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MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: October 22, 1990
REPORT #: PD-314-90 FILE #: 89-11510
SIJB.ECT: OSHAWA OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENTS
PLAN OF SUBDIVISION APPLICATION - DHARAM MALIK ARCHITECTS
AND PLANNERS ON BEHALF OF 703052 ONTARIO LTD.
LOT 1, CONCESSION 1, OSHAWA, PROPOSED SUBDIVISION PLAN
18T-89100
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-314-90 be received;
2 . THAT the Region of Durham Planning Department and the City
of Oshawa be advised that the Town of Newcastle has no
objection to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments
by 703052 Ontario Limited; and
3. THAT a copy of Report PD-314-90 be forwarded to the Region
of Durham and the City of Oshawa Department of Planning and
Development.
1. APPLICATION INFORMATION
1. 1 Applicant: Dharam Malik Architects and Planners
1.2 O.P.A. : From Low Density Residential to Medium
Density Residential
1.3 Rezoning: From BR (Buffer) to Medium Density
Residential
1.4 Subdivision Application:
Approval for a three-storey 50 unit apartment
building and 133 two-storey townhouse units,
to be operated as a co-operative.
1.5 Area: 4 .5 hectares (11.2 acres)
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2. LOCATION
2 . 1 Legal Description: Lot 1, Concession 1, City of Oshawa,
proposed Plan of Subdivision
2 .2 Relative Description: North and East of Highway 401,
south of Bloor Street East and west of
Townline Road, abutting the Town of
Newcastle.
3. BACKGROUND
3 . 1 On October 18, 1989 the Town was advised by Durham Region of
an Oshawa Official Plan Amendment application submitted by
Dharam Malik Architects and Planners .
The Town was not officially notified of the related Oshawa
Zoning By-law Amendment application submitted by Dharam
Malik Architects and Planners although the application was
made at the same time as the Official Plan Amendment
application and the Plan of Subdivision application.
On February 14, 1990 the Town was advised by Durham Region
of the related Plan of Subdivision application submitted by
Dharam Malik Architects and Planners .
As a neighbouring municipality, the Town of Newcastle was
requested to comment on the above applications .
4. LAND USES
4 . 1 Existing Uses: Vacant Land
4 .2 Surrounding Uses:
East: two single family detached dwellings, a
microwave communications facility and agricultural
land.
South and West: C.P.R. Railway, Highway 401, C.N.R.
Railway and beyond these routes, industrial land.
North: residential (semi-detached dwellings)
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5. CITY OF OSHAWA OFFICIAL PLAN
5 . 1 Under the Oshawa Official Plan, the site is designated as
"Residential" .
5 .2 The proposed development is at the low end of the medium-
density range for residential development, specifically,
41.5 units per net residential hectare (16 . 8 units per net
residential acre) . This unit density, according to Durham
Regional Works Department occupancy ratios, results in a
population density of 129 people per hectare (52 . 3 people
per acre) .
5. 3 The Oshawa Official Plan generally requires development in
this density range to be located at the periphery of
residential neighbourhoods and located in such a manner that
there is a transition of semi-detached or cluster housing
between this type of housing and single family detached
development. The proposed development conforms to this
criterion.
5 .4 The Oshawa Official Plan also requires development in this
density range to be located adjacent to arterial or
collector roads . Since the adjoining portion of Townline
Road is classified as a local road, an Oshawa Official Plan
Amendment is required.
5 .5 The Oshawa Official Plan requires the location and design of
residential areas to have regard for noise pollution
emanating from adjacent land uses and , the Oshawa Planning
Department is requiring the applicant to submit a noise
analysis for the development.
6 . NEWCASTLE COMMENTS
6 . 1 As a response to a request for comments from the Newcastle
Planning Department, the Newcastle Public Works Department
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noted a concern with respect to the increased traffic resulting
from the development. The Department also noted that Townline
Road is subject to the Oshawa-Newcastle Boundary Road Agreement.
6 .2 The Oshawa Public Works Department has verbally advised that a 3
metre road widening will be required along the entire Townline
Road frontage of the site.
6 .3 In the Newcastle area immediately east of Townline Road the land
is currently zoned "Agricultural" . Through the Durham Region
Official Plan review, the Town is seeking an Industrial
designation for these lands (ie. incorporated into the Courtice
Industrial Area) . If this industrial area becomes prestige
industrial land then there will be a relatively small impact on
the development.
6 .4 The northerly re-alignment of Baseline Road, and its intersection
with Townline Road, may result in traffic noise affecting this
development.
7 . CONCLUSIONS
7 . 1 The site is of a poor but, not unacceptable quality for housing
and given the crisis in affordable housing throughout the Greater
Toronto Area, this site presents an opportunity to meet this
need. Therefore, although the Town of Newcastle is concerned
with some aspects of the type of development proposed, it does
not object to the three applications related to this proposal.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I.P. Lawrence/ 117", Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief Am Uistrative
and Development Officer
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