Planning Committee

WHEREAS report ACS2019-PIE-PS-0122, Official Plan Amendment Barrhaven Downtown Secondary Plan, is a developer-initiated Secondary Plan which focuses on desired and achievable densities, parkland types, distribution, as well as a mix of uses, which will facilitate development while protecting the integrity of the Barrhaven Town Centre; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend Council delete the following sentence from the “Legal Implications” section of the said Report: “As this is a City-initiated amendment to the Official Plan, in the event Council chooses not to adopt the recommended Secondary Plan no right of appeal would exist”; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning Act , subsection 34(17), no further notice be given.

WHEREAS the Barrhaven Town Centre OPA is recommending contemporary land use policies to enable Barrhaven’s Downtown to develop and key transportation facilities are required; and WHEREAS the Barrhaven Town Centre is at the confluence of two BRT corridors, those being Southwest Transit Way and Chapman Mills BRTs; and WHEREAS the funding for Greenbank Road was moved to Strandherd Drive Widening project to address the high vehicular volume and lack of any pedestrian/cycling infrastructure and as well to address the safety issues related to the VIA at grade crossing; and WHEREAS the Strandherd Drive Widening Project is scheduled to be constructed over the next several years and there is yet to be a final agreement with VIA for the grade separation; and WHEREAS the demands for all transportation modes crossing the Jock River to Half Moon Bay are over capacity and virtually non-existent; and WHEREAS the area south of the Jock River has grown to a population of over 35,000 residents in the Barrhaven Community where the whole population is approaching 100,000 residents; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee direct staff in Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to work with the Transportation Services Department to detail the funds that would be required, to be allocated from Strandherd Widening project, to fund the following in 2020: 1. Detailed design of Greenbank Road from Chapman Mills to Barnsdale Road 2. Detailed design and construction of the extensio

WHEREAS report ACS2019-PIE-PS-0130, Zoning By-law Amendment – 1211 Old Montreal Road recommends several minor readjustments to the existing zone boundaries in effect over Cardinal Creek Village to correspond with minor changes to the planned street pattern and the lot and block layout within the future phases of the developing subdivision; and WHEREAS there are safety concerns in the community regarding the intersection of Cardinal Creek and Old Montreal Road; and WHEREAS this intersection is identified in the City of Ottawa Development Charge By-Law (By-Law 2019-156); THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee direct staff in Planning Infrastructure and Economic Development to begin the negotiations to enter into a front-ending or development agreement to fund the works required to complete Montreal Road through Cardinal Creek. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.

(on behalf of Councillor M. Fleury) WHEREAS report ACS2019-PIE-PS-0116, Zoning By-law Amendment 250 Besserer Street, recommends reducing the required resident vehicular parking from 44 spaces to zero spaces; and WHEREAS residents may occasionally need access to a vehicle; and WHEREAS the provision of car-sharing spaces would provide an additional transportation mode option to the future occupants of the proposed development; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend that Council add the following provisions to Document 2 – Details of the Recommended Zoning under 2 a): - One visitor parking space may be used as a car-sharing space; - The use of the visitor parking space for car sharing purposes does not result in a zoning violation for a lack of visitor parking. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.

That the Planning Committee approve the addition of the following Item to the agenda for consideration by the Committee at this meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-Law, in order to give timely consideration to this matter as the applicant would like to apply to the Committee of Adjustment as soon as possible. Council Resolution regarding Section 34 of the Planning Act .

WHEREAS report ACS2019-PIE-PS-0040 (Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment – 16 and 20 Hamilton Avenue North), was approved by Planning Committee on June 27, 2019 and Council on July 10, 2019 via By-law 2019-262, to permit an eight-storey mixed use building with interior parking; and WHEREAS this approval was based on a recommendation from City Planning staff where one driveway to the parking garage has been consistently proposed in all submitted iterations of the Site Plan; and WHEREAS the applicant is proposing a car stacking system with one single traffic driveway controlled through electric signalling to minimise the space occupied by interior parking; and WHEREAS Section 107 of Zoning By-law 2008-250 requires a double traffic driveway when one access is provided to a parking garage; and WHEREAS safe ingress and egress can be achieved through electric signalling, which can be conditioned through site plan control approval; and WHEREAS a minor variance to Zoning By-law 2008-250 is needed to allow the proposed single traffic driveway; and WHEREAS Section 45 (1.3) of the Planning Act does not permit an application for minor variance before the second anniversary of the initial zoning amendment; and WHEREAS Section 45 (1.3) of the Planning Act permits Council to declare by resolution that such an application would be permitted; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend to Council that an application to the Committee of Adjustment for minor variance be

WHEREAS the matter of road closures in support of development is causing current and pressing concerns, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following motion be added to the agenda of the Planning Committee meeting of November 28, 2019 : Delegated Authority for Road Closures

WHEREAS the City has no legal obligation to close roads for the development of subdivisions; and WHEREAS these developments provide a significant financial return to the builder; and WHEREAS these road closures cause stress, environmental damage, productivity loss and detour large volumes of traffic through neighbourhoods and past schools; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Committee recommend to Council to approve the following: 1. Subject to Recommendation 2, the delegated authority of any staff pursuant to the Delegation of Authority By-law, or any other by-law or policy of the City, to close roads for more than 20 working days to support development be removed to ensure community concerns are heard and developers provide a safe detour to the satisfaction of the community, Ward Councillor(s) and Transportation Services; 2. Delegated Authority may be restored with the written concurrence of the Ward Councillor(s) in which the portions of the road proposed to be closed are located; 3. The General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development be directed to submit a report to Committee and Council in 2020 to provide recommendations as to an appropriate process moving forward to ensure that the concerns expressed in this motion are addressed.