ISSUE DATE: March 20, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-22-002274
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: Yonge Park Plaza Inc. Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan - Failure of City of Toronto to adopt the requested amendment Purpose: To permit 2 towers comprised of residential, office, retail, restaurants, and hotel uses. Property Address: 4050 Yonge Street Municipality: City of Toronto Approval Authority File No.: 20 115845 NNY 08 OZ OLT Case No.: OLT-22-002274 Legacy Case No.: PL200441 OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-002274 Legacy Lead Case No.: PL200441 OLT Case Name: Yonge Park Plaza Inc. v. Toronto (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: Yonge Park Plaza Inc. Subject: Application to amend Zoning By-law No. 7625 - Refusal or neglect of City of Toronto to make a decision Purpose: To permit 2 towers comprised of residential, office, retail, restaurants, and hotel uses. Property Address: 4050 Yonge Street Municipality: City of Toronto Approval Authority File No.: 20 115845 NNY 08 OZ OLT Case No.: OLT-22-002275 Legacy Case No.: PL200442 OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-002274 Legacy Lead Case No.: PL200441
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 41(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Subject: Site Plan Property Address: 4050 Yonge Street Municipality: City of Toronto OLT Case No.: OLT-22-002279 Legacy Case No.: PL200443 OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-22-002274 Legacy Lead Case No.: PL200441
BEFORE:
M. A. SILLS VICE-CHAIR
Thursday, the 20th day of March, 2025
THESE MATTERS having initially come on for a public settlement hearing before the Tribunal on May 27, 2022;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having issued its Oral Decision on May 27, 2022 and its Written Decision and Order on June 2, 2022 (the “Interim Order”) which allowed the appeals of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments in part, and approved in principle a development proposal for the properties known municipally in the City of Toronto as 4050 Yonge Street (the “Property”);
AND THE TRIBUNAL having received a request to amend Schedule A of the Zoning By-law Amendment, on consent;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having considered the request along with supporting affidavits of Mr. Tony Volpentesta and Mr. Shane Ward;
NOW THEREFORE THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that:
The appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application is granted, in part and approval of the Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 1 hereto but withholds its final Order amending the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 subject to the satisfaction of the matters set out in paragraph 2 below;
The Final Order amending the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit the development is withheld until the City Solicitor has advised that an Amending Agreement amending the Section 37 Agreement (dated June 27, 2022, and registered on title as Instrument AT6119798) has been registered on title that implements the revised trigger for the conveyance of the Conservation Lands.
THE TRIBUNAL may be spoken to in the event any matter arises in connection with the implementation of this Order.
“Euken Lui”
EUKEN LUI ACTING REGISTRAR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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ATTACHMENT 1
Authority: Ontario Land Tribunal Order issued on ______, 2025 in Tribunal Case PL200441
CITY OF TORONTO
BY-LAW [Clerks to insert By-law number]
To amend Zoning By-law No. 788-2022 (OLT), being a by-law to amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, with respect to the lands municipally known in the year 2024 as 4050 Yonge Street.
Whereas the Ontario Land Tribunal pursuant to its Order issued on June 30, 2022 in respect of Tribunal File PL200441, upon hearing an appeal under Section 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, approved Zoning By-law No. 788-2022 (OLT); and
Whereas the Ontario Land Tribunal pursuant to its Order issued on ______,