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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 5988/02PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM May 15, 2002 To: From; Subject: Brace J. Taylor City Clerk Steve Gaunt Planner II Amendment 8 to the Pickering Official Plan (Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 01-002/P) Marion Hill Development Corporation Part Lot 28, Range 3, B.F.C. (now Part 1, Plan 40R-14431 and Part 1, Plan 40R-2767) (Southeast comer of Whites Road and Sheppard Avenue City of Pickering On May 13, 2002, Planning Committee considered Planning & Development Report PD-24-02 which recommends that: 1) Council approve Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 01-002/P to replace the Urban Residential Areas - Low Density Areas designation on the subject lands with an Urban Residential Areas - Medium Density Areas designation and add various site-specific policies to section 11.8, Woodlands Neighbourhood Policies, including a cap in the maximum residential density of 55 units per net hectare in the Pickering Official Plan; and 2) that Council enact a draft by-law to adopt Amendment 8 to the Pickering Official Plan. A draft by-law for the enactment of Amendment 8 to the Picketing Official Plan has been prepared and is attached for the consideration of City Council at its meeting scheduled for May 21, 2002. A Statutory Public Meeting was held for these applications on May 17, 2001. Please note that this by-law may be given all three readings at the May 21, 2002 Council Meeting provided Council adopts the recommendation of Planning Committee. The purpose and effect of Amendment 8 to the Pickering Official Plan is to redesignate the portion of the subject lands that fronts Sheppard Avenue from low density to medium density residential, while adding site-specific neighbourhood policies for the subject lands that further control residential development, address the Amberlea Creek'tributary, and establish traffic and access provisions. If you require further assistance or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me at extension 2033. I concur that this by-law be considered at this time: sG/jf Sm/Dobbin/~anoToCl~kFer~~¥1aMoC.~ncil Attachments Steve Gaunt, ?la~ner II THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. .5088/02 : Being a By-law to adopt Amendment 8 to the Official Plan for the City of Picketing (OPA 01-002/P) WHEREAS pursuant to the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.p. 13, subsections 17(22) and 21(1), the Council of the Corporation of the City of Picketing may by by-law adopt amendments to the Official Plan for the City of Pickering; AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 17(10) of the Planning Act, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has by order authorized Regional Council to pass a by-law to exempt proposed area municipal official plan amendments fi.om its approval; AND WHEREAS, on February 23, 2000 Regional Council passed By-law 11/2000 which allows the Region to exempt proposed area municipal official plan amendments fi.om its approval; AND WHEREAS the Region has advised that Amendment 8 to the City of Picketing Official Plan is exempt fi.om Regional approval; NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. That Amendment 8 to the Official Plan for the City of Picketing, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted; That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward to the Regional Municipality of Durham the documentation required by Procedure: Area Municipal Official Plans and Amendments; 3. This By-law shall come into force and take effect on the day of the final passing hereof subject to the approval of the Ontario Municipal Board, if required. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this May ,2002. 21 day of BRUCE J. TAYLOR Exhibit "A" to By-law AMENDMENT 8 TO THE CITY OF PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 8 TO THE PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN PURPOSE: LOCATION: BASIS: The purpose of this amendment is to change the designation of the lands fronting Sheppard Avenue from a Low to a Medium Density Residential designation on Schedule I - Land Use Structure and add to section 11.8 - Woodlands Neighbourhood Policies provisions to address compatibility with the neighbourhood, recognize optional strategies for the stream corridor and provide suitable vehicular and pedestrian access for the affected lands. The subject lands are approximately 1.89 hectares in size, and located on the south side of Sheppard Avenue, east of Whites Road. All of the lands fall within Part Lot 28, Range 3, B.F.C. This amendment to the Pickering Official Plan has been determined to be appropriate following the completion of a review of a preliminary conceptual site plan in light of the findings of the Northeast Quadrant Development Guideline Review for lands generally located between Kingston Road, Sheppard Avenue and Whites Road and abutting lands in 2002. The central issue is land use compatibility between medium density residential uses with commercial uses to the south and low density residential uses to the north and east. The strategy for the Northeast Quadrant is two-fold. Firstly, the vision is, over time, to encourage high quality design and intensity of commercial or residential structures that assist in converting Kingston Road to a pedestrian friendly 'mainstreet' from an auto dominated highway. Secondly, the vision is to encourage medium density residential use in the northern part of the Quadrant to serve as a transition between the mixed commercial/residential use close to Kingston Road and the existing low density residential use to the north. Other major elements of the strategy are to intensify development by piping the tributary to Amberlea Creek, if a net benefit to the environment can be demonstrated and to adopt a transportation strategy to provide vehicular access to the Quadrant and beyond. The land use objective for the subject lands is to ensure building siting, height, massing and orientation that is compatible with the community to the north and integrate by means of suitable vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements and design controls with the community and the Quadrant. In addition, since a final decision cannot yet be reached on piping the creek or protecting it in an open state, the interests of the parties are recognized and the objectives of each option are set out. Since this amendment is to precede the amendment for the whole of the Northeast Quadrant, relevant provisions are incorporated into the comprehensive amendment for the Northeast Quadrant, which will be adopted by Council at a later date. -2- AMENDMENT: The City of Pickering Official Plan is hereby amended by: "1. Revising Schedule · - Land Use Structure by replacing the "Urban Residential ~4reas - Low Density Areas" designation for the lands on the south side of Sheppard Avenue with an "Urban Residential Areas - Medium Density Areas' designation, as shown on Schedule 'A' to this amendment Adding new policies to section 11.8 - Woodlands Neighbourhood Policies, as follows: "11.8 City Council shall, (b) ...; (c) ...; (e) ...; (0 for the lands subject to the "Marion HiW' proposal, located at the south-east comer of Whites Road and Sheppard Avenue, (i) despite Tables 6 and 10 of Chapter Three and section 11.8(c), establish a maximum residential density of 55 units per net hectare; (ii) require new development to be compatible with respect to building heights, yard setbacks and building massing with low density residential development on the north side of Sheppard Avenue and on the south side of Sheppard Avenue to the east; (iii) require new development to establish buildings on Whites Road or Sheppard Avenue close to the street edge, with the front doors facing the street, and with a specified percentage of their front walls required to be located within build-to-zones to be established in the implementing zoning by-law for this site; restrict the height of the Sheppard Avenue elevation of new dwellings fronting Sheppard Avenue to a maximum of two storeys; require a minimum of four functional storeys for the Whites Road elevations of new dwellings fronting Whites Road; for the lands subject to the "Marion Hill" proposal, located on the south-east comer of Whites Road and Sheppard Avenue, (i) support the principle of piping or relocating the Amberlea Creek tributary that flows through the lands, while at the same time recognizing the interests of the landowners, on whose lands the Amberlea Creek tributary flows, to pipe or relocate that tributary, and the interests of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to maintain the Amberlea Creek tributary as an open and buffered creek channel; -3- (h) (ii) O) (iiO require the developer of the subject lands proposing to pipe or relocate the Amberlea Creek tributary to: (A) submit an environmental/ stormwater management report, to the satisfaction of the City and the Toronto and Region .Conservation Authority, which report must demonstrate a strategy resulting in a significant net environmental benefit to the watershed if justifying piping of the creek; (B) obtain appropriate approvals and permits from public review agencies; and, (c) satisfy any required compensation under the Fisheries Act; ensure that development proposals are undertaken in a manner that does not adversely impact downstream water quality and quantity through the use of on-site controls and/or financial contributions to a downstream stormwater facility if necessary; and through the use of the holding provisions of the Planning Act, require where necessary, the proponents of development having lands with the stream corridor for the tributary to Amberlea Creek to enter into agreements with the City and other agencies, as appropriate, respecting public ownership of the stream corridor lands of the tributary, or its piping or relocation, once approved; for the lands subject to the "Marion Hill" proposal, located on the south-east comer of Whites Road and Sheppard Avenue, (i) support vehicular access restrictions preventing left tums from Whites Road into the site, and left tums from the site onto Whites Road; (ii) promote the reduction of traffic speeds and improvement of pedestrian safety along Sheppard Avenue by implementing pavement markings and other measures, and considering "traffic-calming" techniques following the adoption of a City policy; and, (iii) require pedestrian access, by means of easements, from Delta Boulevard to Sheppard Avenue. IMPLEMENTATION: INTERPRETATION: OPA 01-002/P Relaled Files: A4/01 File Nme: De, bin/City of Pick~ (Marion Date: May 3. 2002 The provisions set forth in the City of Picketing Official Plan, as amended, regarding the implementation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Amendment. The provisions set forth in the City of Pickering Official Plan, as amended, regarding the interpretation of the Plan shall apply in regard to this Amendment. SCHEDULE 'A' TO AMENDMENT 8 C.N.R. SHEPPARD AVENUE EXTRACT FROM SCHEDULE I TO THE PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN ]~l)mON 2 I~,S~ ~EC.~'nOnAL ~ IOF3 MIXED USE ~ IL~ NOD~ COMMUN~ NOD~ MIXED CORRIDORS EMPLOYMENT AREAS FREEWAYS AND MAJOR UTILITIES I PRESTIGE EMPLOYMENT m CON'rROLLED ACCESS AREA$ URI~,N RESIDENTIAL AREAS OTHER DESIGNATIONS DENS~ ~ / URBAN S~DY ~ LOW ~ MEDIUM DENSITY AJ~EA5 REVISED: MAY 13, 2002 C,N.R. C.N.R. AVF..NU£ ROAD AVENUE~ City of Pickering Planning & Development Department PROPERTY DESCRIPTION PART OF LOT 28, RANGE 3, B.F.C.; PART 1, 40R-14431; PART 1, 40R-2767 OWNER MARION HILLS DEVELOPMENT INC. APPUCATION No. A 04/01; OPA 01.:002/P FOR DEPARTMENT USE ONLY PN-6 PA- ID^TE MAY 3, 2002 I' DRAWN BY RC ScALE 1:7500 I CHECKEDBY SG