City Council

That the report from the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, entitled “Confirmation of Re-election of Ottawa Community Housing Board (OCHC) Chair and Re-appointment of Tenant Director to OCHC Board ” and Planning Committee Reports 62A and 63 be received and considered .

WHEREAS at the Planning Committee meeting of December 10, 2013, Planning Committee approved the staff report (ACS2013-PAI-PGM-0188) for the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plans for Lees, Hurdman and Blair and implementing Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments; and WHEREAS Planning Committee directed staff to review the public submissions either made at, or submitted to, Committee and indicate, in the form of a memorandum, which submissions are recommended for adoption and which are not recommended for adoption, with a rationale, and the memorandum be submitted to Council before the matter is considered by City Council on January 22, 2014; and WHEREAS since the tabling of the report at the Planning Committee meeting of December 10, 2013 a minor error has been identified that requires a technical amendment; and WHEREAS as a result of the delegations and submissions further changes to the Lees TOD Plan and Official Plan amendment have been identified; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Official Plan amendment be modified as follows: Amend “Schedule 8” to the proposed Official Plan Amendment changing the legend and map on the proposed “Schedule B” to the Old Ottawa East Secondary Plan, affecting the northeast corner of the property at 160 Lees Avenue, by: (1) Amending the legend to include a new Maximum Number of Storeys / Minimum Density area of “14 storeys / 250 units per net hectare (residential) and/or 1.0 floor space index (non-residential)”; and (2) Changing the max

WHEREAS Report ACS2013-PAI-PGM-0231 was

WHEREAS on December 10, 2013, Planning Committee recommended City Council approve the rezoning of 236 Richmond Road to allow a nine-storey mixed-use building; and WHEREAS, as part of that approval, there was to be a minimum interior side yard setback of 2.4 metres above the seventh floor; and WHEREAS, to mitigate a significant design issue, the applicant is requesting that this setback requirement not apply to the portion of the building above the seventh floor where the stairs are located; and WHEREAS, to meet the original intent, the remainder of the interior side yard setback above the seventh floor will be a minimum of 2.4 metres; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Section 2 Column V Provisions, be amended to add the following after the provision which reads “A minimum 2.4 metre corner side and interior side yard setback is required above the seventh storey”: - Despite the foregoing, in the case of an interior side yard, where a stairwell is located adjacent to the easterly wall of the building, no minimum setback is required above the seventh storey for such stairwell; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT no further notice be given under subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act.

WHEREAS at the Planning Committee meeting of December 10, 2013, Planning Committee approved the staff report (ACS2013-PAI-PGM-0226) for the Confederation Line Development Zone of Influence; and WHEREAS Planning Committee directed staff to review the public submissions either made at, or submitted to, Committee and indicate, in the form of a memorandum, which submissions are recommended for adoption and which are not recommended for adoption, with a rationale, and the memorandum be submitted to Council before the matter is considered by City Council on January 22, 2014; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the staff supported changes to the Confederation Line Proximity Study Guidelines as follows: Delete the following language from the third paragraph of Section 1: “Development within the Development Zone of Influence for the Confederation Line Project presents significant opportunities for private sector development to integrate with and advance achievement of the City’s broader objectives for transit supportive development. To capitalize on this opportunity, a Development Zone of Influence for the Confederation Line Project has been determined and has been identified in the Official Plan. For development proposed within this area, it is considered important that such development give consideration to the manner in which the development will support the city’s transit focused development objectives for development in proximity to the Confederation Line and to support

That the report from the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation, entitled “Confirmation of Re-election of Ottawa Community Housing Board (OCHC) Chair and Re-appointment of Tenant Director to OCHC Board” and Planning Committee Reports 62A and 63 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has approximately 64 kilometres of rear lanes that reside mostly inside the Greenbelt; and WHEREAS the issue of such rear lanes owned by the City have either been left dormant and unkept by the City or encroached upon by residents has been a concern in the Ward of Rideau-Rockcliffe, among others, for a number of years; and WHEREAS City staff initiated a review of such rear lanes in the fall of 2010; and WHEREAS on April 24th, 2013, City Council enacted its first Urban Lanes Management Policies in order to provide an “overarching framework” to address all such concerns over these rear lanes; and WHEREAS the Urban Lanes Management Policies did not take into account the fact that these lanes may require maintenance from time-to-time, may cause the City to be exposed to ongoing liability even though they may no longer have any positive municipal use, and yet discourage residential landowners from purchasing same due to the requirement that such lanes be sold at fair market value; and WHEREAS other municipalities in Ontario, most notably the cities of Hamilton and Windsor, have developed policies and programs whereby the municipality agrees to sell such back lanes and alleys to residential landowners abutting the property for nominal sums (from $1.00 to $100) as opposed to fair market value; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to prepare a report on the feasibility of a Pilot Project to offer such rear lanes for sale to abutting residentia

THAT By-law 2014-38 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.