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What was decided (3 motions)
2 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
(on behalf of Councillor M. Fleury) That Planning Committee approve the addition of Response to Inquiry OCC 04-18 (re Zoning of Bars and Restaurants) for consideration by the committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to subsection 89(3) of the procedure by-law (being by-law no. 2016-377) to allow for questions of Committee members.
Moved by Councillor T. Tierney
Lost
WHEREAS Report ACS2018-PIE-EDP-0007 recommends zoning changes to the enable a new use, "storefront industry," in commercial and mixed-use zones City-wide, and WHEREAS the use "storefront industry" by definition combines a light industrial component with a retail store, retail food store and/or restaurant component where products manufactured on-site are sold or served; and WHEREAS Zoning Exception [881] currently applies to lands on Beech Street and Rochester Street, which has the effect of allowing light industrial uses in an R4T residential zone; and WHEREAS it is desirable to allow these light industrial uses to include a retail store, retail food store and/or restaurant component in a configuration consistent with the proposed new term "storefront industry," THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council approve the following changes be made to the staff report: 1. That Document 2 (Details of the Recommended Zoning) be amended by adding the following as recommendation 7(g): "(g) Amend Exception 881 by inserting the words "- storefront industry" after the words "light industrial uses" in Column III (Additional Permitted Uses) and by inserting the words "or storefront industry" after both instances of the words "permitted industrial uses" in Column V (Provisions.)"; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Sub-Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act.
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried
WHEREAS the total required floor area of many light industrial uses in urban areas, such as micro-breweries and micro-distilleries, have demonstrated the need for more than 200 square metres for a storefront and ancillary restaurant and retail store components; WHEREAS the experience of these uses along traditional main streets and in mixed use downtown zones in the City of Ottawa has been a positive one; WHEREAS new developments along traditional main streets and in mixed use downtown zones include at-grate retail/commercial spaces that exceed 200 square metres and can struggle to find tenants; and WHEREAS, the other urban zones covered by this zoning amendment allow a maximum of 350 square metres; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council approve the following modifications to Document 2, Details of the Recommended Zoning: 1. Amend Recommendation 3(d) by deleting the number 200 and replacing it with the number 350; and 2. Amend Recommendation 3(g) by deleting the number 200 and replacing it with the number 350."