April 7, 1999

To:Scarborough Community Council

From:Ted Tyndorf, MCIP, RPP

Director of Community Planning, East District

Subject:PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REPORT

Official Plan Amendment Application SP1999002

Zoning By-law Amendment Application SZ1999004

Metron Developments Ltd.

Kingston Road and Brinloor Boulevard

Block B and Part of Block C, Registered Plan 4235

Scarborough Village Community

Scarborough Bluffs

Purpose:

This report provides a preliminary evaluation of the applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law for the vacant property at the southwest corner of the Kingston Road service road and Brinloor Boulevard, to permit the construction of one single-family dwelling and 16 street townhouses.

Financial Implications:

None

Recommendation:

It is recommended that Scarborough Community Council convene a Public Meeting to consider the applications, targeted for the third quarter of 1999, subject to:

(1)staff convening a Community Information Meeting, in consultation with the Ward Councillors;

(2)staff providing Notice of said meeting to all properties within 120 metres (400 feet) of the subject property and those attending the Community Information Meeting; and

(3)the applicant revising his proposal to provide for a mixture of single-family and semi-detached dwellings on the Brinloor Boulevard frontage.

Background:

The subject property is vacant and is designated Low Density Residential in the Scarborough Village Secondary Plan. This designation provides for detached and semi-detached dwellings only. Most of the land is zoned Single-Family Residential, which permits Single-Family Dwellings, Group Homes and Correctional Group Homes. The westerly 9.14 metres (30 feet) of the property is zoned Highway Commercial, which permits Automobile Sales, Service and Maintenance Uses excluding auto body repair and/or auto-wrecking yards, Funeral Homes, Fraternal Organizations, Hotels and Motels, Places of Worship, Professional and Business Offices, Recreational Uses, Specialized Commercial Uses and Day Nurseries.

To the west of the subject site is a used car lot and to the south and east there are single-family dwellings on lots with 18 metres (60 feet) frontage. On the north side of Kingston Road is Markington Square with commercial uses and apartments and also the Scarborough Village Recreation Complex and the Campbell Farm property.

Comments:

The property is within the area of the Kingston Road Study. The Vision for the Future Report identifies this site for residential uses. Both the Layout Plan Options and the Massing Plan Options of the study indicate that block-type housing forms such townhouses or low-rise apartments would be appropriate for this site.

As illustrated on Figure 2, the applicant proposes to provide eleven street townhouse units fronting on the Kingston Road service road, and on the Brinloor Boulevard frontage is proposing to construct five street townhouse units and one single-family dwelling immediately abutting the existing singles.

Benefits

The proposed development will provide street-related residential uses on a site that has been vacant for many years. The proposed development would address the street frontage of one of the City's major thoroughfares and provide a link between existing uses. It will also provide for construction employment and additional assessment to the City.

Issues

Due to the configuration of the site, most of the lots to be created would have deep rear yards with the exception of the four easterly units fronting on the Kingston Road service road (units 8, 9, 10 and 11). The applicant should be requested to reconfigure the proposed six units fronting on Brinloor Boulevard into five single-family and/or semi-detached dwellings. This would reduce the total number of units from 17 to 16, provide for singles and semis on Brinloor Boulevard, more in keeping with the single-family character of the street and would provide additional rear yard space for the proposed street townhouse units 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Contact Name:

Aristotle Christou,

Senior Planner

Telephone: (416) 396-5228

Fax: (416) 396-4265

E-mail: christou@city.scarborough.on.ca

Ted Tyndorf, MCIP, RPP

Director of Community Planning, East District

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