Planning Committee

WHEREAS Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0157 recommends refusal of an application to demolish 234 O’Connor Street, a property located in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District and designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act ; and WHEREAS the statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on November 6, 2016; and WHEREAS, on October 17, 2016, the applicant agreed to extend the statutory 90-day timeline to November 30, 2016, in order to allow them time for further discussion; BE IT RESOLVED that Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0157 (Application to Demolish 234 O’Connor Street, A Property Designated Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and Located in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District) be postponed for consideration at the Planning Committee meeting of November 8, 2016.

WHEREAS the application to demolish 234 O’Connor Street (Report ACS2016-PIE-PGM-0157) was recommended for refusal by the Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) at its meeting of October 13, 2016; WHEREAS on November 3, 2016 the Building Code Services Branch and the Owner reviewed the state of the building in the interest of public safety and heritage; WHEREAS Building Code Services Branch and the Owner have agreed that only sufficient work to maintain the building and address any public safety concerns is required until such time as a decision is made on the application; WHEREAS the Owner has agreed to structurally secure the building through the winter months while they consider further redevelopment options; and WHEREAS staff have received a letter from the Owner dated November 7, 2016 agreeing to an extension of the statutory 90-day timeline prescribed by the Ontario Heritage Act to April 30, 2017; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Building Code Services be directed to continue to monitor the building to verify that it remains structurally sound; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Planning Committee refer this item to staff for further review and consideration for a future Planning Committee on or prior to April 11, 2017 and in such time as to permit consideration by Council on or prior to April 26, 2017.

WHEREAS Staff recommended refusal of the application to demolish 234 O’Connor, a property designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act ; and the issuance of a heritage permit under the Act ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council approve the application to demolish 234 O’Connor, subject to the following conditions: 1. At their sole expense, the Owner shall design, construct and maintain a privately owned public park space at the property known municipally as 234 O’Connor Street; 2. The design and construction of the park shall be finalized in collaboration with staff, and shall be built to City standards and specifications, including any required environmental site remediation, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department; 3. The Owner shall pay one hundred percent securities to the City for the value of the design and construction of the park, with the securities to be released once these works are completed; 4. That park space shall be publically accessible until such time that a building permit has been issued for the new construction on the site; 5. The Owner agrees that to the discretion of the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department, a replacement building must be substantially completed within five years from the date of this approval and in default thereof, the City Clerk shall enter on the collector’s roll the sum of $5,000 for the

WHEREAS Report ACS2017-PIE-PS-0036 (Zoning By-law Amendment – 890 & 900 Bank Street) recommends approval of Zoning By-law Amendments including a maximum height of 26 metres; and WHEREAS, the property at 890 and 900 Bank Street is designated Traditional Mainstreet in the Official Plan, which provides direction of heights up to six storeys, and the subject property is zoned to permit a height up to 15 metres; and WHEREAS, the subject property is an irregular through-lot configuration with frontage on three streets and has two lot lines defined as side lot lines, which abut low-rise residential developments, and thereby (1) these side lot lines are subject to setbacks that are less than what would be required should the lot not extend through to Monk Street, and thereby be considered rear lot lines and have a greater setback; and (2) allow for Traditional Mainstreet heights of up to six storeys to be adjacent to low-rise residential properties; and WHEREAS the Ward Councillor and a community petition with 580 signatures propose a restriction to the height and massing of a building on this lot be put into effect to ensure an appropriate height transition to the established low-rise condition of the neighbouring residential and commercial areas; and WHEREAS Lansdowne Park and the Lord Lansdowne building (south-east and south-west corners of Bank Street respectively) represent the southern gateway to the Glebe neighbourhood; and WHEREAS the gateway design in both cases already incl