PDC008-2024

Background

The applicant submitted an amendment to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a development of a 4-storey youth shelter building.  The property is designated ‘Residential’ and ‘Open Space’ on Schedule A General Land Use Designations. The property is designated ‘Low Density Residential 2’ and ‘Primary Valleyland’ in the Credit Valley Secondary Plan (SP45). The proposal seeks to permit the requested use within the ‘Low Density Residential 2” designation and to remove the subject lands from the ‘Primary Valleyland’ designation. An Amendment to the Official Plan is required to facilitate the proposal. The draft Official Plan Amendment is attached as Attachment 11.  The property is zoned ‘Residential Hamlet One’ (RHM1) as per Zoning by By-law 270-2004, as amended. An amendment to the Zoning By-law is required to permit the development. The draft Zoning By-law is attached as Attachment 11. The proposal is consistent with the Strategic Focus Area - Growing Urban Centres & Neighbourhoods. The proposal will facilitate a community that consists of various socio-economic backgrounds and provide safe and affordable housing for those aged 16 to 24 years old.

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

A proposal to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law has been filed with the City to develop the subject property, municipally addressed as 1358 Queen Street West, which is located on the north side of Queen Street West, and east of Creditview Road. The proposal seeks to permit the development a four-storey youth shelter building with parking spaces to the rear of the building. A landscaped amenity area is also proposed. Details of the proposal are as follows (please refer to Attachment 1):  Total occupancy: 80 beds  Total Gross Floor Area (GFA): 2,824 square metres  Floor Space Index (FSI): 0.98  Height: 4 storeys  A single vehicular access from Queen Street West  19 vehicular parking spaces  16 bicycle parking spaces  Landscape Amenity Area: 334 square metres. Currently vacant.

The subject property is designated as ‘Designated Greenfield Area’, ‘Communities’, ‘Open Space’ and within the ‘Built Boundary’ on Schedule 1 – City Concept of the Brampton Official Plan. The subject lands are also designated as ‘Residential’ and ‘Open Space’ on Schedule A – General Land Use Designations. Additionally, the site’s 5 ‘Open Space’ designation is further refined as ‘Valleyland/Watercourse Corridor’ and ‘Woodland’ on Schedule D – Natural Heritage Features and Areas. The subject property is also within the Credit Valley Secondary Plan (Area 45) and is designated ‘Low Density Residential 2’ and ‘Primary Valleyland’ on Schedule 45(a). The proposal seeks to amend the Official Plan by requesting the following:  Removing the subject lands from the ‘Open Space’ designation and redesignating the lands to ‘Communities’ on Schedule 1 – City Concept of the Brampton Official Plan;  Removing the subject lands from the ‘Open Space’ designation and redesignating those lands to ‘Residential’ on Schedule A – General Land Use Designations;  Removing the subject lands from the ‘‘Valleyland/Watercourse Corridor’ and ‘Woodland’ on Schedule D – Natural Heritage Features and Areas;  Removing the subject lands from the ‘Primary Valleyland’ designation within the Credit Valley Secondary Plan (Schedule 45(a));  Redesignate the subject lands from ‘Low Density Residential 2’ to a Special Policy Area to permit Non-Market Housing uses which are defined as affordable housing that is owned or subsidized by government, a non-profit society, or a housing cooperative, including emergency shelters, women’s shelters, youth shelters, family shelters and transitional housing (Schedule 45(a)).

Recommendation Report OZS - 2023- 0027 in link

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Additional Details

Tree conservation and woodlot concerns.

The site proposed to re-designate lands that are currently designated as ‘Open Space’, ‘Valleyland/Watercourse Corridor’ and ‘Woodland’ in the Brampton Official Plan. The current Official Plan designation does not account for culvert upgrades along Queen Street West. Through consultation with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, it has been confirmed that the site is no longer within a floodplain and does not contain any significant woodlands. Staff have implemented an increased rear yard setback to the building to protect the remaining woodlot in the North-West corner to the site north. Minimum landscape strips are also required and regulated within the draft zoning by-law amendment

Sustainability score: 49 of a possible 241 points, Threshold achieved: Bronze https://pub-brampton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=103400. Built environment: 8 of 42 possible points. Mobility: 14 of 20. Natural Environment and Parks: 10 of 56. Infrastructure & Building: 17 of 113. Innovation: 0 of 10. https://pub-brampton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=103387

Sustainable New Communities Program: Score and Summary, in link.