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"To the delight of a group of frustrated neighbours, the city’s committee of adjustment voted unanimously last week to reject a proposed 11-unit
redevelopment on Palmerston Boulevard.
In September, developer GreenStreet Flats applied for several zoning variances as part of a plan to replace an existing Edwardian-style three-unit home at 501 Palmerston Blvd. with a new 10-unit apartment building and garden suite.
In an interview with
TorontoToday, Leonid Kotov, GreenStreet’s president, said he believes the proposal is tightly aligned with the city’s goals of creating more housing in
transit-rich neighbourhoods. The lot is about a five minute walk from the Bathurst subway station.
While members of the committee of adjustment agreed the project has merits, they said the design was “excessive” for the lot size and did not maintain the aesthetic character of the neighbourhood.
“This is not desirable for this neighbourhood,” said committee member Yim Chan. “I think this built form is actually exceeding, or will sort of destroy the character of the street.”
The denial was welcome news for a group of neighbours who began
agitating in October, demanding the city give the street a heritage designation to prevent proposals just like this one. "
