2.            OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENT - 3376 Woodroffe Avenue

 

MODIFICATION  AU PLAN OFFICIEL ET AU ZONAGE - 3376, AVENUE WOODROFFE

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.         approve and adopt an amendment to the Official Plan of the former City of Nepean to redesignate 3376 Woodroffe Avenue from Transitional Residential to Institutional, as detailed in Document 2.

 

2.         approve an amendment to the former City of Nepean Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 3376 Woodroffe Avenue from Future Growth to Institutional as detailed in Document 3.

 

 

RECOMMANDATIONs DU COMITÉ

 

Que le Conseil :

 

1.                  approuve et adopte une modification au Plan officiel de l’ancienne Ville de Nepean afin de changer la désignation du 3376, avenue Woodroffe de résidentielle transitoire à institutionnelle, tel qu’il est expliqué dans le Document 2;

 

2.                  approuve une modification au Règlement de zonage de l’ancienne Ville de Nepean en vue de changer le zonage du 3376, avenue Woodroffe de croissance future à institutionnel, tel qu’il est expliqué dans le Document 3.

 

 

 

For the information of council

 

Committee Chair Hume read a statement required under the Planning Act, wherein he advised that anyone who intends to appeal this proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), must either voice their objections at the public meeting, or submit their comments in writing prior to the amendment being adopted by City Council. Failure to do so could result in refusal/dismissal of the appeal by the OMB.  No delegations were present.

 


Pour la gouverne du Conseil

 

Le conseiller Hume, président du Comité, a lu un énoncé en vertu de la Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire, stipulant que quiconque souhaite interjeter appel auprès de la Commission des affaires municipales de l’Ontario (CAMO) de la modification proposée au Plan officiel et le Règlement de zonage doit exprimer ses objections à la réunion publique ou soumettre ses commentaires par écrit avant que la modification ne soit adoptée par le Conseil municipal, faute de quoi son appel pourrait être rejeté par la CAMO. Aucune délégation n’était présente.

 

 

 

Documentation

 

Planning and Growth Management Deputy City Manager’s report dated 5 June 2004 (ACS2004-DEV-APR-0127).

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

5 June 2004 / le 5 juin 2004

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Ned Lathrop, Deputy City Manager / Directeur municipal adjoint

Planning and Growth Management / Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Karen Currie, Manager / Gestionnaire

Development Approvals / Approbation des demandes d'aménagement

(613) 580-2424 x28310, Karen.Currie@ottawa.ca

 

Bell-South Nepean/Bell-Nepean sud (3)

Ref N°: ACS2004-DEV-APR- 0127

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENT - 3376 Woodroffe Avenue  (FILE NOS. D01-01-04-0001 AND D02-02-04-0013)

 

 

OBJET :

MODIFICATION  AU PLAN OFFICIEL ET AU ZONAGE – 3376, AVENUE WOODROFFE (DOSSIERS D01-01-04-0001 ET D02-02-04-0013)

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend that Council:

 

1.         approve and adopt an amendment to the Official Plan of the former City of Nepean to redesignate 3376 Woodroffe Avenue from Transitional Residential to Institutional, as detailed in Document 2.

 

2.         approve an amendment to the former City of Nepean Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 3376 Woodroffe Avenue from Future Growth to Institutional as detailed in Document 3.

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil :

 

1.                  d’approuver et d’adopter une modification au Plan officiel de l’ancienne Ville de Nepean afin de changer la désignation du 3376, avenue Woodroffe de résidentielle transitoire à institutionnelle, tel qu’il est expliqué dans le Document 2;

 

2.                  d’approuver une modification au Règlement de zonage de l’ancienne Ville de Nepean en vue de changer le zonage du 3376, avenue Woodroffe de croissance future à institutionnel, tel qu’il est expliqué dans le Document 3.

 

BACKGROUND

 

This application applies to a 0.82 ha. parcel of land located approximately 600 metres south of Strandherd Drive,  on the west side of Woodroffe Avenue, north of the Hearts Desire Community. Directly to the north is undeveloped lands forming part of a future phase of the Chapman Mills subdivision. The extension of Cresthaven Drive will form the northern flankage of this site.

 

The purpose of the applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are to allow for the development of a place of worship and accessory uses. 

 

DISCUSSION

 

The site lies within the General Urban Area designation in the former Regional Official Plan (ROP) and the Residential designation in the former City of Nepean Official Plan. The current Council Approved Official Plan designates the site as General Urban Area. The policies allow for uses serving the needs of a residential community including places of worship.

 

The Council Approved Official Plan Secondary Plan policies and the former City of Nepean Secondary Plan policies for the Planning Area 4,5, and 6 designate the site as Transitional Residential. The policies of the latter designation do not allow for anything other than single detached dwellings. The Official Plan amendment being sought is for a change of this designation to facilitate the church use.

 

Rationale

 

The intent of the Transitional Residential designation is to buffer the existing Hearts Desire neighbourhood with compatible low-density residential development to the north. The policies further establish that through the implementing Zoning By-law, a 10 metre landscaped buffer is to be created along the property edge with the residences in the neighbouring community. The proposed use has been evaluated in relation to compliance with the general policies of the relevant Official Plans and the Department is of the view that the proposal complies with the general intent.

 

With regards to the Transitional Residential designation and policies, the proposed place of worship will not be an incompatible use in this location given the size of the site and the flexibility it presents in terms of siting of the church. Further the parcel size will enable a potentially larger buffer with the residential uses to the south as opposed to a single detached dwelling. Overall the intent of the Official Plan policy relative to this area is to provide a compatible transition in use from the community to the south and into the subdivision to the north. The concern of the residents during the development of these policies was to ensure that they were not surrounded by the intensity of development in the communities that lie to the north. This proposal does not compromise that objective.

 

Staff supports the proposed amendments for following reasons: the use is a neighbourhood serving use; it does not compromise the ability to buffer the adjacent community, and in fact provides a suitable transition from the existing low density housing forms to a higher density development pattern that will develop to the north, and finally it is supported by the adjacent community. 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City’s Public Notification and Consultation Policy. Information signs were posted on-site indicating the nature of the application.  The Ward Councillor is aware of this application and the staff recommendation.  The City did not receive any negative comments or opposition to this application.

 

The applicants hosted an Open House in early spring to inform the community about their plans and consulted with the Community Associations in the area and received positive feedback on their proposal.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS

This application was processed within the timeframe established for the processing of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1      Location Map

Document 2      Proposed Official Plan Amendment

Document 3      Details of Recommended Zoning

 

DISPOSITION

 

Department of Corporate Services, Secretariat Services to notify the applicant, Al McCausland, Longfields Community Church, 14 Golder Green Lane, Nepean, ON. K2J 5C1, All Signs, 8692 Russell Road, Navan, ON  K4B 1J1, and the Program Manager, Assessment, Department of Corporate Services of City Council’s decision.

 

Department of Planning and Growth Management to prepare the implementing by-law and forward to Legal Services Branch, and undertake the statutory notification amendment to the Zoning By-Law 1998 of the former City Of Nepean Zoning By-Law.

 

Department of Corporate Services, Legal Services Branch to forward the implementing by-law to City Council.

 

LOCATION MAP                                                                                                         Document 1


PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT                                                        Document 2

 

AMENDMENT No. XX TO THE OFFICIAL PLAN FOR OLD CITY OF NEPEAN AND AMENDMENT No. YY TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA OFFICIAL PLAN

 

 

 

                                                                        INDEX

 

Components

 

Part A - The Preamble

Purpose

Location

Basis

Part B - The Amendment

Introduction

Details

Amendment No. XX of the City of Nepean Official Plan

Amendment No. YY of the Ottawa Council Adopted Official Plan

Implementation

Schedule “A”

Amendment to Schedule “A” Land Use Areas 4,5 & 6

Amendment to Schedule “A1” Land Use Areas 4,5 & 6

 

 

 

 


 

COMPONENTS

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE does not constitute part of this amendment.

 

 

PART B - THE AMENDMENT, consisting of the attached map (designated Schedule "A") constitutes Amendments XX and YY to the Official Plans of the old City of Nepean and City of Ottawa respectively.

 

 


PART A - THE PREAMBLE

 

PURPOSE:

 

The purpose of amendments XX and YY are to permit the development of a place of worship in the South Urban Area of the former City of Nepean. The amendment alters the land use designation of this property on Schedule “A” of the Nepean Official Plan Secondary Plan for Areas 4, 5 & 6 and the same designation change is implemented on Schedule “ A1” of the Ottawa Council Adopted Official Plan Secondary Plan for Areas 4, 5, & 6.

 

LOCATION

 

The lands affected by this amendment are located approximately 600 metres south of Strandherd Drive,  on the west side of Woodroffe Avenue, north of the Hearts Desire Community.

 

BASIS

 

This amendment is consistent with the General Urban policies of the Former Regional Official Plan and the current Ottawa Official Plan. The Residential Area policies of the former Nepean Official Plan also support the use proposed. The amendment only applies to the Secondary Plan designation for the area, which sought to establish a suitable buffer for the residential community to the south. The Transitional Residential designation was therefore designed with the objective of achieving a compatible low-density residential development form to the north of the existing Hearts Desire Community. The place of worship being proposed does not compromise this objective because the site size will permit this transition in density of built form to occur, which is the cornerstone of the Transitional residential policy.


PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

1. Introduction

 

All of this part of the document entitled Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the attached map designated Schedule “A” constitutes Amendment No.XX to the old City of Nepean Official Plan and Amendment No.YY to the City of Ottawa Official Plan Volume 2-A Secondary Plans for Areas 4, 5, & 6 respectively.

 

2. Details

 

The Official Plans for the current City of Ottawa and the old City of Nepean is hereby amended as follows:

           

AMENDMENT NO. XX TO THE CITY OF NEPEAN OFFICIAL PLAN AND AMENDMENT YY TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA OFFICIAL PLAN

 

That the City of Nepean Secondary Plan for Area 4, 5 & 6 as contained in the former City of Nepean Official Plan and the City of Ottawa Official Plan Volume 2-A Secondary Plan for Area 4, 5 & 6  is hereby amended as follows:

 

Schedule “A” Land Use Areas 4, 5, & 6 to the Secondary Plan of the former City of Nepean is hereby amended as shown on the attached Schedule entitled “Amendment to Schedule “A” Former City of Nepean Official Plan, attached to this amendment.

 

Schedule “A1” Land Use Areas 4, 5, & 6 to the Ottawa Official Plan Secondary Plans is hereby amended as shown on the attached Schedule entitled “Amendment to Schedule A1” City of Ottawa Official Plan, attached to this amendment.

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

The implementation of this Amendment to the Official Plan documents shall be in accordance with the respective policies of the Official Plan of the former City of Nepean and the City of Ottawa Official Plan.

 

 


SCHEDULE A

AMENDMENT TO FORMER CITY OF NEPEAN OFFICIAL PLAN

SCHEDULE “A” LAND USE AREAS 4, 5, & 6 AND

AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE “A1” LAND USE AREAS 4, 5, & 6

OTTAWA COUNCIL ADOPTED OFFICIAL PLAN 


DETAILS OF RECOMMENDED ZONING                                                              Document 3

 

 

1.      That the area shown on the attached Document 1: Location Map be rezoned from Future Growth  - FG to Institutional –I.

 

2.      That Schedule B18 of Zoning By-law 100-2000 be amended to reflect this change.