3291 KINGSTON RD
Ward 20: Scarborough Southwest
City Planning COA Application Information Center
app.toronto.ca
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No description on the Dev App site, but here's an article with more info:
Homeowner’s group describes a proposed 367-unit building as “almost half the height” of the Statue of Liberty.
www.toronto.com
From the article linked above...........the local Nimbys are up in arms:
Homeowners also say the development would "damage the ecosystems and forests" they value. Windy Ridge is near the Doris McCarthy Trail, an entrance to the future Scarborough waterfront trail below the bluffs. To make its point, the association wants the contest, which runs through January, to capture the area’s beauty.
Below, I have an aerial view with the site (roughly) outlined in white. I'm not sure where the position of the rear lot-line is for the Kingston Rd fronting property.
You can see the Doris McCarthy Trail labelled in the pic towards the bottle (south-west) of the photo.
It is one serious reach to describe this proposal as a threat to that trail.
The closest point distance (again, roughly) btw the proposed building at the trees on this trail is about 90M.
The only arguable threat, other than precedent, is one of shadowing. But w/o doing a full modelling exercise, I can reasonably ascertain, w/this site being to the north-east of the trail, that impacts will not be particularly severe, especially at 90M away, and only 12 storeys in height.
The current trail actually has its entrance off of Bellehaven Crescent, even further away.
(from Streetview)
If the residents seriously value this trail; they should prioritize some parkland aqusition dollars for the gas station site on Kingston Rd located btw this proposal as the ravine corridor.
This would avoid the issue of precedent negatively affecting the trail, but would also grow a very narrow natural corridor and permit the trail to be extended to Kingston Rd, broadening access to and awareness of same.
This is an aerial of the gas station in question:
Finally this is the street view where the ravine fronts Kingston Rd. Current sans any trail or entrance.
