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Home My WebLink AboutPSD-067-09 Addendum 3 Unfinished Business • Leading the Way REPORT PLANNING SERVICES Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Date: July 5, 2010 Resolution #: -10 By-law#: N/A Report#: Addendum 3 to File #'s: COPA 2005-008 PSD-067-09 PLN 31.5.10, ZBA 2005-042, ZBA 2005-043, S-C 2005-0003 and S-C 2005-0004 Subject: STATUS REPORT: APPEAL TO THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD BY SMOOTH RUN DEVELOPMENTS INC. (METROS DEVELOPMENTS INC.) AND BROOKFIELD HOMES (ONTARIO) LIMITED ON APPLICATIONS IN THE VILLAGE NORTH NEIGHBOURHOOD IN NEWCASTLE RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Addendum 3 to Report PSD-067-09 be received; 2. THAT Addendum 3 to Report PSD-067-09 be tabled until the first full meeting of Council, following the municipal election, to allow staff to continue to work with the applicants to finalize the outstanding issues once the required supporting documentation is received, including preparation of a recommendation on the Official Plan Amendment, Draft Plans of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendments; and 3. THAT all interested parties listed in the Addendum 3 to Report to PSD-067-09 and any delegation be advised of Council's decision. Submitted by: �' Reviewed by °~ ae La m , FCSLA, RPP Franklin Wu, A g Director of Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer C P/df 29 June 2010 CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 EMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T(905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830 ADDENDUM 3 TO: REPORT PSD-067-09 PAGE 2 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 At a meeting held on June 29, 2009, Council tabled report PSD-067-09 to September 14, 2009. The report recommended that the Municipality take the position that the Neighbourhood Design Plan for the North Newcastle Village neighbourhood and the related development applications must incorporate "a restored, naturalized northerly tributary of the Foster Creek within the Newcastle Village North Neighbourhood". An Addendum report was presented to Committee on September 14 and tabled to October 26. In October, it was further tabled to the first Council meeting of 2010. In January the Report was tabled to April 12, 2010. In April, Council tabled the report to July 12, 2010. At that time the solicitors for both parties had a conference call with the OMB and re- scheduled a pre-hearing conference for Friday September 17, 2010. 1.2 In the fall of 2009 the applicants presented staff with a concept that proposed to relocate and daylight a portion of the northern tributary. The concept would continue to pipe the tributary from the point it crosses Arthur Street, southerly along the west boundary of Arthur Street to the vicinity of the southern tributary. From this point, the northern tributary would be daylighted in an east-west open channel to the mid-point of the property where it then runs south, still in an open channel, to the railway outletting at existing culverts under the CPR. 1.3 This concept was formalized in a revised plan which was received on Friday May 28, 2010 and circulated to various agencies on Tuesday June 1. 1.4 Discussions with staff from Metrus, Smooth Run Developments, confirmed that their priority remains obtaining Final approval and registration of their subdivision application in the Brookhill Neighbourhood of Bowmanville, and both Metrus and the Municipality's staff have been working to this end. 2.0 APPLICATION DETAILS 2.1 This latest submission represents the fifth subdivision submission since applications were originally filed. The following charts summarize the May 2009 and the revised May 2010 submissions for Smooth Run Developments (S-C-2005-003) and Brookfield Homes (S-C-2005-004). Ma 2009 Sut�miss ;�' Ma' 20I Subrnlssion . ' ow .. �� LAND AREA ha S-C-2005-003 S-C-2005-004 S-C-2005-003 S-C-2005-004 Residential including Part 25.51 10.58 20.62 10.55 Lots School 2.35 N/A 2.4 N/A Park and walkway 3.0 0.56 3.95 0.58 Stormwater Management 7.37 N/A 6.41 N/A Open Space N/A N/A 2.55 N/A Possible Reservoir 2.69 N/A 2.17 N/A Future Development 20.04 18.98 22.85 18.98 Roads, Road Widenings and 12.9 4.74 12.91 4.75 Reserves TOTAL 73.86 1 34.86 1 73.86 34.68 ADDENDUM 3 TO: REPORT PSD-067-09 PAGE 3 , Ma 2009 Submission May,':20101 S6bmissiot� RESIDENTIAL UNITS including Part Lots and Blocks metres of frontage) 9.8 Link Lots 216 62 136 74 11.6 Single 139 56 186 72 12.8 Single 125 N/A N/A N/A 13.1 Single N/A 46 82 48 13.4 Single 36 14 N/A N/A 15.0 Single 4 4 50 4 18.0 Single N/A N/A 28 N/A 9.8 Cap-End Semi-detached 107 31 N/A N/A Street Townhouse Units 1 110 80 1 214 76 TOTAL 1 737 293 696 274 2.2 As can be seen the unit mix has changed with the revised submissions as has the land area distribution with the introduction of the new Open Space Block which has resulted from the relocation of the west stormwater management pond. The applicant has not submitted a revised Neighbourhood Design Plan (NDP) consistent with the revised proposed draft plans of subdivision. Based on the policies of the Official Plan a NDP is required for the North Newcastle Neighbourhood prior to approval of applications for draft plan approval. 3.0 AGENCY COMMENTS 3.1 At this time comments remain outstanding from a number of the circulated agencies including; the Region of Durham Works and Planning Departments, and St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway. 3.2 Engineering Services staff has completed their initial review of the revised proposal and advised that the following studies or information are required to review the revised submission: • a revised Transportation Study must be submitted which reflects the current neighbourhood plan; • a revised Functional Servicing Plan is required; • a revised on-street parking plan is required; and • a Stormwater Management Implementation Report providing for the sequential construction of the stormwater management works necessary for the watershed and addressing the impacts of developing this plan of subdivision in the absence of the balance of the watershed. 3.3 Similar to Engineering Service, GRCA staff advised that the following documents are required to complete the review of the revised proposals: ADDENDUM 3 TO: REPORT PSD-067-09 PAGE 4 • a geomorphic assessment and restoration design illustrating that the block is appropriately sized to accommodate a channel designed to natural channel specifications; and • a revised Functional Servicing Report. 4.0 STAFF COMMENTS 4.1 Earlier this year when the pre-hearing was re-scheduled for September 17, 2010, it was envisioned that revised submissions and supporting documentation would be forthcoming shortly. As a result of soil issues resulting from an investigation completed earlier this year, a re-design of the stormwater management pond location was necessary. This delayed the revised submission to the end of May. 4.2 One of staff's key concerns outlined in PSD-067-09 related to daylighting the northerly tributary on the Smooth Run lands as recommended in the Foster Creek Subwatershed Study. The watercourse is currently piped/tile drained from where it enters the property on the west side of Arthur Street to just north of the CPR line. The revised application contains a proposed daylighting channel as described in Section 1.2 of the report. Clarington Planning and Engineering staff together with staff from the GRCA generally concur that the proposed channel identified as Block 436, satisfies the intent of the daylighting requirement for the northerly tributary as contained in the original recommendation of report PSD-067-09. However, the supporting documentation and details on the design of the channel and the width of the block has not been presented for review by Clarington or GRCA staff. 4.3 The revised plans have significantly changed the unit mix for the development. The impacts of the proposed revisions to the unit mix and design have not been thoroughly reviewed and discussed in detail with the applicants. In consideration of the additional information required, the number of issues currently outstanding, staff commitments over the next three months including the preparation for and attendance at a 3 week OMB hearing on a different matter in September and Council's meeting schedule, preparing a recommendation report to approve the various applications prior to the September 17 pre-hearing is not feasible. 5.0 CONCLUSION 5.1 It is recommended that staff continue to work with the applicants to finalize the outstanding issues once the required supporting documentation is received, including preparation of a recommendation on the official plan amendment, draft plans of subdivision and zoning by-law amendments, and that PSD-067-09 be tabled until the first full meeting of Council, following the municipal election, to allow this to happen. Staff Contact: Carlo Pellarin ADDENDUM 3 TO: REPORT PSD-067-09 PAGE 5 List of interested parties to be notified of Council's decision: Smooth Run Developments Inc. Brookfield Homes Ontario Limited Roslyn Houser, Goodmans Bryce Jordan, Sernas Associates Doug and Bridgette Rombough Rev. Robert Brouwer Steve Holliday Hugh Allin Anthony Jones Helen Judolin Heather Dowing Patricia Simiele Robert MacDonald Cory Geddes Jerry Reffosco Joanne Raymond Mark Veneziano Rob Franssen Jason Gibson Steve Wilson Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority