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2. In Mixed Use Areas development will:

a) create a balance of high quality commercial, residential, institutional and open space uses that reduces automobile dependency and meets the needs of the local community;

b) provide for new jobs and homes for Toronto’s growing population on underutilized lands in the Downtown, the Central Waterfront, Centres,

Avenues and other lands designated Mixed Use Areas, creating and

sustaining well-paid, stable, safe and fulfilling employment opportunities for all Torontonians;

c) locate and mass new buildings to provide a transition between areas of different development intensity and scale, as necessary to achieve the objectives of this Plan, through means such as providing appropriate setbacks and/or a stepping down of heights, particularly towards lower scale Neighbourhoods;

d) locate and mass new buildings so as to adequately limit shadow impacts on adjacent Neighbourhoods, particularly during the spring and fall equinoxes;

e) locate and mass new buildings to frame the edges of streets and parks with good proportion and maintain sunlight and comfortable wind conditions for pedestrians on adjacent streets, parks and open spaces; f) provide an attractive, comfortable and safe pedestrian environment; g) have access to schools, parks, community centres, libraries, and

childcare;

h) take advantage of nearby transit services;

i) provide good site access and circulation and an adequate supply of parking for residents and visitors;

j) locate and screen service areas, ramps and garbage storage to minimize the impact on adjacent streets and residences; and

k) provide indoor and outdoor recreation space for building residents in every significant multi-unit residential development.

3. Large scale, stand-alone retail stores and/or “power centres” are not permitted in Mixed Use Areas within the Central Waterfront, and Downtown, and are permitted only through a zoning by-law amendment in other Mixed

Use Areas. Where permitted new large scale, stand-alone retail stores and/

or “power centres” will ensure that:

a) sufficient transportation capacity is available to accommodate the additional traffic generated by the development, resulting in an acceptable volume of traffic on adjacent and nearby streets; and

b) the function and amenity of the area for businesses and residents and the economic health of nearby shopping districts are not adversely affected.

4. Existing large scale, stand-alone retail stores and/or “power centres” legally established prior to the approval date of this Official Plan in Mixed Use Areas are permitted.

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EMPLOYMENT AREAS

Toronto’s Employment Areas are the hothouses where we grow our enterprises and jobs.

Businesses increasingly require flexibility in order to compete effectively in the global economy. This need for flexibility extends to a firm’s lands and buildings, and to what is available to support that business activity in the immediate area. A broad and inclusive

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approach to employment uses in Employment Areas is needed for the City’s economic future. Uses that support the prime economic function of Employment Areas, such as parks, small scale retail stores and services to meet the daily needs of business and employees, workplace daycare and restaurants, must also be readily accessible within Employment Areas. Uses that detract from the economic function of these lands will not be permitted to locate in

Employment Areas.

Some uses that are extensive land users and are not directly supportive of the primary employment function of these areas, such as places of worship, post-secondary institutions, recreation and entertainment facilities and large scale, stand-alone retail stores, have located in Toronto’s Employment Areas in recent decades. These uses have special locational needs but their presence in the heart of

Employment Areas can adversely affect, or be affected by, businesses

there. They also draw large numbers of worshippers, students and shoppers from broad catchment areas and can have a serious impact on local traffic movement. Special locational limitations are needed for such uses in Employment Areas.

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1. Employment Areas are places of business and economic activity. Uses that support this function consist of: offices, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, research and development facilities, utilities, media facilities, parks, hotels, retail outlets ancillary to the preceding uses, and restaurants and small scale stores and services that serve area businesses and workers.

2. Within Employment Areas, places of worship, recreation and entertainment facilities, business and trade schools and branches of community colleges or universities may locate only on major streets as shown on Map 3. All existing places of worship, recreation and entertainment facilities, business andrecreation and entertainment facilities, business and trade schools and branches of community colleges and universities legally established before the approval date of this Official Plan within Employment

Areas are permitted.

3. Large scale, stand-alone retail stores and “power centres” are not permitted in Employment Areas in the Central Waterfront and are only permitted in other Employment Areas fronting onto major streets as shown on Map 3, that also form the boundary of the Employment Areas through the enactment of a zoning by-law. Where permitted, new large scale, stand-alone retail stores and "power centres" will ensure that: a) sufficient transportation capacity is available to accommodate the extra traffic generated by the development, resulting in an acceptable level of traffic on adjacent and nearby streets; and b) the functioning of other economic activities within the Employment Areas and the economic health of nearby shopping districts are not adversely affected.

4. Consideration may also be given to permit large-scale and stand-alone retail stores in locations on major streets, as shown on Map 3, that do not form the boundary of Employment Areas, other than in the Central Waterfront, only by way of an Official Plan Amendment, if it can be demonstrated, among other matters, that:

a) such development will not undermine the stability of the Employment

Area and will have particular regard for the viability of industrial uses;

b) sufficient transportation capacity is available to accommodate the extra traffic generated by the development, resulting in an acceptable level of traffic on adjacent and nearby streets; and

c) the economic health of nearby shopping districts is not adversely affected.

5. Large scale, stand-alone retail stores and “power centres” legally established prior to the approval date of this Official Plan within Employment Areas are permitted.