Dundas Corridor Policy Implementation

• Notice of Passing – Public Notice CD.03-DOW OPA 141
• Notice of Passing – Public Notice CD.03-DOW OPA 142

• Amendment to the Dundas Corridor Mixed Use Limited Designation
• Appendix 1 – Draft Official Plan Policy

• Dundas Corridor Policy Implementation Project – Official Plan Amendment
• Appendix 1 – Written Letters
• Appendix 2 – Response to Comments Summary
• Appendix 3 – Public Meeting Minutes
• Appendix 4 – Draft Protected MTSA Schedules 11-E 11-F and 11-G
• Appendix 5 – Revised Character Area Policies
• Appendix 6 – Recommended Official Plan Amendments – Revised Official Plan Schedules
• Appendix 7 – Planning Rationale for Proposed Policies
• Appendix 8 – Applicable Policy Analysis
• Public Meeting Notice for July 5, 2022

• Dundas Corridor Policy Implementation Project – Draft Official Plan Amendment
• Appendix 1 – Summary of Parallel Projects Implementing the Dundas Connects Master Plan Recommendations
• Appendix 2 – Draft Official Plan Policy
• Appendix 3 – Map: Protected Major Transit Areas
• Appendix 4
• Public Meeting Notice for May 30, 2022

• Presentation – Virtual Public Meeting, March 21, 2022
  • Watch the recording of the presentation

• Dundas Connects Master Plan Implementation Update 2021

• Dundas Street Right of Way Planning and Development Committee Report 2020
• Appendix 1 – Dundas Connects Master Plan Report to Planning and Development Committee 2018
• Appendix 2 – Figure 5-3 Land Use Concept Plan of the DCMP
• Appendix 3 – Preliminary Program of Various Key DCMP Related Projects

• Terms of Reference – Dundas Connects Land Use Compatibility
  • Dundas Terms of Reference Figure 1
  • Dundas Terms of Reference Figure 2
  • Dundas Terms of Reference Figure 3
  • Dundas Terms of Reference Figure 4

Key recommendations within the endorsed DCMP include the following:

• Implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along Dundas Street
• Encouraging mixed-use development that supports transit
• Creating more open spaces and community facilities
• Maintaining existing and supporting new affordable housing
• Maintaining four traffic lanes along Dundas Street
• Providing safe cycling infrastructure along the length of the Dundas Street Corridor
• Enhancing pedestrian space and providing street trees
• Encouraging street-related retail while supporting existing businesses.

Learn more about the specific recommendations in the endorsed plan.

The Dundas Connects Master Plan (DCMP) recommendations have been endorsed, yet they have not been formally established as official City policy. This is partly due to ongoing studies, which affect the implementation of the recommendations.

The implementation of the Official Plan Amendment establishes the recommendations of the DCMP as official policy.

For lands currently restricted by flooding, the ongoing flood mitigation studies, environmental assessments, and construction of mitigation measures must be completed before the recommendations of the DCMP can be fully realized.

At the same time, any conversion of employment areas to non-employment uses will continue to be subject to City Official Plan policies and Provincial requirements.

The implementing Official Plan Amendment may include the following key recommendations of the Dundas Connects Master Plan (DCMP):

• Implement height range recommendations of the DCMP along the Dundas Street corridor.
• Identify lands within the Dixie and Mavis-Erindale Employment Areas that could be considered for conversion from employment to mixed-use residential subject to land use compatibility assessment to determine appropriateness. (If appropriate, this will entail land use changes initiated by development applications.)
• Establish where appropriate urban design and built form policies for lands along the Dundas Street corridor.
• The development of open space and public realm networks to support the expected residential development and complement the anticipated job growth.
• Define the Dixie Community Node boundary, which is currently unspecified in the Official Plan. However, policies related to the extent of development within the node will be subject to ongoing flood studies.
• Enhance access and connections within existing blocks and future higher-order transit stations through additional roadways and access corridors.

Flood affected areas will be able to develop upon completion of the construction of any flood mitigation measures. Revised flood mapping and policies in the Official Plan and Zoning By-law must also be complete where necessary before new development is considered in affected areas. This process is likely to take multiple years.

Find more details about the related flood studies, including timelines:

• Little Etobicoke Creek Flood Evaluation Study, which looks at flood mitigation options at a larger scale throughout the entire Little Etobicoke Creek watershed from Courtney Park in the north to Queensway East in the south.
• Dixie-Dundas Flood Mitigation Study, which looks at flood mitigation options at a more localized scale, specifically for the neighbourhoods around Dundas Street and Dixie Road.
• Dundas Street Special Policy Area Review is a study that looks at updating the Applewood and Dixie-Dundas Special Policy Areas (SPAs) as identified in the Official Plan.

Currently, the Official Plan protects the right-of-way of 42 metres to allow for improvements along the Dundas Street corridor as new development occurs. The detailed design, including the width of lanes, cycling lanes, street furniture, landscaping, etc., within the right of way is part of the City’s Preliminary Design and Transit Project Assessment Process Study for the Dundas BRT.

The boundaries of the Dixie-Dundas Community Node reflect the Dixie Focus area in the Dundas Connects Master Plan, but will not include the flood prone Provincial Special Policy Areas until those area boundaries have been revised by the Province.