Update Mid-Rise Building Performance Standards Monitoring on the agenda tomorrow September 16

Tomorrow at City Hall, there's a meeting of the Planning and Growth Management Committeel.  One of the agenda items is entitled Mid-Rise Performance Standards Monitoring.  Here's the top line extract:

Summary

In July 2010, Council directed staff to use the Mid-Rise Building Performance Standards in the evaluation of mid-rise development proposals.  Council also adopted a monitoring period to the end of 2014 in order to measure the effectiveness of the Standards. 

This report represents the results of over five years of monitoring of the Performance Standards through data analysis of mid-rise building applications and consultation with city staff, City Council and external stakeholders (e.g. local residents and ratepayer groups, architects, urban designers, planners and developers), including experiences at the Ontario Municipal Board and advice from the Design Review Panel.  Review of the data analysis coupled with feedback received guided the recommended changes to the Performance Standards set forth in this report.  If you click on the link below it will take you to the agenda item.  

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.PG6.6

If you follow the link above under Background Information, attachment number 6 is the top line summary of Toronto's Chief Planner Roundtable from April 2015. 

It's interesting to compare the city's written version and the live video compilation created by Tim Kirkwood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBtar3XaM8o&feature=youtu.be 

 "How much someone paid for a site is not a driver of livability. It's not a driver of good form.  It doesn't in anyway ensure neighborhood compatibility, it usually results in pretty onerous shadow impacts and transition issues. " Jennifer Keesmaat, Executive Director and Planner  - City of Toronto

 

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