May 26, 1999
To:Etobicoke Community Council
From:John W. Thomas, P.Eng., MBA, Director, Transportation Services - District 2
Subject:Payment-In-Lieu Of Parking
Dr. J. P. Bulger, DDS
3034/3036 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 EtobicokeZoningCode requirement
of nine additional vehicle parking stalls.
Funding Sources:
Councils' approval of this application will provide the City with an $18,000.00 payment-in-lieu of parking and a $200.00
application processing fee.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that Council approve this application.
Background:
The applicant proposes to move his dental practice, currently at 3031 Bloor Street West, to a location across the street at
3034-3036 Bloor Street West (Attachment No. 1). The site was previously used by a flowershop and dental/business
offices, with a second-storey residential apartment. The applicant proposes to convert the entire 294.4 m2 of gross floor area
into a dental office.
Comments:
The Urban Planning and Development Services Department informed the applicant that the proposed dentaloffice requires
nine additional vehicle parking stalls. The site can not accommodate the nine parking stalls, and the applicant requests 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).
Traffic 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 April 20, 1999, the President of the Kingsway Business Improvement Area expressed his
organization's support for the above-noted application (Attachment No. 3).
Conclusions:
At its meeting of October 28-30, 1998, City of Toronto Council received a report dated September10, 1998, from the
Commissioners of the Works and Emergency Services Department and the Urban Planning and Development Services
Department entitled "Cash Payment-in-lieu of Parking Related to Development Applications (all Wards)." The report
provided Council with background information and a summary of current payment-in-lieu of parking policies that exist in
the former municipalities, recommending that both departments be requested to report jointly, at the appropriate time, with
regard to consolidating payment-in-lieu of parking policies and practices. Council directed that until such time as a joint
report on a 'harmonized' payment-in-lieu of parking policy is received, the Commissioners of both Departments are to
ensure that: ". . . the current practises outlined in the joint report dated September 10, 1998, . . . are being followed in the
former Area Municipalities." This application is made according to Council's directive.
It is staff's opinion that the request for exemption to the provision of nine additional vehicle parking stalls is acceptable.
The nine 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 $18,000.00 for the nine stall parking shortfall before issuance of a building permit.
Contact Name:
Mr. A. Smithies, Manager, Traffic Planning/Right-of-Way Management.
(416) 394-8412; Fax (416) 394-8942.
John W. Thomas, P.Eng., MBA
Director, Transportation Services Division - District 2
cc:Councillor M. Giansante
Councillor G. Lindsay Luby
File 700.81
BP B
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