Application to amend zoning for 1 Dunbar Rd (OPA 60, Z-24-18)

Changes to the Official Plan and the Zoning Bylaw for this location are required before a permit can be issued. This means that they submit an application that is reviewed by city planners and other agencies plus city council before anything can be built.

2244668 Ontario Inc. is proposing to build a 9 storey apartment building containing 169 residential dwelling units and 1,675 square metres of amenity space. The proposed development also includes 102 bicycle parking spaces and 107 vehicular parking spaces within two underground levels. 12 surface parking spaces are proposed for visitors.

Official plan changes requested include:

• creating a new Specific Provision Area to permit a maximum building height of 9 storeys and a maximum density of 740 bedrooms per hectare.

Zoning bylaw changes requested include:

• rezone lands from Residential Mixed-Use 20 (RMU-20) to Residential Mixed-Use 30 (RMU-30)
• increase the maximum density to 740 bedrooms per hectare
• decrease the minimum landscaped open space from 30% to 22%
• decrease the tower step back above the podium from 3.0m to 1.8m
• increase the maximum podium height from 14.3 metres to 20 metres.
• increase the maximum tower footprint by 1,000 square metres to 1,110 square metres
• increase the horizontal tower dimension to from 40 metres to 64.5 metres
• reduce the low-rise residential area landscape buffer from a 3-metre average to 2.0 metres
• permit balcony projections

View the documents submitted by the development company under supporting documents on this page for more details and drawings.

Building height, units, housing types

Building height: 9 storeys

Number of units: 169

Unit sizes: mix of one and two bedrooms (210 total bedrooms)

Housing type: apartment

Parking

Parking: 107 [95 spaces underground and 12 surface spaces]

Bicycle parking: 102

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