HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember 12, 2016 C4 Planning & Development
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September 12, 2016
7:00 pm- Council Chambers
Chair: Councillor Ashe
Present:
Mayor Ryan
Councillors:
K. Ashe
M. Brenner
I. Cumming
R. Johnson
B. McLean
D. Pickles
Also Present:
T. Prevedel - Chief Administrative Officer
P. Bigioni - Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor
C. Rose - (Acting) Director, City Development
J. Brooks - Manager, Policy & Geomatics
N. Surti - Manager, Development Review & Urban Design
D. Shields - City Clerk
C. Celebre - Senior Planner— Development Review & Heritage
A. Emm - Planner II
I. Janton - Planner II — Site Planning
L. Roberts - Committee Coordinator
(I) Disclosure of Interest
No disclosures of interest were noted.
(II) Part `A" Information Reports
Councillor Ashe, Chair, gave an outline of the requirements for a Statutory Meeting
under the Planning Act. He outlined the notification process procedures and also noted
that if a person or public body does not make oral or written submissions to the City
before the by-law is passed, that person or public body are not entitled to appeal the
decision of City Council to the Ontario Municipal Board, and may not be entitled to be
added as a party to the hearing unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are
reasonable grounds to do so.
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C. Rose, (Acting) Director, City Development appeared before the Committee to act as
facilitator for the public portion of the meeting, explaining the process for discussion
purposes as well as the order of speakers.
1. Information Report No. 10-16
Draft Plan of Condominium Application CP-2016-02
Grossi Group Building Corporation Inc.
Block 17, Plan 40M-1827
305 Sparrow Circle
A public information meeting was held under the Planning Act, for the purpose of
informing the public with respect to the above-noted application.
Amy Emm, Planner II, appeared before the Committee and through the aid of a power
point presentation, provided an overview of the application, outlining the location, noting
that the lands are currently vacant.
Mike Testaguzza, Planner, Humphries Planning Group, appeared before the Committee
on behalf of the applicant and noted he was present to respond to any questions raised.
Jim Keating, 355 Chickadee Court, Pickering, appeared before the Committee, outlining
some of his concerns related to the application. He stated that while there has been an
increase in residents in the area, the services have not kept up, in particular a lack of
sidewalks. He also noted a lack of traffic lights and an unlevel grade making safety a
concern, with difficulty crossing Altona Road. He also questioned how seniors or those
with a disability would cross over the street safely, as well as the children in the area
that currently walk from Sparrow to Shepherd to attend school, as there is no busing in
the area. He felt this should be a priority. Mr. Keating also stated concerns with the
route for emergency access as well as construction vehicles and questioned whether
there were any plans to widen Altona Road.
Mr. Testaguzza appeared to respond to questions regarding emergency access as well
as construction plans. He stated that in discussions with the Region of Durham, it had
been their recommendation to have emergency access provided off Chickadee Court.
He also noted that construction plans were not complete at this time, but that they
would not have access through Chickadee Court.
Nina Fear, 352 Chickadee Court, Pickering, appeared before the Committee expressing
her concerns for the lack of sidewalks and no pedestrian exit from the area as well as
traffic flow. She questioned whether traffic lights could be installed in the interim prior to
the sidewalk installation at either Pine Grove or Sparrow to address safety.
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A question and answer period ensued with Members questioning the installation and
proposed timing of the sidewalks as well as traffic lights.
2. Information No. 11-16
Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 08/16
Icon Dunfair Limited
Part of Lot 29, Range 3 BFC
1464 and 1466 Whites Road
A public information meeting was held under the Planning Act, for the purpose of
informing the public with respect to the above-noted application.
Cristina Celebre, Senior Planner— Development Review & Heritage, appeared before
the Committee and through the aid of a power point presentation, provided an overview
of the application, which is proposing 92 stacked back to back townhouse units with 114
parking spaces.
Scott Waterhouse, Candevon Limited, appeared before the Committee on behalf of the
applicant in support of the application. He provided an outline of the rationale for the
zoning amendment application, noting the site is underutilized.
Sylvia Spencer, 771 Sheppard Avenue, Pickering, appeared before the Committee to
express her concerns with the application. She stated she would prefer to see brick
fencing as opposed to wooden and that it be 9 feet in height between the gas station in
order to alleviate noise and odour concerns. She also noted she would like to see the
outdoor amenities area moved. Ms. Spencer also stated that the walkways are not
currently accessible.
A question and answer period ensued with respect to the location of outdoor amenities
and the type of parking.
(III) Part `B' Planning & Development Reports
1. Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor, Report LEG 04-16
Sale of City Land
-Portion of Glendale Park
A brief discussion period ensued with staff responding to questions raised with respect
to the notification process as well as any proposals for park enhancement.
Recommendation
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Moved by Mayor Ryan
Seconded by Councillor Brenner
1. That City staff consider the feasibility of selling part of Glendale Park, provided
that the remaining portion shall be of sufficient size to continue serving as a park
for the enjoyment of residents;
2. That City staff hold a public consultation session to seek input from residents
concerning the proposal to sell a portion of Glendale Park;
3. That City staff report back to Council regarding the results of the public
consultation and advise Council as to the feasibility of selling part of Glendale
Park;
4. That Council enact a by-law stopping up and closing Hillside Drive, Plan 492 as
public highway, to recognize the fact that it currently forms a part of Glendale
Park; and
5. That the appropriate City of Pickering officials be authorized to take the
necessary actions as indicated in this report.
Carried
2. Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor, Report LEG 05-16
Maddy Developments Inc., Plan of Subdivision 40M-2494
-Final Assumption of Plan of Subdivision
Recommendation
Moved by Councillor Pickles
Seconded by Councillor Johnson
1. That the works and services required by the Subdivision Agreement adjacent to
Plan 40M-2494, which are constructed, installed or located on lands dedicated to,
or owned by the City, including lands that are subject to easements transferred to
the City, be accepted and assumed for maintenance;
2. That Maddy Developments Inc. be released from the provisions of the Subdivision
Agreement and any amendments thereto relating to Plan 40M-2494; and,
3. That the appropriate City of Pickering officials be authorized to take the necessary
actions as indicated in this report.
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Carried
3. (Acting) Director, City Development, Report PLN 12-16
Proposed Wireless Cell Tower Installation
Turris Sites Development Corp.
Lease of City Land"(Duffin Heights Stormwater Management Pond)
Tillings Road
Installation #64
Recommendation
Moved by Mayor Ryan
Seconded by Councillor McLean
1. That Turris Sites Development Corp. be advised that City Council does not
object to the 40 metre high telecommunication tower to be located on the Duffin
Heights stormwater management pond property at Tillings Road, based on the
design and other details submitted with this request; and
2. That the Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute a lease agreement with
Turris Sites Development Corp. substantially on the terms set out in the Tower
Site Lease Agreement in Appendix Ito Report PLN 12-16, and to the satisfaction
of the Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor.
Carried
4. (Acting) Director, City Development, Report PLN 13-16
Proposed Telecommunication Tower
Shared Network Canada
5293-5295 Markham-Pickering Townline Road
North Part of Lot 35, Concession 9
Part 1, 40R-18594
Installation #65
Rnendation
Moved by Mayor.Ryan
Seconded by Councillor McLean
That Shared Network Canada be advised that City Council does not object to the
revised proposal for a 36.9 metre high tripole lattice style telecommunication tower
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located at 5293-5295 Markham-Pickering Townline Road, based on the design and
other details submitted with the revised application.
Carried
5. (Acting) Director, City Development, Report PLN 14-16
Addition of Non-Designated Property to the City of Pickering
• Municipal Heritage Register
1027-1031 Dunbarton Road
Recommendation
Moved by Councillor McLean
Seconded by Councillor Brenner
That Council endorse the recommendations of the Heritage Pickering Advisory.
Committee to include the property municipally known as 1027-1031 Dunbarton Road on
the City of Pickering Municipal Heritage Register as a non-designated property of
cultural heritage value or interest, under Section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Carried
6. (Acting) Director, City Development, Report PLN 15-16
2015 Coordinated Review of Ontario's Land Use Plans
City of Pickering Comments on the Proposed Changes to the
Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan, and the
Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
The Chair noted that additional correspondence providing written comments with
respect to Report PLN 15-16 was received from Malone Given Parsons Ltd. prior to the
meeting. Members also discussed the Provincial report, noting there did not appear to
be any criteria that would provide guidance as to what was to be included in or removed
from the greenbelt.
Recommendation
Moved by Councillor Pickles
Seconded by Councillor Brenner
1. That the comments in Report PLN 15-16 on the proposed changes to Ontario's
Land Use Plans be endorsed, and that the Province be requested to:
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a) revise the timeline for municipalities to bring their official plans into conformity
with the revised Growth Plan, to only take effect after the Ministry has approved
and released the standard methodology for the assessment of land needs and
that the process for developing the standard methodology for the assessment of
land needs include proper ground-truthing and consultation with municipalities,
conservation authorities and other key stakeholders;
b) maintain the intensification target at 40 percent for the 905 region;
c) identify a mechanism to prevent strategic growth areas (e.g. high density
residential or high intensity mixed-use) from being down designated to support
intensification opportunities that may not be realized within the time horizon of
the Growth Plan;
d) consider the potential long-term development and intensification of its major
transit station sites by:
• introducing policies that require the introduction of alternative station designs that
are more compact, diversified and integrated with their surroundings; and
• expediting investment in alternative modes of transportation (i.e., local transit,
cycling, walking, carpooling) to access such locations in order to limit the amount
of surface parking in the future;
e) remove the words "or stop" within the revised definition of the term "Major Transit
Station Area", so that only high order transit station areas are included in the
intensification calculation;
f) revise Schedule 5 (Moving People — Transit) in the Growth Plan to reflect the
proposed CP-Belleville rail connection to the new Seaton community, and the
"possible" rail extension (CP-Havelock line) towards Peterborough;
g) identify employment lands of provincial significance within the Growth Plan, such
as the Seaton Employment Lands, and actively facilitate the marketing, servicing
and development of those lands in concert with other development contemplated
by the Growth Plan;
h) maintain the current Greenfield area density target of 50 residents and jobs
combined per hectare, or consider developing a more context sensitive approach
for 905 communities, with particular attention to factors such as urban structure,
availability of public transit and other amenities, built form character, place-
making, housing mix and affordability;
i) conduct a financial analysis of the impact of the intensification and density
targets on municipal infrastructure and service delivery;
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j) consider extending the newly proposed policy that would recognize existing
employment areas on "rural lands" with opportunity for expansion, subject to
certain criteria, to include existing cultural and educational uses;
k) move forward with the development of the Transportation Planning Policy
Statement outlined in the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority Act, to clarify
the role of the Big Move in relation to the Growth Plan, and to include a
statement that acknowledges this relationship within the Growth Plan. This
would help ensure that the integration and coordination of transportation
infrastructure planning and land use planning at local, Regional and Provincial
levels are properly acknowledged in the Plan;
I) as part of supporting the new Growth Plan, investigate financial tools (e.g.
parking space levy, fuel tax, sales tax, payroll tax, vehicle kilometers travelled
tax, highway tolls, development charges, land value capture, property tax,
development charges, fare increases, etc.) and funding opportunities to enable
the timely implementation of transportation and other municipal infrastructure and
services;
m) base the mapping of the "natural heritage system" upon approved watershed
plans, and that the Province collaborate with conservation authorities to develop
a standard methodology for mapping of the "natural heritage system";
n) build on the Land Evaluation and Area Review (LEAR) analysis that was
completed by the Region of Durham for mapping the "agricultural system", and
that the mapping process include the application of standard methodology,
proper ground-truthing and consultation with municipalities, conservation
authorities, the agricultural community and other key stakeholders;
o) engage municipalities in the identification, establishment or update of the
documents listed as Supplementary Directions to the Growth Plan;
p) revise the timeframe for municipal official plan conformity to commence upon
completion of the documents listed as Supplementary Directions to the Growth
Plan;
q) as part of the Supplementary Direction for implementing the Growth Plan, identify
and develop programs to attract and retain workers and businesses to achieve
the growth plan targets, and to foster the development of balanced communities
(for example, such measures could include, investing in, or subsidizing training
programs that will ensure that municipalities have the resident labour force to
attract new businesses in targeted sectors; eliminating or reducing tolls for trucks
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on Highway 407 making the highway a more attractive goods movement corridor;
and promoting further employment growth in the 905 Region);
r) provide more guidance regarding the type and extent of buffer planning
necessary to protect existing agricultural practices, by minimizing and mitigating
impacts of new adjacent urban development on the Agricultural System;
s) retain the existing policy in the Greenbelt Plan that permits the minor rounding
out of hamlets at the time of municipal conformity, and modify the policy to read
as follows:
"Outside of specialty crop areas, minor expansion of Hamlet boundaries may be
permitted only through a municipal initiated study, that must address matters
such as the merits and appropriate scale and form of development; the
protection and enhancement of key natural heritage and hydrologic features and
functions; the impact on agricultural lands and agricultural operations; soft and
hard servicing needs, constraints and solutions; and the rationale for any minor
expansion to the hamlet boundary";
• t) revise proposed policy 6.2, subsection 1, in the Greenbelt Plan, by making all
lands within the Urban River Valley designation, whether publicly or privately
owned, subject to the Greenbelt Plan policies associated with this designation;
u) remove the policy 3.4.4.2a in the current Greenbelt Plan and in the proposed
Greenbelt Plan (policy 3.4.5.2a) that prohibits the consideration of a municipally
initiated settlement area expansion proposal to proceed on the lands bounded by
the CP Belleville Line in the south; the York-Durham Townline to the west; and
West Duffins Creek to the east (referred to as the Cherrywood Area Lands);
v) retain the existing policy in the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan that
permits the minor rounding out of rural settlements, and modify the policy to read
as follows:
"New lots may be created in Countryside Areas for the following purposes only,
and subject to Parts Ill and IV:
Minor expansion of Rural Settlements designated in the applicable official plan
as appropriate for this type of lot creation, only through a municipal initiated
study, that must address matters such as the merits and appropriate scale and
form of development; the protection and enhancement of key natural heritage
and hydrologic features and functions; the impact on agricultural lands and
agricultural operations; soft and hard servicing needs, constraints and solutions;
and the rationale for any minor expansion to the rural settlement boundary.";
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w) establish a simplified process to consider limited refinements to the boundaries
of the Greenbelt and Oak Rides Moraine Conservation Plan that result from
further ground-truthing of the boundary; and
2. That a copy of Report PLN 15-16 be forwarded to the Region of Durham, other
Durham Area Municipalities, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and the Members of Parliament for
Pickering-Scarborough East and Ajax-Pickering.
Carried as amended
Later in the meeting
[Refer to following motion]
Moved by Councillor Pickles
Seconded by Mayor Ryan
That Item w) of Recommendation No. 1 be amended to read as follows:
w) establish a simplified process including criteria and timeframes to consider
limited refinements to the boundaries of the Greenbelt and Oak Rides Moraine
Conservation Plan that result from further ground-truthing of the boundary; and
Carried
The main motion as amended was then Carried.
7. (Acting) Director, City Development, Report PLN 16-16
Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 17/15
Vastor Construction Inc.
Block 13, Plan 40M-2484
2585 Brock Road, City of Pickering
A discussion period ensued regarding the appropriate timing for the installation of
signage at Legion Mews, as it was never intended for through traffic. It was noted this
should be installed prior to the opening of the development.
Recommendation
Moved by Councillor Johnson
Seconded by Councillor McLean
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That Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 17/15,submitted by Vastor Construction
Inc., to delete a provision in the site-specific zoning by-law that prohibits residential
dwelling units on the first two storeys of a building in order to permit a development that
-is only residential on lands being Part of Block 13, Plan 40M-2482, be endorsed as
outlined in Appendix I to Report PLN 16-16, and that staff be authorized to finalize and
forward the implementing Zoning By-law to.Council for enactment.
Carried
(III) Other Business
1. Councillor Pickles requested that staff look into the street names for Penny Lane, as
currently two are coming up on google maps; which could cause confusion in the case
of emergencies.
(III) Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.
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