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INFORMATION REPORT NO. 03-09
FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING OF
February 2, 2009
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENTS
OF THE PLANNING ACT, R.S.O. 1990, chapter P.13
SUBJECT: Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 08-004/P
Zoning By-law Amendment — A 24/08
SmartCentres (Wal-Mart and Sobeys)
1899 Brock Road
(Part of Lot 18, Concession 1)
City of Pickering
1.0 PROPERTY LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
- the subject property is located at the northeast corner of Brock Road and
Pickering Parkway, a property location map is provided for reference (see
Attachment #1);
- the subject property is approximately 19.5 hectares (see Applicant's
Submitted Plan Attachment #2);
- a shopping complex consisting of a variety of retail store types and sizes
within stand-alone or multi -unit structures occupies the site;
- the surrounding land uses are:
north - service station, Brockington Plaza on the south side of Kingston
Road;
south - Pickering Parkway, Canadian Tire and the Pickering Annex Retail
Centre;
west - residential development consisting of a mix of semi-detached,
townhouse, apartment dwellings and several neighbourhood parks;
east - a low-rise residential development with semi-detached, detached
and townhouse dwellings and Beechlawn Park.
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2.0 APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL
- the applicant has requested to amend the official plan and zoning by-law to
permit the expansion of the commercial development;
- approval of the requested amendments would permit an expansion to the
existing Wal-Mart and Sobeys stores;
- Wal-Mart would expand on its north side from its current size of 12,103
square metres (approximately 130,276 square feet) to 15,329 square metres
(approximately 165,000 square feet), of which approximately 3,391 square
metres (36,500 square feet) will be used for display, cold storage and
preparation of food;
- a potential future expansion of Sobeys supermarket (on the east side) from
its current 4,516 square metres (approximately 48,610 square feet) to 5,445
square metres (approximately 58,610 square feet) would also be facilitated
through the approval of the requested amendments;
- including both the proposed Wal-Mart expansion of 3,226 square metres and
the potential Sobeys expansion of 929 square metres, the SmartCentres
Development is proposed to be expanded by a total of 4,155 square metres,
resulting in a total area of 53,155 square metres;
- parking for the development with the expanded Wal-Mart and Sobeys will
total 2,582 parking spaces resulting in a ratio of 4.8 parking spaces per 100
square metres of gross leasable floor area;
- the approved site plans for the SmartCentres Development include notations
that indicate future expansions of both Wal-Mart.and Sobeys and further
qualify the parking in the expansion areas as "temporary".
3.0 OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING
3.1 Durham Regional Official Plan
- the Regional Plan designates the subject property Living Area along a
Regional Corridor (Brock Road);
- the Plan promotes the concentration of commercial uses in locations that are
supportive of the function of Regional and Local Centres and Corridors;
- the proposal complies with the Durham Regional Official Plan;
3.2 Pickering Official Plan
- the City of Pickering Official Plan designates the subject property Mixed Use
Area — Specialty Retailing Node;
- these areas are intended primarily for the highest concentration of activity in
the City and the broadest diversity of community services and facilities;
- the Plan requires the submission of a retail impact study for this development;
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- the applicant requests to amend the Pickering Official Plan to permit an
increase to the maximum aggregate floor area from 49,000 square metres to
53,155 square metres;
3.3 Zoning By-law 3036
- the subject property is currently zoned '(H-2) MU -SRN' — Mixed Use - Special
Retail Node Zone,
- the applicant requests to amend the existing zoning to permit an increase to
the maximum aggregate floor area from 49,237 square metres to
53,155 square metres and to reduce the site specific parking standard from
5.0 spaces per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area to 4.8 spaces
per 100 square metres of gross leasable floor area.
4.0 RESULTS OF CIRCULATION
4.1 Resident Comments
- none received to date;
4.2 Agency Comments
- none received to date;
4.3 City Department Comments
- none received to date;
4.4 Staff Comments
In reviewing the application to date, the following matters have been identified by
staff for further review and consideration:
• reviewing the retail impact study, currently also being peer-reviewed;
• ensuring that the proposed development is compatible with and sensitive
to existing surrounding development, including traffic, noise, level of
activity, scale and intensity of the uses;
• reviewing the application in terms of its level of sustainable development
components;
• reviewing the application in terms of the constraints and benefits the
proposed expansion will have on both the subject property and on the
surrounding community;
• reviewing that adequate information has been provided, that technical
requirements are met and that the proposed development is appropriate at
this location.
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5.0 PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
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- written comments regarding this proposal should be directed to the Planning
& Development Department;
- oral comments may be made at the Public Information Meeting;
- all comments received will be noted and used as input in a Planning Report
prepared by the Planning & Development Department for a subsequent
meeting of Council or a Committee of Council;
- if you wish to reserve the option to appeal Council's decision, you must
provide comments to the City before Council adopts any by-law for this
proposal;
- if you wish to be notified of Council's decision regarding this proposal, you
must request such in writing to the City Clerk.
6.0 OTHER INFORMATION
6.1 Appendix No. I
- List of neighbourhood residents, community associations, agencies and City
Departments that have comments on the applications at the time of writing
report;
6.2 Information Received
- Full scale copies of the Applicant's submitted plan and retail impact study are
available for viewing at the offices of . the City of Pickering Planning &
Development Department;
6.3 Company Principal
- the owner of the subject property is Calloway REIT (Pickering) Inc. and First
Simcha Shopping Centres;
- SmartCentres is the applicant c/o Nicole Vicano
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Attachments
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Manager, Development Review
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COMMENTING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS
- none received to date
COMMENTING AGENCIES
- none received to date
COMMENTING CITY DEPARTMENTS
- none received to date
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