Planning and Housing Committee

WHEREAS Report ACS2024-PDB-PS-0095 (the “Report”) recommends amending the Zoning By-law (By-law No. 2008-250) to permit a range of residential and non-residential uses in low and mid-rise buildings at 1495 Heron Road; and WHEREAS an amendment to the Report is required to clarify the location of the theatre that currently exists at the site and specifics of certain performance standards of the new zones; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning and Housing Committee amend Report ACS2024-PDB-PS-0095 – Zoning By-law Amendment – 1495 Heron Road by: Replacing Document 2 – Details of Recommended Zoning with the document titled “Attachment 1” to this Motion; and Replacing Document 3 – Zoning Schedule – Maximum Building Heights with the document titled “Attachment 2” to this Motion; and THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended.

WHEREAS the amending Development Charge Background Study was provided on the City’s website on August 30, 2024; and, WHEREAS a link to the amending Development Charge Background Study was provided within the staff report on page 9 but by inadvertence the hyperlink at Document 1 did not link to the Background Study; and, WHEREAS there are additional information and proposed by-law changes that will not change the development charge rates to be imposed pursuant to the amending by-law attached as Document 2. BE IT RESOLVED That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council: Receive as the replacement Document 1, the 2024 Development Charge Amendment Background Study dated August 30, 2024, prepared by Hemson. Receive as Document 3 the Hemson report dated October 10, 2024, amending the Background Study appended to this motion as Attachment 1. Receive as Document 4 the Changes made to the Calculated Development Charge Rates since August 30, 2024, appended to this motion as Attachment 2. Approve that the sentence on page 9 of the report: The 2024 Development Charges Amendment Background Study dated October 11, 2024, was made available on Ottawa.ca prior to the October 23, 2024, public meeting Be revised to read: The 2024 Development Charges Amendment Background Study dated August 30, 2024 was made available on Ottawa.ca on August 30, 2024, and the amending study dated October 10, 2024, was made available on Ottawa.ca on October 21, 2024. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recommenda

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa does not charge for several Development Charge (DC) eligible service categories that the municipality is permitted to charge for under the Development Charges Act, 1997; and, WHEREAS these service categories include important services in our city, such as public health, childcare, long term care, waste diversion services, emergency preparedness, and municipally administered court services; and, WHEREAS from our new municipal administrative penalty system, to new childcare legislation, to a global pandemic, to a crisis in long term care, to unprecedented weather events, these categories represent services that have all been recently and significantly impacted by changing environmental factors and legislative context; and, WHEREAS this changing context warrants consideration of levels of service and how we fund these services; and, WHEREAS the city is currently undergoing master plan renewal and a comprehensive development charge bylaw update; and, WHEREAS the city and this council have expressed that our municipality is facing significant financial shortfalls, and has requested that higher orders of government provide financial relief; and, WHEREAS reviewing what revenue streams we are not currently collecting but could be under existing provincial legislation is warranted in this context; and, WHEREAS capital costs that are not funded through development charges are instead funded by taxpayers; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff, as part of the com