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HomeMy WebLinkAboutInformation Report 11-0301 PICKERING INFORMATION REPORT NO. 11-03 FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING OF March 20th, 2003 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING ACT, R.S.O. 1990, chapter P.13 SUBJECT: Draft Plan of Subdivision Application SP -2002-05 Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 25/02 Bitondo Enterprises/W. Brown Part of Lot 7, Concession 5 City of Pickering 1.0 PROPERTY LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION the subject property is located on the west side of Salem Road, north of the 5th Concession Road; a property location map is provided for reference (see Attachment #1); the property is currently occupied with a farm house, a second residential dwelling and associated farm buildings; lands not occupied by the residential portion of the property are relatively flat idle land being a former field and wooded lands forming part of the Carruthers Creek valley lands; the site's topography slopes gently from the north to the southeast while the western lands that are adjacent to Carruthers Creek slope in a westerly direction toward the creek; surrounding land uses are: north Hawthorn Golf Club; south on the south side of the 5th Concession Road in the Town of Ajax is a Hydro corridor and vacant land; east on the east side of Salem Road are vacant lands and agricultural lands; west estate residential on the west side of Carruthers Creek. 0 2 Information Report No. 11-03 Page 2 2.0 APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL - Alex Artuchov on behalf of the owners, have submitted an application for approval of a draft plan of subdivision and an application to amend the zoning by-law in order to implement the proposed draft plan; the applicant's proposed subdivision plan is provided for reference (see Attachment #2); - the draft plan proposes the creation of nine new residential lots; - the existing farm residential property is located on lands in the middle of the draft plan, however these land are not part of the draft plan of subdivision; - the result is that the existing farm homestead property bisects the draft plan creating two unconnected portions; all lots are proposed to front onto either the 5th Concession Road or Salem Road; the western blocks of both the southern and northern portions of the draft plan are proposed open space blocks; - road widening blocks are shown for both the 5th Concession Road and Salem Road; - lot sizes range from 0.5ha (5,500 m2) to 0.7ha (7,198 m2) with the lot frontage ranging from 25 m to 60.8 m; - the following chart outlines the proposed development detail: Details of the Draft Plan Total area of draft plan — 9.32 hectares Area proposed for residential development — 5.84 hectares Open Space/Conservation blocks — 3.10 hectares Road widening — 0.38 hectares Number of detached dwelling lots — 9 Net residential density (units per hectare) — 1.5 3.0 OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING 3.1 Durham Regional Official Plan - designates the subject lands as Country Residential Subdivision, where development is intended to be predominantly for housing purposes; - the maximum number of dwelling units permitted in the subject Country Residential Subdivision is ten units; in the vicinity of the subject property lands are designated as Major Open Space; - Salem Road and the 5th Concession Road where they abut the draft plan are both designated as a Type B Arterial Road; the proposal appears to conform to the Durham Region Official Plan; Information Report No. 11-03 Page 3 03 3.2 Pickering Official Plan designates the subject lands as Rural Settlements — Country Residential; permissible uses within the Rural Settlements — Country Residential designation include residential uses, including detached dwellings units; Country Residential lands are intended to be developed with large lots with no potential for growth; the proposed draft plan is within the Saxton Glen Country Residential area and forms Phase II of the development of the this area; Schedule II of the Pickering Official Plan - Transportation Systems designates Salem Road and the 5th Concession Road where they abut the draft plan as a Type B Arterial Road; Type B Arterial Roads are designed to carry moderate volumes of traffic at moderate to high speed and have some access restrictions; Schedule III of the Pickering Official Plan - Resource Management designates lands abutting Carruthers Creek as Shoreline and Stream Corridors; Shorelines and Stream Corridors identify lands that may be prone to flooding and water impacts and require an environmental report to be submitted that appropriately addresses any environmental constraints on the subject property; in accordance with Official Plan policies, an environmental report should be submitted; the subject applications will be assessed against the policies and provisions of the Pickering Official Plan during the further processing of the applications; 3.3 Saxton Glen Settlement Plan the Saxton Glen Settlement Plan designates the subject lands as Country Residential and Open Space System — Natural Areas; the Saxton Glen Settlement polices recognize the existing dwelling; requiring that development is undertaken in a manner that respects the environmental features of Carruthers Creek; recognizes that the lots will front onto existing roads; and, endeavours to ensure the country residential environment of the settlement is maintained; 3.4 Zoning By-law 3037 the subject lands are currently zoned "A" — Rural Agriculture Zone, by Zoning By-law 3037 as amended; the existing zoning permits a range of agricultural uses, one detached dwelling, some recreational and community institutional uses, and selected agricultural commercial uses; an amendment to the zoning by-law is required to allow the development of the proposed draft plan of subdivision. 0 4 Information Report No. 11-03 Page 4 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 proposed development is compatible with, and sensitive to, surrounding land uses: • ensuring that the proposed subdivision will fit in with the existing residential dwellings located in the centre of the draft plan, but not included in the draft plan; • ensuring that the lotting pattern and dwelling designs maintain a high quality residential streetscape; • the appropriateness of excluding the existing residential property from the draft plan and therefore not conveying all of the valley lands to an appropriate public authority that will result in a land lock open space block; • ensuring that appropriate buffer has been provided between the proposed residential lots and Carruthers Creek; • reviewing the need for an environmental, noise, agricultural, hydrogeological or archaeological reports; • reviewing supporting technical submissions and reports to ensure that adequate information is provided, that technical requirements are met; this Department will conclude its position on the draft plan design after it has received and assessed comments from the circulated departments, agencies and public. 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; Information Report No. 11-03 Page 5 Q - if you wish to be notified of Council's decision regarding either the proposed plan of subdivision or zoning by-law amendment application, you must request such in writing to the City Clerk; if a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the City of Pickering in respect of the proposed draft plan of subdivision and/or zoning by-law amendment, does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Pickering before the Draft Plan of Subdivision application is considered for approval, or before a zoning by-law is passed, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal; if you wish to reserve the option to appeal Council's decision of the proposed zoning by-law amendment application, you must provide comments to the City before Council adopts any by-law for this proposal. 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 the report; 6.2 Information Received full scale copies of the applicant's submitted plan and reports are available for viewing at the offices of the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department including: • the draft plan of subdivision; • Rural Servicing Study, prepared by Rural Development consultants Limited, dated November 2002; • Settlement Capacity Study, prepared by Alex Artuchov dated November 2002; • Proposed Fill and Storm Water Management Plan, prepared by Schaeffers Consulting Engineers, and dated January 2002; the need for additional information and/or addendums to submitted reports will be determined through the review and circulation of the applicant's current proposal. 0 6 Information Report No. 11-03 Page 6 6.3 Company Principal - the applicant is Bitondo Enterprises who's principal is Leonard Bitondo, have entered into a purchase and sales agreement with the owner of the subject lands William Brown; - the applicant has authorized Alex Artuchov to act as agent for the subdivision and rezoning applications. rbc 1 Ross Pym, MCIP, RPW Lynda Taylor, CIP, RPP Principal Planner - Development Review Manager — D velopment Review RP:jf Attachments Copy: Director, Planning & Development 07 APPENDIX NO. I TO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 11-03 COMMENTING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS (1) none received to date COMMENTING AGENCIES (1) none received to date COMMENTING CITY DEPARTMENTS (1) none received to date 08 ATTACHMENT1 .,TO INFORMATION REPORTCP -0 . / z 21 tJ 0 411 APPL CANTS TOTAL NI HO; INGS (------HIGHWAY 7 0 FIFTH CONC AD uoiM (DF tJ In LANDS SUBJECT TO SP2002-05' A25/02 ©NV OF EKI [OM City of Pickering Planning & Development Department PROPERTY DESCRIPTION PART LOT 7, CONCESSION 5 OWNER WILLIAM BROWN DATE FEB. 16, 2003 DRAWN BY JB APPLICATION No. SP2002-05; A25/02 SCALE 1:10000 CHECKED BY EB FOR DEPARTMENT USE ONLY PN -RU PA- 00 l) O z J ATTACHMENT # !NF©RMATJON REPORT## l INFORMATION COMPILED FROM APPLICANTS SUBMITTED PLAN - SP 2002-05; A25/02 L. BITONDO PART 1, PLAN 40R-17683 LOT 10 LOT 9 LOT 8 BLOCK 10 OPEN SPACE LOT 7 LOT 6 LOT 9 16.000 LOT 8 116.000 LOT 7 120.000 LOT 6 130.000 LOT 5 PART OF LOT 7, CONCESSION 5 71'n7'ln"E BLOCK 11 OPEN SPACE 4.500 C7 LOT 3 LJ ROW OF TREES LOT 2 LOT 1 LOT 1 5th CONCESSION ROAD 5.000 LOT 5 160.763 57.600 LOT 2 50.000 BLOCK 1 111§ LOT 4 LOT 3 55000 0 O o' 1 J N EXHIBIT 2 0,1 THIS MAP WAS PRODUCED BY THE CITY OF PICKER/NG, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION & SUPPORT SERVICES, MARCH 6, 200J.