Sheppard Avenue West. The total gross floor area of both buildings would be 3,784 square metres, resulting in a density of 3.45 times the combined area of the lots. The 11-storey building fronting onto Sheppard Avenue West has a gross floor area of 2,783 square metres, resulting in a density of 5 times the lot area.</p>
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<p>The buildings are connected through a one level of below-grade parking, providing 15 parking spaces, including 6 visitor spaces. Shared driveway access to the site is proposed from Senlac Road, leading to two at-grade pick-up and drop-off spaces located at rear of the 11-storey building.</p>
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<p>Staff are of the opinion that the proposed scale and massing of the 11-storey building is inappropriate for the subject site, and represents an overdevelopment of the site that is not appropriate for the local context and does not implement the vision for the Sheppard Avenue West corridor in the Sheppard Lansing area. Staff are of the opinion that the proposed development is not consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement (2024). The proposed development does not represent good planning and fails to conform to the City's Official Plan and does not meet the intent of key performance standards recommended by the Mid-rise Building Design Guidelines.</p> | 24 | 5 |
| 140962 | REPORT | N | N | SUPPL | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | 234 Sheppard Avenue West and 223 Harlandale Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment - Supplementary Report | 2025.NY24.5a | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>On November 15, 2024, the City received a Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment application for an 11-storey mixed use building (37.20 metres in height including mechanical penthouse) and a 4-storey residential building (15.45 metres in height including mechanical penthouse) at 234 Sheppard Avenue West and 223 Harlandale Avenue.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On May 20, 2025, Staff submitted a report to North York Community Council titled 234 Sheppard Avenue West and 223 Harlandale Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment, Official Plan Amendment - Decision Report - Refusal (“the report”) which recommends that Council refuse the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>On June 2, 2025, the applicant appealed the applications to the Ontario Land Tribunal (the “OLT”) due to Council not making a decision within the statutorily prescribed time frame in the Planning Act.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As a result of the appeal, this supplementary report replaces the original recommendations with new ones as set out in this report. Consistent with the Refusal Report dated May 20, 2025, and for the reasons stated in that report, staff continue to now recommend City Council oppose the application in its current form and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues and direct the City Solicitor with the appropriate City staff attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to oppose the appeals.</p> | 24 | 5 | CCOUNCIL |
| 140684 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | 5576 Yonge Street - Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment - Decision Report - Refusal | 2025.NY24.6 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This Report recommends refusal of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit two mixed use buildings with heights of 35-storeys and 25-storeys with a total of 608 dwelling units and 507 square metres of retail floor area at 5576 Yonge Street. The application would require relocation of an existing City Sanitary sewer which runs through the centre of the site in a subsurface easement. The application does not address this servicing issue and proposes buildings which exceed the contemplated height and density in the North York Centre Secondary Plan. The proposed buildings also do not provide sufficient separation to the properties to the north and would negatively impact the ability of the entire block to be developed comprehensively in the future.</p> | 24 | 6 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 18 - Willowdale | N | … | Report | ACTION | Adopted | Main | — | — |
| 140411 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | 78 Burncrest Drive - Request for a Fence Exemption to the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 | 2025.NY24.7 | DELEG | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report concerns a matter for which the North York Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The purpose of this report is to inform Community Council of an application submitted by the property owner of 78 Burncrest Drive for a site-specific fence exemption under Section 447-1.5(B) of the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 447 - Fences.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property owner is requesting permission to construct the following:</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. A rear-yard fence constructed of pressure-treated wood, extending the full width of the rear property line. The proposed fence would have a total height of 3.66 metres, consisting of a 3.05-metre solid wood base topped with 0.61 metres of decorative lattice.</p>
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<p>This proposal does not comply with the maximum height limitations of 2 metres set out in Section 447-1.2(B)(1) of the Municipal Code.</p> | 24 | 7 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence | N | … | Report | ACTION | Amended |
| 140410 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | POSTPONE | N | 369 Soudan Avenue - Application for Fence Exemption | 2025.NY24.8 | DELEG | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>The Applicant for 369 Soudan Avenue has requested North York Community Council to exempt their property from the following by-law requirements:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 447-1.2B(1) and Chapter 447-1.2C(1)</p>
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<p>B. Fence height.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. No fence described in the following Table shall, when measured at any point along its length from the average grade level measured perpendicular to and one meter away on either side of the fence, exceed the height set out in the Table for the fence.</p>
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<p style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; vertical-align: baseline;">Fence on non-residential property</p>
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<p style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; vertical-align: baseline;">Hedge, shrub, or other vegetation that acts as fence</p>
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<p style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; vertical-align: baseline;">1</p>
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<p style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; vertical-align: baseline;">Fence in a front yard;</p>
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<p style="text-autospace: ideograph-numeric ideograph-other; vertical-align: baseline;">and within 2.4 metres of a lot line abutting a public highway (public highway does not include a public lane)</p>
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<p>C. Open-fence construction required.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1. Any fence within 2.4 meters of any driveway shall be an open mesh chain-link fence or of an equivalent open-fence construction for at least 2.4 meters from the lot line at which the driveway begins so as not to obstruct the view of the Boulevard or highway</p>
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<p>The Applicant for 369 Soudan Avenue. is requesting an exemption for their;</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Existing cedar hedges, that acts as a fence.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Average height: 2 metres.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- Blocking the sightline of the boulevard resulting in reduced visibility for vehicles exiting the subject property.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">- 6 cedar trees, on private portion, are within 2.4 meters of the boulevard and therefore subject to 447-1.2B(1) and Chapter 447-1.2C(1).</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Municipal Licensing and Standards Division has inspected the subject property and issued a notice of violation of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 447-1.2B(1) and Chapter 447-1.2C(1). A referral was made to Transportation Services division of the City of Toronto to inspect the publicly owned and privately assumed, transportation right-of-way boulevard.</p> |
| 140637 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | 36 Green Valley Road - Inclusion on the Heritage Register | 2025.NY24.9 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends that City Council include 36 Green Valley Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value and interest according to the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 36 Green Valley Road is located in the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills neighbourhood on the east side of Green Valley Road where it terminates at the northern boundary of the Rosedale Golf Club. It contains a one-storey detached, Mid-Century Modern house-form building. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property are found in Attachment 2.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property at 36 Green Valley Road was constructed in 1960 as the family home of Rosalie Wise Sharp and Isadore Sharp, the founder of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The house was designed by prominent architect Peter Dickinson, whose portfolio includes Meridian Hall, formerly the O’Keefe Centre (1 Front Street East), 111 Richmond Street, The Benvenuto Apartments (1 Benvenuto Place), and the Queen Elizabeth Building at the Canadian National Exhibition (2 Strachan Avenue), which are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Peter Dickinson also designed the Four Seasons Motor Hotel (415 Jarvis Street) and the Inn on the Park (both demolished) that launched Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The property at 36 Green Valley Road is the only surviving house designed by Peter Dickinson in Toronto.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property has been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meets one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and is believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest that merits inclusion on the City’s Heritage Register.<br /> </p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties.</p> |
| 140656 | LETTER | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | 36 Green Valley Road - Inclusion on the Heritage Register | 2025.NY24.9a | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on May 14, 2025 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PB31.2">PB31.2</a> and made recommendations to City Council.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Summary from the report (May 12, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:<br /> </p>
<p>This report recommends that City Council include 36 Green Valley Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value and interest according to the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 36 Green Valley Road is located in the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills neighbourhood on the east side of Green Valley Road where it terminates at the northern boundary of the Rosedale Golf Club. It contains a one-storey detached, Mid-Century Modern house-form building. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property are found in Attachment 2.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property at 36 Green Valley Road was constructed in 1960 as the family home of Rosalie Wise Sharp and Isadore Sharp, the founder of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The house was designed by prominent architect Peter Dickinson, whose portfolio includes Meridian Hall, formerly the O’Keefe Centre (1 Front Street East), 111 Richmond Street, The Benvenuto Apartments (1 Benvenuto Place), and the Queen Elizabeth Building at the Canadian National Exhibition (2 Strachan Avenue), which are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Peter Dickinson also designed the Four Seasons Motor Hotel (415 Jarvis Street) and the Inn on the Park (both demolished) that launched Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. The property at 36 Green Valley Road is the only surviving house designed by Peter Dickinson in Toronto.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property has been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meets one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest and is believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest that merits inclusion on the City’s Heritage Register.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties.</p> |
| 140639 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | 2255 Sheppard Avenue East - Inclusion on the Heritage Register | 2025.NY24.10 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This report recommends that City Council include 2255 Sheppard Avenue East on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value and interest according to the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 2255 Sheppard Avenue East is located on the on the south side of Sheppard Avenue East between Consumers Road and Victoria Park Avenue in the Henry Farm neighbourhood. It contains a four-storey, late-modernist commercial office building. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property at 2255 Sheppard Avenue East was constructed in 1978 for the Marathon Realto Company, to the design of prominent Canadian architect Ronald Thom, whose designs include Massey College at the University of Toronto and renovations to the Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street), both of which are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Thom also gained national recognition for his design of Trent University.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property recommended for inclusion on the City’s Heritage Register has been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meets one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and / or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed properties.</p> |
| 140896 | LETTER | N | N | SUPPL | ACTION | NO_ACTN | N | 2255 Sheppard Avenue East - Inclusion on the Heritage Register | 2025.NY24.10a | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>At its meeting on May 27, 2025 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.PB32.2">PB32.2</a> and made recommendations to City Council.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Summary from the report (May 12, 2025) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:</p>
<p> <br />This report recommends that City Council include 2255 Sheppard Avenue East on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value and interest according to the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The subject property at 2255 Sheppard Avenue East is located on the on the south side of Sheppard Avenue East between Consumers Road and Victoria Park Avenue in the Henry Farm neighbourhood. It contains a four-storey, late-modernist commercial office building. A location map and current photograph of the heritage property is found in Attachment 1.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The property at 2255 Sheppard Avenue East was constructed in 1978 for the Marathon Realty Company, to the design of prominent Canadian architect Ronald Thom, whose designs include Massey College at the University of Toronto and renovations to the Alumnae Theatre (70 Berkeley Street), both of which are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Thom also gained national recognition for his design of Trent University.</p>
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<p>The property recommended for inclusion on the City’s Heritage Register has been researched and evaluated by staff using the criteria prescribed in Ontario Regulation 9/06 and meets one or more of the provincial criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest.</p>
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<p>On January 1, 2023, amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act (the Act) through the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) came into effect. Under the Act, as amended, a municipal heritage register may include properties that have not been designated but Council believes to be of “cultural heritage value or interest", and that meet one or more of the provincial criteria for determining whether they are of cultural heritage value or interest. The Act now also limits listing to a period of two years.</p>
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<p>As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application, properties must be listed on the heritage register prior to Part IV designation and before the occurrence of a prescribed event. A prescribed event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. </p>
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<p>The listing of non-designated properties on the municipal heritage register under the Act also extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Act should a development or demolition application be submitted.</p>
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<p>Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies. Heritage Impact Assessments are required for development applications that affect listed properties.</p> |
| 140379 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | 805, 807, 811, and 813 Glencairn Avenue - Residential Demolition Application | 2025.NY24.11 | DELEG | PBNTGVN | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report is about a matter for which Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.</p>
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<p>In accordance with Section 33 of the Planning Act and the former City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 363, Article 6 “Demolition Control”, the applications for the demolition of six single family dwellings at 805, 807, 811, and 813 Glencairn Avenue is being referred to the North York Community Council to consider as a building permit has not been issued for a replacement building.</p>
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<p>North York Community Council may impose conditions, if any, to be attached to the demolition permit.</p> | 24 | 11 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence | N | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | Delegated | Public Notice Given | Community Council |
| 140664 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | AMENDED | N | 911X Castlefield Avenue - Request to Demolish the Non-Residential Building | 2025.NY24.12 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report is about a matter which must be referred to City Council for consideration and decision.</p>
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<p>This property is located in the former City of York and in accordance with By-law Number 3102-95 of the former City of York, this demolition permit application is submitted to City Council for consideration and decision to grant or grant with conditions, approval of the demolition permit application, including the requirement for the owner to enter into a beautification agreement prior to the issuance of the demolition permit.</p> | 24 | 12 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence | N | … | Report | ACTION | Amended | Main | — | — | Community Council | … | … |
| 140378 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | 12 Concorde Place - Designation of Fire Routes and Amendment to Chapter 880 - Fire Routes | 2025.NY24.13 | DELEG | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>To obtain North York Community Council approval for the amendment of the Fire Route By-law to designate certain locations as fire routes within the meaning of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 880, as amended.</p>
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<p>Fire Services uses designated fire routes as a key mechanism in regulating fire prevention, including the prevention of spreading of fires and the delivery of fire protection services.</p> | 24 | 13 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 16 - Don Valley East | N | … | Report | ACTION | Adopted | Main | Delegated | — | Community Council | … | … | … |
| 140680 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Carmichael Avenue - Traffic Calming (Speed Humps) | 2025.NY24.14 | DELEG | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.</p>
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<p>Transportation Services is recommending the installation of speed humps on Carmichael Avenue, between Kelso Avenue and Avenue Road. Staff's assessment indicates the criteria as set out in the updated Traffic Calming Policy has been satisfied. Therefore, speed humps should be installed on Carmichael Avenue.</p> | 24 | 14 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence | N | … | Report | ACTION | Adopted | Main | Delegated | — | Community Council | … | … | … |
| 140667 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Lawrence Park Transportation Plan | 2025.NY24.15 | DELEG | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this report is to conclude the Lawrence Park Transportation Plan, a study intended to inform the detailed design phase and implementation phases of the Lawrence Park Neighbourhood Investigation of Basement Flooding (Area 20) and Road Improvement Class Environmental Assessment (EA); make interim road improvements in advance of the Environmental Assessment implementation; and make road improvements that are independent of the Environmental Assessment implementation.</p>
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<p>The Lawrence Park Transportation Plan was initiated in response to a request of North York Community Council in 2019. Since that time the City has established the Neighbourhood Streets Plan program to manage requests of this nature. Full details about the program are available at <a href="http://www.toronto.ca/neighbourhoodstreetsplans">www.toronto.ca/neighbourhoodstreetsplans</a>.</p>
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<p>Proposed changes include the installation of traffic calming measures, intersection realignments, and raised crosswalks. Intersection modifications and raised crosswalks will be advanced by the Environmental Assessment implementation project. Subject to approval from North York Community Council, traffic calming measures will be advanced on the routes indicated on the map in Attachment 19, independent of the Environmental Assessment implementation.</p> | 24 | 15 | CCOUNCIL | NY |
| 140688 | REPORT | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Removal of a Director from the Wilson Village Business Improvement Area Board of Management | 2025.NY24.16 | DELEG | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>North York Community Council has delegated authority to appoint and remove directors from the boards of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) that fall within its geographic boundaries.</p>
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<p>The purpose of this report is to recommend that the North York Community Council remove a director from the Wilson Village Business Improvement Area Board of Management, in accordance with the requirement of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.</p> | 24 | 16 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 6 - York Centre | N | … | Report | ACTION | Adopted | Main | Delegated | — | Community Council | … | … |
| 140837 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Re-opening of Item NY22.17 - Maxome Avenue - Traffic Calming (Speed Humps) | 2025.NY24.17 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Improving traffic safety on Maxome Avenue has been a top priority for my office. Over the past two years, we've heard from many residents raising concerns about traffic flow and road safety and we have taken some initiatives to improve the safety, like installation of All-Way Stop sign at Maxome and Wedgewood / Ruth.</p>
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<p>Following a petition and conducting a community survey, Transportation Services reviewed the stretch of Maxome from Finch to Steeles. City staff recommended installation of 20 speed humps and lowering the speed limit to 30 kilometre. Unfortunately, after the Council approved this plan on April 2nd, we received a new petition opposing them - signed by nearly 200 residents. Given the growing concern, I’ve decided to defer the item for further consultation at the June 4th North York Community Council meeting.</p>
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<p>I’m committed to finding a balanced solution that enhances safety while reflecting the input of the community. To that end, we’ve been working closely with local residents and staff from Transportation Services, and have booked a space for an in-person meeting to collaborate on a resolution together.</p> | 24 | 17 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 18 - Willowdale | N | … | Letter |
| 140889 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Garratt Boulevard - Heavy Truck Prohibition | 2025.NY24.18 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>This motion authorizes City staff to implement a Heavy Truck traffic prohibition on Garratt Boulevard between Wilson Avenue and Gilley Road to maintain safe two-way traffic on Garratt Boulevard. Construction and other industry traffic has been heavy in this area and will only increase in volume as the Downsview lands north of Ancaster are developed. Alternative route for construction traffic is via Dufferin Street, Beffort Road, and Hanover Road. This will keep construction traffic to the outside of the community while providing more efficient access.</p> | 24 | 18 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 6 - York Centre | N | … | Letter | ACTION | Adopted | New | — | — | Community Council | … | … |
| 140894 | LETTER | N | N | NEW | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Amendments to Chapter 918 as it Relates to Applications within Ward 15 | 2025.NY24.19 | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>Many residents of Ward 15, within the specific neighbourhoods of former City of Toronto Wards 22 and 25, have concerns about the current processes for applying for front yard parking. These residents at locations where front yard parking would otherwise be permitted as per the requirements set out in Chapter 918 are rejected solely due to the presence of on-street permit parking, regardless of whether installing a parking pad would result in the loss of an on-street parking space.</p>
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<p>Through discussions with City Staff, I am aware that there have been previous amendments to Chapter 918 that would permit applications to proceed regardless if permit parking is permitted on any given street as long as the approval of the front yard parking pad did not result in the loss of an on-street parking space. I am asking for your support today to approve an identical amendment for the portion of Ward 15 that includes former City of Toronto Ward 25 and the portion of former City of Toronto Ward 22 east of Mount Pleasant Boulevard.</p>
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<p>It is essential to clarify that this exemption would only be applicable if installing the parking pad does not result in the loss of an on-street parking space. Implementing this exemption will address local concerns and promote a more consistent, equitable, and coherent approach to front yard parking. City staff have assisted in drafting these recommendations and have expressed no objections to this approach.</p> | 24 | 19 | CCOUNCIL | NY |
| 140868 | DFTBYLAW | N | N | MAIN | ACTION | ADOPTED | N | Introduction of By-laws | 2025.NY24.20 | DELEG | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | <p>North York Community Council will introduce bills.</p> | 24 | 20 | CCOUNCIL | NY | 6 - York Centre, 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence, 15 - Don Valley West, 16 - Don Valley East, 17 - Don Valley North, 18 - Willowdale | N | — | Draft By-law | ACTION | Adopted | Main | Delegated | — | Community Council | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |