Official Plan and Zoning Amendment Application
UDOZ-95-21 - Dangreen Properties Inc. -
Northeast Corner of Bayview Avenue and
Sheppard Avenue East - Seneca Heights
The North York Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (October 26, 1998) from
the Director, Community Planning, North District, with the following amendments:
(1)Principle (a) be amended to read:
"Intensification of this block to facilitate the proposed massing concept as detailed in Schedule "C" to the staff
report dated July 8, 1998, should be a municipal objective";
(2)Principle (i) be amended to read:
"Intensification of the Orlando site should take place in the current F.S.I. of 1.0 to 1.5.";
(3)Principle (j) be amended to read:
"A minimum of 1.5 m2 of private indoor recreational space per residential dwelling unit and a minimum of 1.5 m2
of private outdoor recreational space per residential dwelling unit should be provided by the new development.";
and
(4)Principle (z) be numbered as (aa) and a new Principle (z) be added as follows:
"(z)Dangreen and Orlando should undertake a joint parking demand study based upon the full built out
development concept for the block.":
Purpose:
The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the community meeting held on October 7, 1998 on the Preliminary
Evaluation Report (Schedule "A"), considered by Community Council at its July 22, 1998 meeting. The report, dated July
8, 1998, was referred back to staff to be brought forward after further consultation with the community in conjunction
with the local Councillors.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the principles of development from the staff report dated July 8, 1998, as modified in the attached
Appendix "A" to this report, be adopted.
Background:
At the July 22, 1998 meeting, Community Council considered a Preliminary Evaluation Report which established
principles of development for an evaluation of an application filed by Dangreen Properties Inc. and within the context of a
comprehensive development concept for the Bayview Village Shopping Centre Block. Community Council recommended
that further community consultation on this report occur in conjunction with the local Councillors. After this consultation,
the principles of development for Dangreen properties were to be brought back to Community Council for endorsement.
This will allow the continued processing of the application in keeping with established principles.
Discussion:
A community meeting was convened on October 7, 1998. At that meeting, concerns were expressed about the proposed
development by residents in the area and a tenant of the Bayview Village Shopping Centre. A summary of the comments
and concerns raised at this meeting are included as Appendix "B".
The principles of development for this block will address issues raised at the meeting. Others, such as the impact of the
proposed Dangreen building on the Teagarden Court residents (shadowing, privacy, other development interests in the
area and the signalization for the TTC bus loop) and the impact on existing commercial uses at the Bayview Village
Shopping Centre, will be considered as part of staff's evaluation of the application. To this end, a new principle of
development has been included which addresses urban design related concerns of the residents on Teagarden Court.
One of the principles recommended in the July 8, 1998 report considered by Community Council was that based on an
appropriate parking demand analysis, reduced parking requirements should be supported. The applicant advised at the
community meeting that their intention is to provide the full parking requirements as described in By-law 7625 and this
development principle has been deleted.
Conclusions:
The concerns raised by the residents at the meeting will be considered by staff in their evaluation of development on this
block. Development of the northeast corner of Bayview Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East and on the Bayview Village
Shopping Centre site should proceed on the basis of the comprehensive block development concept and principles of
development from the July 8, 1998 report as modified in the attached Appendix "A" to this report.
Contact Name:
Ruth Lambe, Senior Planner
Telephone: (416) 395-7110
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(A copy of the Appendices referred to in the foregoing report is on file in the office of the City Clerk, North York Civic
Centre.)
