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Home My WebLink About10/20/2003 c . . . THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON General Purpose and Administration Committee October 20, 2003 ROLL CALL Present Were Also Present: Minutes of a special meeting of the General Purpose and Administration Committee held on Monday, October 20,2003 at 9:30 a.m., in the Council Chambers. Mayor J. Mutton Councillor D. MacArthur Councillor P. Pingle Councillor G. Robinson Councillor J. Rowe Councillor J. Schell Councillor C. Trim Chief Administrative Officer, F. Wu Director of Engineering Services, T. Cannella Director of Community Services, J. Caruana Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief, M. Creighton Director of Planning Services, D. Crome Deputy Treasurer, L. Gordon Solicitor, D. Hefferon Director of Operations, F. Horvath Director of Corporate Services, Marie Marano Deputy Clerk, M. Knight Stanley Clerk II, C. Verhoog Mayor Mutton chaired this portion of the meeting. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST DELEGATIONS There were no disclosures of pecuniary interest stated at this meeting. Resolution #GPA-431-03 Moved by Councillor MacArthur, seconded by Councillor Schell THAT Frank Feldman, Kiradaar (Ontario) Inc./1151677 Ontario Inc. and Ron Albright, Totten Sims Hubicki, be added to the list of delegations. "CARRIED" . r , ... Ii .Ji, G.P. & A. Minutes - 2 - October 20, 2003 . DELEGATIONS CONTD PUBLIC MEETING . . (a) Frank Feldman, Kiradaar (Ontario) Inc./1151677 Ontario Inc., re: Report PSD-129-03, was called but was not present. (b) Ron Albright, Totten Sims Hubicki, 513 Division Street, Cobourg, K9A 5G8 was present to answer any questions from the Committee with regards to Report PSD-132-03. Councillor Schell chaired this portion of the meeting. Pursuant to the Planning Act, the Council of the Municipality of Clarington, through its General Purpose and Administration Committee, is holding a Public Meeting for the following application: (a) Bowmanville King Street East Corridor Study Proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications The Planning Services Department placed a public notice in the Canadian Statesman on September 24, 2003. In addition, public notices for the official plan amendment and rezoning applications were sent by first class mail on or before September 24, 2003 to all property owners within 120 metres of the subject properties in accordance with the latest municipal assessment record. The notice procedure followed is in compliance with the Ontario Regulations made under the Planning Act. The Planning Services Department also sent notice to everyone who requested to be notified during the study. (a) Report PSD-133-03 - the purpose and effect of this application is to implement the recommendations of the Bowmanville King Street East Corridor Study- Final Report. The amendments to the Official Plan include: . The expansion of the Bowmanville East Main Central Area Secondary Plan boundary, for the portion of the East Business District east of Liberty Street; . Amending the population targets for both the Vincent Massey Neighbourhood and the East Main Central Area,n~ighbourhood; , j / _J L l- G.P. & A. Minutes - 3 - October 20, 2003 . PUBLIC MEETING CONT'D . Deleting Strip Commercial Area policies and designation from the East Business District land use map; . Replacing the Strip Commercial Area designation on the Bowmanville Mall lands with a new designation "Major Commercial" and introducing policies for this designation; . Introducing policies for Low, Medium and High density residential in the Secondary Plan; . Providing new policies for urban design, including Urban Design Plan and Guidelines for the portion of the Secondary Plan east of Liberty Street as an Appendix to the Secondary Plan; . Revisions to the street network including identifying extensions to Church Street, Queen Street, and Simpson Avenue; and . Other policy changes which implement the recommendations of the consultants' report. The amendments to the Zoning By-law include: . . . The creation of a new commercial zone for the majority of the lands in the study area and new provisions for the existing exception zone for the Bowmanville Mall; . The creation of a number of residential zones; . The introduction of an Institutional zone; . The introduction of zoning by-law provisions for drive-through facilities including stacking requirements, building locations and separations from residential uses; . The new commercial zone and the residential zone provisions provide for minimum and maximum building setbacks to street lines, and allow buildings to a maximum of 6 storeys; . Some of the site specific changes include: . The lands at the northwest corner of Galbraith and King Street are rezoned from C2 to (H)R3-24; . The residential properties east of Strathaven are rezoned from R1 to (H)R4- 26 to allow high density development; . The walk-up apartment on the west side of Frank Street, south of the commercial plaza is zoned (H)C1-30. This zone allows an apartment building, as well as commercial uses. j /; '. G.P. & A. Minutes -4- October 20, 2003 . PUBLIC MEETING CONT'D . The by-law recognizes all uses legally in existence as of October 19, 2003 as legal uses with the exception of the PetroCan property which is zoned to (H)C1-30, which does not permit a service station. The existing use becomes legal non- conforming. Peter Smith, Weston Consulting Group, 201 Millway Avenue, Unit 19, Vaughan, L4K 5K8 appeared on behalf of the owner of 258 King Street East, and circulated a copy of their letter of objection. This submission is further to a letter that was submitted to the Municipal Clerk on Friday, October 17th. They believe that a designation of medium density residential for the property is inappropriate and that it should remain as a commercial designation. They request that Council not adopt the proposed Official Plan and Zoning Amendment until further discussions have occu rred. No one spoke in support of this application. . PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT Bowmanville King Street East Corridor Study Official Plan & Zoning By-law Amendments . Resolution #GPA-432-03 Moved by Councillor Pingle, seconded by Councillor Rowe THAT Report PSD-133-03 be received; THAT Amendment No. 36 to the Clarington Official Plan contained in Attachment 2 to Report PSD-133-03, to implement the recommendations of the Bowmanville King Street East Corridor Study Final Report and that Report PSD-133-03 be adopted and that the necessary by-law be passed; THAT the revisions to the proposed Zoning By-law recommended in Section 5 of Report PSD-133-03 are minor and that Council deems that a further public meeting respecting them is not necessary; THAT the proposed Zoning By-law contained in Attachment NO.4 to Report PSD-133-03, for the Bowmanville East Main Central Area - East Business District east of Liberty Street be approved; , ' ) L~; . . . G.P. & A. Minutes - 5 - October 20, 2003 PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONT'D THAT the Region of Durham Planning Department be forwarded a copy of Report PSD-133-03 and Council's decision; and THAT the interested parties listed in Report PSD-133-03 be advised of Council's decision. "CARRIED" Foster Creek Dev. Resolution #GPA-433-03 Proposed Plan of Subd. & Rezoning Moved by Councillor Robinson, seconded by Councillor MacArthur Application THAT Addendum to Report PSD-129-03 be received; THAT the conditions of Draft Approval, as contained in Attachment NO.4 to Addendum to Report PSD-129-03 be replaced with the conditions contained in Attachment NO.3 to Addendum to Report PSD-129-03; THAT the Zoning By-law Amendment contained in Attachment No. 5 of Addendum to Report PSD-129-03 be replaced with the zoning by-law amendment contained in Attachment NO.4 to Addendum to Report PSD-129-03; and THAT all interested parties listed in Addendum to Report PSD-129-03 and any delegation be advised of Council's decision. "CARRIED" Draft Plan Amend. Resolution #GPA-434-03 Rezoning & Part Lot Control Moved by Councillor Trim, seconded by Councillor Rowe Applicant: Penwest Dev. Corp. Ltd. THAT Report PSD-132 be received; THAT the amendment to Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision 18T-97003, submitted by Penwest Development Corporation Limited be approved as shown on Attachment 3 to Report PSD-132-03, subjection to conditions contained in Attachment 4 to Report PSD-132-03; THAT the application to amend Zoning By-law 84-63, submitted by Penwest Development Corporation Limited be approved as contained in Attachment 5 to Report PSD-132-03; < 'J !, .j L ,) '. . . . G.P. & A. Minutes - 6- October 20, 2003 PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONT'D THAT the request for removal of Part Lot Control with respect to Lots 1 to 9 inclusive, on Plan 40M-2094 be approved and that the Part Lot Control By-law attached to Report PSD-132-03 (Attachment 6) be passed pursuant to Section 50(7.1) of the Planning Act; THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorized by by-law to execute an amendment to the subdivision agreement between Penwest Development Corporation Limited and the Municipality for Draft Plan of Subdivision 18T-97003; THAT the Authorization By-law attached to Report PSD-132-03, as shown on Attachment 8, be approved; and THAT all interested parties listed in Report PSD-132-03 and any delegation be advised of Council's decision. "CARRIED" King Street East Resolution #GPA-435-03 Corridor Implementation of Moved by Councillor Pingle, seconded by Councillor Rowe Recommendations THAT Report PSD-134-03 be received; THAT the implementation approach identified in Report PSD-134-03 be endorsed in principle; THAT Recommendation 8 of the capital program be referred to the 2004 Budget process; THAT Recommendations 9 to 18 of the capital program be referred for consideration and inclusion in the next Development Charge update and future capital budgets; and THAT all interested parties listed in Report PSD-134-03 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. "CARRIED" Appl. for Removal Resolution #GPA-436-03 of Holding Applicant: Aspen Moved by Councillor MacArthur, seconded by Councillor Pingle Springs West Ltd. THAT Report PSD-136-03 be received; j Lr) . . . G.P. & A. Minutes - 7 - October 20, 2003 PLANNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONT'D ADJOURNMENT THAT the application submitted by Aspen Springs West Ltd. (Kelvin Whalen) to remove the Holding (H) symbol be approved for Lots 41 to 59 and Blocks 81, 82 and 83; THAT the by-law attached to Report PSD-136-03 to remove the Holding (H) symbol be passed and a copy forwarded to the Regional Municipality of Durham; and THAT all interested parties listed in Report PSD-136-03 and any delegations be advised of Council's decision. "CARRIED" Mayor Mutton chaired this portion of the meeting. Councillor Rowe attended the official opening and blessing of the new Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Courtice. It was well attended and several speakers congratulated the Municipality on working so well with them. Resolution #GPA-437-03 Moved by Councillor Robinson, seconded by Councillor Pingle THAT the meeting adjourn at 10:00 a.m. "CARq~ik_ MAYOR ~l7