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This new to the AIC application is for a 9s building on the south side of Kingston Road, involving a 3 property assembly 2759-2761 Kingston Road and an SFH, 52 Quentin on the adjacent side street.
A look at the site as is:
Aerial:
Streetview (Kingston frontage):
Quentin frontage:
The app:
app.toronto.ca
From the Docs:
From the North-East:
From the north:
From the north-west:
Looking Northward up Quentin:
Aerial view from the south-east:
Site Plan: (Kingston Road at top of image)
Ground Floor Plan:
Comments: Mostly fine and innocuous. But No Street Trees are proposed for Kingston Road. Unacceptable, will create a poor pedestrian environment with no buffer to large volumes of traffic. Utility conflicts are mentioned though the actually drawings don't suggest this is a consequential issue to me; the other reason given is the need for the pedestrian clearway. (ie. total sidewalk is not wide enough). At well over 3M I think the sidewalk is ballpark wide enough for trees and a clearway, though the space might be tight relative to potential pedestrian volumes. This building is already on the skinny side, so shaving another 0.5M off the podium isn't ideal. Whether space is claimed from the road, or the podium, or the developer elects to deepen the site with further acquisition I believe that needs remedying.
Note that the SFH here is a Neighbourhood zoning. From a policy perspective I see no reason that shouldn't change, but it may be the subject of some pushback.
A look at the site as is:
Aerial:
Streetview (Kingston frontage):
Quentin frontage:
The app:
Application Details
app.toronto.ca
From the Docs:
From the North-East:
From the north:
From the north-west:
Looking Northward up Quentin:
Aerial view from the south-east:
Site Plan: (Kingston Road at top of image)
Ground Floor Plan:
Comments: Mostly fine and innocuous. But No Street Trees are proposed for Kingston Road. Unacceptable, will create a poor pedestrian environment with no buffer to large volumes of traffic. Utility conflicts are mentioned though the actually drawings don't suggest this is a consequential issue to me; the other reason given is the need for the pedestrian clearway. (ie. total sidewalk is not wide enough). At well over 3M I think the sidewalk is ballpark wide enough for trees and a clearway, though the space might be tight relative to potential pedestrian volumes. This building is already on the skinny side, so shaving another 0.5M off the podium isn't ideal. Whether space is claimed from the road, or the podium, or the developer elects to deepen the site with further acquisition I believe that needs remedying.
Note that the SFH here is a Neighbourhood zoning. From a policy perspective I see no reason that shouldn't change, but it may be the subject of some pushback.
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