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PICKERING
Report Number:10-13
Date: November 4, 2013
From: Catherine Rose
Chief Planner
Subject: Zoning By-Law Amendment Application A 7/13
Picore Holdings Limited
1305 and 1315 Pickering Parkway
1. Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is to provide preliminary information on a Zoning By-law
Amendment application, submitted by Picore Holdings Limited, to expand the list
of permitted uses within the existing buildings to include 'Professional Office' and
seek relief from the site specific'parking standards to accommodate the additional
use. This report contains general information on the applicable Official Plan and
other related policies, and identifies matters raised to date.
This report is intended to assist members of the public and other interested
stakeholders to understand the proposal. The Planning & Development
Committee will hear public delegations on the application, ask questions of
clarification and identify any planning issues. This report is for information and
no decision on this application is being made at this time. Staff will bring forward
a recommendation report for consideration by the Planning & Development
Committee upon completion of a comprehensive evaluation of the proposal.
2. Property Location and Description
• the subject property is located at the southeast corner of Liverpool Road and
Pickering Parkway and has an area of approximately 1.8 hectares (see
Location Map, Attachment#1)
• the property currently supports two eight-storey office buildings of 5,763 square
metres and 6,774 square metres in size and a two-storey parking structure •
• the buildings share a total of 444 parking spaces, consisting,of 168 parking •
spaces within the parking structure and 276 surface parking spaces
• the site has three accesses onto Pickering Parkway (see Air Photo,
Attachment#2)
• surrounding land uses include:
north and east - a gas station, the Pickering Town Centre, the
Go Transit parking structure, an office building and
Durham/Centennial College
south - Highway 401
west - commercial development on the west side of
Liverpool Road
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3. Applicant's Proposal.
• the applicant is requesting to amend the existing "MIS"— Storage and Light
Manufacturing Zone, which only permits `Restaurant' and 'Business Office'
uses, to include `Professional Office'
• the applicant has indicated that within the two buildings, approximately
35 percent of the floor space is vacant(roughly 43,000 square feet of vacant
office space) •
• the definition for'Business Office' within the current zoning by-law is out-of-date
and would not permit many of the uses that would•be permitted based on
today's definition of an 'Office'
• a number of professional offices currently occupy space within the two
existing office buildings
• the rezoning application is a technical housing keeping amendment to •
recognize the existing professional offices and to provide clarification for the
owners and prospective tenants of the permitted uses on the subject property
• the additional use will provide greater flexibility to attract a broad range of
tenants including, but not limited to, medical, legal and other professional
services such as the offices of an architect, a chartered accountant, an
engineer, a lawyer or a physician
• the site specific parking requirement for the subject property requires parking
to be supplied at a rate of 1.0 space per 32 square metres; while the general
provisions for a 'Professional Office' use requires parking to be supplied at a
rate of 1.0 space per 17 square metres
• the applicant is also seeking relief from the parking standards of'Professional
Office' and requests that the site specific parking standard of 1.0 space per
32 square metres of gross floor area be applied for all uses on the subject
property
• no redevelopment or changes are proposed to the existing buildings or the
property
4. Policy Framework
4.1 Durham Regional Official Plan
• the Regional Official Plan designates the subject property as "Regional
Centre"
• lands within this designation are intended to be developed as the main
concentration of commercial, residential, cultural and government functions in
a well designed and intensive land use form
• the Plan states that"Regional Centres" shall be the primary and priority
locations for public investment, including public buildings and community
• facilities and services that promotes pedestrian-oriented development and
transit supportive land uses
• the proposal conforms to the policies and provisions of the Durham Regional
Official Plan
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4.2 Pickering Official Plan
• the Pickering Official Plan designates the subject property as "Mixed Use
Areas— Downtown Core"within the Town Centre Neighbourhood
• this designation is the City's main focus for business, employment,
entertainment, shopping, major community and cultural uses, major indoor
recreation facilities, and high density residential accommodation to encourage
the highest levels of activities in the City
• the Downtown Core has the most permissible range of uses in the City with
the greatest scale and intensity
• the application conforms to the policies and provisions of the Pickering Official
Plan
4.3 Zoning By-law 3036, as amended by By-laws 334/75, 998/79 and 1346181
• the subject property is dual zoned "MIS"—Storage & Light Manufacturing
and "CO" —Commercial Office by Zoning By-law 3036, as amended by
By-laws 334/75, 998/79 and 1346/81
• the two existing buildings on the subject property are both located on the
portion of lands zoned "MIS", which only permits 'Business Office' and
'Restaurant'
• the parking requirement for the subject property is 1.0 space per 32 square
metres
• an amendment to the zoning by-law is required to implement the applicant's
proposal to add a 'Professional Office' use and to establish a site specific
parking standard of 1.0 space per 32 square metres be applied for all uses on
this site
5. Comments Received
5.1 Resident Comments
• none received in response to the circulation to date
5.2 Agency Comments •
• none received in response to the circulation to date
5.3 City Departments Comments
• none received in response to the circulation to date
6. Planning & Design Section Comments
The following matters have been identified by staff for further review and
consideration:
• ensuring that the number of existing parking spaces provided on-site is
sufficient to accommodate the parking demands for the additional use
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• reviewing the appropriateness of a site specific restriction on the total gross
leasable floor area for medical office and related uses to ensure sufficient
on-site parking is available to serve all the uses on the subject property
• the City Development Department will conclude its position on the
applications after it has received and assessed comments from the circulated
departments, agencies and public
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7. Information Received
Full scale copies of the plans and studies listed below are available for viewing at
the offices of the City of Pickering, City Development Department:
• Planning Justification and Sustainability Report
• Transportation Study with Parking and Traffic Analysis •
• Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment
8. Procedural Information
8.1 General
• written comments regarding this proposal should be directed to the City
Development Department
• oral comments may be made at the Public Information Meeting
• all comments received will be noted and used as input to a Planning Report
prepared by the City Development Department for a subsequent meeting of.
the Planning & Development Committee, and then Council
• any member of the public who wishes to reserve the option to appeal
Council's decision must provide comments to the City before Council adopts
any by-law for this proposal
• any member of the public who wishes to be notified of Council's decision -
regarding this proposal must request such in writing to the City Clerk
9. Owner/Applicant Information
• the owner of the subject property is Picore Holdings Limited .
• the applicant for this zoning by-law amendment application is DTZ Eastern
Ontario Limited
• FOTENN Consultants Incorporated is the agent for this zoning by-law
amendment application V
Attachments
1. Location Map
2. Air Photo
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Prepared By: Approved/Endorsed By:
Amy Emm, MCIP, RPP Catherine Rose, MCIP, RPP
Planner II Chief Planner
Nilesh Surti, MCIP, RPP
Manager, Development Review&
Urban Design
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Attachments
Date of Report: October 10, 2013
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