Request for Exemption from Part-Lot Control - Laredo

Construction Inc., 21, 24 Fleeceline Road - File No. Z-2152

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (May 27, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Development, Etobicoke District, subject to the posting of a Letter of Credit, in Trust, or a certified cheque payable to the City, in Trust, prior to June 3, 1998 to be held pending resolution of issues with the Toronto District School Board:

Purpose:

Request for exemption from part-lot control in order to legalize frontyard encroachments for each townhouse within the 152-unit freehold townhouse development at 21, 24 Fleeceline Road.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

City funding is not required. There are no impacts on capital or operating budgets.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that the request for exemption from part-lot control by Laredo Construction Inc. to legalize frontyard encroachments for each townhouse within the 152-unit freehold townhouse development at 21, 24 Fleeceline Road be approved, and that the necessary by-law be prepared by the appropriate staff/authority to be forwarded to Toronto Council.

Background:

On February 24, 1995, Queensland Developments Ltd. submitted an application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Code to permit a 152-unit townhouse project at 21, 24 Fleeceline Road, which was approved by the former Etobicoke Council on September 5, 1995.

On March 8, 1996, Etobicoke Council adopted Official Plan Amendment No. 33-96 redesignating the site from Office to Medium Density Residential, and passed implementing By-law 1996-58, rezoning the site from Class 1 Industrial (I.C1) to Group Area Fourth Density Residential (R4G) to permit the proposed townhouse project.

The Metropolitan Commissioner of Planning granted draft plan of subdivision approval for the 152 lots on September 20, 1996. Site Plan Control Approval was granted by Etobicoke Council on October 6, 1997, and the project is currently under construction.

On April 24, 1998, Laredo Construction Inc. submitted a request to the Urban Development Department, Etobicoke Division for exemption from part-lot control for the townhouse project.

Exhibits Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are photo-reductions of the location map, lot plan and typical reference plan, respectively.

Comments:

The approval of a by-law to lift part-lot control has been requested in order legalize certain minor frontyard encroachments for each of the townhouse units.

The townhouse units are intended to be constructed with the centre line of the common wall coinciding with the lot line so that each owner owns half of the wall; however, due to the fact that the front facades of the townhouse units are staggered, a small exterior portion of the wall projects into abutting lots.

In order to facilitate conveyance, there is a need to recognize these projections as separate parts on a reference plan. In addition, there is also a need to create a separate part around these projections for the purposes of providing maintenance easements (Exhibit No. 3).

The application has been reviewed with Realty Services, Building Standards, Parks and Recreation, Works Department, Toronto Hydro, and the Solicitor for Etobicoke who have no objection to the proposal.

Conclusions:

The requested exemptions are considered appropriate.

Contact Name:

Paulo Stellato MCIP, RPP, Planner - South District, Development and Design

Tel. (416) 394-6004 Fax (416) 394-6063

The Etobicoke Community Council further reports having received the following communication:

(May 22, 1998) from the Toronto District School Board, requesting deferral of the request by Laredo Construction Inc. for exemption from Part-Lot Control pending resolution of a contribution to the Board=s cost of additional school facilities required as a result of the development of 152 townhouses on the site.

The following persons appeared before the Etobicoke Community Council in connection with the foregoing matter:

 -Mr. R. Pyne, on behalf of Laredo Construction Inc.; and

 -Ms. S. Daoust, Toronto District School Board.

(Copies of Exhibit Nos. 1-3, referred to in the foregoing report were forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda of the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of May 27, 1998, and copies thereof are on file in the office of the City Clerk.)