January 20, 1999
To:Etobicoke Community Council
From:John W. Thomas, P.Eng., Director, Transportation Services - District 2
Subject:Payment-In-Lieu Of Parking
Bank of Nova Scotia
2930 Bloor Street West
Ward 3 Kingsway-Humber
Purpose:
The subject of this report is to seek Council's approval to exempt the applicant from the
Etobicoke Zoning Code requirement of five additional vehicle parking stalls.
Funding Sources:
Councils' approval of this application will provide the City with a $10,000.00 payment-in-lieu
of parking and a $200.00 application processing fee.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that Council approve the Bank of Nova Scotia's application for a
$10,000.00 payment-in-lieu of parking.
Background:
The applicant owns an existing commercial/residential building located on the north side of
BloorStreetWest, between Wendover Road and Grenview Boulevard North (Attachment No.
1). The site is currently occupied by a 367 mē National Trust on the first floor, and a second
storey residential apartment. The applicant proposes to convert the building into a two-storey
Scotiabank with a commercial floor area of 547m2.
Comments:
The Urban Planning and Development Services Department informed the applicant that the
proposed bank requires five additional vehicle parking stalls. The site cannot accommodate
the five parking stalls, and the applicant has formally requested an exemption from the
parking provisions of the Etobicoke Zoning Code, under the terms and conditions of
Etobicoke's payment-in-lieu of parking policy (Attachment No. 2).
Transportation Planning staff advised the applicant that we could not technically support a
parking variance at this location, and that the only reasonable recourse was through an
application to Council requesting consideration under the terms and conditions of Etobicoke's
payment-in-lieu of parking policy.
In correspondence dated December 2, 1998, the President of the Kingsway Business
Improvement Area expressed his organization's support for the above-noted application
(Attachment No. 3).
Conclusions:
It is staff's opinion that the request for exemption to the provision of five additional vehicle
parking stalls is acceptable. The five stall parking shortfall will not have a significant impact
on parking conditions in the immediate area; therefore, staff is of the opinion that Council can
grant the requested exemption, subject to the usual conditions.
Council has the authority under Section 40 of The Planning Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario
1990, Chapter 13, to require the payment of monies by an applicant where it is considered
appropriate to exempt a project from all, or part, of the Etobicoke Zoning Code parking
requirements.
Should Council concur with the application of the policy at this location, we will require that
the applicant make a payment of $10,000.00 for the five stall parking shortfall before issuance
of a building permit.
Contact Name:
A. Smithies, Manager, Traffic Planning/Right-of-Way Management.
(416)394-8412; Fax 394-8942.
J. Thomas, P.Eng., MBA
Director, Transportation Services - District 2
cc:File 700.81
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