4709, 4725 & 4745 Bender St, 5655 Ontario Av & Air Rights over a Portion of Ontario Av & Lands on the SW corner of Palmer Av & Bender St (File: AM-2024-005)

An Official Plan and zoning by-law amendment application has been submitted to permit a 17 storey, 402 room hotel, an ice sculpture exhibition centre and a tropical garden exhibition centre. Schedules 1 and 2 show details of the proposed building.

The land is designated Tourist Commercial and within the low rise (4 storey) building height area according to Figure 4 of the City’s Official Plan.  The applicant is requesting to place the land under a Special Policy Area to extend the high rise building height area over the subject lands and permit a maximum building height of 17 storeys.

 The land is zoned Tourist Commercial (TC) under By-law No. 79-200, as amended. The applicant is requesting site specific rear yard depth, lot coverage, building height (maximum 74.4 metres as measured from the north end of the lands), and number of parking and loading spaces regulations, as well as deeming the Bender Street frontage as the lot frontage, to permit the proposed building.

Application Type(s)

• Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA)
• Official Plan Amendment (OPA)

Associated Files

• OPA/ZBA Application - Bender Street Attraction
• Open House Notice
• Pin Map Collection
• LRO - Parcel Register Collection
• Slope Stability Study
• Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment
• Transportation Impact Study
• Architectural Design Review Form
• Architectural Drawing Plan Set
• Draft Official Plan Amendment
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment
• Floor Plans
• Functional Servicing Report
• Pedestrian Wind Study
• Planning Justification Report
• Preliminary Landscape Plan
• Preliminary Site Plan

Contact

Andrew Bryce
Director of Planning
905-356-7521 ext. 4232