Report to/Rapport au:

Transportation and Transit Committee/ Comité des transports et des

services de transport en commun

 

and Council/et au Conseil

 

18 June 2002/ le 18 juin 2002

 

Submitted by/Soumis par:  R.T. Leclair, General Manager/ Directrice générale

Transportation, Utilities and Public Works/ Transport, services et travaux publics

 

Contact/Personne-ressource:  Richard Hewitt, Director, Infrastructure Services Branch/ Directeur des services et travaux publics

580-2424, ext. 21268, Richard.Hewitt@ottawa.ca

 

ACS2002-TUP-INF-0013

 

 

SUBJECT:     WAIVER TO THE PRIVATE APPROACH BY-LAW 170-73 AND THE REGIONAL REGULATORY CODE - 260 BESSERER STREET, 950 BANK STREET

 

OBJET :         DÉROGATION AU RÈGLEMENT MUNICIPAL 170-73 SUR LES VOIES D'ACCÈS PRIVÉES ET AU CODE DE RÉGLEMENTATION RÉGIONAL - 260, RUE BESSERER, 950, RUE BANK

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

1.         That the Transportation and Transit Committee recommend Council approve the waiver of Section 13 (f) of the Private Approach By-Law 170-73 of the former City of Ottawa to permit a third two-way access at 260 Besserer Street, to be located less than twenty feet from another access servicing the same property.

 

2.         That the Transportation and Transit Committee recommend Council approve the waiver of subsection 2.6.18(8) of the Regional Regulatory Code to permit an access at 950 Bank Street, to be located less than three metres from an adjacent property line.

 

 

RÉCOMMENDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

1.                  Que le Comité des transports et des services de transport en commun recommande au Conseil d’approuver une dérogation à l’article 13 (f) du Règlement municipal 170-73 de l’ancienne Ville d’Ottawa sur les voies d’accès privées afin de permettre l’aménagement d’une troisième voie d’accès à 260 rue, Besserer, à deux sens à moins de vingt pieds d’un autre accès desservant la même propriété.

 

2.         Que le Comité des transports et des services de transport en commun recommande au Conseil d’approuver une dérogation au paragraphe 2.6.18(8) du Code de réglementation régional afin de permettre l’aménagement d’une voie d’accès à 950 rue, Bank, à moins de trois mètres de la limite d’une propriété adjacente.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

260 Besserer Street

 

Section 13 (f) of the former City of Ottawa Private Approach By-Law 170-73 provides that the distance between the nearest limits of a private approach intended for two-way vehicular traffic and any other private approach to the same property shall be a minimum of thirty feet.

 

Plans submitted for Site Plan Control for 260 Besserer Street include the construction of a six-storey apartment building and two levels of underground parking for sixty vehicles.

 

Proposed is construction of a third two-way access (non-complying), which would be located adjacent to the two-way access servicing the lower level of the underground garage.  This third two-way access is required to service a single vehicle loading area.

 

Staff have reviewed the submitted plans and inspected this location and noted that:

 

  1. This section of Besserer Street is a low vehicular and pedestrian volume street.

 

  1. The proposed non-complying access is to service a single vehicle loading area.

 

  1. No private approach serving the adjacent properties would be adversely affected by the proposed access.

 

950 Bank Street

 

The plans submitted for Site Plan Control for the Glebe Centre at 950 Bank Street pertains to a proposal to construct a six-storey replacement facility on the remaining vacant land at the south end of the site.  The tower will be converted to Lifelease apartments with two levels of underground parking with access to Bank Street serving 91 parking spaces.  This proposed access off Bank Street would be located approximately three feet from the southerly property line.

 

Staff have reviewed the submitted plans and inspected this location and noted that:

 

  1. No private approach serving the adjacent properties would be adversely affected by this proposed access.

 

  1. The construction of this proposed access would not create a vehicular or pedestrian safety hazard.

 

The Development Services Department is supportive of the proposed waivers for the locations identified above.  The plan for 260 Besserer Street received tentative site plan control approval at Planning Committee on 25 April 2002, subject to the approval of the private approach waiver.  At the time of submission of this report, the site development plan for 950 Bank Street was to be considered through delegated authority.

 

 

ANALYSIS

 

It is the opinion of this Department that the construction of the third two-way private approach at 260 Besserer Street and a two-way access at 950 Bank Street at the Glebe Centre will not create any foreseeable vehicular or pedestrian safety hazards.

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

 

No environmental impact is anticipated and the recommendation is within the Municipal Environmental Evaluation Process (M.E.E.P.) Automatic Exclusion List – Section I (f) Routine Operations.

 

CONSULTATION

 

No public consultation on the recommendations has taken place.  The Department believes the proposed private approaches at 260 Besserer Street and 950 Bank Street will not adversely affect established traffic patterns in the immediate area.

 

Ward Councillor Madeleine Meilleur and Ward Councillor Clive Doucet are aware of and concur with the recommendations of this report.

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Not applicable.

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

Document 1 – Sketch – 260 Besserer Street

Document 2 – Letter dated May 01, 2002 – 950 Bank Street

Document 3 – Sketch – 950 Bank Street

 

DISPOSITION

 

The Department will advise the applicants of Council’s decision.