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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 1065/79THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. 1065/79 Being a By-Law to authorize the execution of an Agreement among Dominion Stores Limited, Columbia Commonwealth Limited, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited and the Corporation of the Town of Picker- ing respecting the development of the Pickering Town Centre. WHEREAS, Columbia Commonwealth Limited and The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited intend to acquire from Dominion Stores Limited, certain lands in the Borough of Scarborough and to develop thereon a proposed Rouge Shopping Centre; and WHEREAS, the Corporation of the Town of Pickering intends to permit the development of certain lands in the Town of Pickering for the proposed Pickering Town Centre (referred to as the Main Central Area of the Town of Pickering in the Region of Durham Official Plan); and WHEREAS, Dominion Stores Limited, Columbia Commonwealth Limited, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited and the Corporation of the Town of Pickering desire to resolve certain differences respecting the said developments; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute an Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Schedule "A", among Dominion Stores Limited, Columbia Common- wealth Limited, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited and the Corporation of the Town of Pickering respecting the development of the Pickering Town Centre. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 19th day of November , 1979. My-or (Acti g) Clerk-- ? SCHEDULE "A" to By-law Number 1065/79 , THIS AGREEMENT made in quadruplicate this 11th day of October A.D. 1979, B E T W E E N DOMINION STORES LIMITED, (hereinafter called "Dominion") OF THE FIRST PART - and - COLUMBIA COMMONWEALTH LIMITED an amalgamation of J.E. Kelley Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary Columbia Commonwealth Limited and THE CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION LIMITED (hereinafter called "Kelley-Cadillac") OF THE SECOND PART - and - THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING, (hereinafter called "Pickering") OF THE THIRD PART a) WHEREAS the lands affected by this Agreement are described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and are hereinafter referred to as. the "Rouge lands"; b) AND WHEREAS Dominion warrants that it is the registered owner of the Rouge lands; C) AND WHEREAS Kelley-Cadillac, pursuant to an agreement between them and Dominion, after their designation and zoning in the Scarborough Official Plan and Restricted Area By-Laws has been com- pleted, intends to acquire and develop the Rouge lands for a District Commercial Centre, hereinafter referred to as the "proposed Rouge Shopping Centre", and will be the owners and managers therccf; d) AND WHEREAS Kelley-Cadillac and Corporation of the Borough of Scarborough "Scarborough"), to adopt an Official Plan opment of a District Com:;ierc.al Centre on Scarborough, on the Eth day of :ay, 1978, Amendment 477 to the official Pi_an cf S c a Dominion requested the (hereinafter called Amendment to permit devel- the Rouge lands, and adopted Official Plan rberough which permits - 2 - development of a District Commercial Centre on the Rouge lands to a maximum of 500,000 square feet of gross leasable area if a full line department store is provided; e) AND WHEREAS Pickering has, since at least 1973 retained consultants and counsel, conducted studies, expended significant funds and in many other ways worked vigorously and on a constant basis to develop its own Town Centre, including a major retail- commercial component, known as and hereinafter referred to as, the "Pickering Town Centre", on lands more particularly shown on Schedule "B" attached hereto; f) AND WHEREAS the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality of Durham, (Section 8.2.2.9 and Section 15.6, and Map A4), requires, and it is intended, that the Pickering Town Centre (referred to as the Main Central Area in the Regional Plan) shall be developed as the dominant concentration of retail-commercial and other Central Business District uses for Pickering; g) AND WJJE,R77? trP Official. Plan of the Regional Municipality of Durham provides that the Pickering Town Centre may ultimately develop a maximum gross retail and peroonal service floor space of 1,500,000 square feet, of which, in the first phase, 250,000 square feet additional to that presently existing may be developed without amendment to the said official Plan; h) AND WHEREAS Pickering desires and intends that the Pickering Town Centre include two full line department stores; i) AND WHEREAS Pickering has recorded its concerns and objections to the said Scarborough Official Plan Amendment 477 by means of letters of objection dated the 15th day of June, 1978 and the 30th day of November, 1977, and by Resolution 225/77 forwarded to the Minister of Housing (copies of which are attached hereto as Schedule "C"); j) AND WHEREAS the Region of Durham has, pursuant to Section 15 of The Planning Act, requested the referral of, and the Minister - 3 - of Housing pursuant thereto has referred, the said Scarborough Official Plan Amendment 477 to the Ontario Municipal Board for adjudication following a public hearing; k) AND WHEREAS the Ontario Municipal Board is presently seized of the said Scarborough Official Plan Amendment 477 under its file number R 783142; 1) AND WHEREAS she parties desire to resolve their differences; NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consid- eration of the recitals aforesaid and the mutual covenants herein- after set forth and other good and valuable consideration mutually exchanged, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. In this agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1.1 "Target Date" means the 31st day of December, 1987. 1.2 "Full Line Department Store" includes any department store operated under the trade name Eaton's, Simpsons, Simpsons-Sears, Sears, The Bay and the like. 1.3 "Junior Department Store" means a popular priced, discount or variety-type non-full line department store as operated from time to time by F. W. Woolworth, Woolco, Kresge's, K-Mart, Zellers and the like. 1.4 "District Commercial Centre" and "gross leasable area" have the respective meanings as defined in Scarborough Official Plan Amendment 477. 1.5 "Main Central Area" and "gross retail and personal service floor space" have the respective meanings as defined in the Official Plan of the Regional 1-,,micipality of Durham. 2. Kelley-Cadillac and Dominion warrant, covenant, acknowledge - 4 - and agree: 2.1 That they will not object to the passage, adoption, implementation, or approval of any official plan amendments and zoning by-laws required for the development of the Pickering Town Centre to the 1,500,000 sq.ft. of gross retail and personal service floor space permitted by the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality of Durha;a, and in addition, will make no effort to impair the ability of the developers of the Pickering Town Centre to attract two full line department stores to the Pickering Town Centre. 2.2 That, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 hereafter, they will not develop, or build or permit the development or building of, and will not apply for, or indirectly encourage or permit the application for any official plan amendment to permit a second full line department store on the Rouge lands until after the target date specified herein. For the purposes of this sub- paragraph and of paragraph 4, it is understood and agreed by the parties that it is the intention of Kelley-Cadillac to develop a District Commercial Centre in which the tenant mix may include, and which will be limited to: one full line department store not exceeding 150,000 square feet gross leasable area; one junior department store, not exceeding 93,000 square feet gross leasable area, which area includes any provision for future expansion of the said junior department store beyond the size at which it may initially be constructed, but the said expansion shall in no event increase the size of the junior department store beyond the stated maximum of 93,000 square feet gross leasable area; one Dominion Stores Limited supermarket, not exceeding 75,000 saua.re feet gross leasable area, which area includes any provision for future expansion of the said supermarket beyond the size at which it may initially be constructed, but the said expansion shall in no event increase the size of the said supermarket beyond the stated maxiuun of 75,000.square feet gross leasable 5 - area, and ancillary stores in addition thereto to the maximum gross leasable area per- mitted by Scarborough'Official Plan Amendment 477. 2.3 That they will use their best efforts on a sustained and vigorous basis to enter into a Site Plan Agree- ment with Scarborough providing for development of the proposed Rouge Shopping Centre containing and limited to the tenant mix aforesaid. Following settlement of the Site Plan with their major tenants, prior to submitting it to Scarborough, Kelley-Cadillac shall provide Pickering with a copy thereof for review and comment, and Pickering undertakes to provide its comments within two weeks of receipt of the proposed Site Plan. During the evolution of the Site Plan Agreement by negotiation with Scarborough, if Scarborough r?yuircS a it odiiiuatlGn of the S_t== Plan pr-?'?•:. :>115 .'.1' submitted to Pickering and upon which it shall have commented, Kelley-Cadillac agrees to provide Pickering with a copy of the Site Plan and Agreement so modified for its review and comment, and Pickering undertakes to provide its comments within two weeks of receipt thereof. 3. Pickering warrants, covenants, acknowledges and agrees: 3.1 That it will forthwith withdraw its objection (appended as Schedule "C") to Scarborough official Plan Amendment 477. 3.2 That it will not object in any way to any Zoning By-Laws passed by the Borough of Scarborough to permit the development of the District Commercial. Centre provided for in official Plan Amendment 477 and as defined in Section 2.2 hereof 3.3 That at the same time as it withdraws its own objection in accordance with sub-paragraph 3.1, it will request the Regional Municipality of 6 - Durham. to withdraw the Region's request to the Minister of Housing for referral of Official Plan Amendment 477 to the Ontario Municipal Board for adjudication following a public hearing. 4. Pickering warrants, covenants, acknowledges and agrees that if and when two full line department stores are open for business in the Pickering Town Centre or after the target date, whichever shall first occur, Kelley- Cadillac and Dominion will be entitled to apply for any and all amendments to the Scarborough Official • Plan and for any and all rezonings by amendments to Scarborough By-Laws as may be authority for construction of department store on the Rouge line department stores are at :,a: inesc in t c rickering Tow necessary to obtain a second full line lands. If two full that time open for n centre, then Pickering warrants, covenants, acknowledges and agrees that, with regard to the Pickering Town Centre, it will not object to any such application. If two full line department stores are not at that time open for business in the Pickering Town Centre, then the parties warrant, covenant, acknowledge and agree that there shall be no impediment to Pickering's objecting to any such application to the Borough of Scarborough, the Minister of Housing, the Ontario Municipal Board and any other proper authority. Kelly-Cadillac and Dominion acknowledge that their war_anty, covenant, acknowledgment and agreement in clause 2.2 prohibiting a second full line department store is the fundamental condition of this agreement on which Pickering is relying and without which Pickerinq would not have entered into this agreement. 7 6. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective parties, their successors and assigns. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING Mayor c/s C THE CADILLAC FAIRVIEW CORPORATION LIMITED c/s COLUMBIA C01MONWEALTIJ LIMITED an amalgamation of J.E. Kelley Company Limited and its wholly- owned subsidiary Columbia Commonwealth Limited c/s DOMINION STORES LIMITED Vice President c/s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary I SCHEDULE "A" ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Scarborough, in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and Province of. Ontario and being composed of Part of Lot 2, Concession 2, and designated as Part 1 on a Plan of Survey of record deposited in the Land Registry Office (No. 66) Land Titles Division of Toronto and York South - at Toronto as Number 66R-7241. Being the whole of Parcel 2-1 in the Register for Section S-6. 3 i _ I ? Eay ? ROSEEANK STATION SITE 1 N U C J tICKEPING- VILLAGE S tTE STE t c CATIOVU LO SCHEDULE "B" TO AGRE 11,P-NT IWIT'D OCM13ER lltli 1979 III; I WEEN DOMINION S'IbI?ES LIMITED OOLUMBIA WI?MWFAUIII LIMITED AND - ---__--? -- ZYII COId>ORA'1ON OF '1IIE TOWN OF P-1C1 I ERING