Hearing - Closing of the Portion of Eastern Avenue -
Linking Queen Street East and the Eastern Avenue/
Kingston Road Extension and the Public Lane -
1641 Queen Street East (East Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that:
(1)a by-law in the form of the draft by-law be enacted, and that the necessary Bills be introduced in Council to give
effect thereto; and
(2)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services maintain access to the driveway at 1631 Queen Street East
and side access to 1641 Queen Street East by way of Queen Street East.
The Toronto Community Council reports, for the information of Council, that pursuant to Clause 43, Contained in Report
No. 10 of The Toronto Community Council headed "Proposed Closing of the Portion of Eastern Avenue Linking Queen
Street East and the Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road Extension and Public Lane - 1641 Queen Street East (East Toronto)",
which was adopted without amendment by City Council at its Regular Meeting held on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, notice
with respect to the proposed enactment of the draft by-law was advertised in a daily newspaper on October 23, October 28,
November 4 and November 11, 1998, and the following persons appeared before the Toronto Community Council in
connection with the foregoing matter:
-Mr. J. Pitman Patterson, Borden & Elliot obo Campos Holdings Ltd.; and
-Mr. John Pitcher, Solicitor.
The Toronto Community Council submits the following draft by-law:
Authority:Toronto Community Council
Report No. ( ), as adopted
November 25, 1998.
CITY OF TORONTO
Bill No.
BY-LAW No. -1998
To stop up and close parts of the public highways Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue and the public lane south
of Queen Street East extending westerly from Eastern Avenue
WHEREAS by Clause of Toronto Community Council Report No. , adopted by Council at its meeting held on November
25, 1998, it is recommended that parts of the public highways Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue and the public lane
south of Queen Street East extending westerly from Eastern Avenue be stopped up and closed as public highways;
AND WHEREAS notice of Council's intention to stop up and close the said parts of Queen Street East and Eastern
Avenue and the said public lane was advertised in a daily newspaper on .
The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:
1.Parts of the public highways Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue and the public lane south of Queen Street East
extending westerly from Eastern Avenue, described by W. Kowalenko, Esq., O.L.S., City Surveyor, as follows:
In the City of Toronto and Province of Ontario, being composed of parts of the Public Highways Queen Street East and
Eastern Avenue opened and extended by City of Toronto By-law 1127 (unregistered) and dedicated by City of Toronto
By-law 5347 (21327T) and By-law 16981 (23303ES), part of the said Eastern Avenue being the remainder of Instrument
20896T, being part of Block W on Plan 326-E and parts of Lots 7 and 8, in the Broken Front Concession, in the
Geographic Township of York, and part of the Public Lane on Plan 652-E, designated as PARTS 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12 on
Plan 64R-16041 all of the said Plans being in the Land Registry Office for the Metropolitan Toronto Registry Division
(No. 64)
are hereby stopped up and closed as public highways.
ENACTED AND PASSED this day of , A.D. 1998.
MEL LASTMAN,NOVINA WONG,
MayorCity Clerk
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The Toronto Community Council also submits Clause 43 of Report No. 10 of the Toronto Community Council,
headed "Proposed Closing of the Portion of Eastern Avenue Linking Queen Street East and the Eastern
Avenue/Kingston Road Extension and Public Lane - 1641 Queen Street (East Toronto)":
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(City Council on July 29, 30 and 31, 1998, adopted this Clause, without amendment.)
The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (July8,1998) from the Director,
Infrastructure and Transportation, City Works Services:
Purpose:
To obtain authority for the stopping-up and closing of the portion of Eastern Avenue linking Queen Street East and the
Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road extension, and the public lane at the rear of Premises No. 1641 Queen Street East, as
public highway, in conjunction with the opening of the new portion of Eastern Avenue which will connect directly to
Kingston Road at Queen Street East.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Funds in connection with the statutory processing of the proposal are accommodated in Capital Fund Account No. 296802.
Recommendations:
(1)That the portion of Eastern Avenue and the public lane shown hatched on the attached Plan SYE2891, be stopped-up
and closed as public highway and placed under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Corporate Services;
(2)That easements be reserved as necessary for the Utility Companies, over the entire portion of Eastern Avenue and the
public lane to be closed, for access, operation, use, inspection, repair, maintenance, reconstruction or alteration of the
existing utilities and for the construction of additional or new services;
(3)That the City-owned strip of land, shown cross-hatched on the attached Plan SYE2891, be laid out, dedicated and
declared to form part of Eastern Avenue; and
(4)That the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect to the
foregoing, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that might be required.
Background:
As part of the development of the Woodbine Park subdivision (former Greenwood Racetrack site), a key transportation
component was the acquisition by the City of the necessary lands to extend Eastern Avenue from its present terminus at
Queen Street East in order to eliminate the current jog configuration and form a normalized intersection with Kingston
Road. The former Toronto City Council, at its meeting of September 22 and 23, 1997, authorized the construction of the
Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road extension and the necessary alterations to Kingston Road and Queen Street East to
accommodate the new intersection (Clause 17 in City Services Committee Report No. 11).
The extension of Eastern Avenue to the Queen Street East/Kingston Road intersection is under construction with
completion scheduled for the late summer/early fall of this year. At the time the new route is opened, the existing link to
Queen Street East as shown schematically on the attached Plan SYE2891, will become largely redundant and can be
closed to eliminate the jog condition. A dead-end lane midway between Queen Street East and Eastern Avenue with access
only to this section of Eastern Avenue should also be closed.
Comments:
Works staff have received a request from Councillor Tom Jakobek to initiate the formal process to stop-up and close the
portion of Eastern Avenue linking Queen Street East and the Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road extension, and conclude that
the proposal is feasible. This existing portion of Eastern Avenue and the public lane, shown on the attached Plan
SYE2891, although closed as public highway, should remain under City ownership at this time.
The entire portion of Eastern Avenue and the public lane to be closed, will be subject to easements in favour of various
Utility companies. Due to time constraints associated with meeting the deadline for the City Council meeting of July 29,
1998, it has not been possible to establish specific utility requirements, however, the usual Departmental circulation will
be carried out and the necessary information obtained over the next few weeks.
I note that two properties take access from this portion of Eastern Avenue and more particularly, the public lane also
proposed to be closed, which on the ground is not well defined and appears to be a portion of the paved parking area. The
owners/operators of the properties, which comprise a Harvey's Restaurant and a City Community and Neighbourhood
Services Department site will be advised. Although both properties currently have alternate access, these discussions may
identify other access adjustments or requirements that can be reported if necessary to the meeting of Toronto Community
Council when deputations are heard.
Notice of the proposed street closing will be given pursuant to the screening process set out in Schedule "B" of the Class
Environmental Assessment for Municipal Road Projects under the Environmental Assessment Act.
On a related matter, the new Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road extension was laid out and dedicated by Registered Plan
66M-2311. However, a City-owned strip of land, shown cross-hatched on the attached Plan SYE2891, must also be laid
out and dedicated to form part of the Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road alignment.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Laurie Robertson, Project Technician - Street and Lane Closings (392-7711)
Insert Table/Map No. 1
Eastern Avenue/Kingston Road