Zoning By-law Amendment Application SZ98026

Removal of a Holding Symbol (H)

Mondeo Developments Inc., 740 Ellesmere Road

Dorset Park Community

Ward 14 - Scarborough Wexford

The Scarborough Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (October 23, 1998) from the Director, Community Planning, East District:

Purpose:

Scarborough Council, in March 1996, created a new community known as "Mondeo". Phase I of the development, consisting of townhouses located on the east side of Mondeo Drive, has been completed. The Phase II lands, as shown on Figure 1, are presently zoned: Single-Family Residential (S), Street Townhouse Residential (ST), Residential/Employment (RE) and Neighbourhood Commercial (NC). All the zoning categories are subject to a Holding Provision (H).

The applicant is seeking to remove the Holding Provision (H) from the Zoning By-law as it applies to the Phase II lands. Planning staff are recommending that the Holding Provision (H) be removed from the lands zoned Single-Family Residential (S) and Street Townhouse Residential (ST), as shown hatched on Figure 1, because the requirement to have the Subdivision Agreement executed has been fulfilled. This will enable a portion of the second phase of the Mondeo community to be developed with 85 single-family and 22 semi-detached dwelling units. Removal of the (H) from the remainder of the lands will be dealt with at a later date, once all the relevant conditions have been satisfied.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that City Council:

(1)amend the Dorset Park Community Zoning By-law No. 9508, as amended, to remove the Holding Provision (H) from the existing Single-Family Residential (S) and Street Townhouse Residential (ST) zoning of the property on the north side of Ellesmere Road, east of Birchmount Road, to permit the development of 85 single-family and 22 semi-detached dwelling units; and

(2)authorize such unsubstantive, stylistic or format changes to the Zoning By-law, as may be necessary, to give effect to this resolution.

Background:

The lands zoned in the second phase of the Mondeo community permit a variety of housing types: single and semi-detached dwellings, townhouses, and live/work units. A commercial component to service the future population growth of the immediate area is also permitted.

In order to ensure orderly development of the land, Scarborough Council adopted the zoning permissions subject to a Holding Provision (H) to ensure that certain conditions be satisfied prior to allowing the removal of the holding provision from any portion of the subject lands. These conditions include the requirement that the Subdivision Agreement be executed for all the lands subject to the current zoning categories. Additional conditions, applying only to the Residential/Employment (RE) and Neighbourhood Commercial (NC) zoning, require the necessary transportation improvements to be implemented to accommodate the development on this site and the satisfactory resolution of Site Plan Control applications.

Presently the zoning permits these lands to be developed for industrial uses: specifically, warehousing wholly within an enclosed building, and for two model homes, until such time as the (H) is removed from the Zoning By-law.

Scarborough Community Council on October 14, 1998 considered a Preliminary Evaluation Report and directed that Planning staff:

(a)convene a Public Meeting, targeted for the fourth quarter of 1998, to consider removal of the Holding Provision (H) to allow development of the single-family and semi-detached dwelling component of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo Community; and

(b)target a Public Meeting, for the first quarter of 1999, to consider removing the Holding Provision (H) to allow the development of the live/work and commercial components of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo Community.

With regard to item (a) above, the By-law allows for the removal of the (H) for the single-family and semi-detached dwellings once the Subdivision Agreement has been executed. Staff have been advised by the Law Department that the above-mentioned Subdivision Agreement has been executed. There are no other concerns with respect to this application.

The remaining lands subject to the Holding Provision (H), the live/work and neighbourhood commercial components, can be dealt with by City Council under a separate report once the conditions set out in the Zoning By-law are satisfied. In addition to the satisfactory execution of the Subdivision Agreement, the applicant is also required to implement any transportation improvements necessary to accommodate this development. As well, the removal of the (H) is subject to the review of Site Plan Control applications.

Conclusion:

The Holding Provision (H), as it applies to the lands zoned Single- Family Residential (S) and Street Townhouse Residential (ST), can now be removed because the Subdivision Agreement has been executed by the Law Department as stipulated in the Zoning By-law. The lifting of the (H) will allow a portion of the Phase II lands of the Mondeo project to be developed with 85 single-family and 22 semi-detached dwelling units, thereby providing additional dwelling units to the City's overall housing stock.

Contact Name:

Bill Kiru, MCIP, RPP

Planner, Community Planning Division

Scarborough Civic Centre

Telephone:(416) 396-7014

Fax: (416) 396-4265

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