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Home My WebLink AboutPD-69-90 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE TILE REPORT File # /r� , ,��. ..5'`7� Res. # By-Law # PUBLIC MEETING MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee DATE: February 19, 1990 REPORT #: PD- 69-90 FILE #: SOg,JECT: REZONING APPLICATION - LESTER LITTLE PART LOT 30, CONCESSION 3, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF DARLINGTON FILE: DEV 89-132 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD- 69-90 be received; 2 . THAT the application to amend the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63, as amended, submitted by Lester Little, be referred back to Staff for further processing and the preparation of a subsequent report pending the receipt of all outstanding comments; 3 . THAT a copy of Council's decision be forwarded to the interested parties attached hereto. 1. BACKGROUND 1. 1 On November 17, 1989, the town of Newcastle Planning and Development Department received an application to amend the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63 in order to permit the creation of three semi-detached/link lots . . . .2 REPORT NO. : PD- 6a-90 PAGE 2 1.2 The subject site is a rectangular shaped parcel approximately .47 hectares ( 1. 18 acres) in size and is located on the east side of Trull's Road approximately 132 . 89 metres (436 feet) north of Nash Road, but is more formally described as Part Lot 30, Concession 3, in the former Township of Darlington. 2. PUBLIC NOTICE 2 . 1 For the Committee's information, pursuant to Council's resolution of July 26, 1982 and the requirements of the Planning Act, the appropriate signage acknowledging the application was installed on the subject lands. In addition, the appropriate notice was mailed to each land owner within the prescribed distance. 2 .2 As of the writing of this report, the Planning and Development Department has not received any public submissions with respect to the subject application. However, the Planning and Development Department did receive one counter inquiry from an area resident who expressed concern over the number of units being proposed in the application. 3. OFFICIAL PLAN CONFORMITY 3. 1 Within the Durham Regional Official Plan, the subject property would appear to be designated as a Residential Area. As residential uses are intended to be the predominant use of land so designated, it would appear that the application conforms with the intent of the Durham Regional Official Plan. 3 .2 Within the Town of Newcastle Official Plan, the subject property is located within the 3B Neighbourhood. The Courtice North Neighbourhood 3B-Land Use Structure Plan has identified specific areas of the 3B Neighbourhood to develop at specific . . .3 REPORT NO. : PD- 69 -90 PAGE 3 densities . The subject property is identified in part as a Low Density Residential area with a maximum permissable density of 15 units per net residential hectare. The applicant is proposing to develop the .47 hectare parcel of land at a density of 13 .85 units per net residential hectare which complies with the maximum permissable density allowed by the Neighbourhood Plan. 3. 3 The subject property is also designated in part Special Residential Policy Area. Section 2 . 1. 7 of the Courtice North Neighbourhood Plan states that lands so identified are characterized by sand or till soils and shallow water tables. Furthermore, development within these areas may proceed only when the Town is satisfied, through hydrogeological studies, or other studies, that the type, pattern and density of development proposed is sensitive to the environmental features of the area. However, only a small portion of the subject property appears to be contained within the Special Residential Policy Area. Therefore, the Planning and Development Department will await comments from the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority to confirm the environmentally sensitive nature of the property before determining the need for a Hydrogeological Study. 4. ZONING BY-LAW CONFORMITY 4 . 1 The Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63 zones the subject property Agricultural (A) . As residential uses of the size and magnitude proposed in the current application are not permitted within the Agricultural (A) zone, the applicant has applied to appropriately amend the zoning by-law in order to implement the proposed development. . . .4 REPORT NO. : PD- 69 -90 PAGE 4 5. AGENCY COMMENTS 5 . 1 The Town of Newcastle Planning and Development Department circulated the proposed zoning by-law amendment to various agencies . The following provides a brief synopsis of the comments received to date. 5 .2 The Town of Newcastle Public Works Department has reviewed the subject application and recommends that it does not proceed until such time as the applicant has provided a storm water management plan to address the drainage of the subject lands . Once this concern has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, the Public Works Department would have no objection to the proposal subject to the provision of several regulatory conditions . 5 . 3 The Community Services Department has reviewed the proposal and has no objection to the application subject to the 5% parkland dedication being accepted as cash-in-lieu and the funds realized being credited to the Parks Reserve Account. 5.4 The balance of the circulated agencies which provided comments were the Town of Newcastle Fire Department and the Ministry of Natural Resources . Neither of these agencies provided objectionable comments . The Regional Planning Department, the Regional Works Department and the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority have all yet to respond to the circulation of the proposed zoning by-law amendment. 6. STAFF COMMENTS 6 . 1 The applicant is proposing to create three semi-detached/link lots on the subject property located on the east side of Trull's Road, approximately 132 . 89 metres (436 feet) north of . . .5 REPORT NO: PD- 69 -90 PAGE 5 Nash Road. The Planning and Development Department note for the Committee's information that Trull's Road is identified in Zoning By-law 84-63 as a Type "B" Arterial Roadway. Direct access onto type "B" Arterial Roadways is not desireable from a planning perspective and theoretically the lands should be redeveloped in conjunction with interior lands. However, the Planning and Development Department acknowledges that this may not be practical given that the interior lands have already received site plan approval for a townhouse/apartment complex, although the site has yet to develop and the agreement has not been registered. 6 .2 Nevertheless, the Planning and Development Department will continue to evaluate the proposed zoning by-law amendment with respect to the applicable policies and section of the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law, as well as the issue of direct access onto Trull's Road. 6 . 3 As the purpose of this report is to satisfy the requirements of the Planning Act with respect to a Public , Meeting, and in consideration of the comments outstanding, it would be is order to have the application referred back to Staff for further processing and the preparation of a subsequent report. Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee Franklin Wu, M.C.I .P. L ren E. 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