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HomeMy WebLinkAboutInformation Report 22-03028 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; Information Report No. 22-03 Page 2 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: 029 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. . Information Report No. 22-03 t ; 3 l Page 3 - 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. Information Report No. 22-03 Page 4 } 3 l 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 PK:Id 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.