Planning Committee

(on behalf of Councillor M. Fleury) W HEREAS report ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0015 details the second phase of the R4 Zoning Review and recommends changes to enable the development of more infill low-rise apartment buildings and stacked dwellings in existing R4-zoned areas in the inner-urban wards; and WHEREAS recommendations resulting from the R4 Zoning Review propose to allow rooftop amenity areas including rooftop patios and terraces in the R4 zone; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law includes a requirement that multi-unit residential buildings not subject to containerized waste collection under the Solid Waste By-law be required to store waste within either an accessory building or within the main building; and WHEREAS the Zoning By-law specifies that, within the Sandy Hill neighbourhood, such storage may occur within the main building only; and WHEREAS recommendations resulting from the R4 Zoning Review removes the requirement for garbage storage to be located within the main building in Sandy Hill that was previously included in Phase 1 of the City’s R4 Zoning Review; and WHEREAS in Q1 2020, call volumes for Ward 12 were 24.5 per cent of the City’s property standards calls, 17. 6 per cent of the City’s noise complaints calls, and 14.3 per cent of the City’s zoning enforcement calls for service; WHEREAS statistics in Sandy Hill as it relates to noise complaints and garbage have raised concerns about livability and impact; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Planning Committee r

(on behalf of Councillor S. Menard) WHEREAS report ACS2020-PIE-RHU-0019 recommends approval of an application under the Ontario Heritage Act to alter the existing building at 175 Main Street, which includes the removal of the chapel wing; WHEREAS the proposed alterations are associated with the conversion of the primary portion of the Deschâtelets Building into a mixed-use facility which would include an elementary school (Conseil des Écoles Catholiques du Centre-Est, (CECCE)), a potential community centre (City of Ottawa) and potential residential uses; and WHEREAS additional measures should be taken to ensure the long term adaptive reuse of the building ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend to Council that: 1. Recommendation 1 be modified to add the following a dditional condition of approval as follows: The submission of a complete heritage permit application for alterations associated with the new school use or community centre, including the alterations to the front entrance and the bay on the east façade.

(on behalf of Councillor S. Menard) WHEREAS report ACS2020-PIE-RHU-0019 recommends approval of an application under the Ontario Heritage Act to alter the existing building at 175 Main Street, which includes the removal of the chapel wing; and WHEREAS the proposed alterations are associated with the conversion of the primary portion of the Deschâtelets Building into a mixed-use facility which would include an elementary school (Conseil des Écoles Catholiques du Centre-Est, (CECCE)), a potential community centre (City of Ottawa) and potential residential uses; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend to Council to direct staff work with the owners to review opportunities for a display, in addition to a plaque, within the designated building at 175 Main Street, that would commemorate the chapel.