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Home My WebLink AboutPD-321-90 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE REPORT File # �t� DN: MACOURTICE.GPA Res. # • By_Law # P U B L I C M E E T I N G hEETTING: General Purpose and Administration Committee DATE: Monday, November 5, 1990 REPORT #: PD-321-90 FILE #: DEV 90-083 (X-REF 18T-90041) SUBJECT: REZONING & SUBDIVISION APPLICATION - MACOURTICE DEVELOPMENTS LTD. PART LOT 28, CONCESSION 2, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF DARLINGTON FILE: DEV 90-083 (X-REF 18T-90041) RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-321-90 be received; 2 . THAT the application to amend the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63, as amended, submitted by Tunney Planning Inc . , on behalf of Macourtice Developments Ltd. , be referred back to Staff for further processing and the preparation of a subsequent report pending the receipt of all outstanding comments; and 3 . THAT the interested parties listed in this report and any delegation be advised of Council's decision. 1. APPLICATION DETAILS 1. 1 Applicant: Macourtice Developments Ltd. 1.2 Agent: Tunney Planning Inc. 1 . 3 Subdivision: seeking approval for eleven (11) two family dwelling lots and three (3) Blocks for twenty (20) street townhouses for a total of forty-two (42) units . 1.4 Rezoning: From Holding - Urban Residential Type One ( (H)R1) to an appropriate zone to permit the above noted development. . . . .2 REPORT NO. : PD-321-90 PAGE 2 1.5 Area: 3. 824 hectares (9 .44 acres) 2 . BACKGROUND 2 . 1 In September of 1990, the Region of Durham advised the Town of Newcastle of an application for approval of a Plan of Subdivision, proposing eleven ( 11) two-family dwelling lots and three (3) Blocks for twenty (20) street townhouse units comprising a total of forty-two (42) units . 2 .2 In addition, Tunney Planning Inc . , on behalf of Macourtice Developments Ltd. , applied in September of 1990 to amend the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63 to amend to the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law 84-63 in order to implement the above-mentioned Plan of Subdivision. 2 . 3 The proposal is situated on a 3.824 hectare (9 .44 acre) parcel located at the south-east corner of the Courtice Road/Nash Road intersection but is more formally described as Part Lot 28, Concession 2, in the former Township of Darlington. 3 . PUBLIC NOTICE AND SUBMISSIONS 3. 1 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 landowner within the prescribed distance. 3.2 As of the writing of this report, no written submissions have been received. However, Staff did receive two counter inquiries from area residents who requested more detailed information with respect to the proposed zoning by-law amendment. .3 REPORT NO. : PD-321-90 PAGE 3 4 . OFFICIAL PLAN CONFORMITY 4 . 1 Within the Durham Regional Official Plan, the subject lands are designated as a Residential Area. The primary use of lands so designated shall be for residential purposes . In view of the foregoing, the application would appear to comply with the Durham Regional Official Plan. 4 .2 Within the Town of Newcastle Official Plan, the subject property is located within the 3C Neighbourhood. The Planning and Development Department have determined, after reviewing the applicable policies of the Official Plan and the Neighbourhood Plan that residential development within the 3C Neighbourhood can occur on average at a density of 16 .2 units per gross residential hectare in order to maintain the target population. 4 . 3 The proposed draft plan of subdivision has a density of 28 units per gross residential hectare over that portion of the plan currently proposed for residential development. In addition, the applicant has retained Block 16 in the proposed draft plan of subdivision for "future development" and intends to investigate the development potential of this portion of the subject property at a later date. 4 .4 While it may appear that the subject property is being proposed to develop at a density which would serve to exceed the target population, the Planning and Development Department notes that the recently draft approved plan of subdivision 18T-86073 had a density of 8. 9 units per gross residential hectare which was significantly lower than the neighbourhood average of 16 .2 units per gross residential hectare. Therefore, sufficient population exists to allow the current proposal to exceed the neighbourhood average of 16 .2 units per gross residential hectare and yet maintain that neighbourhood average for the balance of the developable lands within the 3C Neighbourhood. ) � . . . .4 REPORT NO. : PD-321-90 PAGE 4 4 .5 It would therefore appear that the application can be considered to be in conformity with the Town of Newcastle Official Plan. 5 . ZONING BY-LAW CONFORMITY 5 . 1 Within the Town of Newcastle Zoning By-law 84-63, the subject property is zoned "Holding - Urban Residential Type One ( (H)Rl) " which would permit the development of the subject property with single and two family dwellings . As the application proposes to develop street townhouses, the applicant has also applied to amend the zoning by-law accordingly. 6 . AGENCY COMMENTS 6 . 1 The application for a proposed plan of subdivision was circulated to various agencies by the Durham Regional Planning Department. Concurrently, the Town of Newcastle Planning and Development Department undertook a circulation of the proposed zoning by-law amendment. However, as the applications were only recently circulated, the Planning and Development Department has not received any agency comments as of the writing of this report. 7 . STAFF COMMENTS 7 . 1 The application is proposing to create a 42 unit plan of subdivision on the subject property which is located at the south-east corner of the intersection of Nash Road and Courtice Road. In addition, the applicant is proposing to retain Block 16 in the proposed draft plan for future development. 7 .2 The Planning and Development Department notes for the Committee's information that the Black Creek Tributary Master Drainage Study has identified Block 16 as a possible site for a stormwater detention facility. The Town's Engineering Department is still evaluating the merits of locating a stormwater detention facility in this location. In addition, Staff would like to advise the Committee and the applicant that Block 16 is currently zoned Environmental Protection (EP) . If it is determined at a later . . . .5 REPORT NO. : PD-321-90 PAGE 5 date that a storm water detention facility is not required in this location, the applicant would have to file a separate zoning amendment application in order to develop the subject lands. Nevertheless, the Planning and Development Department will continue to process the current application. 7 . 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 outstanding comments, it would be in order to have the application be referred back for further processing and the preparation of a subsequent report. Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee Franklin Wu, M.C. I.P. 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