NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
MEETING No. 11
Date of Meeting: Thursday, December 2, 1999 Enquiry: Francine Adamo
Time: 10:00 a.m. Administrator
Location: North York Civic Centre 395-7348
Council Chamber fadamo@toronto.ca
5100 Yonge Street, Lower Level
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
DEPUTATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:
1. 10:15 a.m. REQUEST TO LICENCE - PARKLAND AIRCRAFT NOISE MONITORING SYSTEM - ACACIA
AVENUE - NORTH YORK HUMBER.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 15, 1999.)
City Clerk
(June 22, 1999)
Advising that City Council on June 9, 10, and 11, 1999, struck out and referred back to the North York Community
Council for further consideration and the hearing of deputations, Clause 5 of Report No. 5 of the North York Community
Council, headed ARequest to Licence - Parkland Aircraft Noise Monitoring System - Acacia Avenue - North York
Humber@.
2. 10:30 a.m. TRAFFIC CALMING - DONWOODS DRIVE - NORTH YORK CENTRE SOUTH.
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(November 15, 1999)
Reporting on a request from residents of Donwoods Drive for traffic calming measures and recommending that traffic
calming, in the form of speed humps, not be installed on Donwoods Drive.
a. (November 12, 1999) from Councillor Flint, North York Centre South, forwarding a communication and petition from
residents on Donwoods Drive requesting an opportunity to address the North York Community Council at its next meeting
scheduled for December 2, 1999, on the issue of traffic calming on Donwoods Drive.
3. 10:45 a.m. FENCE BY-LAW VARIANCE REQUEST - 36 WADDINGTON CRESCENT - SENECA HEIGHTS.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1999.)
District Manager, North
Municipal Licensing and Standards and Court Services
Urban Planning and Development Services
(October 27, 1999)
Reporting on an application received from Mr. Hamid Reza Moghimi for an exemption to North York Fence By-law No.
30901, as amended, and recommending that:
(1) the request for an exemption to the North York Fence By-law No. 30901, as amended, be refused as the fence will be
constructed greater than 30" (0.76m) in height within 8' (2.40m) of the north front property line (Section 3.1.10 of By-law
No. 33006); and
(2) the applicant be advised that a swimming pool will not be permitted in the front yard of the premises.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS:
4. PROPOSED SALE OF CITY-OWNED ROAD ALLOWANCE - NORTHWEST CORNER OF WILSON
HEIGHTS BOULEVARD AND SHEPPARD AVENUE WEST, DESIGNATED AS PART 3, PLAN RS-1060 -
NORTH YORK SPADINA.
Acting Commissioner of Corporate Services
(November 16, 1999)
Providing a report to declare as surplus the portion of Wilson Heights Boulevard, more particularly described as (the
"Highway Lands") and to authorize the sale to the adjoining owner, and recommending that subject to City Council
enacting a by-law to stop-up and close and authorize the sale of the Highway Lands, that:
(1) the Highway Lands, be declared surplus to the City's requirements and notice of the proposed sale to the adjoining
property owner 1261075 Ontario Inc. be given to the public in accordance with the requirements of By-law No. 551-1998;
(2) the Highway Lands be sold to the adjoining owner, 1261075 Ontario Inc. on the following terms and conditions:
(a) 1261075 Ontario Inc. shall pay to the City the sum of $150,000.00 for the fee in the Highway Lands;
(b) the City shall relocate any municipal services and public utilities that may be located within the Highway Lands, at the
City' s expense with the work being done either prior to or within 90 days after the closing of the transaction and the City
and the public utilities shall have access to the Highway Lands at all times for these purposes;
(c) each party shall pay all of its own costs associated with the transaction; and 1261075 Ontario Inc. shall comply with
such other terms and conditions as the City Solicitor may deem necessary or advisable to protect the City's interests;
(3) authority be granted for the City to execute an agreement of purchase and sale with 1261075 Ontario Inc. incorporating
the terms and conditions set out in the body of this report and such other terms and conditions as the City Solicitor and the
Executive Director of Facilities and Real Estate deem necessary or appropriate;
(4) the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Executive Director of Facilities and Real Estate, be authorized to complete
this transaction on behalf of the City, including making payment of any necessary expenses and amending the closing date
to such other earlier or later date as he considers reasonable; and
(5) the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
5. ALL WAY STOP CONTROL - CARMICHAEL AVENUE AT ALLARD AVENUE - NORTH YORK CENTRE
SOUTH.
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(November 3, 1999)
Recommending that Schedules XVIII and XIX of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to
require traffic to stop on all approaches to the intersection of Carmichael Avenue and Allard Avenue.
6. ALL WAY STOP CONTROL AND PARKING/STOPPING PROHIBITIONS - KENNETH AVENUE AND
PEMBERTON AVENUE - NORTH YORK CENTRE.
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(November 8, 1999)
Recommending that:
(1) Schedules XVIII and XIX of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to require traffic to stop
at all approaches to the intersection of Kenneth Avenue and Pemberton Avenue;
(2) Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to delete the "No Parking Anytime"
prohibition on the east side of Kenneth Avenue, between Pemberton Avenue and Bishop Avenue;
(3) Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to delete the "No Parking Anytime"
prohibition on the west side of Kenneth Avenue, between Finch Avenue East and Bishop Avenue;
(4) Schedule VIII of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to install "No Parking Anytime"
prohibitions on both sides of Kenneth Avenue, from the southerly limit of Pemberton Avenue to the southerly limit of
Bishop Avenue;
(5) Schedule X of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to delete the "60 Minute Permitted
Parking, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday", regulation on the east side of Kenneth Avenue, from a point 34 metres
north of Finch Avenue East to a point 38.5 metres northerly thereof; and
(6) Schedule IX of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to install "No Stopping Anytime"
prohibitions on both sides of Kenneth Avenue, from the northerly limit of Finch Avenue West to the southerly limit of
Pemberton Avenue.
7. INSTALLATION OF SPEED HUMPS ON ROADWAYS ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS - ALL WARDS.
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(November 16, 1999)
Reporting on the feasibility of establishing a policy that would allow the installation of speed humps in front of all schools,
as requested by the North York Community Council at its meeting held on November 9, 1999, and recommending that the
report be received for information and that no action be taken at this time.
8. STOPPING PROHIBITIONS - TORRESDALE AVENUE, NORTH OF FINCH AVENUE WEST - NORTH
YORK SPADINA.
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(November 18, 1999)
Recommending that Schedule IX of By-law No. 31001, of the former City of North York, be amended to prohibit stopping
on both sides of Torresdale Avenue, between Finch Avenue West and Robert Hicks Drive.
9. PROPOSED ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1999.)
Director,
Transportation Programming and Policy
Works and Emergency Services
(November 18, 1999)
Reporting on requests for the review of proposed road classifications put forward by Members of the North York
Community Council at its meeting held on October 12, 1999, and recommending that the report be received as information.
a. (October 8, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, providing further information as requested
by the North York Community Council and recommending that the report be received as information; and
b. (July 14, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Works Committee at its meeting held on July 14, 1999, referred
the report (June 29, 1999) from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services respecting a Proposed Road
Classification System to all Community Councils for consideration and requested that comments be submitted to the
Works Committee for consideration at its November 3, 1999 meeting.
10. SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE YORK MILLS VALLEY COMMUNITY - NORTH YORK CENTRE SOUTH.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1999.)
Director, Transportation Services, District 3
(October 10, 1999)
Reporting on the proposal put forward in the Notice of Motion by Councillor Flint, North York Centre, to reduce the speed
limit on the roads of the York Mills Valley community and recommending that the speed limit of roads in the York Mills
Valley community be reduced to 40 km/h.
11. BULK LIFT COLLECTION SERVICES IN NORTH YORK COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA.
General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services
Works and Emergency Services
(November 15, 1999)
Providing a report on the review of the policy of using only one operator per vehicle for multi-residential bulk lift garbage
collection services in the North York Community Council area and recommending that the one person per bulk collection
vehicle policy remain in effect throughout the City of Toronto, including the North York Community Council area.
12. NOMINATION OF CITIZENS FOR APPOINTMENT TO HERITAGE BOARDS - ALL WARDS IN
FORMER CITY OF NORTH YORK.
Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism
(November 9, 1999)
Forwarding to Council recommendations for the appointment of citizens to the North York LACAC Panel and to the
Gibson House/Zion Schoolhouse Museum Management Board and recommending that:
(1) Council appoint the following citizens to serve on the North York LACAC Panel for a term to begin January 1, 2000
and to expire on November 30, 2003: Pietro Ferrari, Edith Geduld, Judith P. Goldstein, Alex M. Grenzebach, and Tanya
Grujich;
(2) Council appoint the following citizens to serve on the Gibson House / Zion Schoolhouse Museum Management Board
for a term to begin January 1, 2000 and to expire on November 30, 2003: Gillian Elias, Wilf Neidhardt, Basil Stevens,
Yvonne Verberg, and Frank Whilsmith; that Lorraine O'Byrne be appointed to represent TRCA / Black Creek Pioneer
Village; and that Jane Saunders be appointed to represent the North York Historical Society;
(3) future citizen appointments to these boards be for three-year terms coincident with the term of Council; and
(4) the appropriate City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
13. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REPORT - ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION UDZ-99-29 AND
SUBDIVISION APPLICATION UDSP-1243 - WESTON CONSULTING GROUP INC. FOR METRODOME
PROPERTIES INC. - 5365 LESLIE STREET - SENECA HEIGHTS.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1999.)
Director, Community Planning, North District
(October 26, 1999)
Providing preliminary comments on an application to amend the Zoning By-law and a draft plan of subdivision to permit
the redevelopment of the former McDougald Estate with 77 single family detached lots including a lot for the existing
historic house, as well as a new public road, public park and walkway; and recommending that staff continue processing
the application in the manner outlined in the report
14. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REPORT - DRAFT PLAN OF SUBDIVISION APPLICATION UDSB-1244 -
BETHESDA UNITED CHUCH - 69 LARKFIELD DRIVE - NORTH YORK CENTRE SOUTH.
Director, Community Planning, North District
(November 9, 1999)
Providing preliminary comments on a draft plan of subdivision application to redevelop the 0.8 hectare site with 8 new
single detached dwelling residential lots and a new public road, and recommending that staff continue processing the
application in the manner outlined in the report.
STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETINGS
UNDER THE PLANNING ACT:
15. 2:00 p.m. ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION UDZ-99-24 - JENIWIN LIMITED to permit parking to be
located on the rear portion of the site - 1549 Avenue Road - North York Centre South.
a. (November 17, 1999) from Ms. Jeanette deLevie, advising of her opposition to the proposed development.
DEPUTATION ITEMS:
16. 2:15 p.m. PROPOSED SALE OF PART OF LONGVIEW DRIVE AND PARTS OF WOODWARD AVENUE -
NORTH YORK HUMBER AND YORK HUMBER.
(DEFERRED FROM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1999.)
Acting Commissioner of Corporate Services
(November 18, 1999)
Providing further information as requested by the North York Community Council at its meeting held on November 9,
1999, and recommending that the report be received as information.
a. (October 18, 1999) from Acting Commissioner of Corporate Services providing a report to declare as surplus the
southerly portion of Longview Drive, the stub-end of Woodward Avenue west of Uphill Avenue and the stub-end of
Woodward Avenue east of Pine Street, more particularly described as ("the Highway Lands") and to authorize the sale of
the Highway Lands to the abutting owner, Humber River Regional Hospital, at a sale price to be determined by City
Council following the conclusion of negotiations with the Hospital; and recommending that subject to City Council
approving the stopping up and closing of the Highway Lands as public highway, that:
(1) the Highway Lands be declared surplus to municipal requirements and notice of the proposed sale be given to the
public in accordance with the requirements of By-law No. 551-1998;
(2) notice be given to the public of a proposed by-law to sell the Highway Lands in accordance with the requirements of the
Municipal Act;
(3) the Planning and Transportation Committee hold a public meeting concerning the proposed by-law, in accordance with
the requirements of the Municipal Act;
(4) subject to the Official Plan Amendment and the rezoning of the lands required for the expansion of the Hospital at 200
Church Street being approved and coming into full force and effect, the Highway Lands be closed and sold to the Hospital
on terms and conditions to be determined by City Council;
(5) recommendation (2), of the December 18, 1998 report from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development
Services to the Urban Environment and Development Committee be amended as follows:
Change and replace the words "Prior to the enactment of the zoning by-law" to "Following the enactment of the zoning
by-law";
(6) the Acting Commissioner of Corporate Services be directed to enter into negotiations with the Hospital for the sale of
the Highway Lands at fair market value and to report back to the Community Council on the outcome of the negotiations;
and
(7) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect to the foregoing.
17. 2:30 p.m. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT - ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION UDZ-97-40 AND SITE
PLAN APPLICATION UDSP-97-222 - PREMIUM PROPERTIES - C/O BRUCE ENGELL, WEIR AND FOULDS
- YONGE STREET, POYNTZ AVENUE, FRIZZELL ROAD AND BOGERT AVENUE - NORTH YORK
CENTRE.
Director, Community Planning, North District
(November 15, 1999)
Providing a supplementary report respecting an application to amend the Zoning By-law to permit two 29-storey residential
buildings, and recommending that:
(1) Zoning By-law Amendment application UDZ-97-40 and Site Plan Approval application UDSP-97-222 be revised in
accordance with the recommendations and comments made in this report;
(2) the applicant include, with a submission of revised plans pursuant to Recommendation (1) above, a use or development
proposal and/or clarification on their intentions for their lands on the west side of Beecroft Road;
(3) the applicant's request to rezone their lands on the west side of Beecroft Road, including the Lansing United Church
site, to implement the applicable policies of the Part D.2, Downtown Plan, as amended by OPA 393, which would permit
densities to be transferred and used for residential purposes, is in principle supportable;
(4) if 31 Bogert Avenue and City-owned lands, described as a 186 m2 strip of land adjacent to the east side of Beecroft
Road and a 72 m2 portion of the north-south public lane located west of Yonge Street, are acquired by Premium Properties
Limited, while the current application remains active, that such lands be subject to the policies of the Part D.2, Downtown
Plan, as amended by OPA 393;
(5) the applicant be advised that an application to amend the Part D.2, Downtown Plan, as amended by OPA 393, would be
required:
(a) for indoor recreational amenity space to be considered for exemption from the calculation of density; and
(b) for the building heights proposed to be considered;
(6) the applicant be advised that a 1.5 metre wide conveyance is required across the Bogert Avenue frontage of the site to
attain a 23-metre wide right-of-way, as discussed in the Status Report, dated May 12, 1999;
(7) the applicant be advised that the City will not sell and transfer densities from the Beecroft Road extension and the
closed portion of Bogert Avenue to the development block as proposed by the Zoning By-law amendment application;
(8) should Council determine that densities should be sold and transferred from the Beecroft Road extension and the closed
portion of Bogert Avenue to the applicant, that such densities be used for non-residential or commercial-only purposes;
(9) the applicant be requested to withdraw their appeal of OPA 447; and
(10) the City Solicitor and City staff be requested to attend the Ontario Municipal Board, scheduled to commence February
7, 2000, to defend the recommendations of this report and oppose the applicant's appeal of OPA 447, if necessary.
PUBLIC MEETING:
18. 5:00 p.m. 2000-2004 CAPITAL BUDGET.
(A presentation will be made by staff respecting the Capital Works Program.)
(Note: Material not available at this time.)
