Lansdowne Partnership Plan - Authorization to Proceed to the Next Steps in the Redevelopment Report

Council was asked to

1. Per Motion 2023 - 25-02 (above), the original staff report recommendations were put forward. The Recommendations of the staff report were divided for voting purposes, with Recommendations 3 and 4 put to Council first, followed by the remaining recommendations (1-2 and 5-8) 3.
2. Authorize the General Manager, Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development to continue with the Official Plan Amendment process as described in this report. 4.
3. Approve the recommended Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendment changes deemed necessary to implement the revised Lansdowne Partnership Sustainability and Redevelopment Concept Plan, as described in this report and as outlined in Documents 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, including as follows: An amendment to the Official Plan to clarify the intent to permit maximum building heights up to 40 stories within the Lansdowne Special District, as detailed in Document 2; An amendment to the Official Plan to clarify that an Event Centre (sports arena) is permitted within the established areas of greenspace and public space at Lansdowne Park, as detailed in Document 2; An amendment to the Official Plan to clarify that an Event Centre is permitted within the Greenspace Designation portion of the Lansdowne Special District Designation, as detailed in Document 2; An amendment to the L2C Subzone to create a new subsection and establish new performance standards related to the new mixed-use development, including permitted uses, maximum building height, maximum podium heights, minimum tower setbacks, maximum permitted dwelling units, and minimum parking rates, as detailed in Documents 3, 4, 5, and 6; An amendment to the L2C Subzone to create a new subsection and establish new performance standards related to the new Event Centre (sports arena), including permitted uses, maximum building heights, minimum parking rates, and to add a new holding symbol to be removed upon Site Plan Approval, as detailed in Documents 3, 4, 5, and 6; An amendment to the existing Schedule 258-A to permit a new maximum building height of 138 metres for the new mixed-use development (Area N) and a new maximum building height of 15.5 metres for the new Event Centre (Area E), as detailed on Document 5; and A new Schedule to the Zoning By-law to delineate the area of the new mixed-use development (Area A) and the area of the new Event Centre (Area B), as detailed on Document 6.