Payment-in-Lieu of Parking - William Pappas
3060 Bloor Street West (Kingsway-Humber)
The Etobicoke Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report
(January 18, 2000) from the Director of Transportation Services, District 2:
Purpose:
The subject of this report is to seek Council's approval to exempt the applicant from
the Etobicoke Zoning Code requirement of 12 additional parking stalls, conditional
upon a payment-in-lieu of parking.
Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
Council's approval of this application will provide the City of Toronto with a $24,000.00
payment-in-lieu of parking, and a $200.00 application processing fee.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1) Council exempt the applicant from the Etobicoke Zoning Code parking requirement of 12 stalls; and
(2) the applicant enter into an Agreement with the City of Toronto for the payment-in-lieu of 12 parking stalls,
which in this case, amounts to $24,000.00.
Background:
The site is located at 3060 Bloor Street West, and is occupied by a 2-storey commercial building with 430.6 m of
gross floor area (Attachment No. 1). The ground floor of the building is vacant, and previously consisted of a
grocery store. A billiard hall currently occupies the second floor of the building. The applicant proposes to renovate
the existing ground floor of the building in order to introduce a 204.2 m standard restaurant. The owner of the
existing "Kingsway Fish and Chips Restaurant", situated at 3062 Bloor Street West, intends to move their
operation to the proposed premises at 3060 Bloor Street West.
Comments:
The Urban Development Services Department informed the applicant that the proposed 204.2 m standard
restaurant requires 12 additional parking stalls. The site cannot provide the 12 additional parking stalls. 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 would not support a Committee of Adjustment parking
variance at this location, and that the only reasonable recourse was through an application to Etobicoke
Community Council requesting consideration under the terms and conditions of Etobicoke's Payment-in-Lieu of
Parking Policy.
In correspondence dated October 28, 1999, the Kingsway Business Management Board outlined their support for
the above-noted application (Attachment No. 3).
Conclusions:
At its meeting of October 28, 29 and 30, 1999, the City of Toronto Council received a report dated September 10,
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. This report recommended 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 practices 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.
The applicant's request for an exemption to the provision of 12 additional parking stalls is appropriate. The 12-stall
parking shortfall is not expected to have a significant impact on parking conditions in the immediate area, and
Council can grant the requested exemption, subject to the usual conditions.
Council has 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 require that the applicant make a
payment of $24,000.00 for the 12-stall parking shortfall before the issuance of a building permit.
Contact:
J. Mariconda
Transportation Engineer/Co-ordinator, District 2
Tel: (416) 394-8417; Fax: (416) 394-8942
E-mail: jsmariconda@toronto.ca
(A copy of each of Attachments Nos. 1 to 3, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all
Members of Council with the agenda for the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of January 20,
2000, and a copy of each is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)