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Home My WebLink AboutPD-136-86 J C� TOWN OF NEWCASTLE r� t� REPORT File # ; Res. # 46 By-Law # MEETING: General Purpose and Administration Committee DATE: Tuesday, May 20, 1966 REPORT #: PD-136-86 FILE #: DEV 86-16 SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR REZONING - RICHARD AND SUSAN LOVEKIN PART LOT 28, CONCESSION 2, NEWCASTLE VILLAGE OUR FILE: DEV 86-16 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: I. THAT Report PD-136-86 be received for information. BACKGROUND AND COMMENT: At its meeting of May 5, 1.986, the General Purpose and Administration Committee considered Staff Report PD-117-86 regarding Rezoning Application DEV 86-16 submitted by Richard and Susan Lovekin. Mr. William Lover addressed Committee with respect to the application and submitted a written brief to Committee which raised a number of issues dealing with the application. Committee resolved (Resolution #GPA-42.7-86) that the written submission be referred to Staff for reply to the questions asked and that Mr. & Mrs. Lover be advised of actions taken, and that an information report in respect of the response be submitted to Committee. * Attached hereto is Staff's response to the brief submitted by Mr. & Mrs. Lover. The matter with respect to the occupancy of the Wilmot Street road al lowance has been referred to the Public Works Department. . . .2 REPORT NO. : PD-136-86 Page 2 It is respectfully recommended that this Report be received for information. Respectf a y bmitted, T.T. Edwards, M.C. I .P. Director of Planning JAS*TTE*j ip *Attach May 12, 1.986 cc: Mr. & Mrs. Richard Lovekin Box 33 NEWCASTLE , Ontario LOA 1HO i I �I i 4 CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT T.T.EDWARDS,M.C.I.P.,Director HAMPTON,ONTARIO LOB 1JO TEL.(416)263-2231 May 12, 1986 Mr. & Mrs. William Lover Box 520 NEWCASTLE, Ontario LOA 1HO Dear Mr. & Mrs. Lover: I RE: APPLICATION FOR REZONING - RICHARD AND SUSAN LOVEKIN - FILE : DEV 86-16 As requested by Council , I am writing in response to your submission to the General purpose and Administration Committee meeting of May 5, 1.986 in respect of the above-referenced application for rezoning. In 1974, the Ministry of Housing provided funding to a Consulting Group headed by Murray V. Jones and Associates to prepare a Planning Study for the Town of Newcastle. This Study, which was completed in 1976, included a Concept Plan which identified your property, as well as the property owned by the Lovekins, as "Existing Residential ". One goal identified by that Study was the protection and maintenance of the existing village , particularly by locating medium and high densities away from existing housing. I note however that this Planning Study was preapred to provide a basis for the preparation of Secondary Plans for the urban areas within the Town of Newcastle, including Newcastle Village. The Official Plan of the Newcastle Village Small Urban Area, as approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in April 1983, designated both your property and the Lovekin property as "Low and Medium Density Residential ". This designation permits the development of a range of housing types up to a density of la units per net residential hectare. Both properties are zoned "Rl-1 Urban Residential Exception One" by By-law 84-63, the Town of Newcastle Comprehensive Zoning By-law. The "R1-1" zone permits only single family dwellings; however, a rezoning to "Rl" would also be in conformity with the policies of the Official Plan. Staff have reviewed Planning Department records with respect to a rezoning application on Manvers Street to allow a duplex. We were unable to locate such an application. However , in March 1977, an application to rezone a parcel on the northwest corner of George Street and Manvers Street to permit the development of twelve . . .2 I I Mr. & Mrs. William Lover May 12, 1986 Page 2 townhouses was approved by Council , subject to conditions which were never satisfied. A subsequent application to permit the development of a 28 unit apartment building on the property was denied by Council in 1980. We have assumed that the second application referred to in your letter was the rezoning application submitted by Mr. W. Kraayvanger to permit the development of 4 townhouse units. The application was approved by Town Council . However, the By-law was appealed and subsequently overturned by the Ontario Municipal Board as premature. Your letter indicates that the Staff Report, in respect of the Lovekin application, made no mention of the effect of the rezoning on the surrounding properties. In that regard, we did indicate that, inasmuch as the construction of the second dwelling unit did not involve any renovations to the exterior of the residence, a rezoning to recognize the second unit would not, in Staff's opinion, detract from the character of this predominantly single family neighbourhood. With respect to the specific questions outlined by your letter, I would offer the following: 1) The General Purpose and Administration Committee resolved (Resolution #GPA-426-86) at its meeting of May 5, 1985 that the matter referred to in the By-law Enforcement Officer' s letter of March 5, 1986 be tabled pending processing of the rezoning application and the final disposition. This would permit the tenant to remain until this application has been finally dealt with one way or the other. 2) A survey of the subject property as prepared by an Ontario Land Surveyor in 1976 was submitted to the Town by the applicant. A site inspection by Staff indicated that no new construction or exterior alterations to existing buildings have been made since the preparation of the survey. 3) Planning Department Staff have referred the matter of the occupancy of the Wilmot Street road allowance to the Public Works Department for review. I note that, once the extent of the occupancy of the road allowance has been confirmed, two options are open: a) the Lovekins can be requested by the Town to cease occupancy; or b) the Lovekins can apply for permission to encroach upon the road allowance. A subsequent report on this issue is necessary. Mr. & Mrs. William Lover May 12, 1986 Page 3 4) Staff have reviewed Floodplain mapping as it relates to the subject lands and note that no portion of the Wilmot Street road allowance east of Mill Street or the subject site lie within a Regional Storm Floodplain . A very small portion of the road allowance falls within the Fill and Construction Limits as administered by the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. I have attached a copy of the relevant floodplain mapping for your information. I trust that this letter satisfies the concerns as identified in your letter to the General Purpose and Administration Committee. Yours try-, j T.T. Edwards, M.C. I .P. Director of Planning JAS*TTE*jip Attach. i . - GANARASKA REGION CONSERVATION o i3 AUTHORITY FLOODPLAIN MAPPING 0 320 �4 OF THE NEWCASTLE AREA o / 325.49 x o , ♦; ,^\ SCALE: 1 INCH=200 FEET o 0 325, •321.5 , 32 2-0 323.0 S 320 316 0 30 319.0 ! "� " x � t1 31 00 y 3j,5 I. 3170 / ,308.0 � x 4912.0 p os 0 t1 x . x I �( x LEGEND 303.0 �-�''•l 303.5 / I I Dew ROADS PAVED --------- UNPAVED------- a TRAIL --------------- -�-{---�- X j BUILDING -----_ CE:l o 0 /FENCE -------------- —x TREE,HEDGE _-________ o—H- CULVERT------------- '"••c D-- STREAM,POND OR LAKE INTERMITTENT SWAMP------------- - r 1 •3os 5 i SPOT ELEVATION ------_ 729.0 J--725- i CONTOURS________ ---- •720 \ X FLOODPLAIN O 311.0 ti FILL AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITS