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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 1, 2023 Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 1 Present: Mayor Kevin Ashe (left the Meeting at 8:21 p.m.) Councillors: M. Brenner L. Cook M. Nagy D. Pickles L. Robinson Absent: S. Butt Also Present: M. Carpino -Chief Administrative Officer K. Bentley -Director, City Development & CBO P. Bigioni -Director, Corporate Services & City Solicitor S. Cassel -City Clerk C. Rose -Chief Planner D. Jacobs -Manager, Policy & Geomatics N. Surti -Manager, Development Review & Urban Design R. Perera -Deputy Clerk P. Wirch -Principal Planner, Policy I. Lima -Planner II 1.Roll Call The City Clerk certified that all Members of Council were present and participating in- person, save and except Councillor Butt. 2.Disclosure of Interest No disclosures of interest were noted. 3.Statutory Public Meetings Councillor Pickles, Chair, gave an overview of the requirements for a Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act. He outlined the notification process procedures and also noted that if a person or public body does not make oral or written submissions to the City before the By-law is passed, that person or public body are not entitled to appeal the Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 2 decision of City Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT), and may not be entitled to be added as a party to the hearing unless, in the opinion of OLT, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Catherine Rose, Chief Planner, appeared before the Committee to act as facilitator for the Statutory Public Meeting portion of the meeting, explaining the process for discussion purposes as well as the order of speakers. 3.1 Information Report No. 04-23 Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 01/23 Pickering Valley Developments Limited 1525 Pickering Parkway A statutory public meeting was held under the Planning Act, for the purpose of informing the public with respect to the above-noted application. Isabel Lima, Planner II, appeared before the Committee to speak to Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 01/23. Through the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, Ms. Lima outlined the subject lands and stated that the application intended to facilitate the construction of a 40-storey residential condominium building, with a podium ranging between 4 and 6 storeys. She provided details of the development proposal, planning policy framework, public and city staff comments, and next steps in the application process. Robert Lyon, Pickering Resident, did not connect via audio connection to the Committee Meeting to provide their delegation. Michael Testaguzza, Partner, The Biglieri Group Ltd., appeared before the Committee to speak to Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 01/23 and noted that Grieg Bumstead, Transportation Engineer, WSP, was also connected to the meeting via audio connection and was available for questions. Mr. Testaguzza commented on the number of studies completed to date for the application and noted that the studies were publicly available on the City’s website. Through the aid of a PDF presentation, he spoke to the proposed development, amenity spacing, and the planning applications submitted in relation to the proposed development, and the next steps in the process. A question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee, staff, Mr. Bumstead, and Mr. Testaguzza, regarding: •whether comments included in the Committee’s supplementary package would be taken into consideration during the next steps of the application process; •whether the 40 storeys included the podium base; Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 3 •clarification that the proposed development included accessible units; •rationale for requesting a reduction in parking spaces; •clarification regarding the number of visitor parking spaces and whether the proposed development had any commercial/retail components; •the rationale behind one tower in this application, as opposed to the two towers proposed by the previous owner of the subject lands; •ensuring that the proposed development included opportunities for affordable housing; •ensuring that the proposed development provided net benefits to the community; •whether the applicant would be collaborating with CAPREIT to ensure there was cohesion with the development and the Pickering City Centre; •the green features included in the proposal; •whether previously expressed concerns from the public open house had been addressed; •whether there were any grocery stores within a 10-minute walking distance from the proposed development; •how the Province’s directive of creating a major transit area in the subject lands impacted the proposed development; •whether there were any plans to use Valley Farm Road from the south of Pickering Parkway as an access point or a fire route to the property; •impacts of shadowing from the proposed tower; and, •summarizing the comments received by the public and the Planning & Development Committee during the next stage of the application process. 3.2 Information Report No. 05-23 City Initiated Official Plan Amendment 49 Changes to additional dwelling unit policies and regulations in response to Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019: Ontario’s Housing Supply Action Plan, and Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 Files: OPA 23-002/P and A 04/23 A statutory public meeting was held under the Planning Act, for the purpose of informing the public with respect to the above-noted application. Paul Wirch, Principal Planner, Policy, appeared before the Committee to speak to City Initiated Official Plan Amendment 49. Through the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, Mr. Wirch stated that Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) were small residences that were constructed inside a house, in a yard, or over a garage. He further spoke to Bills 108 and 23, which now permitted two ADUs on a lot, and commented on restrictions on ADUs in rural areas, the provincial regulations, Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 4 parking regulations, sizing and access requirements for ADUs, and public comments. In conclusion, Mr. Wirch stated that next steps of the process included finalizing the proposed amendments and bringing forward a recommendation report to a future Planning and Development Committee meeting. Muhammad Hussein, Pickering Resident, appeared before the Committee to speak to Official Plan Amendment 49. He requested that Council implement the amendments as quickly as possible to ensure the process to implement ADUs was an easy and affordable process for landlords. He spoke to the amendment being a tool to address the need for affordable housing and asked that the Committee consider having an East bound access on Highway 401 at Liverpool Road to mitigate any traffic congestion in the area. A Pickering Resident, appeared before the Committee to speak to Official Plan Amendment 49 and asked whether a gas meter or window well would be considered an obstruction to the required minimum 1.2 metre path of travel to access the ADU. An Ajax resident, appeared before the Committee to speak to Official Plan Amendment 49 and expressed concerns regarding the ADUs potential to be used as short-term rental units. A question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee and staff regarding: •tools that would be implemented by staff to mitigate the use of ADUs as short-term rentals and other non-permitted uses; •ensuring that landscaping space was still prominent in residential lots with ADUs; •whether the ADUs could be placed anywhere on a yard and whether they could be placed on the front yard; •how ADUs differed from ‘granny flats’ and whether the ADUs allowed for family members to reside in the units; •whether the official plan would include any parameters on aesthetic features of an ADU; •whether the requirement for Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) only applied to rural areas; •the minimum and maximum size for an ADU; and, •whether a double garage could be converted into an ADU provided that it met the requirements under the Building Code. 4.Delegations Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 5 There were no delegations. 5.Planning & Development Reports 4.1 Director, City Development & CBO, Report PLN 12-23 City Initiated Official Plan Amendment 46 Changes to development review procedures and fees in response to Bill 109, the More Homes For Everyone Act, 2022 File: OPA 22-003/P A question and answer period ensued between Members of the Committee and staff regarding: •how comments from the Committee and the building industry had been addressed; •whether there were provisions for fee recovery from the applicant for the extra circulation that would be done during the notification process of the first public meeting; •clarification that the amendments were a result of Bill 109; •whether there would be instances where the statutory public meeting and the staff recommendation report would be presented at the same meeting; and, •concerns that public comments received at a statutory public meeting may not be incorporated into the staff recommendation report during meetings where both the statutory public meeting and staff recommendation report was presented at the same time. Recommendation: Moved by Councillor Cook Seconded by Councillor Robinson 1.That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 22-003/P, initiated by the City of Pickering, to amend existing policies and introduce new policies related to the review of Planning Act applications, as set out in Exhibit ‘A’ to Appendix I to Report PLN 12-23 be approved; 2.That the Draft By-law to adopt Amendment 46 to the Pickering Official Plan, to amend existing policies and introduce new policies to the Pickering Official Plan with regard to the review of Planning Act applications under Bill 109, the More Homes For Everyone Act, 2022, as set out in Appendix I to Report PLN 12-23, be enacted; Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 1, 2023 Hybrid Electronic Meeting – 7:00 pm Chair: Councillor Pickles 6 3.That the revised Draft Pre-consultation By-law, as set out in Appendix II to Report PLN 12-23, be enacted; 4.That, in response to legislated changes arising from the enactment of Bill 109, the More Homes For Everyone Act, 2022, the City Development Department – Planning Fees be approved, effective July 1, 2023; 5.That an amendment to Schedule “I” to By-law 6191/03, the General Municipal Fees and Charges By-law, as amended, by deleting the pages for City Development Department – Planning, and substituting the updated pages for City Development Department – Planning, as set out in Schedule “I” to the Draft By-law provided as Appendix III to Report PLN 12-23, be approved; and, 6.That the revised Draft By-law to amend Schedule “I” to the General Municipal Fees and Charges By-law 6191/03, as set out in Appendix III to Report PLN 12-23, be enacted. Carried 6.Other Business There was no other business. 7.Adjournment Moved by Councillor Robinson Seconded by Councillor Nagy That the meeting be adjourned. Carried The meeting adjourned at 8:54 p.m.