Requesting Modification to…

Requesting Modification to Toronto Official Plan Amendment 570, respecting Site and Area Specific Policy Area 675 (Fairbank). The request includes the provision of alternative minimum density mapping that should be substituted for that in OPA 570. This request is made on behalf of CB Eglinton the owners of two sites in the MTSA: 1875-1901 and 1886-1928 Eglinton Avenue West. The proposals for these two sites on either side of Eglinton would result in a total of 594 residential units - meeting important housing supply needs.

The City of Toronto has adopted minimum density mapping for Major Transit Station Areas that is artificially low. As a result, the provincial policy objectives of encouraging intensification - especially for housing - at transit stations, is not achieved. The adopted Official Plan Amendment is not consistent with provincial policy and is not in conformity with the Growth Plan.

Ontario is experiencing a housing supply crisis. The new Planning Act section 16 (20) requires municipalities to bring their zoning into conformity with the Major Transit Station Area minimum densities within one year. Modification as requested offers the opportunity to accelerate the delivery of important new housing supply. The Official Plan Amendment should be modified to provide for meaningful minimum densities that will establish an incentive for the intensification that the province is seeking to achieve.