Payment in Lieu of Parking: Dr. J. P. Bulger,

3034-3036 Bloor Street West (Kingsway-Humber)

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (May26,1999) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 2:

Purpose:

The subject of this report is to seek Council's approval to exempt Dr. J. P. Bulger, DDS, of 3034-3036 Bloor Street West, from the Etobicoke Zoning Code requirement of nine additional vehicle parking stalls.

Funding Sources:

Council's approval of this application will provide the City with an $18,000 payment-in-lieu of parking and a $200 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 dental office requires nine additional vehicle parking stalls. The site cannot 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 a 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, 29 and 30, 1998, City of Toronto Council received a report dated September10, 1998, from the Commissioners of the Works and Emergency Services Department and Urban Planning and Development Services, 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 vehicleparkingstalls 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 for the nine stall parking shortfall before issuance of a building permit.

Contact Name:

Mr. A. Smithies, Manager, Traffic Planning/Right-of-Way Management

Tel: (416) 394-8412; Fax (416) 394-8942

(A copy of Attachments Nos. 1-3, referred to in the foregoing report, was forwarded to all Members of Council with the agenda for the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of May 26, 1999, and a copy of each is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)