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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 3, 2025 Draft Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2025 Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 1 Present: Mayor Kevin Ashe Councillors: M. Brenner S. Butt L. Cook M. Nagy D. Pickles L. Robinson Also Present: S. Cassel - City Clerk R. Perera - Deputy Clerk A. MacGillivray - Council & Committee Coordinator 1. Call to Order/Roll Call The City Clerk certified that all Members of the Committee were present and participating electronically. 2. Disclosure of Interest No disclosures of interest were noted. 3. Statutory Public Meetings Councillor Pickles, Chair, gave an overview of the requirements for a Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act. Councillor Pickles outlined the order of matters under the Statutory Public Meeting section, as well as the notification process procedures and stated that if a specified person or public body as defined by the Planning Act, or the owner of land to which the Proposed Official Plan Amendment or Zoning By-law Amendment would apply, did not make oral or written submissions to the City before the By-law was passed, that person, public body, or owner of land would not be entitled to appeal the decision of City Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT). Information Reports 3.1 Information Report 02-25 Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 06/24 Draft Plan of Condominium CP-2024-05 Draft Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2025 Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 2 9004807 Canada Inc. (Stonepay) 1635 Palmer’s Sawmill Road A statutory public meeting was held under the Planning Act, for the purpose of informing the public with respect to the above-noted application. Through a pre-recorded PowerPoint presentation, L. Crawford, Planner II, spoke to Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 06/24. L. Crawford advised that the purpose of the application was to facilitate a residential common element condominium development and provided information on the subject lands, conceptual plan, policy framework, requested zoning amendments, staff comments, and next steps in the process. M. Kolcak, Planner, and M. Pettigrew, Partner, The Biglieri Group Ltd., and S. Stone, and S. Stone, 9004807 Canada Inc. (Stonepay), appeared before the Committee via electronic connection and stated that they were available to answer questions from the Committee. There were no delegations from the public. A question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee and M. Kolcak and S. Stone, regarding: • whether they had considered the letter sent from the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation regarding the use of native species and mature trees; • where the air conditioning units would be located on the houses and whether there would be any hazards with having the air conditioning units on ground level during winter and accumulating snow; • whether a design rendering would be provided to the City; • whether there were plans to stay connected with the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation to ensure that their comments were addressed; • staff’s response to the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation; and, • the need to advance the signalization at Palmer’s Sawmill Road and Brock Road. 4. Delegations Moved by Councillor Robinson Seconded by Councillor Butt That the rules of procedure be suspended to allow an additional delegation who registered after the deadline. Draft Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2025 Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 3 Carried on a Two-Thirds Vote 4.1 Grant Morris, Planning & Development Consultant, Grant Morris Associates Ltd. Re: Report PLN 06-25 Zoning By-law Amendment A 14/21 197229 Ontario Inc. 5329 Brock Road (“Old Brock Road”) G. Morris, Planning & Development Consultant, Grant Morris Associates Ltd, appeared before the Committee via electronic connection to speak to Zoning By- law Amendment A 14/21. G. Morris stated that their client had addressed the issues raised at the Statutory Public meeting and had taken action to clean up the site but that in doing so, it was done without the proper zoning approvals. A brief question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee and G. Morris regarding whether there was an additional issue related to the operation of a business on the site that was not within the provisions of the zoning by-law. 5. Planning & Development Reports 5.1 Director, City Development & CBO, Report PLN 05-25 City of Pickering Retail Market Study Background to the Pickering Official Plan Review C. Ferguson, Principal, Parcel Economics, appeared before the Committee via electronic connection to speak to the City of Pickering Retail Market Study. Through the aid of a PDF presentation, C. Ferguson provided background context and stated that the purpose of the study was to review high priority development applications received by the City and for long-term land use planning as part of the City’s official plan review. C. Ferguson spoke to the scope of the study, key geographical areas of the City, anticipated population growth, and existing commercial space inventory. C. Ferguson provided a number of market-based findings including the need for space in Seaton, challenges in the south urban areas, flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions and retail formats, and the need to consider alternative options to encourage development of retail/service commercial uses in the south urban area. In conclusion, C. Ferguson provided an overview of a number of recommendations including permitting a broad range of retail/service commercial uses across the City, eliminating “caps” on gross leasable floor areas, monitoring the existing supply of vacant mixed use area lands, and monitoring the existing supply of vacant mixed use area lands in the City. Draft Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2025 Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 4 A question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee and C. Ferguson, regarding • the adequate number of square meters per capita; • whether there were any municipalities who had success with undertaking a similar initiative; • thoughts regarding using incentives to promote buy-in from developers; • the current shortage in commercial and retail spaces in the City; • how the population growth was calculated; • information regarding the use of shared parking; • how the statistics within the study would change should the anticipated growth not occur along the Kingston Road Corridor and whether this would affect the lack of parking; • whether they were aware of the active application in Seaton on Taunton Road that the City was strongly encouraging; and, • whether placing provisions regarding retail and commercial space for development applications was a good practice. Recommendation: Moved by Councillor Brenner Seconded by Councillor Cook That Report PLN 05-25 of the Director, City Development & CBO, and the City of Pickering Retail Market Study, dated December 24, 2024, and prepared by Parcel Economics Inc. and SGL Planning & Design Inc., be received for information, in support of the ongoing Pickering Official Plan Review. Carried 5.2 Director, City Development & CBO, Report PLN 06-25 Zoning By-law Amendment A 14/21 197229 Ontario Inc. 5329 Brock Road (“Old Brock Road”) Recommendation: Moved by Councillor Butt Seconded by Councillor Nagy 1. That Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 14/21, submitted by 197229 Ontario Inc., to legalize an existing landscape and pool installation business Draft Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2025 Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 5 at 5329 Brock Road (“Old Brock Road”), be approved, subject to the provisions contained in Appendix I to Report PLN 06-25; and, 2. That staff be authorized to finalize and forward an implementing Zoning By-law to Council for enactment, after the applicant has executed a Site Plan Agreement and submitted all required financial obligations and letters of credit, to the satisfaction of the Director, City Development & CBO. Carried 6. Member Updates on Committees There were no updates from Members on Committees. 7. Other Business There was no other business. 8. Adjournment Moved by Councillor Butt Seconded by Councillor Cook That the meeting be adjourned. Carried The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.