Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS Report ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0011 entitled City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250: Omnibus Amendments – Q2 2022 is listed on the agenda for the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) on April 7, 2022 and Planning Committee on April 14, 2022; and WHEREAS the report recommends multiple amendments to the Zoning By-law 2008-250, with ARAC considering those located in rural areas as set out in recommendation 1, and Planning Committee approving the other amendments as outlined in recommendation 2; and WHEREAS since the release of the report with the ARAC agenda on March 28 th , staff has revised the report to add an additional anomaly for consideration by the Planning Committee, and the revised report was released with the Planning Committee agenda on April 4; and WHEREAS, while these changes do not impact the amendments to be considered for approval by ARAC, the committee should receive the revised report; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee receive and consider the revised version of report at today’s meeting.

That the following motion be considered at today’s meeting pursuant to Subsection 89(3) of the Procedure By-law: WHEREAS the Committee of Adjustment hearing of December 8, 2021 reviewed a consent to sever application for 1962 Brophy Drive to modify the property lines of an existing historic residential lot in the Agriculture Resource Area; and WHEREAS there is no net new lot creation and if two homes were built today in the current lot configuration, the same impacts occur if two homes were built under the proposed configuration; and WHEREAS despite the Planning staff report indicating an objection, Panel 3 of the Committee of Adjustment unanimously approved the consent application in a decision dated December 17, 2021; and WHEREAS City staff have initiated an appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision in this matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal; and WHEREAS the negative impacts of this application are not sufficient to warrant an appeal; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that Legal Services staff be directed to withdraw the City's appeal of the Committee of Adjustment decision of the consent to sever application at 1962 Brophy Drive.