OFFICIAL PLAN and zoning - 5271 Fernbank Road

 
Plan officiel et zonage - 5271, chemin fernbank

 

 

 

Committee RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the City Council Approved Official Plan for 5271 Fernbank Road to permit semi-detached dwellings, subject to a minimum residential density as detailed in revised Document 3, Proposed Official Plan Amendments. 

 

2.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the Official Plan of the former City of Kanata and former Region of Ottawa Carleton to redesignate 5271 Fernbank Road from Restricted Industrial and Business Park to Special Policy Area, as detailed in revised Document 3.

 

3.                  Approve amendments to the former City of Kanata Zoning By-law 135-93 to change the zoning of certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road  to M1A-XX and repeal By-law 135-93 as they apply to certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road and add these lands to By-law 168-94 and rezone to OS1, CG-XX and R3A-XX as detailed in revised Document 6.

 

And that no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act.

 

 

RECOMMANDATIONS MOdifiée DU COMITé

 

Que le Conseil :

 

1.         approuve et adopte une modification au Plan officiel approuvé par le Conseil concernant le 5271, chemin Fernbank en vue de permettre des habitations jumelées, sous réserve d'une densité résidentielle minimale comme il est détaillé dans le document 3 révisé, Propositions de modifications au Plan officiel.

 

2.         approuve et adopte une modification au Plan officiel de l'ancienne Ville de Kanata et au Plan directeur de l'ancienne Région d'Ottawa-Carleton en vue de changer la désignation de zonage du 5271, chemin Fernbank de zone industrielle restreinte et parc d'affaires à zones spéciales, comme il est détaillé dans le document 3 révisé.

 


3.                  approuve les modifications au Règlement de zonage 135-93 de l'ancienne Ville de Kanata en vue de changer la désignation de zonage de certains terrains du 5271, chemin Fernbank à M1A-XX, d'abroger le Règlement 135-93 en ce qui a trait à certains terrains situés au 5271, chemin Fernbank, d'ajouter lesdits terrains au Règlement 168-94 et de changer le zonage à OS1, CG-XX et R3A-XX, comme il est détaillé dans le document 6 revisé.

 

Aucun autre avis ne sera donné conformément au paragraphe 34. (17) de la Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire.

 

 

 

 

Documentation

 

1.                  Deputy City Manager, Planning and Growth Management report dated 29 June 2005 (ACS2005-PGM-APR-0179).

 

2.         Extract of Draft Minutes, 28 June 2005.

 


Report to/Rapport au:

 

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

29 June 2005 / le 29 juin 2005

 

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 : Grant Lindsay, Manager / Gestionnaire

Development Approvals / Approbation des demandes d'aménagement

(613) 580-2424 x13242, Grant.Lindsay@ottawa.ca

 

Kanata (4)

Ref N°: ACS2005-PGM-APR-0179

 

SUBJECT:

OFFICIAL PLAN and zoning - 5271 Fernbank Road (FILE NO. D01-01-04-0032, D02-02-04-0176)

 

 

OBJET :

Plan officiel et zonage - 5271, chemin fernbank

 

 

 REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

                                                                                                           

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council:

 

1.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the City Council Approved Official Plan for 5271 Fernbank Road to permit semi-detached dwellings, subject to a minimum residential density as detailed in Document 4. 

 

2.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the Official Plan of the former City of Kanata and former Region of Ottawa Carleton to redesignate 5271 Fernbank Road from Restricted Industrial and Business Park to Special Policy Area, as detailed in Documents 3 and 4.

 

3.                  Approve amendments to the former City of Kanata Zoning By-law 135-93 to change the zoning of certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road  to M1A-XX and repeal By-law 135-93 as they apply to certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road and add these lands to By-law 168-94 and rezone to OS1, CG-XX and R3A-XX as detailed in Document 6.

 


RECOMMANDATIONS 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 approuvé par le Conseil concernant le 5271, chemin Fernbank en vue de permettre des habitations jumelées, sous réserve d’une densité résidentielle minimale comme il est détaillé dans le document 4.

 

2.                  d’approuver et d’adopter une modification au Plan officiel de l’ancienne Ville de Kanata et au Plan directeur de l’ancienne Région d’Ottawa-Carleton en vue de changer la désignation de zonage du 5271, chemin Fernbank de zone industrielle restreinte et parc d’affaires à zones spéciales, comme il est détaillé dans les documents 3 et 4.

 

3.                  d’approuver les modifications au Règlement de zonage 135-93 de l’ancienne Ville de Kanata en vue de changer la désignation de zonage de certains terrains du 5271, chemin Fernbank à M1A-XX, d’abroger le Règlement 135-93 en ce qui a trait à certains terrains situés au 5271, chemin Fernbank, d’ajouter lesdits terrains au Règlement 168-94 et de changer le zonage à OS1, CG-XX et R3A-XX, comme il est détaillé dans le document 6.

 

BACKGROUND

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The subject parcel of land is currently vacant and has a site area of approximately 53 hectares.  It is bounded to the north by a hydro corridor, on the east by Eagleson Road, and on the west by an unopened road allowance (Didsbury Road, formerly First Line Road) (see Document 1).  The Monahan Drain also transects the site.  The site is part of the 187 ha Kanata South Business Park which has mostly developed with light industrial and office uses to the north of the subject lands.

 

The proposed mixed-use development known as SoHo West, consists of approximately 1 200 residential units, including 73 ‘Chambers Style’ residential/personal service units along Cope Drive, a 2.7 ha park and a 3-hectare business/employment parcel.  As part of the servicing for the lands, the developer will be installing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for the entire development.  The Concept Plan for the development is attached in Document 2.

 

The site is designated Business Park in the former Regional Official Plan and Restricted Industrial in the former City of Kanata Official Plan. The Council Approved Official Plan designates these lands Enterprise Area, a designation which allows for the land to be developed for residential purposes as long as certain criteria are met.

 

The application for the SoHo West development was submitted with the intent to develop the lands in accordance with the Enterprise Area policies and is proposing a mix of residential and employment uses. At the time of submission, it was anticipated that the Council Approved Official Plan would be in full force and effect by the time the subdivision application had advanced to the approval stage of the planning process. Due to the number and complexity of the appeals however, the new Plan is not yet in effect and the Kanata and Regional Official Plans still prevail. In order to proceed with the Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision approval and render a decision, the subject application is proposing to amend both the Kanata and Regional Official Plans to introduce the Enterprise Area policies and allow for the proposed development. 

 

In addition, the applicant has requested a site-specific amendment to the Council Approved Official Plan to allow semi-detached units in the Enterprise Area.  Currently, the criteria permitting residential uses in the Enterprise Area (Section 3.6.5 – 8) requires that “All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments...”

 

The applicant also wishes to rezone the lands to allow the mix of uses proposed by the development.  The lands are currently zoned M1A-3 (Light Industrial Select – Exception 3), M1D (Light Industrial Automotive), OS1 (Open Space Type 1) and Hazard (HZD) Zone in the Kanata Zoning By-law (By-law 135-93) which reflects the anticipated industrial use of the property and the presence of the Monahan Drain.

 

DISCUSSION

 

City Council Approved Official Plan

 

The proposed development includes approximately 1 200 residential units, comprised of a mix of ‘carriage homes’ (similar to a semi-detached dwelling), row dwellings, stacked row dwellings and apartments.  The City Council Approved Enterprise Area policies do not currently permit ‘carriage homes’, the intent being that land converted from employment to residential be developed at medium to high density.  The density of the proposed development is approximately 25 units per net hectare, the same density as if the entire area were developed only as row dwellings.

This development proposal, as noted above, includes the provision of fibre optic cable to each unit (residential, commercial and industrial). This development would be unique to Ottawa and to Canada.

 

The proposed development will provide added benefit, which goes beyond those of a standard residential development.  The Council approved ‘Broadband Plan’ states that ‘broadband services to the home are clearly a requirement of a well-planned and serviced municipality.’ By providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for each residential unit for the development, the proposed development provides the opportunity for the following benefits:

·         Reduce daily commuter traffic by promoting teleworking via broadband from the home;

·         Bridge the "digital divide" between urban and rural Ottawa and foster economic development outside the urban core;

·         Enable home-based businesses to build, test and bring to market new high-bandwidth applications and services; and

·         Expand the City's innovation economy by connecting businesses, organizations and people with ideas efficiently and cost effectively through broadband infrastructure and services.

Staff’s recommendation is to add a site-specific policy to the Enterprise Area designation to allow one additional housing type, semi-detached dwelling/carriage homes, to the list of housing forms for this specific development, as long as a minimum density target of 25 units per net hectare is met.  This density target will be listed in the Zoning By-law for the lands. The proposed development meets all other requirements of the Council Approved Official Plan as it relates to residential uses within the Enterprise Area.

 

Former Regional and Local Official Plan

 

The Enterprise Area designation identifies areas where commercial, office, and industrial are the primary land uses.  Policies in Section 3.6.5 of the Council Approved Official Plan, state that the Enterprise Area will permit a variety of industrial and employment generating uses, such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses and retail uses.  The designation will also permit a variety of complimentary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve employees and the general public in the immediate area.  The designation also permits residential uses provided that the residential component does not limit the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target and the development proposal meets the following criteria: 

 

·        all housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments;

·        where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian /cycling linkage;

·        at least 50 per cent of the developable land in the Enterprise area will be devoted to employment uses; and

·        a concept plan may be required indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time.

 

Staff is recommending that the Kanata and Regional Official Plans be amended to introduce these policies including the addition of semi-detached dwellings provided the minimum density is achieved. These policies are detailed in Document 4 and the necessary schedule changes are attached as Document 3.  Council has supported and approved similar amendments to the Kanata and Regional Official Plan to allow for lands to be rezoned permitting mixed use development in the Kanata North Business Park and to the Goulbourn and Regional Official Plan to allow a similar development in the Kanata South Business Park, south of Fernbank Road. This application is similar to those previously considered by Council and can be seen as a housekeeping or technical amendment to bring forward a type of land use designation and associated policies previously determined by Council as being appropriate for these lands.

 

Details of Proposed Zoning

 

The applicant is proposing to rezone the lands from M1A-3 (Light Industrial Select – Exception 3), M1D (Light Industrial Automotive), and Hazard (HZD) Zone to M1A-XX (A new special exception Light Industrial Select Zone), CG-XX (A new special exception General Commercial Zone) and R3A-XX (A new special exception Residential Type 3 Zone) and OS1 (Open Space Type One Zone).

 

 Staff is recommending that By-laws 135-93 and 168-94 of the former City of Kanata be amended as detailed in Document 6 to include the following zones and associated provisions.

(Residential Type 3A Special Exception Zone)

 

A new special exception residential zone, as outlined in Document 6 is being proposed for the majority of lands to accommodate a variety of housing types.   The purpose of the zone would be to permit a flexible range of ground-oriented, medium density residential dwelling types.   The zone would permit semi-detached dwellings, multiple attached dwellings (townhomes and stacked townhome units) and apartment dwellings. In particular, special provisions would be added to the by-law to allow a greater proportion of the dwelling unit to be used for a home based business use than is normally permitted in the Zoning By-law. This site specific provision is being introduced to facilitate and encourage the introduction of home-based businesses and take advantage of the available fibre optic network.  As noted above to ensure a mix of residential uses, zone provisions would be included in the by-law to require a minimum density of 25 units per net hectare.

 

Open Space Type One

 

This zone presently applies to the Monahan Drain (including a 20 metres buffer on each side). The proposed by-law would extend this zoning to include the 2.7 ha Community Park shown on the Concept Plan in Document 2.  This zone permits a conservation use, park and public use.

 

General Commercial Special Exception

 

This zone is proposed to apply to lands fronting on both sides of Cope Drive and is intended to accommodate live/work units similar in exterior design to those found along Centrepointe Drive in the former City of Nepean.  This zone would limit the general commercial uses to office (financial, business and professional), day nursery, personal service shop and clinic and would permit dwelling units on the second and third floors. 

 

Light Industrial Select Special Exception

 

This area would remain zoned M1A, with a new exception zone created to increase the permitted gross floor area to four times the lot area and permit office as a primary use, in an effort to  ensure preservation of the Business Park’s employment target.

 

Conclusion

 

Approval of these Official Plan amendments and Zoning By law amendments will provide the opportunity to contribute to Council’s objectives with respect to the Broadband Plan. The amendment to the City Council Approved Official Plan would allow the development to include semi-detached units, as well as, multiple attached, stacked townhouses and apartments. The Zoning-By law ensures that a density target is met to provide a medium density development as a minimum. The proposed by-law also includes the introduction of a zone which permits live/work units, provides more flexibility to the creation of home based businesses and allows for the industrially zoned lands to be developed at a higher density than permitted in the existing zoning.

 

 The site will require subdivision and site plan approval in order to develop the lands as a mixed-use area. The site details including the road network, the residential and industrial lot and block layout and stormwater management facility and pathway locations will be determined through the subdivision process.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

 

A Preliminary Tree Planting Report and Conservation Plan and subsequent addendum provided a detailed inventory of existing vegetation and natural features on the property. The property, previously agricultural lands and largely disturbed by previous farming practices, is currently vacant, with some vegetation cover in the northern and southeast portions.  The developer will attempt to preserve as many trees as possible, concentrating on the future park and the Monahan Drain area.

 

The area of the Monahan Drain will be protected by a 40 metres buffer and enhanced through the subdivision approval process with a recreational pathway. Connections from the abutting developments will be required as conditions of development.

 

CONSULTATION

 

Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City’s Public Notification and Consultation Policy. 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.

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A formal public meeting for the subdivision proposal was held on April 26, 2005 in the community. The Official Plan amendment application was presented to the members of the public in attendance, as well as, the details of the subdivision proposal. No negative comments were expressed concerning the Official Plan or Zoning By-law Amendments.

 

Detailed responses to the notification/circulation are provided in Document 7. 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS

 

This application was processed within the timeframe established for the processing of Official Plan Amendments.

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

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Document 1      Location Map

Document 2      Concept Plan

Document 3      Proposed Official Plan Amendments (REVISED)

Document 4      Proposed Official Plan Amendment Text Addition (DELETED)

Document 5      Explanatory Note

Document 6      Details of Recommended Zoning including proposed Zone Map (REVISED)

Document 7      Consultation Details

 

DISPOSITION

 

Department of Corporate Services, Secretariat Services to notify the owners SoHo West (180 MacLaren Street, Unit 1110 Ottawa, ON K2P 0L3), Cavanagh Construction Ltd. – attn. Mark Purchase (R.R. #2, Ashton, On, K0A 1B0), Miriam Lynch (FoTenn Consultants Inc., 223 McLeod Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0Z8), All Signs, 8692 Russell Road, Navan, ON K4B 1J1, and the Program Manager, Assessment, Department of Corporate Services of City Council’s decision.

 

Planning and Growth Management Department to prepare the implementing by-law and forward to Legal Services Branch, and undertake the statutory notification amendment to the Kanata Official Plan and the Regional Official Plan.

 

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


LOCATION MAP                                                                                                         Document 1

 


CONCEPT PLAN                                                                                                          Document 2

 


PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENTS                                      Document 3 (REVISED)

 

 

 

 

 

Official Plan Amendment 32

Modification du Plan directeur 32

 

To the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa (2003)

 

 

 

 

 

Land use

Utilisation du sol


INDEX

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

PART A – THE PREAMBLE

 

Purpose                                      

Location                                     

Basis                                          

 

PART B – THE AMENDMENT

 

Introduction                                

Details                                        

Implementation

 

 


AMENDMENT NO. 32

OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE

CITY OF OTTAWA (2003)

 

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

Part A - The Preamble does not constitute part of this Amendment.

 

Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text constitutes Amendment No. 32 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa (2003).

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE

 

1.     Purpose

 

The purpose of this Amendment is to change the Enterprise Area text in the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to add a site-specific policy for 5271 Fernbank Road. 

 

2.     Location

 

The lands affected by this Amendment are known municipally as 5271 Fernbank Road.  The lands have a site area of approximately 53 hectares and are bounded to the north by a hydro corridor, on the east by Eagleson Road, and on the west by an unopened road allowance (Didsbury Road, formerly First Line Road).  The Monahan Drain also transects the site.  The site is part of the 187-hectare Kanata South Business Park, which has mostly developed with light industrial and office uses to the north of the subject lands. 

 

3.     Basis

 

This Amendment relates to a mixed-use development known as SoHo West, which is proposed on the subject lands.  The development consists of approximately 1 200 residential units, including 73 ‘Chambers Style’ residential/personal service units along Cope Drive, a 2.7 ha park and a 3-hectare business/employment parcel.  As part of the servicing for the lands, the developer will be installing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for the entire development. 

 

The site is designated Business Park in the former Regional Official Plan and Restricted Industrial in the former City of Kanata Official Plan. The Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan designates these lands Enterprise Area, a designation which allows for the land to be developed for residential purposes as long as certain criteria are met.

 

Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision applications were submitted for the SoHo West development with the intent to develop the lands with a mix of residential and employment uses in accordance with the Enterprise Area policies.  At the time of submission, it was anticipated that the Council Approved Official Plan would be in full force and effect by the time the subdivision application had advanced to the approval stage of the planning process.  Due to the number and complexity of the appeals however, the new Plan is not yet in effect and the Kanata and Regional Official Plans still prevail. In order to proceed with the Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision approval and render a decision, it is necessary to amend both the Kanata and Regional Official Plans to introduce the Enterprise Area policies and allow for the proposed development. 

 

In addition, the applicant has requested a site-specific amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan to allow semi-detached units in the Enterprise Area.  Currently, the criteria permitting residential uses in the Enterprise Area (Section 3.6.5 – 8) requires that “All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments...”

 

Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan

 

The proposed development includes approximately 1 200 residential units, comprised of a mix of ‘carriage homes’ (similar to a semi-detached dwelling), row dwellings, stacked row dwellings and apartments.  The City Council Approved Enterprise Area policies do not currently permit ‘carriage homes’, the intent being that land converted from employment to residential be developed at medium to high density.  The density of the proposed development is approximately 25 units per net hectare, the same density as if the entire area were developed only as row dwellings.

 

This development proposal, as noted above, includes the provision of fibre optic cable to each unit (residential, commercial and industrial). This development would be unique to Ottawa and to Canada.

 

The proposed development will provide added benefit, which goes beyond those of a standard residential development.  The Council approved ‘Broadband Plan’ states that ‘broadband services to the home are clearly a requirement of a well-planned and serviced municipality.’ By providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for each residential unit for the development, the proposed development provides the opportunity for the following benefits:

·        Reduce daily commuter traffic by promoting teleworking via broadband from the home;

·        Bridge the "digital divide" between urban and rural Ottawa and foster economic development outside the urban core;

·        Enable home-based businesses to build, test and bring to market new high-bandwidth applications and services; and

·        Expand the City's innovation economy by connecting businesses, organizations and people with ideas efficiently and cost effectively through broadband infrastructure and services.

 

This Amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan will add a site-specific policy to the Enterprise Area designation to allow one additional housing type, semi-detached dwelling/carriage homes, to the list of housing forms for this specific development, as long as a minimum density target of 25 units per net hectare is met.  This density target will be listed in the Zoning By-law for the lands. The proposed development meets all other requirements of the Council Approved Official Plan as it relates to residential uses within the Enterprise Area.

 


Former Regional and Local Official Plan

 

The Enterprise Area designation identifies areas where commercial, office, and industrial are the primary land uses.  Policies in Section 3.6.5 of the Council Approved Official Plan, state that the Enterprise Area will permit a variety of industrial and employment generating uses, such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses and retail uses.  The designation will also permit a variety of complimentary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve employees and the general public in the immediate area.  The designation also permits residential uses provided that the residential component does not limit the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target and the development proposal meets the following criteria: 

 

·        all housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments;

·        where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian /cycling linkage;

·        at least 50 per cent of the developable land in the Enterprise area will be devoted to employment uses; and

·        a concept plan may be required indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time.

 

Concurrent amendments to the Regional Official Plan and City of Kanata Official Plan will introduce these policies including the addition of semi-detached dwellings provided the minimum density is achieved.  Council has supported and approved similar amendments to the Kanata and Regional Official Plan to allow for lands to be rezoned permitting mixed use development in the Kanata North Business Park and to the Goulbourn and Regional Official Plan to allow a similar development in the Kanata South Business Park, south of Fernbank Road. This Amendment is similar to those previously considered by Council and can be seen as a housekeeping or technical amendment to bring forward a type of land use designation and associated policies previously determined by Council as being appropriate for these lands.

 


PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

1.     Introduction

 

All of this part of this document entitled Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text constitutes Amendment No. 32 to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa (2003).

 

2.      Details

 

The following changes are hereby made to the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa (2003):

 

1.       That Section 3.6.5, Employment Area and Enterprise Area, be amended to add the following policy 8 h) after policy 8 g):

 

“8 h)          Notwithstanding Policy 8 b) above, lands identified as part of SoHo West, located in the Kanata South Business Park, municipally known as 5271 Fernbank Road, legally described as Part of Lot 31, Concession 10, Geographic Township of Goulbourn, formerly City of Kanata, now City of Ottawa, can accommodate semi-detached dwelling units as part of the housing mix, as long as the Zoning By-law prescribed minimum residential density is achieved.” 

 

3.  Implementation

 

The implementation of this Amendment to the Official Plan shall be in accordance with the respective policies of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa, and with the provisions of By-law 135-93, as amended, being the Zoning By-law for the Kanata South Business Park.


 

 

 

 

 

Official Plan Amendment 58

Modification du Plan directeur 58

 

To the Official Plan of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton

 

 

 

 

 

Land use

Utilisation du sol


INDEX

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

PART A – THE PREAMBLE

 

Purpose                                      

Location                                     

Basis                                          

 

PART B – THE AMENDMENT

 

Introduction                                

Details                                        

Implementation                           

 


AMENDMENT NO. 58

OFFICIAL PLAN

OF THE REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON

 

 
THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

Part A - The Preamble does not constitute part of this Amendment.

 

Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text and map (designated Schedule “A”), constitutes Amendment No. 58 to the Official Plan of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE

 

1.     Purpose

 

The purpose of this Amendment is to change the land use designation of 5271 Fernbank Road from a “Business Park” designation to a new “Business Park – Special Policy Area” designation.  The lands affected by this Amendment are identified on Schedule “A” to this Amendment, being a part of Schedule “B”, Urban Policy Plan, to the Official Plan of the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton.  The Amendment also adds text for the new  “Business Park – Special Policy Area” designation.

 

2.     Location

 

The lands affected by this Amendment are known municipally as 5271 Fernbank Road.  The lands have a site area of approximately 53 hectares and are bounded to the north by a hydro corridor, on the east by Eagleson Road, and on the west by an unopened road allowance (Didsbury Road, formerly First Line Road).  The Monahan Drain also transects the site.  The site is part of the 187-hectare Kanata South Business Park, which has mostly developed with light industrial and office uses to the north of the subject lands. 

 

The lands affected by the Amendment are highlighted on Schedule “A” to this Amendment, which is a portion of Schedule “B”, Urban Policy Plan, to the Official Plan of the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton. 

 

3.     Basis

 

This Amendment relates to a mixed-use development known as SoHo West, which is proposed on the subject lands.  The development consists of approximately 1 200 residential units, including 73 ‘Chambers Style’ residential/personal service units along Cope Drive, a 2.7 ha park and a 3-hectare business/employment parcel.  As part of the servicing for the lands, the developer will be installing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for the entire development. 

 

The site is designated Business Park in the former Regional Official Plan and Restricted Industrial in the former City of Kanata Official Plan. The Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan designates these lands Enterprise Area, a designation which allows for the land to be developed for residential purposes as long as certain criteria are met.

 

Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision applications were submitted for the SoHo West development with the intent to develop the lands with a mix of residential and employment uses in accordance with the Enterprise Area policies.  At the time of submission, it was anticipated that the Council Approved Official Plan would be in full force and effect by the time the subdivision application had advanced to the approval stage of the planning process.  Due to the number and complexity of the appeals however, the new Plan is not yet in effect and the Kanata and Regional Official Plans still prevail. In order to proceed with the Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision approval and render a decision, it is necessary to amend both the Kanata and Regional Official Plans to introduce the Enterprise Area policies and allow for the proposed development. 

 

In addition, the applicant has requested a site-specific amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan to allow semi-detached units in the Enterprise Area.  Currently, the criteria permitting residential uses in the Enterprise Area (Section 3.6.5 – 8) requires that “All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments...”

 

Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan

 

The proposed development includes approximately 1 200 residential units, comprised of a mix of ‘carriage homes’ (similar to a semi-detached dwelling), row dwellings, stacked row dwellings and apartments.  The City Council Approved Enterprise Area policies do not currently permit ‘carriage homes’, the intent being that land converted from employment to residential be developed at medium to high density.  The density of the proposed development is approximately 25 units per net hectare, the same density as if the entire area were developed only as row dwellings.

 

This development proposal, as noted above, includes the provision of fibre optic cable to each unit (residential, commercial and industrial). This development would be unique to Ottawa and to Canada.

 

The proposed development will provide added benefit, which goes beyond those of a standard residential development.  The Council approved ‘Broadband Plan’ states that ‘broadband services to the home are clearly a requirement of a well-planned and serviced municipality.’ By providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for each residential unit for the development, the proposed development provides the opportunity for the following benefits:

·        Reduce daily commuter traffic by promoting teleworking via broadband from the home;

·        Bridge the "digital divide" between urban and rural Ottawa and foster economic development outside the urban core;

·        Enable home-based businesses to build, test and bring to market new high-bandwidth applications and services; and

·        Expand the City's innovation economy by connecting businesses, organizations and people with ideas efficiently and cost effectively through broadband infrastructure and services.

 

The concurrent amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan will add a site-specific policy to the Enterprise Area designation to allow one additional housing type, semi-detached dwelling/carriage homes, to the list of housing forms for this specific development, as long as a minimum density target of 25 units per net hectare is met.  This density target will be listed in the Zoning By-law for the lands. The proposed development meets all other requirements of the Council Approved Official Plan as it relates to residential uses within the Enterprise Area.

 

Former Regional and Local Official Plan

 

The Enterprise Area designation identifies areas where commercial, office, and industrial are the primary land uses.  Policies in Section 3.6.5 of the Council Approved Official Plan, state that the Enterprise Area will permit a variety of industrial and employment generating uses, such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses and retail uses.  The designation will also permit a variety of complimentary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve employees and the general public in the immediate area.  The designation also permits residential uses provided that the residential component does not limit the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target and the development proposal meets the following criteria: 

 

·        all housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments;

·        where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian /cycling linkage;

·        at least 50 per cent of the developable land in the Enterprise area will be devoted to employment uses; and

·        a concept plan may be required indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time.

 

This Amendment to the former Regional Official Plan and a concurrent amendment to the former City of Kanata Official Plan will introduce these policies including the addition of semi-detached dwellings provided the minimum density is achieved.  Council has supported and approved similar amendments to the Kanata and Regional Official Plan to allow for lands to be rezoned permitting mixed use development in the Kanata North Business Park and to the Goulbourn and Regional Official Plan to allow a similar development in the Kanata South Business Park, south of Fernbank Road. This Amendment is similar to those previously considered by Council and can be seen as a housekeeping or technical amendment to bring forward a type of land use designation and associated policies previously determined by Council as being appropriate for these lands.

 


PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

1.     Introduction

 

All of this part of this document entitled Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text and the attached map designated Schedule “A” to Amendment No. 58, constitutes Amendment No. 58 to the Official Plan of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.

 

2.      Details

 

The following changes are hereby made to the Official Plan of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton:

 

1.       That Schedule “B”, Urban Policy Plan, is hereby amended by changing the land use designation of 5271 Fernbank Road from “Business Park” to “Business Park – Special Policy Area” as shown on Schedule “A” to this Amendment.

 

2.       That Section 4.4, Business Parks, be amended by adding the following policy 4.4.14 after policy 4.4.13:

 

 "4.4.14    Notwithstanding Business Park Policies contained within Section 4.4, lands designated Business Park - Special Policy Area shall be developed in conformity with the following policies:

 

    1)      Commercial, office and industry are the primary land uses.  Residential uses may also be considered in accordance with criteria set out in policy 5 below.

 

    2)      The Zoning By-law will permit a variety of industrial and employment-generating uses such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses of a type which are compatible with residential uses.

 

    3)      The Zoning By-law will not permit industrial uses with characteristics that are likely to impact negatively on surrounding areas (e.g., industrial uses that produce odours, smoke, heavy equipment movement, large areas of outdoor storage, or noise) from those uses that are likely to have negligible such impacts (e.g., offices or research and development facilities).

                         

    4)      The Zoning By-law will permit a variety of complementary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve the employees of the site, the general public in the immediate vicinity and passing traffic. Convenience retail is the only form of retail permitted.

 

                            5)             Applications to provide for residential uses will be considered provided the following criteria are met:

                                      a)          All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments. Semi-detached dwellings can be permitted as long as the minimum residential density required in the Zoning By-law is achieved.

b)       Where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian/cycling linkage;

c)         At least 50 per cent of the developable land within the Kanata South Business Park will be devoted to employment uses;

d)         The City will require a concept plan indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time.

e)         The introduction of residential uses will not detract from the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target."

 

3.  Implementation

 

The implementation of this Amendment to the Official Plan shall be in accordance with the respective policies of the Official Plan of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton, and with the provisions of By-law 135-93, as amended, being the Zoning By-law for the Kanata South Business Park.



 

 

 


 

 

Official Plan Amendment 79

Modification du Plan directeur 79

 

To the Official Plan of the City of Kanata

 

 

 

 

 

Land use

Utilisation du sol


INDEX

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

PART A – THE PREAMBLE

 

Purpose                                      

Location                                     

Basis                                          

 

PART B – THE AMENDMENT

 

Introduction                                

Details                                        

Implementation

 


AMENDMENT NO. 79

OFFICIAL PLAN

OF THE CITY OF KANATA

 

 

THE STATEMENT OF COMPONENTS

 

Part A - The Preamble does not constitute part of this Amendment.

 

Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text and map (designated Schedule “A”), constitutes Amendment No. 79 to the Official Plan of the City of Kanata.

 

PART A - THE PREAMBLE

 

1.     Purpose

 

The purpose of this Amendment is to change the land use designation of 5271 Fernbank Road from a “Restricted Industrial” designation to a new “Restricted Industrial – Special Policy Area” designation.  The lands affected by this Amendment are identified on Schedule “A” to this Amendment, being a part of Schedule “B”, Urban Area – Land Use, to the Official Plan of the former City of Kanata.  The Amendment also adds text for the new  “Restricted Industrial – Special Policy Area” designation.

 

2.     Location

 

The lands affected by this Amendment are known municipally as 5271 Fernbank Road.  The lands have a site area of approximately 53 hectares and are bounded to the north by a hydro corridor, on the east by Eagleson Road, and on the west by an unopened road allowance (Didsbury Road, formerly First Line Road).  The Monahan Drain also transects the site.  The site is part of the 187-hectare Kanata South Business Park, which has mostly developed with light industrial and office uses to the north of the subject lands. 

 

The lands affected by the Amendment are highlighted on Schedule “A” to this Amendment, which is a portion of Schedule “B”, Urban Area - Land Use, to the Official Plan of the former City of Kanata. 

 

3.     Basis

 

This Amendment relates to a mixed-use development known as SoHo West, which is proposed on the subject lands.  The development consists of approximately 1 200 residential units, including 73 ‘Chambers Style’ residential/personal service units along Cope Drive, a 2.7 ha park and a 3-hectare business/employment parcel.  As part of the servicing for the lands, the developer will be installing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for the entire development. 

The site is designated Business Park in the former Regional Official Plan and Restricted Industrial in the former City of Kanata Official Plan. The Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan designates these lands Enterprise Area, a designation which allows for the land to be developed for residential purposes as long as certain criteria are met.

 

Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision applications were submitted for the SoHo West development with the intent to develop the lands with a mix of residential and employment uses in accordance with the Enterprise Area policies.  At the time of submission, it was anticipated that the Council Approved Official Plan would be in full force and effect by the time the subdivision application had advanced to the approval stage of the planning process.  Due to the number and complexity of the appeals however, the new Plan is not yet in effect and the Kanata and Regional Official Plans still prevail. In order to proceed with the Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision approval and render a decision, it is necessary to amend both the Kanata and Regional Official Plans to introduce the Enterprise Area policies and allow for the proposed development. 

 

In addition, the applicant has requested a site-specific amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan to allow semi-detached units in the Enterprise Area.  Currently, the criteria permitting residential uses in the Enterprise Area (Section 3.6.5 – 8) requires that “All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments...”

 

Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan

 

The proposed development includes approximately 1 200 residential units, comprised of a mix of ‘carriage homes’ (similar to a semi-detached dwelling), row dwellings, stacked row dwellings and apartments.  The City Council Approved Enterprise Area policies do not currently permit ‘carriage homes’, the intent being that land converted from employment to residential be developed at medium to high density.  The density of the proposed development is approximately 25 units per net hectare, the same density as if the entire area were developed only as row dwellings.

 

This development proposal, as noted above, includes the provision of fibre optic cable to each unit (residential, commercial and industrial). This development would be unique to Ottawa and to Canada.

 

The proposed development will provide added benefit, which goes beyond those of a standard residential development.  The Council approved ‘Broadband Plan’ states that ‘broadband services to the home are clearly a requirement of a well-planned and serviced municipality.’ By providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) for each residential unit for the development, the proposed development provides the opportunity for the following benefits:

·        Reduce daily commuter traffic by promoting teleworking via broadband from the home;

·        Bridge the "digital divide" between urban and rural Ottawa and foster economic development outside the urban core;

·        Enable home-based businesses to build, test and bring to market new high-bandwidth applications and services; and

·        Expand the City's innovation economy by connecting businesses, organizations and people with ideas efficiently and cost effectively through broadband infrastructure and services.

 

The concurrent amendment to the Council Approved City of Ottawa Official Plan will add a site-specific policy to the Enterprise Area designation to allow one additional housing type, semi-detached dwelling/carriage homes, to the list of housing forms for this specific development, as long as a minimum density target of 25 units per net hectare is met.  This density target will be listed in the Zoning By-law for the lands. The proposed development meets all other requirements of the Council Approved Official Plan as it relates to residential uses within the Enterprise Area.

 

Former Regional and Local Official Plan

 

The Enterprise Area designation identifies areas where commercial, office, and industrial are the primary land uses.  Policies in Section 3.6.5 of the Council Approved Official Plan, state that the Enterprise Area will permit a variety of industrial and employment generating uses, such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses and retail uses.  The designation will also permit a variety of complimentary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve employees and the general public in the immediate area.  The designation also permits residential uses provided that the residential component does not limit the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target and the development proposal meets the following criteria: 

 

·        all housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments;

·        where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian /cycling linkage;

·        at least 50 per cent of the developable land in the Enterprise area will be devoted to employment uses; and

·        a concept plan may be required indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time.

 

This Amendment to the City of Kanata Official Plan and a concurrent Amendment to the former Regional Official Plan will introduce these policies including the addition of semi-detached dwellings provided the minimum density is achieved.  Council has supported and approved similar amendments to the Kanata and Regional Official Plan to allow for lands to be rezoned permitting mixed use development in the Kanata North Business Park and to the Goulbourn and Regional Official Plan to allow a similar development in the Kanata South Business Park, south of Fernbank Road. This Amendment is similar to those previously considered by Council and can be seen as a housekeeping or technical amendment to bring forward a type of land use designation and associated policies previously determined by Council as being appropriate for these lands.

 


PART B - THE AMENDMENT

 

1.     Introduction

 

All of this part of this document entitled Part B - The Amendment, consisting of the following text and the attached map designated Schedule “A” to Amendment No. 79, constitutes Amendment No. 79 to the Official Plan of the City of Kanata.

 

2.      Details

 

The following changes are hereby made to the Official Plan of the City of Kanata:

 

1.       That Schedule “B”, Urban Area - Land Use, is hereby amended by changing the land use designation of 5271 Fernbank Road from “Restricted Industrial” to “Restricted Industrial – Special Policy Area” as shown on Schedule “A” to this Amendment.

 

2.       That Section 6.9, Industrial, be amended to add the following Section 6.9.5, Restricted Industrial - Special Policy Area, after Section 6.9.4:

 

6.9.5                             Restricted Industrial – Special Policy Area

 

Lands designated Restricted Industrial - Special Policy Area shall be developed in conformity with the following policies:

 

1)    Commercial, office and industry are the primary land uses.  Residential uses may also be considered in accordance with criteria set out in policy 5 below.

 

2)      The Zoning By-law will permit a variety of industrial and employment-generating uses such as warehousing and distribution, manufacturing, communications, storage, construction, office, institutional research and development uses of a type which are compatible with residential uses.

 

3)      The Zoning By-law will not permit industrial uses with characteristics that are likely to impact negatively on surrounding areas (e.g., industrial uses that produce odours, smoke, heavy equipment movement, large areas of outdoor storage, or noise) from those uses that are likely to have negligible such impacts (e.g., offices or research and development facilities).

 

4)    The Zoning By-law will permit a variety of complementary uses, such as convenience retail, personal service businesses, and recreational uses to serve the employees of the site, the general public in the immediate vicinity and passing traffic. Convenience retail is the only form of retail permitted.

 

5)   Applications to provide for residential uses will be considered provided the following criteria are met:

a)  All housing is in the form of townhouses, stacked townhouses or apartments.  Semi-detached dwellings can be permitted as long as the minimum residential density required in the Zoning By-law is achieved;

b)  Where townhouses form part of the proposal, they must be a logical extension of adjacent residential areas and be linked to those areas by road, if possible, but definitely by a pedestrian/cycling linkage;

c)  At least 50 per cent of the developable land within the Kanata South Business Park will be devoted to employment uses;

d)  The City will require a concept plan indicating how the uses for the whole site could evolve over time; and

e)  The introduction of residential uses will not detract from the ability of the area to achieve its original employment target."

 

3.  Implementation

 

The implementation of this Amendment to the Official Plan shall be in accordance with the respective policies of the Official Plan of the City of Kanata, and with the provisions of By-law 135-93, as amended, being the Zoning By-law for the Kanata South Business Park. 


EXPLANATORY NOTE                                                                                               Document 5

 

By-law *** 2005 amends the former City of Kanata By-law 135-93 and 168-94 to change the zoning of 5271 Fernbank Road  from M1A-3 (Light Industrial Select – Exception 3), M1D (Light Industrial Automotive), and Hazard (HZD) Zone to M1A-XX (A new special exception Light Industrial Select Zone), CG-XX (A new special exception General Commercial Zone) and R3A-XX (A new special exception Residential Type 3 Zone) and OS1 (Open Space Type One Zone). This zoning is being proposed to implement a mixed-use development in the Kanata South Business Park.    

 

 

For further information, please contact Sally Switzer at 580-2424 ext. 27597 (sally.switzer@ottawa.ca)
DETAILS OF RECOMMENDED ZONING                                   Document 6 (REVISED)

 

 

1.                  For Lands at 5271 Fernbank Road shown as Area A and I on the attached Zoning Key Map

·        By-law Number 135-93 (former Kanata) be amended to show Area A zoned from M1A-3 to M1A-8 and to show Area I zoned from OS1 to M1A-8

·        The Text of By-law 135-93(former Kanata) be amended to add special exception zone M1A-8 as follows:

 

M1A-8 Zone, containing the following special provisions:

 

(i)         The permitted uses are

·         General offices including a post office, a financial office, a professional office are permitted as a primary use

 

(ii)                The zone provisions are:

·        The maximum gross floor area is     4 times the lot area

·        The maximum building height is 20 metres

 

2.                  For Lands at 5271 Fernbank Road shown as Area B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K and L on the attached Zoning Key Map

·        By-law Number 135-93 (former Kanata) be repealed

·        By-law Number 168-94 (former Kanata) be amended to add these lands and to zone them as follows: Area B, C, D and K as R3A-4; Area E, F and L as CG-7; and Area G, H and J as OS1

·        The Text of By-law 168-94 (former Kanata) be amended to add special exception zones R3A-4 and CG-7 as follows:

 

CG-7 Zone, containing the following special provisions:

 

(i)                  The permitted uses are:

·        the only permitted non-residential uses: business office, clinic, financial office, personal service shop, professional office, day nursery and public use

·        the only permitted residential uses: dwelling units located on the second and third floors of a building

 

(ii)                The zone provisions are:

·        Access for a dwelling unit can be located on the ground floor of a building

·        The minimum lot frontage is 20.0 metres

·        The minimum lot area is 600 square metres

·        The maximum lot coverage for a main building is 40%

·        The maximum building height for a main building is 13.0 metres

·        The minimum front yard depth for a main building is 3.0 metres

·        The maximum front yard depth for a main building is 6 metres

·        The minimum interior side yard depth is 1.5 metres

·        The minimum exterior side yard depth is 3 metres

·        If a building or land that is developed in compliance with this by-law is severed or divided into separate ownership all zone requirements must be maintained on the basis of the whole of the original lot with the exception that each parcel of land created must have a minimum of 5.0 metres lot frontage or 5.0 metres of width along an access that acts as a street.

·        The minimum parking requirements are: one parking space for each 50 square metres of gross floor area for business office, professional office, and financial office; one parking space per dwelling unit; and for clinic, personal service shop, day nursery and public use as per general provisions.     

                                                           

R3A-4 Zone, containing the following special provisions:

 

(i)                  The permitted uses are:

 

·        semi-detached dwelling;

·        multiple attached dwelling;

·        stacked townhouse dwelling;

·        apartment dwelling;

·        public use;

·        Group Home

                                                                       

(ii)        The minimum required density is: 25 units per hectare calculated including all of the land in the zone

 

(iii)       Public Use shall include a Stormwater Management Facility

 

(iv)       The zone provisions for semi-detached dwelling and multiple attached dwelling are as follows:

 

·        the minimum required lot frontage is 5.5 metres

·        the minimum required lot area is 150 square metres

·        the maximum permitted lot coverage for a main building is 55%

·        the maximum permitted building height for a main building is 11.0 metres

·        the minimum required front yard depth for a main building is 3.0 metres

·        the minimum required front yard depth for a private garage is 3.5 metres

·        the minimum required  rear yard depth is 6.0 metres

·        the minimum required exterior side yard width is 2.5 metres

·        the minimum required interior side yard width is 1.2 metres

·        the minimum length of a parking space (garage or driveway) shall be 5.5 metres

·        No more than 40% or 100 m2 of the gross floor area of the dwelling, whichever is less, shall be used for a home-based business

·        Front porches / entrance features, porch and building overhang, balconies, eaves and bay window features shall be permitted to encroach a maximum distance of 2.0m into the required front and exterior side yard building setback

·        Private driveways dimensions shall be a minimum width of 3 metres and a maximum width of 9 metres but no greater than 50% of the lot width, measured at the street line 

 

(v)        The zone provisions for stacked townhouse dwelling and apartment dwelling are as follows:

 

·        the minimum required lot frontage is 20.0 metres

·        the minimum required front yard depth for a main building is 5.0 metres

·        the minimum required  rear yard depth is 10.0 metres

·        the minimum required exterior side yard width is 5.0 metres

·        the minimum required interior side yard width for a main building is 3.0 metres

·        the minimum required building separation for main buildings is 3.0 metres

·        the minimum floor area for a bachelor or 1 bedroom apartment is 50 square metres

·        the minimum floor area for a 2 bedroom apartment is 65 square metres

·        the minimum amount of private amenity area required, including a private balcony, is:

            (A)    4.0 square metres for a one bedroom dwelling unit;

(B)    5.0 square metres for a two bedroom dwelling unit, and;

            (C)    6.0 square metres for a dwelling unit with 3 or more bedrooms

·        the minimum amount of landscaped open space required is 25% of the lot area.



CONSULTATION DETAILS                                                                                       Document 7

 

NOTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION PROCESS

 

Notification and public consultation was undertaken in accordance with the Public Notification and Public Consultation Policy approved by City Council for Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments.  At the public meeting for the related subdivision application, held in community April 26, 2005, the details of the Official Plan amendment were also presented.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

[U4] Comment

Concerns were raised with respect to traffic and transportation network and timing of road construction within and adjacent to the development.

 

Response

The details of the internal transportation network will be approved and implemented through the draft plan of subdivision process. The proposed development will complete the construction of Cope Drive, an east-west collector between Eagleson and Terry Fox.  A Transportation Impact Study has been submitted in support of the Plan of Subdivision application and reviewed by staff and found to be acceptable.

 

A considerable amount of transportation infrastructure improvement is anticipated over the next few years which will also serve to address the concerns raised.

 

 

 

COUNCILLOR’S COMMENTS

[U5] 

The Ward Councillor was in attendance at the Public Meeting.  The Official Plan, Zoning By-law amendment and subdivision were presented and discussed.  The Councillor has not raised concerns with the applications for the development.

 


OFFICIAL PLAN and zoning - 5271 Fernbank Road

Plan officiel et zonage - 5271, chemin fernbank

ACS2005-PGM-APR-0179                                                                    KANATA (4)

 

Chair Hume began by reading a statement required under the Planning Act, which advised that anyone who intended 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.

 

The Committee received correspondence from Hani Zaatar representing adjacent landowners, indicating interest in that the proposed development is adjacent to their property and can impact current and future uses. 

 

Moved by Councillor P. Feltmate:

 

That Report Reference No. ACS2005-PGM-APR-0179 dealing with an Official Plan and Zoning application for the property at 5271 Fernbank Road be amended according to the following:

 

1.                  That Document 3, Proposed Official Plan Amendment Schedule Change, and Document 4, Proposed Official Plan Amendment Text Addition, be deleted and replaced with the attached Document 3, Proposed Official Plan Amendments.

 

2.                  That Document 6, Details of Recommended Zoning and Map, be deleted and replaced with the attached Document 6.

 

3.                  That Report Recommendation 1 be revised to delete reference to Document 4 and replace it with Document 3 and that Report Recommendation 2 be revised to delete reference to Document 4.

 

And that the normal rules of procedure be waived and that Report Reference No. ACS2005-PGM-APR-0179 and its associated by-laws be forwarded to the July 13, 2005 meeting of Council.

 

And that no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34 (17 of the Planning Act.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 


The Committee approved the recommendations contained in departmental report dated 29 June 2005 as amended.

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council:

 

1.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the City Council Approved Official Plan for 5271 Fernbank Road to permit semi-detached dwellings, subject to a minimum residential density as detailed in revised Document 3, Proposed Official Plan Amendments. 

 

2.                  Approve and adopt an amendment to the Official Plan of the former City of Kanata and former Region of Ottawa Carleton to redesignate 5271 Fernbank Road from Restricted Industrial and Business Park to Special Policy Area, as detailed in revised Documents 3.

 

3.                  Approve amendments to the former City of Kanata Zoning By-law 135-93 to change the zoning of certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road  to M1A-XX and repeal By-law 135-93 as they apply to certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road and add these lands to By-law 168-94 and rezone to OS1, CG-XX and R3A-XX as detailed in revised Document 6.

 

And that no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED as amended

 

 

 


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 [U4]Summarize the public notification and consultation undertaken.

 [U5]Insert Councillor’s comments