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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPSD-036-16Planning Services Report If this information is required in an alternate accessible format, please contact the Municipal Clerk at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102. Report To: Planning and Development Committee Date of Meeting: May 16, 2016 Report Number: PSD-036-16 Resolution Number: File Number: ZBA 2016-0008 By-law Number: Report Subject: Draft Zoning By-law for the Courtice Main Street Secondary Plan Area – East of Farewell Creek Recommendations: 1.That Report PSD-036-16 be received for information. Municipality of Clarington Report PSD-036-16 Page 2 Report Overview Planning Staff have been preparing a draft zoning by-law that will implement the Courtice Main Street Secondary Plan. It will be presented at a public information centre to be held on June 14, 2016 and a statutory public meeting early in the fall. 1. Background on the Courtice Main Street Secondary Plan As part of the current review of Clarington’s Official Plan, the Courtice Main Street (CMS) Secondary Plan was developed to help create a strong identity for Courtice by promoting a dense, mixed-use, transit-oriented corridor with the Town Centre as the focus of community activity. The CMS Secondary Plan Land Use Map illustrates the extent of the Secondary Plan area and includes the land use designations of the Courtice Main Street (see attachment 1). The Secondary Plan, and the corresponding Urban Design Guidelines, were adopted by Council in January, 2013. These documents were then adopted by the Region of Durham in February, 2014, and were approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in November, 2014. The one outstanding exception that remains under appeal by Halloway Developments Limited is the two storey, minimum height requirement for all new buildings constructed on the Halloway property in the Town Centre. 2. Recommendations of the CMS Secondary Plan The CMS Secondary Plan includes a list of tools that will support the implementation of the Secondary Plan’s policies. This includes: Updating the zoning by-law to give practical shape to the policies of the CMS Secondary Plan. This will be achieved through the establishment of regulations to be followed in the development of land and the construction of new buildings. Preliminary work on a draft zoning by-law is underway; the preparation of a Community Improvement Plan (CIP’s) to provide a set of financial incentives that will help to implement the vision for the future of this area. The initial public information centre for the Courtice CIP was held on April 28, 2016 and a follow up meeting is anticipated for the end of June, 2016; and the preparation of a more detailed Urban Design Plan for the Town Centre which will demonstrate how all of the properties, that are located in the Town Centre, will be developed over time. Municipal staff are currently working with one of the main property owners in the Town Centre (Halloway Developments Ltd.), along with proponents of commercial development, on the preparation of the Urban Design Plan to guide future development applications; Municipality of Clarington Report PSD-036-16 Page 3 3. Zoning By-Law Amendment 3.1 The focus of the draft zoning by-law is to regulate the “built form” of new development. The built form includes: What a building looks like, including how tall it is; How much of the lot the building occupies; How far it is set back from the sidewalk and street; and The placement of windows/doors along the street. Shifting the emphasis of the zoning regulations from land uses to built form provides greater flexibility in how buildings are occupied and greater certainty on their design. 3.2 The proposed Zoning By-Law amendment will focus on the lands on the east side of the Farewell Creek. This is the area where the majority of redevelopment activity will occur and where lands need to be rezoned from residential to an appropriate zone. The balance of the lands on the west side of the Farewell Creek will be addressed in the broader review of the Zoning-By-Law. 3.3 The next steps in updating the zoning by-law for the Courtice Main Street are as follows: The draft zoning by-law will be released for public comment at the end of May and a public information centre will be held on June 14, 2016, to present a draft of the zoning by-law to affected property owners and the community. Following the public information centre, comments received from the public and all other stakeholders will be reviewed and considered for incorporation into a revised draft of the zoning by-law, which will be presented at a statutory public meeting in the early fall of 2016. A final draft of the zoning by-law will be presented to Council, together with a recommendation report, before the end of 2016. 4. Concurrence Not Applicable 5. Conclusion Updated zoning along the Courtice Main Street will enable developers to bring forward proposals for redevelopment without the need for site specific rezoning. In combination with the much-needed sanitary sewer servicing and CIP program, this will help to unlock the development potential of the area. The purpose of this report is to advise Council of the public consultation process to be used in preparing the implementing Zoning By-law for the Courtice Main Street Secondary Plan.