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HomeMy WebLinkAboutInformation Report 03-0932 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. Information Report No. 03-09 Page 2 33 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; Information Report No. 03-09 Page 3 - 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. Information Report No. 03-09 5.0 PROCEDURAL INFORMATION Page 4 - 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 Isa JUem s MCIP, RPP PlanI IJ:cs Attachments Copy: Director, Planning & Development ° L Lynda-fayM P, RPP Manager, Development Review 35 36 APPENDIX NO. I TO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 03-09 COMMENTING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS - none received to date COMMENTING AGENCIES - none received to date COMMENTING CITY DEPARTMENTS - none received to date I 38 ATTACH Npi EFT ; -a-T® Tlj INS'�}e14di'i�tl�iL1�6'Ld'`i%eii sr _ INFORMATION COMPILED FROM APPLICANTS SUBMITTED PLAN CALLOWAY REIT (PICKERING) LTD. A24/08 & OPA 08.004P 0 AREAS OF WAL*MART ms wn eaaeiawas a� umau.mx a suvanvr stxuaz xvuwr ra vros.