Description
An Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment and draft plan of subdivision application has been submitted:
· To apply a Special Policy Area to permit an increase in height permissions for the proposed apartment and mixed use blocks;
· To rezone the lands to permit residential, institutional, commercial, environmental and open space uses; and,
· To facilitate the redevelopment of the Grand Niagara Secondary Plan area for approximately 4,500 dwelling units (minimum yield of 2,558 to maximum of 5,387 dwelling units), commercial and institutional uses, and environmental protection, park, and open space uses. Schedule 1 shows details of the proposed development.
The land is designated Residential in part, Environmental Protection Area (EPA), in part, Environmental Conservation Area (ECA), in part, Minor Commercial, in part, and Industrial, in part, under the City’s Official Plan. The land is within the Grand Niagara Secondary Plan Area and is designated Residential Low/Medium, in part, Mixed Use, in part, Prestige Employment, in part, Hospital Employment, in part, EPA, in part, and ECA, in part.
The Official Plan amendment is proposing a Special Policy Area for a portion of the Residential Low/Medium Density designated lands to permit apartment blocks within the plan of subdivision to have a maximum height of 10 storeys (current maximum height permissions is 4 storeys or 14 metres); and, for the mixed-use blocks within the plan of subdivision to have a maximum height of 15 storeys (current maximum height permissions is 6 storeys or 25 metres).
The land is zoned Open Space (OS-774, OS-H-775, OS-H-776) under Zoning By-law 79-200. The applicant requests the land be rezoned from OS-774, in part, OS-H-775, in part, and OS-H-776, in part, to the following parts a site specific Residential and Two (R2-AAA) zone, a site specific Residential 1F Density (R1F-BBB) zone, a site specific Residential 1F Density (R1F-CCC) zone, a site specific Residential 1F Density (R1F-DDD) zone, a site specific Residential Mixed (R3-EEE) zone, a site specific Residential Mixed (R3-FFF) zone, a site specific Residential Low Density, Group Multiple Dwelling (R4-GGG), a site specific Residential Low Density, Group Multiple Dwelling (R4-HHH) zone, a site specific Residential Apartment 5E Density (R5E-III) zone, a site specific Residential Apartment 5F Density (R5F-JJJ ) zone, a site specific Institutional (I-KKK) zone, a site specific Environmental Protection Area (EPA-MMM) zone, and a site specific Open Space (OS-NNN) zone.
Digital copies of plans and documents submitted with the application may be obtained on the Planning Department Current Applications webpage.
