Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS the staff recommendations of the zoning report for 4497 O’Keefe Court is recommending the removal of the 401r exception zone wording in Section 240 of the Zoning By-law that states “any single warehouse use may occupy up to a maximum of 50 per cent of the gross floor area of a building”; and WHEREAS based upon the zoning requirements of lot coverage, parking, loading, septic field, and landscaping, the removal of this provision could result in a maximum size of approximately a 250,000 square foot (23,225 square metre) single warehouse building; and WHEREAS the applicant’s zoning by-law amendment proposal to remove the 50 per cent gross floor area restriction on warehousing was for the purpose of securing a single warehouse tenant or building in the upper range of 8,175.5 square metre (88,000 square foot); and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff recommend maintaining the proposal to remove the 50 per cent gross floor area cap, but be amended to introduce a new cap on the size of a single warehouse building such that a new exception is added to Section 240, rural exception 400r, Column V stating “no single warehouse building and/or use can be greater than 8,175.5 square metres of gross floor area in size”; and THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the rezoning report for 4497 O’Keefe Court be

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee refer the report back to the Drainage Engineer under Section 57 of the Drainage Act for reconsideration in response to landowner comments and report back to the April ARAC meeting.