October 23, 1998
To:Scarborough Community Council
From:Ted Tyndorf, MCIP, RPP
Director of Community Planning, East District
Subject:ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION SZ98026
Mondeo Developments Inc.
740 Ellesmere Road
Part of Lots 30 and 31, Concession 2
Dorset Park Community
Scarborough Wexford
Purpose:
Scarborough Council in March 1996 created a new community known as "Mondeo". Phase I of the development,
consisting of townhouses located on the east side of Mondeo Drive, has been completed. The Phase II lands, as shown on
Figure 1, are presently zoned: Single-Family Residential (S), Street Townhouse Residential (ST), Residential/Employment
(RE) and Neighbourhood Commercial (NC). All the zoning categories are subject to a Holding Provision (H).
The applicant is seeking to remove the Holding Provision (H) from the Zoning By-law as it applies to the Phase II lands.
Planning staff are recommending that the Holding Provision (H) be removed from the lands zoned Single-Family
Residential (S) and Street Townhouse Residential (ST), as shown hatched on Figure 1, because the requirement to have
the Subdivision Agreement executed has been fulfilled. This will enable a portion of the second phase of the Mondeo
community to be developed with 85 single-family and 22 semi-detached dwelling units. Removal of the (H) from the
remainder of the lands will be dealt with at a later date, once all the relevant conditions have been satisfied.
Recommendations:
(1)That City Council amend the Dorset Park Community Zoning By-law No. 9508, as amended, to remove the Holding
Provision (H) from the existing Single-Family Residential (S) and Street Townhouse Residential (ST) zoning of the
property on the north side of Ellesmere Road, east of Birchmount Road, to permit the development of 85 single-family
and 22 semi-detached dwelling units.
(2)That City Council authorize such unsubstantive, stylistic or format changes to the Zoning By-law, as may be
necessary, to give effect to this resolution.
Background:
The lands zoned in the second phase of the Mondeo community permit a variety of housing types: single and
semi-detached dwellings, townhouses, and live/work units. A commercial component to service the future population
growth of the immediate area is also permitted.
In order to ensure orderly development of the land, Scarborough Council adopted the zoning permissions subject to a
Holding Provision (H) to ensure that certain conditions be satisfied prior to allowing the removal of the holding provision
from any portion of the subject lands. These conditions include the requirement that the Subdivision Agreement be
executed for all the lands subject to the current zoning categories. Additional conditions, applying only to the
Residential/Employment (RE) and Neighbourhood Commercial (NC) zoning, require the necessary transportation
improvements to be implemented to accommodate the development on this site and the satisfactory resolution of Site Plan
Control applications.
Presently the zoning permits these lands to be developed for industrial uses; specifically- warehousing wholly within an
enclosed building, and for two model homes, until such time as the (H) is removed from the Zoning By-law.
Scarborough Community Council on October 14, 1998 considered a Preliminary Evaluation Report and directed that
Planning staff:
(a)Convene a Public Meeting, targeted for the fourth quarter of 1998, to consider removal of the Holding Provision (H) to
allow development of the single-family and semi-detached dwelling component of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo
Community, and
(b)Target a Public Meeting, for the first quarter of 1999, to consider removing the Holding Provision (H) to allow the
development of the live/work and commercial components of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo Community.
With regard to item a) above, the By-law allows for the removal of the (H) for the single-family and semi-detached
dwellings once the Subdivision Agreement has been executed. Staff have been advised by the Law Department that the
above-mentioned Subdivision Agreement has been executed. There are no other concerns with respect to this application.
The remaining lands subject to the Holding Provision (H), the live/work and neighbourhood commercial components, can
be dealt with by City Council under a separate report once the conditions set out in the Zoning By-law are satisfied. In
addition to the satisfactory execution of the Subdivision Agreement, the applicant is also required to implement any
transportation improvements necessary to accommodate this development. As well, the removal of the (H) is subject to the
review of Site Plan Control applications.
Conclusion:
The Holding Provision (H), as it applies to the lands zoned Single- Family Residential (S) and Street Townhouse
Residential (ST), can now be removed because the Subdivision Agreement has been executed by the Law Department as
stipulated in the Zoning By-law. The lifting of the (H) will allow a portion of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo project to
be developed with 85 single-family and 22 semi-detached dwelling units, thereby providing additional dwelling units to
the City's overall housing stock.
Contact Name:
Bill Kiru, MCIP, RPP
Planner, Community Planning Division
Scarborough Civic Centre
Telephone:(416) 396-7014
Fax: (416) 396-4265
E-mail:kiru@city.scarborough.on.ca
Respectfully submitted,
Ted Tyndorf, MCIP, RPP.
Director of Community Planning, East District
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