Part Lot Control Exemption Application SPl98001

Intracorp Developments (Rouge Hill) Limited

Lawrence Avenue/Port Union Road - Port Union Village

Community - Ward 16 - Scarborough Highland Creek

The Scarborough Community Council recommends adoption of the following report (March 3, 1998) from the Commissioner of Planning and Buildings, Scarborough:

Purpose:

Intracorp Developments (Rouge Hill) Limited is constructing 159 townhouses and

semi-detached units on lands located on the south side of Lawrence Avenue, east of Port Union Road (Figure 1). The subject lots are already established through the registration of the subdivision. This application seeks approval to lift Part Lot Control on 159 lots, thereby allowing the registration of easements for maintenance and encroachment of overhangs.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

(1) Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the following lots on Registered Plan M-2313:

Semi-detached Street Townhouses

Lot No. 70 through 97 and Lot No. 1 through 69 and

Lot No. 126 through 159 Lot No. 98 through 125

(2) the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law shall be repealed one (1) year from the date of the passing of the by-law;

(3) all conveyances which occur after the exemption from Part Lot Control shall be in accordance with the reference plan(s) approved by the Commissioner of Planning and Buildings prior to the plan(s) being deposited in the Land Registry Office; and

(4) that Council authorize any unsubstantive technical, stylistic or format changes to the exemption by-law as may be required to give effect to this resolution.

Comments:

Section 50(7) of The Planning Act, 1990, authorizes the lifting of Part Lot Control on lots within a registered plan. Although the semi-detached and street townhouse lots were established as individual freehold parcels on the registered plan, parts of wall elements and roof structures such as eaves and soffits from one unit will encroach upon the adjacent parcel, depending upon the design and siting of adjacent dwellings. Easements for maintenance purposes are necessary to allow access between adjacent dwellings.

There are no Official Plan or zoning concerns raised by this application.

A plan of subdivision has been registered since November 10, 1997. Two Site Plan Control Agreements have been registered on the title of this property, one for five model homes along Lawrence Avenue and another one covering the remainder of the lots. The latter was registered on January 20, 1998.

The preparation of reference plans for these encroachments and easements, reviewed by the Commissioner of Planning and Buildings prior to registration on title, will ensure municipal monitoring and control and will ensure that the deposited plans reflect Council's approval. A technical circulation has been undertaken with no concerns reported to date. No development agreement is required as a subdivision agreement is already in effect.

Conclusions:

The lifting of Part Lot Control on the subject lands will facilitate the implementation of a highly desirable development already endorsed by Council.

Contact Name:

Alicia I. Bulwik, MCIP, RPP.

Senior Planner, Community Planning Division

Phone: (416) 396-7023

Fax: (416) 396-4265

E-mail: bulwik@city.scarborough.on.ca