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Secondary Plan – our shared public realm

Published on: June 8, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 7, 2023

The shared public space in our neighbourhood — called the public realm — plays a large part in making our daily lives enjoyable and creating a sense of community. This includes parks, trees, plantings, seating, public art and other features that animate and enhance our streets and the public spots where we gather to socialize or play.

These kinds of public realm elements are a critical part of the policies we want to see outlined in the pending Bloor-Yorkville Secondary Plan.

Secondary Plan: Help plan our neighbourhood’s future

Published on: June 7, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 7, 2023

In the coming months, you’ll be seeing and hearing more about what’s called a “secondary plan” that will guide development in our neighbourhood for the next 25 years. You have a right, and hopefully a desire, to participate in advocating for the kind of community that you want to see. That’s why this communication is the first of three or four we’ll be sending to explain the various elements of the plan.

Yonge St. and St. Clair Ave. construction hub

Published on: June 7, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 13, 2023

We are writing to you in response to the TEYCC Motion 2023.TE4.52 relating to the establishment of a construction hub in the Yonge and St. Clair area, and to request for your consideration the feasibility of a new construction hub on Yonge Street from Scrivener Square to Aylmer/Belmont Road.

Paris proves that you don’t need skyscrapers to thrive

Published on: June 6, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 18, 2023

Paris aerial view showing low-rise buildings with high-rises and Eiffel Tower in distance

Paris, after a flirtation with tall buildings that has led to two or three controversial projects scattered about the edge of its centre, last week reimposed old rules that ban buildings above 37 metres (121ft).

Ford government cancels ‘clueless’ plan to allow housing on farmland after backlash

Published on: June 1, 2023 | Last Updated on: July 13, 2023

A rare climbdown by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives — on an ill-fated housing plan for prime agricultural land — left Housing Minister Steve Clark bruised and critics saying a government with MPPs across rural Ontario is “clueless” on a key farm issue.

Response to proposed Provincial Policy Statement

Published on: May 31, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 13, 2023

The direction for regional planning implied in the draft Provincial Planning Statement represents a seminal change in the land use planning system in the GGH that together with recent and potential future governance changes pose risks to the widely recognized benefits of coordinated and integrated land use, resource and infrastructure planning and calls into question progress toward widely understood and desirable outcomes around climate adaptation, inclusion, economic and financial stability over the next decades.

City Comments on the Proposed Provincial Planning Statement

Published on: May 31, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 12, 2023

ABCRA appreciates the opportunity to bring to your attention its concerns regarding the proposed Provincial Planning Statement (“PPS”) within the “streamlined: planning system, and wants to indicate our support for the Overall Conclusions raised by The Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations (“FoNTRA”) letter dated May 25, 2023.

148-158 Avenue Road and 220-234 Davenport Road Zoning By-law Amendment

Published on: May 31, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 14, 2023

Drawing of proposed development for Avenue Rd & Davenport

We are writing to express our support for the 148-158 Avenue Road and 220-234 Davenport Road – Zoning By-law Amendment Application.

The ABCRA has worked closely with Tribute over the past 18 months. We are pleased with what we have been able to accomplish as it relates to an improved public realm and the addition of wider sidewalks.

E-scooter pilot program

Published on: May 31, 2023 | Last Updated on: December 13, 2023

We are writing to encourage the committee to reject Councillor Ainslie’s request to re-open the debate to report back on a framework for an E-Scooter Pilot Project. This subject was thoroughly studied by city staff over three years, with 5 staff reports being brought to City Council for discussion in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

By-law amendment to permit Laneway Suites in Yorkville

Published on: February 27, 2023 | Last Updated on: April 30, 2024

ABCRA has a specific focus to ensure planning decisions in our community follow approved City Planning Policy and Guidelines, specifically as it relates to the completion of a Secondary Plan for Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown. We are concerned with any planning steps that are taken in the absence of a Secondary Plan – a tool to ensure that thoughtful and prudent decisions can be made in the interests of Toronto residents.