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INFORMATION REPORT NO. 22-03
FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING OF
November 20, 2003
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENTS
OF THE PLANNING ACT, R.S.O. 1990, chapter P.13
SUBJECT: Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 21/03
GTA Industrial Properties Inc.
940 Brock Road
Part of Lot 19, Range 3
City of Pickering
1.0 PROPERTY LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
the subject property is located on the north-west corner of Brock Road and
Quigley Street (see Attachment #1 — Location Map);
the subject property currently supports an existing single storey building;
the surrounding land uses are primarily industrial and commercial.
2.0 APPLICANTS PROPOSAL
the applicant proposes to amend the existing zoning on the subject lands to
permit additional industrial and commercial uses within the existing building;
no development is proposed at this time.
3.0 OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING
3.1 Durham Regional Official Plan
the Durham Regional Official Plan identifies the subject lands as being within
a Employment Area designation;
this designation permits manufacturing, assembly and processing of goods,
service industries, research and development facilities, warehousing,
business parks, limited personal service uses, hotels, storage of goods and
materials, retail warehouses, freight transfer and transportation facilities;
the applicant's proposal appears to comply with this designation;
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3.2 Pickering Official Plan
the subject property is designated Employment Area — General Employment
within the Brock Industrial Neighbourhood;
employment areas are areas with significant concentrations of manufacturing,
assembly, warehousing and/or related employment opportunities;
employment areas are classified according to their mix of uses, their
operational characteristics, their design, and their performance requirements;
permissible uses within Employment Areas — General Employment are
manufacturing, assembly, processing of goods, service industries, research
and development facilities, warehousing, storage of goods and materials,
waste transfer and recycling, waste processing, freight transfer, transfer
facilities, automotive and vehicle sales and repair; offices as a minor
component of an industrial operation or serving the area, limited personal
service uses and restaurants serving the area, retail sales as a minor
component of an industrial operation; community, cultural and recreational
uses, and other uses with similar performance characteristics that are more
appropriately located in an employment area;
Schedule II of the Pickering Official Plan — "Transportation System"
designates Brock Road as a Type C Arterial Road and Quigley Street as a
Local Road;
the applicant's proposal appears to comply with the Employment Area —
General Employment designation of the City's Official Plan;
3.3 Zoning By-law 3036
- the subject property is currently zoned "M2" — Industrial Zone by By-law 2511;
- the following table identifies the current uses permitted, and the applicant's
proposed uses as per the Employment Area — General Employment
designation of the City's Official Plan:
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Permitted Uses
Proposed Uses
bakery or dairy; business offices; creamery; dry
cleaning, pressing, laundry establishment;
garage; light manufacturing plant; manufacturing
plant; open air markets; printing establishment or
duplicating shop; professional offices; public
parking lots; service or repair shop; transport
terminal for the loading and unloading of
transport vehicles; and warehouse or distributing
depot.
club; commercial club; commercial -recreational
establishment; commercial school; dry cleaning
depot; food preparation plant; merchandise
service shop; personal service shop; place of
amusement or entertainment; place of assembly;
place of worship; rental establishment;
restaurant; sales outlet; scientific, medical or
research laboratory; truck depot; vehicle repair
shop; vehicle sales and rental establishment;
waste management and transfer facility.
* applicant's complete list of requested uses are a combination of all the uses listed under the
headings of permitted uses and proposed uses.
* sales outlet (proposed use) — a maximum of up to 25% of the Gross Leasable Floor Area (GLFA) of a
permissible industrial operation, and up to a maximum of 40% of the GFLA of a permissible industrial
operation provided that no more than 25% of the GFLA of the building constitutes sales outlets.
* proposed non -industrial uses shall not exceed 50% of the Gross Leasable Floor Area of the
building. .
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- a zoning by-law amendment is required in order to evaluate the
appropriateness of the requested uses and to subsequently permit these
additional industrial and commercial uses within the existing building.
4.0 RESULTS OF CIRCULATION
4.1 Resident Comments
- no resident comments have been received to date;
4.2 Agency Comments
- no agency comments have been received to date;
4.3 Staff Comments
in reviewing the application to date, the following matters have been identified
by staff for further review and consideration:
• ensuring that the proposal is compatible with, and sensitive to,
surrounding existing industrial and commercial development;
• the compatibility of the proposed uses within the existing built form;
• updating the definitions of the permitted and proposed uses in the zoning
by-law;
• site function;
• examining traffic generation and on site parking availability — specifically
addressing concerns regarding the existing industrial parking ratio and
available parking spaces on site in relation to some of the proposed
industrial and commercial uses, which may generate a higher traffic
volume and parking requirement;
• landscaping; and
• full scale copies of the applicant's submitted plan have not been received
and will be required for review prior to a recommendation report being
forwarded to Council.
5.0 PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
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.
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6.0 OTHER INFORMATION
6.1 Appendix No. I
list of neighbourhood residents, community associations, agencies and
City Departments that have commented on the applications at the time of
writing report;
6.2 Information Received
- the applicant's zoning by-law amendment application form and associated
letter are available for viewing at the offices of the City of Pickering Planning
& Development Department;
6.3 Property Principal
The principal of GTA Industrial Properties Inc. is Vern Chelin and Bryce
Jordan of Sernas Associates is the agent working on behalf of GTA Industrial
Properties Inc.
Perry orouyenis Lynda Taylor< incl , RPP
Plann --- Manager, Development Review
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Attachments
Copy: Director, Planning & Development
APPENDIX NO. 1 TO
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 22-03
COMMENTING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS
(1)
none received to date;
COMMENTING AGENCIES
(1)
none received to date;
COMMENTING CITY DEPARTMENTS
(1) Planning & Development Department.