Planning Committee

BE IT RESOLVED t hat the Chair’s remarks given at the Planning Committee meeting on January 23, 2020 be appended to the Minutes of today’s meeting. [1]

WHEREAS the report ACS2020-PIE-PS-0009, Zoning By-law Amendment – 3809 Borrisokane Road details zoning by-law amendments recommended to permit the development of the lands as a subdivision; and WHEREAS the applicant has requested the City to consider modifications for the zoning in respect of performance standards for the front yard, minimum lot area and rear yard setback; and WHEREAS City staff advised on January 9, 2020 that it would be necessary to defer the report from January 23, 2020 to the following meeting of Planning Committee to give proper consideration to the requested modifications; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee defer the report for the Zoning By-law Amendment for 3809 Borrisokane Road to the next scheduled Planning Committee meeting on February 13 th , 2020. DEFERRAL

(on behalf of Councillor M. Fleury) WHEREAS Report ACS2020-PIE-PS-0001, Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control – 19, 29 and 134 Robinson Avenue seeks to reduce the amount of required residential parking from 51 spaces combined to 9 (17 parking spots per building to 3); and WHEREAS 17 spots per address is required; and WHEREAS the applicant is only providing 3 visitor spots per address; and WHEREAS the Zoning By-law establishes a minimum parking requirement of 0.5 spaces per dwelling unit (after the first 12 units); and WHEREAS Robinson Village has a lack of amenities and the distance to the Lees O-Train Station is difficult to access, resulting in the need for some residents in the buildings to require a vehicle; and WHEREAS Robinson Avenue has a lack of available on-street parking, which is currently overused from existing residents; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the recommended parking reductions be refused, and that parking be provided in accordance with the current Zoning By-law requirements by deleting the following provision in Document 2, 4 and 6: “Despite Section 101, the minimum number of parking spaces required for the first 46 dwelling units is three spaces”; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17), no further notice be given.

(on behalf of Councillor M. Fleury) WHEREAS Planning Committee is delegated the authority to approve site plans; and WHEREAS it is desired that an additional week be available for discussion with respect to the site plan applications under consideration in this report; and WHEREAS such opportunity can be made available by Planning Committee determining to recommend the site plan applications to Council rather than exercising its delegated authority; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Recommendation 3 be amended to commence: 'That Planning Committee recommend that Council approve:..'