1 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:24,080 think 2 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:47,360 Works to confirm the finding of the studies notice the public meeting that 3 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:51,960 originally issued on February 4th this year in did not include the requested 4 00:00:49,520 --> 00:01:00,160 relief for lot depth of 29 meters and L of 30 met uh for this public park block 5 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:00,160 as well as the lot 6 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,400 B 7 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,600 two minutes everyone two 8 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,840 minutes 9 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,879 e e 10 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,440 Che 11 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:50,640 good evening everyone welcome and thank you for being 12 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,599 here welcome to the woods city of Woodstock Public planning meeting 13 00:03:54,599 --> 00:04:01,519 tonight's meeting is an open public meeting as required by the planning act 14 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:05,319 due to the change in meeting venue this meeting will be live streamed to the 15 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:09,000 county of Oxford YouTube channel and a recording of the meeting will also be 16 00:04:07,159 --> 00:04:14,040 posted on the city's website following the meeting an agenda of the meeting can 17 00:04:11,799 --> 00:04:17,239 be found on the agendas meetings and minutes page of the city's 18 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:24,840 website this meeting is for information and discussion purposes only and no 19 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:28,080 decisions will be made this evening Council will make a decision on these 20 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:32,520 matters at the regular council meeting to be held this Thursday 21 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:37,960 if you wish to address council at that meeting you must submit a delegation 22 00:04:34,759 --> 00:04:43,320 form to the city of city clerk no later than 12: p.m. tomorrow 23 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:48,800 Wednesday a delegation form is available on the city's website or sticking around 24 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:54,360 tonight and we may have some if an application is denied only 25 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:59,759 the applicant or the minister May file an appeal with the Ontario land tribunal 26 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:04,400 within 20 days of issuance of the notice of council's 27 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:09,639 decision only specified persons public bodies registered owners of land which 28 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:13,479 the plan May apply the requestor to amend the plan and the minister May 29 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:18,840 appeal the decision of the city of Woodstock to the Ontario land tribunal 30 00:05:16,479 --> 00:05:22,919 within 20 days of issuance of the notice of council's 31 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:27,240 decision excluding the minister any party wishing to make an appeal must 32 00:05:25,039 --> 00:05:32,880 make written or oral submissions to Council on a public meeting 33 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:37,880 please note that third parties anyone who is not specified persons or public 34 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:42,520 body do not have the right to appeal a decision for an official plan Amendment 35 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:47,960 to the Ontario land tribunal please keep your comments to 36 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:51,319 planning matters only and I'd ask that you avoid repeating comments that have 37 00:05:50,039 --> 00:05:56,280 already been expressed if you have not provided oral 38 00:05:53,960 --> 00:06:01,240 or written comments but wish to receive formal notice of council's decision on 39 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:06,280 the matter please contact the clerk's Department the notice will provide 40 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:10,840 further information on appealing the decision the planner will be asked to 41 00:06:08,599 --> 00:06:15,680 present the planning report for each application the applicant will then be 42 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:20,080 provided an opportunity to make comments followed by those wishing to speak in 43 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:24,080 favor of the application and Then followed by those wishing to speak in 44 00:06:22,199 --> 00:06:26,199 opposition of the application I'll call you 45 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:33,840 forward prior to proceeding with the first application does anyone wish to 46 00:06:31,479 --> 00:06:36,880 declare a pecuniary interest on any items on tonight's 47 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:45,400 agenda seeing none let's jump into it we do have seven 48 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:54,400 tonight so we'll uh get things going first up item 2A B2 24- 49 00:06:49,919 --> 00:07:01,520 938 application for consent which is 27999 3 onario Inc Mr Gilbert thank you 50 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:11,160 thank you uh this consent application uh seeks to sever um lands that are zoned 51 00:07:08,759 --> 00:07:17,240 for commercial purposes from lands that are zoned for residential purposes the 52 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:24,879 lot to be severed has an area of seven uh 2.33 hectares uh with 53 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:30,720 Frontage on Devonshire and Cardinal a Cardinal Drive the lot to be retained uh 54 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:36,280 has Frontage on Dunkirk AV and contains a semi- detached dwelling uh the lands 55 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:41,120 have inadvertently merged uh when the subdivision was drafted approved um 56 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:44,759 these lands containing the semidetached dwelling were subject to an exemption to 57 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:50,000 part law control application uh that bylaw exempts you 58 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:54,639 from the seven process essentially but has a time period associated with that 59 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:59,639 in this case the applicants transferred the lot after that bylaw expired so as 60 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:04,319 such the lands are still considered to be legally merged um the consent 61 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:09,240 application as noted will just separate the commercial lands from the 62 00:08:06,159 --> 00:08:14,080 residential lands uh staff have no concerns with the app with the proposal 63 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:20,800 and recommend approval and support subject to the above the four noted 64 00:08:16,599 --> 00:08:20,800 conditions in the report thank 65 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:26,759 you thank you any questions of the planner from city 66 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:34,719 council seeing none thank 67 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:37,680 you is the applicant here tonight and wish to speak to 68 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:47,920 this and when coming forward I'd ask that you state your name and address for 69 00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:53,839 the record thank you welcome thank you my name is Andrea 70 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:59,640 Sinclair I'm with mhbc planning uh 540 bingaman Center Drive in kitner uh here 71 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:03,640 as the applicant um nothing for further to add I think the staff report was 72 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:08,200 comprehensive as Mr Gilbert mentioned this is more of a technical consent uh 73 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:13,200 it was always intended that the commercial block would be separately 74 00:09:09,839 --> 00:09:17,040 developed from the residential but uh they've merged on title so this allows 75 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:21,720 for the commercial lot to be separately conveyed and developed in the future uh 76 00:09:20,079 --> 00:09:26,200 again just here in support of the staff report and the conditions and here to 77 00:09:24,839 --> 00:09:31,200 respond to any questions that Council may 78 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:36,920 have thank you any questions of Miss stclair the 79 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:41,360 applicant seeing none thank you so at this point I will ask if 80 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:45,959 anybody would like to come forward and speak in favor of this 81 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:55,640 application seeing none I'd ask if anybody would like to speak against this 82 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,320 application okay seeing none moving along 83 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:15,000 next up we have op2 23-5 84 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:20,560 d8 uh s SP 23-38 ZN 85 00:10:17,079 --> 00:10:23,240 8-23 d07 application for official plan Amendment draft plan of subdivision and 86 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:30,720 zone change Mr 87 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:36,639 Gilbert thank you uh these applic ations are for official plan Amendment zone 88 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:41,040 change and trft plan subdivision uh the official plan Amendment would 89 00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:44,880 redesignate the lands from uh the current designation which is community 90 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:51,120 facility to uh residential uh block one would be uh low 91 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:57,800 density residential block two would be medium density and block uh three would 92 00:10:53,560 --> 00:11:03,440 be high density uh with uh block four and block five to be uh open space 93 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:08,720 reflecting the proposed Park use and the storm water management block the 94 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:15,480 proposed official plan Amendment for the medium density block would allow for a a 95 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:21,480 maximum density of 75 units per hectare above the current uh 70 units per 96 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:30,600 hectare maximum and the apartment block block three would allow for a a density 97 00:11:26,079 --> 00:11:36,480 of 151 units per hectare 150 units per hectare is the maximum density and high 98 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:42,000 density residential areas as noted the uh sou Vision itself has five blocks 99 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:48,639 including uh one street street a which connects from Lake View Drive uh to uh 100 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:56,360 Oxford Road 59 or van CID Avenue uh with a right in and right out uh access at 101 00:11:51,600 --> 00:12:02,120 Street a and Van CID Avenue uh the proposal would have 26 single attached 102 00:11:58,519 --> 00:12:06,880 dwellings units uh in the block one AB budding low density development uh to 103 00:12:04,519 --> 00:12:12,000 the north and to the east uh stack townhouse development in Block two uh 104 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:19,560 with two uh seven story apartment buildings uh located in block three uh 105 00:12:15,199 --> 00:12:25,399 closer to Oxford Road 59 or van card Avenue uh the lands themselves are 9.62 106 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:29,920 acres in size and currently contain an a one-story office building which is 107 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:33,760 proposed to be demolished for the uh proposed development in support of the 108 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:37,959 applications the applicant submitted a number of technical studies including a 109 00:12:35,959 --> 00:12:42,560 planning justification report functional servicing report traffic impact study 110 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:47,920 archaeological assessment a tree preservation 111 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:52,760 report um shadowing study for the uh two apartment buildings a parking study a 112 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:58,639 phase one and a phase two environmental site assessment as well as a noise 113 00:12:55,199 --> 00:13:03,399 feasibility assessment to measure the um compliance with noise guidelines 114 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:08,839 resulting from uh Oxford Road 59 uh as well uh the traffic impact 115 00:13:06,639 --> 00:13:13,360 study in the parking study were peer reviewed by Oxford County Public Works 116 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:17,920 to confirm the findings of the studies uh the notice of public meeting 117 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:21,480 that was originally issued uh on February 4th of this year uh 118 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:28,079 inadvertently did not include the requested relief for the lot depth of 29 119 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:34,399 M and L of 30 m uh for this public uh Park block as well 120 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:41,600 as uh reduced exterior sidey yard width of 3.5 meters uh for the townhouse 121 00:13:38,199 --> 00:13:47,800 blocks abing Street a and a rear yard depth of 4.5 MERS which is measured to 122 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:51,680 Street a uh for uh for the townhouse blocks uh staff are satisfied that 123 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:57,199 despite it not being included in the notice uh proper notice was still given 124 00:13:54,560 --> 00:14:02,000 as the requested relief is it really technical in in nature and all of the 125 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:07,079 plates that were circulated and reports circulated uh on the public notice and 126 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:13,720 provided to the public uh did include include that relief uh that relief will 127 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,720 effectively facilitate what is 128 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:24,240 proposed uh the applicant did host sorry notice the complete application was 129 00:14:21,079 --> 00:14:30,560 originally provided uh to uh the public in surrounding residents in October of 130 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:35,320 2023 with a revised nor comput application in October of 2024 uh 131 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:40,759 following some changes the applicant made uh following an open house that the 132 00:14:37,839 --> 00:14:46,120 applicant held in April of 2024 to solicit public input uh the comments 133 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:51,800 received are included as an attachment to the report uh and there's many 134 00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:56,079 concerns expressed uh about the density development concerns about compatible 135 00:14:53,800 --> 00:15:00,800 surrounding neighborhood and concerns about parking and traffic impacts and 136 00:14:58,279 --> 00:15:04,560 safety uh overall with respect to the uh 137 00:15:03,079 --> 00:15:08,639 provincial planning statement staff of the opinion that the proposal is 138 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:14,120 consistent with that with that document particularly sections 2.14 and 2.21 to 139 00:15:12,199 --> 00:15:19,120 facilitate housing options and choice required to meet current and future 140 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:22,320 residents of the city as well as uh speaking to the development and 141 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:25,680 Redevelopment of underutilized commercial institutional sites for 142 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:31,600 residential uses uh it's important to note that this 143 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:35,800 site currently zoned commity facility uh could be used for a public Hospital 144 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:42,199 could be used for a long-term care facility uh could be used for a number 145 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:46,680 of other uh institutional uh uses uh that could have a density and a far 146 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:51,920 greater impact than what's proposed uh so the uh these applications though seek 147 00:15:48,839 --> 00:15:57,560 to uh only permit residential uses on the site the traffic impact study was uh 148 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:03,040 prepared by the applicant uh the findings were peer-reviewed 149 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:05,600 uh by an external peer review consultant who indicated that they were in 150 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:11,440 agreement with the study and the recommendations and the 151 00:16:07,639 --> 00:16:17,199 methodology um originally the lands have two accesses from Lake View Drive uh 152 00:16:14,959 --> 00:16:23,519 located approximately me here if you can see my cursor uh before the the 153 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:28,680 landscaped median Island and after the landscape media Island uh the applicant 154 00:16:26,639 --> 00:16:34,959 uh indicated that it was not preferable to to use this most westerly entrance to 155 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:39,720 facilitate the apartment block um a lot of discussion occurred with Oxford 156 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:47,240 County Public Works about permitting a second access or a sole one access onto 157 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:51,920 Oxford Road 59 uh the compromise that was arrived at was a right in right out 158 00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:56,959 to ensure that there aren't cues uh for turning left uh down Oxford Road 59 and 159 00:16:55,160 --> 00:17:02,440 that vehicle looking to enter the subdivision from the north would not 160 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:12,400 stop and wait to make a left-hand turn uh and and stop traffic in that area uh 161 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:20,480 the ti uh was revised to um reflect this Arrangement and the the findings confirm 162 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:26,199 that the impacts are minor and they're acceptable uh with respect to other 163 00:17:23,439 --> 00:17:30,559 studies that were uh conducted the noise feasibility study uh found that there 164 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:35,919 there would be some dwellings that' be impacted by noise from Ox Road 59 and 165 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:40,880 recommended some standard conditions such as requiring the buildings to have 166 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:48,480 air conditioning and acoustical or noise barrier uh for the dwellings uh located 167 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:51,160 uh directly or near aux Road 59 the these recommendations will be carried 168 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:55,760 forward and implemented through conditions of draft approval and in the 169 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:59,840 approved site plans and the subdivision agreement uh with respect to the the 170 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:06,640 parking that's the uh parking that sought uh the applicants proposing to uh 171 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:12,600 not include or not wave the requirement for visitor parking visitor parking is 172 00:18:09,159 --> 00:18:17,120 typically one per 10 space uh of the required parking uh in support of the 173 00:18:15,159 --> 00:18:22,799 the parking uh requests they did submit a parking demand study uh which was done 174 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:27,400 for the townhouse and apartment dwelling blocks uh the study concluded that the 175 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:31,919 proposed parking being provided was sufficient to meet the expected parking 176 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:36,240 demand from the land from the proposed units uh as predicted by The Institute 177 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:40,520 of Transportation Engineers it's also noted that the 178 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:44,120 parking that sought is generally in line with uh other approved parking 179 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:49,640 reductions that the city's granted recently for high density development uh 180 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:53,400 in other locations throughout the city uh staff for the proposals 181 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:59,120 consistent with the official plan criteria for infield subdivisions as the 182 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:04,039 design will provide a buffering or miate the impact of the higher density to 183 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:09,600 existing neighborhood uses um there's 26 single or semi- detached dwelling units 184 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:14,760 uh that will back onto the existing low density development as well as the the 185 00:19:12,039 --> 00:19:19,559 storm Pond uh these units will provide a buffer a transition to medium density 186 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:24,640 and then the medium density or a transition from the high density to 187 00:19:21,559 --> 00:19:29,919 these land uses uh no special zoning reductions or Provisions are requested 188 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:35,120 for the the semi P dwelling block the R2 block so the standard rear yard depths 189 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:41,200 would all apply in that case as well the storm Pond and the the park would uh 190 00:19:37,799 --> 00:19:47,880 buffer the uses uh to the South as well as the presence of the uh landscaped 191 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:53,679 Island uh which uh will be um it'll be modified but required to be reinstated 192 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:59,440 uh as a condition of the draft approval as well it's important to note 193 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:06,120 that this subject location also has higher density in the area uh 194 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:12,679 particularly uh to the West there's a a five-story apartment building um at 325 195 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:19,240 Lake View Drive as well as the existing uh PUD 1 zoning uh in this location does 196 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:25,240 provide approvals for up again up to a five-story apartment building would just 197 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:29,000 require uh site plan approval for that uh there are neighborhood serving 198 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:34,679 commercial uses in this uh commercial small commercial development including 199 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:39,640 uh dentist Tim Hortons and a pharmacy that provides uh neighborhood serving 200 00:20:36,679 --> 00:20:46,559 commercial uses uh for these residents and for the residents uh in the broader 201 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:51,240 area as well uh uh respecting compatibility Lake View Drive is 202 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:56,720 designated as a minor collector road so it is designated and designed to handle 203 00:20:54,120 --> 00:21:01,760 some additional traffic however uh through the TI and and through the the 204 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:08,080 design you know there wouldn't be much um not expect to be much impact to uh 205 00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:13,640 properties East of uh the entrance to Street a on Lakeview Drive as uh they'd 206 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:17,520 have a quicker exit to the north uh on the right in right out or they'd come to 207 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:23,640 the light uh to go to the South as well as there's uh plenty of 208 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:30,840 amenity and and Leisure uh Trails Parks um and the the Cowen fields to the 209 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:36,320 north uh there's also a condition in the uh subdivision approvals that speaks to 210 00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:40,679 the retention of trees and where trees are to be removed uh compensation is 211 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:44,320 required to PR provided to the city in accordance with the city's tree 212 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:53,600 bylaw with respect to the the zoning that's requested uh staff are supportive 213 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:58,080 of of the requested zoning uh the art the stack tow houses in the medium 214 00:21:55,840 --> 00:22:02,679 density block would have a reduced front yard depth the 5.5 m uh to the main 215 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:09,000 building but there' still be the required uh 6 M for the parking in front 216 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:13,480 of the the garages as required they reduced uh rear yard depths and exterior 217 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:19,320 side yard wids to Street a and reduce lot area and uh an increased height from 218 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:23,440 three to four stories are considered appropriate as they'll really only 219 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:28,679 impact the internal uh development of the site and they won't uh impact 220 00:22:26,159 --> 00:22:32,840 surrounding uh properties uh the development of those blocks also be done 221 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:38,120 through site plan approval or matters such as grading Landscaping drain engine 222 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:42,400 all those land all those other matters will be addressed to the satisfaction of 223 00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:48,200 the of the city and county uh the as noted the the current 224 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:52,679 Community facility zoning uh would permit up to eight stories for a 225 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:56,480 building that's there today so planning staff have looked at the additional 226 00:22:54,880 --> 00:23:01,840 height from 3 to four for the medium density block which again is is n really 227 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:05,279 isn't rate AB budding any surrounding existing properties so staff for the 228 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:11,039 opinion that it can be considered appropriate as well as the uh request to 229 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:16,000 relief to the high density block um staff are supportive of of those 230 00:23:13,679 --> 00:23:22,200 requests as well uh most of them are designed to site the building closer to 231 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:28,000 um van Avenue to reduce the impacts on on surrounding properties 232 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:31,360 um overall staff are supportive of the application 233 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:36,559 uh we believe there an appropriate balance of um requested relief while 234 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:42,080 providing a variety of of housing types and choice in this area uh this is one 235 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:49,000 of the last this probably is the last large Greenfield site or infield site in 236 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:54,640 the city for uh Asen development as such so staff uh consider this to be an 237 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:59,520 appropriate infill opportunity uh we recommend uh support of the official 238 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:04,240 plan Amendment uh approval and principle of the requesting zoning changes and 239 00:24:01,799 --> 00:24:12,279 support of the application uh for draft approval subject to the 240 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:12,279 noted 47 conditions thank 241 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:19,919 you thank you before I uh ask Council for any questions I see we have people 242 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:25,159 outside if you'd like to come in and kind of go off to the sides I'm not sure 243 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:29,080 how well you can hear it all outside you're more than welcome to come in just 244 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:34,679 go off to the sides not standing in front of anybody there might be a couple 245 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:37,120 of seats available but please thank you for being 246 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:48,399 here okay all right thank you uh and with that Council have any 247 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,399 questions of the 248 00:24:51,679 --> 00:24:55,000 planner councelor 249 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:03,080 shenberg one thing we often talk about is uh parking so from the mayor through 250 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:07,200 to Mr Gilbert U how many parking spots are underground in the apartment 251 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:11,399 building the two apartment buildings in total so that's 252 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:16,320 what 160 units for the apartments uh I have to defer to the 253 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:22,080 applicant I'm not exactly sure how many are underground and and surface um but 254 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:27,799 they are providing the 1.5 spaces per unit just not the visitor parking which 255 00:25:24,399 --> 00:25:31,039 is one per 10 spaces and the four story stack town houses will they actually 256 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:34,320 have attached garages that you can be able to I mean this photo here looks 257 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:38,559 nice and pretty but it looks more like a drone shot taken from a mile up as 258 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:43,000 opposed to any kind of elevation shot to give you an idea about uh garages or 259 00:25:40,799 --> 00:25:47,240 balconies or what the front doors might look like etc 260 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:51,760 etc uh to make I'll again defer to the applicant about their design for 261 00:25:49,679 --> 00:25:56,440 attached garages but again I'll note that they're providing the 1.5 spaces 262 00:25:53,799 --> 00:26:00,600 required they're just not providing that one per 10 spaces addition of visitor 263 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,159 parking okay anyone 264 00:26:08,159 --> 00:26:16,200 else so I just like to ask Mr Gilbert um just want to be clear 265 00:26:13,679 --> 00:26:21,039 you there is an opportunity here we've seen many different plans throughout 266 00:26:18,559 --> 00:26:28,559 this um but you did mention something that caught my ear about eight 267 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:31,440 stories um under the current zoning there could have been allowed eight 268 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:35,200 zoning or eight stories is that what I heard you 269 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:39,120 say so under the current Community facility zoning the maximum height for a 270 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:44,919 building that's permitted in that which could be a long-term care facility a 271 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:51,799 retirement home a public Hospital a number of other uses the maximum height 272 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:57,720 is eight stories currently today thank you okay any other questions from 273 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,720 Council to the planner 274 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:07,520 okay seeing none thank you at this point I'd ask the uh 275 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,440 applicant or representative come forward I think Monte 276 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,679 Brown welcome and thank you for being here 277 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:38,600 here as well ready for it okay perfect open the 278 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:53,279 file can everyone hear me okay testing testing hello 279 00:27:49,919 --> 00:27:57,840 hello I'll try to speak up um as loud as I can um good evening your worship 280 00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:01,960 members of council City staff and members of the public in attendance 281 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:06,840 tonight my name is Patrick matkowski I'm a planner with montith brown planning 282 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:11,960 Consultants uh with me tonight is Jay McGuffin president of Monty Brown Planet 283 00:28:09,279 --> 00:28:17,000 consultants and we also have Aaron blada in attendance tonight he is the traffic 284 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:22,080 engineer from RC Spencer and Associates uh we're here on behalf of 285 00:28:19,159 --> 00:28:28,880 fari Holdings um to provide council with a presentation uh regarding the proposed 286 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,880 development at 401 Lake View Drive 287 00:28:30,799 --> 00:28:38,760 uh bear with me uh so just who we are uh so far he 288 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:42,399 Holdings is uh one of the largest real estate holdings and development 289 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:48,039 companies in Ontario uh focused on providing homes and Commercial uh space 290 00:28:45,519 --> 00:28:51,279 in over 58 Ontario communities which includes 291 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:56,600 Woodstock um and they have a focus on building and developing over, 1500 units 292 00:28:53,279 --> 00:29:01,360 across Ontario uh Monte Brown uh is a London based planning firm with over 45 293 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:05,360 years of providing professional land use planning and Urban Design experience uh 294 00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:08,679 and we have extensive experience throughout Southwestern Ontario 295 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:14,919 including Woodstock RC Spencer is a windsor based 296 00:29:12,159 --> 00:29:18,559 engineering firm with over 35 uh plus years of providing professional 297 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:21,679 engineering experience uh specifically with Transportation Planning and 298 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:27,200 Engineering experience across Ontario which includes Woodstock and Oxford 299 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:32,159 County uh so a bit about the project site I'm sure many of you are um 300 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:37,440 familiar with the site uh but just to provide some background so the site is 301 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:43,200 uh on the northeast corner of uh Lake View Drive and County row 59 uh with 302 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:47,960 Frontage on both roads and forms part of the Alder Grange uh subdivision the site 303 00:29:45,919 --> 00:29:53,760 currently does have a one-story uh building um which was uh most recently 304 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:58,080 leased by infrastructure Ontario for offices of the Ministry of Agriculture 305 00:29:55,760 --> 00:30:03,159 food and Rural Affairs uh first three-year term uh but that just 306 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:08,960 recently expired in January of 2025 and the property was purchased in 307 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:14,120 uh January 2022 when the property was no longer required to deliver provincial 308 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:19,279 government services and no other levels of government or non for-profit 309 00:30:15,919 --> 00:30:24,360 organizations colleges universities Etc expressed interest in the property 310 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,360 through the disposition 311 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:33,399 process so this is a little difficult to see uh but just to provide a bit of uh 312 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:38,720 land use context within the 4 800 met radius and for context that would be 313 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:42,519 about a 5 to 10 minute walking distance uh so the subject lands are directly 314 00:30:40,399 --> 00:30:47,640 adjacent to single and semi- detached dwellings uh to the north uh which would 315 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:53,399 be along Ridgewood Drive and Court uh and as well as West uh View Court uh to 316 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:58,399 the east uh on Crestwood Court uh we have single detach dwellings uh to the 317 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:05,240 South uh we have single detach dwellings fronting um uh Lake View Drive and to 318 00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:10,919 the West uh we have County Road 59 as well as uh the uh the commercial Plaza 319 00:31:08,799 --> 00:31:17,919 that Eric alluded to uh which includes the Tim Hortons and the Petro Canada as 320 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:22,559 well as um the pharmacy and the uh uh the dental uh 321 00:31:20,039 --> 00:31:26,639 office as well uh to the West we have the five-story apartment building which 322 00:31:24,399 --> 00:31:30,600 is known as the greens of Sally Creek Apartments 323 00:31:28,279 --> 00:31:35,000 and there are uh a number of uh parks and recreational amenities in the 324 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:39,639 surrounding uh um context including Cowen Sports Park which uh includes a 325 00:31:37,399 --> 00:31:45,600 number of soccer fields U multi-purpose uh Fields uh gymnasiums pickleball 326 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:50,200 courts a walking Track we also have a Sally Creek ult Community Center to the 327 00:31:48,159 --> 00:31:55,480 Southwest which is a private uh Community Center and then a number of 328 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:59,840 parks and recre uh parks and open space um in the surrounding Community 329 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:02,639 including JJ Williams Park and David Lowe's Memorial 330 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:11,039 Park um so before uh everyone tonight we have uh the proposed planning 331 00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:15,120 applications to support the proposed development um as already discussed uh 332 00:32:13,559 --> 00:32:19,159 official plan Amendment and Zoning bylaw Amendment are required to rezone and 333 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:24,159 redesignate the subject lands from a community facility uh designation Zone 334 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:28,679 to a mix of residential uh designations and zones uh as well a plan of 335 00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:34,559 subdivision application is uh has been submitted as the formal mechanism to uh 336 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,559 create the the new development 337 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:42,840 blocks so a bit of project uh history and timeline uh for Council and the 338 00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:48,080 members of the public um so the lands were acquired by fari in January of 339 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:52,760 2022 and shortly after a pre-consultation meeting was held in 340 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:56,760 March of the same year uh to uh discuss the proposed development uh staff 341 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:01,960 confirmed that new planning applications would be filed with additional studies 342 00:32:59,639 --> 00:33:06,039 uh to address the proposed development and uh between March and September uh 343 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:10,720 fari and the project team have worked uh diligently to uh uh work towards a 344 00:33:08,919 --> 00:33:15,080 complete planning application which was submitted in September of 345 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:19,279 2023 and ultimately deemed complete in October of 346 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:22,960 2023 uh following the original submission a number of public comments 347 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:27,519 were received concerning the proposed development and accordingly uh the team 348 00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:30,760 uh held an in-person Community Information 349 00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:35,880 meeting uh in April at the Reeves Community complex to present the 350 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:39,600 proposed development and uh to receive feedback and input to gauge the level of 351 00:33:38,039 --> 00:33:42,639 support from the community and identify concerns or anticipated challenges with 352 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:48,200 the applications uh based on their feedback 353 00:33:44,919 --> 00:33:54,760 received by the public uh between April and O uh October of 2024 uh fari had 354 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:59,399 worked extensively with its project team to incorporate the input uh into the 355 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,679 design Vision that is will be Illustrated through the revised plan uh 356 00:34:01,399 --> 00:34:08,079 on the next slides and so that revised application 357 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:12,760 was submitted October 2024 to amend the original submitted package uh to respond 358 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:16,040 to the comments and concerns raised as well as to address some of the comments 359 00:34:14,399 --> 00:34:20,399 that were received by the commenting agencies through the circulation of the 360 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:24,440 original application so the next series of slides 361 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:28,960 are going to outline the development Vision uh for the site uh which will 362 00:34:26,839 --> 00:34:34,440 also illustrate uh the original plan and changes that were made based on city and 363 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:38,119 public input but before we go to that I just wanted to outline some of the uh 364 00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:41,960 high level guiding principles that influenced our development vision for 365 00:34:39,839 --> 00:34:45,679 the site uh starting off with the first one is just identifying an opportunity 366 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:50,200 for the reutilization and intensification of an under uh developed 367 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:54,760 Lance which were considered Surplus to the provincial government second uh 368 00:34:52,919 --> 00:34:59,839 providing an opportunity for development within the city's built area boundary 369 00:34:56,919 --> 00:35:04,960 which is not on a Greenfield site uh on Municipal services in keeping with the 370 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:09,119 provincial and County official plan policies the F the third is responding 371 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:13,359 to the provincial planning statement direction to accommodate an appropriate 372 00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:16,280 attainable and market-based range and mix of residential types to meet the 373 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:20,400 long-term needs fourth providing an opportunity 374 00:35:18,839 --> 00:35:24,760 for the extension of existing residential uses and the introduction of 375 00:35:22,359 --> 00:35:28,280 new housing forms to contribute to a complete Community the creation of sense 376 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:32,440 of place and age in place opportunities and lastly identifying an 377 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:37,280 opportunity to provide public Parkland and open space and complimentary 378 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:40,800 pedestrian linkages uh to promote interconnectivity outdoor media 379 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:45,320 Recreation pedestrian friendly environment and to have the public 380 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:50,520 Parkland uh serve as a focal point which will be Illustrated on the revised plan 381 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:55,040 in the following slides so I'll turn it over to Jay who's going to provide um uh 382 00:35:53,440 --> 00:36:00,440 what the original plan is what comments we've heard and what the revised plan uh 383 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,440 provides 384 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,839 now thanks 385 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:13,400 Patrick good evening worship uh members of uh Council and members of the public 386 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:20,240 it's a pleasure it's a pleasure to be here this 387 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:20,240 evening uh is this 388 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:28,079 working so in response to um the information tonight first I'd like to 389 00:36:26,119 --> 00:36:32,400 start off by thanking Mr Gil for his presentation and uh the information that 390 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:36,079 has been brought forward and like to indicate that we've had the opportunity 391 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:40,079 to review the staff report in detail and all of its recommendations and are in 392 00:36:38,119 --> 00:36:45,040 general support of that uh report and its 393 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:49,400 recommendations um as Mr makosi has identified uh this particular plan is 394 00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:54,319 coming back to council this is the first time that council is seeing this uh full 395 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:59,240 package um there were invitations sent out to council for a public information 396 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:03,520 center that was held last April of 2024 uh in which we heard from the 397 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:08,680 public uh when we brought out the original submission and we diarised all 398 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:13,000 of the information that we had heard and went back with our client to review the 399 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:16,839 comments that we had heard um that included traffic concerns relating to 400 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:22,880 access onto County Road 59 uh reduction of parking and spillover 401 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:26,720 and adjacent to public roads and a request to increase the amount of 402 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:30,240 parking being supplied there were questions about the location of the 403 00:37:28,119 --> 00:37:35,680 storm water management pond and a desire by the general neighborhood to move that 404 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:40,920 Pond North as well as the location of the public park and its size and the 405 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:46,599 location of the apartment building that was running along Lake View Drive it was 406 00:37:44,119 --> 00:37:53,160 desired to have that building by the community moved so that it was along the 407 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:53,160 higher order Road County Road 59 408 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:06,040 so we took that plan and um updated all of the various studies that are 409 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:12,319 necessary to support changes in our proposal and as a result went through a 410 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:18,280 redesign process first and foremost rotating the location of the apartment 411 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:23,079 building um moving it off Lake Shore or uh Lake View Drive and moving it onto 412 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,079 County Road 413 00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:34,079 59 expanding and enlarg merging the public park to the 5% uh that is 414 00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:38,480 required as a statutory requirement not relying on any cash and L of Parkland 415 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:45,760 but rather a full dedication of Parkland to the city extending in a long uh Lake 416 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:52,520 View Drive uh which um mimics the open space that is provided on the older uh 417 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:56,880 Grange open space uh that is identified as a future Park in the city's official 418 00:38:54,359 --> 00:38:59,440 plan on the South Side uh of the road in this General 419 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:08,119 location the introduction of a right in right out uh traffic control system at 420 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,119 County Road 421 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:19,800 59 the maintenance of the existing or of the originally proposed uh low density 422 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:24,319 uh semi- detached dwellings uh along the perimeter of the site where it would a 423 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:29,359 butt onto the existing low density residential units uh Beyond this 424 00:39:26,599 --> 00:39:29,359 particular site 425 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:39,119 the reorganization of the midrise Town Homes uh the stack town houses in the 426 00:39:35,079 --> 00:39:46,520 sitter center of the uh development uh these units uh do not have garages these 427 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,520 units are designed for rear 428 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:56,839 access a provision of the 1.5 parking spaces as required by the zoning bylaw 429 00:39:55,079 --> 00:40:01,560 and the introduction of underground parking under the two apartment 430 00:39:59,319 --> 00:40:06,160 buildings uh one of the councilors asked how many parking spaces were underground 431 00:40:03,319 --> 00:40:09,560 that number is 67 and it is within the footprints of both of the 432 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:16,200 towers there were comments received from the public in terms of relocating the 433 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:20,640 storm water management Pond our Engineers identify this is the low point 434 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:27,720 of the area and where the water wants to go to uh and that is the guiding 435 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:32,599 decision on where the storm Pond is uh and the site has to match its topography 436 00:40:30,119 --> 00:40:36,440 along the exterior so we have to match grade with the existing lands that are 437 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:42,480 already developed to the north and to the East and that is where the storm 438 00:40:39,119 --> 00:40:46,680 Pond is um being directed or the storm water is being 439 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:51,680 directed uh as we move in this is a an aerial view uh looking West towards the 440 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:56,839 intersection of Lake View Drive in Oxford County Road 59 so we're looking 441 00:40:54,880 --> 00:41:00,839 at is we're hovering over sort of the corner of the existing residential 442 00:40:58,839 --> 00:41:06,400 development looking toward the proposed development you can see the five-story 443 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:10,640 apartment building uh at the very top of the page which is in existence and the 444 00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:14,440 relationship of that building to the buildings that are being proposed the 445 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:20,760 open space that's being proposed adjacent that building and the interior 446 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,760 development that is being 447 00:41:20,839 --> 00:41:27,760 proposed as we walk through these uh particular images have been developed by 448 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:32,319 the Builder who is is going to be building these homes uh that is 449 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:38,160 Millstone homes uh at the time of our original uh submission uh the Builder 450 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:41,000 had not been selected uh so we do now have the Builder and they have developed 451 00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:46,040 their floor plans and these are the floor plans these are the semi detached 452 00:41:43,839 --> 00:41:50,440 homes that are going to be lining and ab buding the existing low density 453 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,440 residential 454 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:57,640 units this is taking a look to the interior of the site from the front of 455 00:41:55,400 --> 00:42:02,280 those semidetached units to the stack town homes that are existing on the 456 00:41:59,319 --> 00:42:08,800 interior of the site and you can see the effect that that has on blocking out a 457 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:14,880 lot of the apartment building uh to the rear this is at the intersection of Lake 458 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:19,040 View Drive and uh vetar or County Road 59 looking to the 459 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:28,800 Northeast this is looking from one of the existing dwellings backyard as 460 00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:34,119 contemplated using uh Google street map and Google aerial 461 00:42:31,079 --> 00:42:39,599 photography um from a point of elevation in that property uh looking into the 462 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:43,920 abing low density uh semi- detached dwellings that are proposed so the the 463 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:46,359 roof lines that you are seeing are the proposed 464 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:56,000 development this is an image viewing into and across the storm Pond from the 465 00:42:52,640 --> 00:43:00,319 southeast corner of the development uh looking out to the West toward where the 466 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:06,280 fivestory apartment or seven story apartment buildings are along 467 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:11,200 vitart uh Mr Gilbert did an excellent overview of the technical studies that 468 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:14,800 have been undertaken uh just a reminder phase one and two environmental site 469 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:19,040 assessment servicing and storm water management and feasibility traffic 470 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:24,599 impact and assessment and sight line analysis that was also undertaken peer 471 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:28,760 review by I understand County staff and Paradigm Transportation Solutions Inc 472 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:32,839 which is a a third-party consultant retained on behalf of the city of 473 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:38,559 Woodstock a stage three archaeological assessment noise feasibility study tree 474 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:44,200 inventory and preservation plan a street tree planting plan and a shadow study 475 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:48,160 all of those uh materials were not only completed the first time but any of the 476 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:53,760 relevant documents that were necessary to be updated were updated to respond to 477 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:58,079 the changes that we brought back uh for the complete application in October 2024 478 00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:04,079 that are in front of this evening uh with that I'd like to uh turn 479 00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:08,839 the presentation over to Mr Aaron blat with RC Spencers he's just going to give 480 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:12,760 a quick overview of the uh methodology and findings of his uh traffic 481 00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:22,079 study thank you Jay through you your 482 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:25,200 worship my name is Aaron blad and I'm an owner of varcy Spencer Associates 483 00:44:23,559 --> 00:44:29,960 Incorporated which is a Southwestern Ontario based company I'm a designated 484 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:33,800 Consulting engineer a professional traffic operations engineer and Road 485 00:44:31,599 --> 00:44:37,839 Safety Professional corporately most of my time has spent uh preparing traffic 486 00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:41,839 impact studies like these but I also do dabble in some other things like 487 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:44,960 Corridor studies uh larger plans and specifically traffic signal design 488 00:44:43,319 --> 00:44:48,400 amongst other things but occasionally I do also offer technical presentations 489 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:51,720 through the University of Windsor as well as through the onario traffic 490 00:44:49,559 --> 00:44:55,640 Council and the Canadian Institute for transportation Engineers I do thank you 491 00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:59,040 for the opportunity today to present our traffic impact study overview 492 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:07,480 for this project we specifically studied the signalized intersection of Lake View 493 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:12,000 Drive ADV vited Avenue commonly known as Oxford Road 59 we also studied the 494 00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:19,040 proposed site accesses at Lake View Drive and at uh vanard 495 00:45:16,319 --> 00:45:23,559 Avenue for the purpose of our modeling we referred to the proposed sight plan 496 00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:27,079 that was provided to our office and it IND indicated a right in right out 497 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:31,160 control AV in sidart Avenue and you heard some of the permeations of the 498 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:35,440 plan that uh we ultimately arrived at as well as an all directional access at 499 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,440 Lake View 500 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:43,119 Drive our trip generation estimates were based on the site plan provided to our 501 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:47,640 office and according to our most current industry references the proposed site 502 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:53,559 plan could generate 25 trips entering and 78 trips exiting during the critical 503 00:45:50,119 --> 00:45:58,400 a peak hour and 69 trips entering and 43 trips exiting during the critical PM 504 00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:02,200 peak hour at the adjacent signalized intersection 505 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:05,880 the collected turnning movement counts indicated that the westbound volumes 506 00:46:03,720 --> 00:46:10,720 totaled 59 during the critical a peak hour this is approximately equivalent to 507 00:46:08,319 --> 00:46:14,880 one vehicle per minute and so just to give you a sense I've got a graphic 508 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:19,160 there that shows uh how those totals uh come up 509 00:46:16,079 --> 00:46:22,480 together and I also want to point out that during the critical PM PE hour 510 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:26,000 westbound volumes total 39 which was even lower this is approximately 511 00:46:24,359 --> 00:46:29,480 equivalent to one vehicle every 1 and a half minutes 512 00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:33,440 so that is the current traffic demand that we see on Lake View Drive therefore 513 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:37,119 it is our professional opinion that the subject signalized intersection has 514 00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:40,200 plenty of capacity to accept increased peak hour traffic 515 00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:47,920 volumes to to be abundantly conservative um traffic was projected to five and 10 516 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:52,800 year Horizons which is standard for our industry uh we applied a 2% growth rate 517 00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:58,160 compounded annually and that was applied to the collected traffic volumes and for 518 00:46:55,160 --> 00:47:01,440 context a 1% annual growth rate is typical for our tial roadways but to be 519 00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:06,359 abundantly conservative the road authority requested that we apply a 2% 520 00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:10,400 growth rate to the modeling last year as part of our sensitivity analysis on this 521 00:47:08,359 --> 00:47:14,079 site the collected peak hour traffic volumes were increased by a factor of 522 00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:17,480 one and a half so took the volumes that were out there multiplied by one and a 523 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:21,800 half and then we further increased it annually by 2% compounded annually to 524 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:26,119 arrive at an overly conservative estimate I would consider that the 525 00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:29,240 extreme growth scenario of area uh traffic growth 526 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:35,119 the results indicate the subject signalized intersection has the capacity 527 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:35,119 to accept even an extreme growth 528 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:42,040 scenario so uh without getting too into the specifics of uh of the industry I 529 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:46,680 want to focus on the language a level of service level of service effectively 530 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:51,200 qualifies the metrics outputed by the traffic model it's very similar to what 531 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:55,359 you would see in school uh level service a means that delay is very low while 532 00:47:53,359 --> 00:48:00,960 level service f means that delay has reached a state of failure this slide 533 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:04,240 that you see here uh indicates that even in the extreme growth scenario total 534 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:09,720 traffic 2034 uh at worst we're seeing a level 535 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:14,599 service e on the westbound approach nothing reaches critical mass um so 536 00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:18,000 clearly there's sufficient capacity within the signalized intersection to 537 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:21,119 accept the additional traffic that's generated by this proposed 538 00:48:21,319 --> 00:48:27,599 development as an aside we also looked at the posted speed limit along Lake uh 539 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:30,599 Lake View Drive current industry best practices do 540 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:35,559 suggest the speed limit should be reduced to 40 km an hour from the 541 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:38,440 existing 50 km an hour limit however since speed limit changes are 542 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:41,960 implemented at the city's discretion not at the developer's discretion we have 543 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:46,040 notifi the road authority and await their 544 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:49,520 decision if the speed limit on Lake View Drive is lowered to the recommended 40 545 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:54,599 km an hour along with the proposed median modifications that were discussed 546 00:48:52,240 --> 00:48:59,480 the proposed Street a site access poses no undue Hazard to the safety Lake View 547 00:48:57,359 --> 00:49:03,720 Drive traffic operations finally as part of our review 548 00:49:02,119 --> 00:49:08,079 We explore the technical references available for evaluating Peak parking 549 00:49:05,799 --> 00:49:11,319 demand although the city of Woodstock does require one and a half parking 550 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:16,920 spaces per unit which is standard per their zoning bylaw plus the visitor 551 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:20,400 parking that was denoted of one per 10 The Institute of Transportation 552 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:25,520 Engineers has conducted studies and has reported that the average Peak demand 553 00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:30,440 rate is approximately 1.27 for lowrise multif family housing and 1.23 for 554 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:34,200 mid-rise multif family housing the developer is proposing 1 and a half 555 00:49:32,119 --> 00:49:37,880 parking spaces per unit which is above and beyond the thresholds that we just 556 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:40,920 identified and accordingly we concluded that the proposed parking Supply will 557 00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:45,559 sufficiently accommodate the Peak parking 558 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:49,160 demand in conclusion uh it's important to note that all study intersections 559 00:49:47,119 --> 00:49:53,720 will operate at good levels of service in all Horizon years post buildout based 560 00:49:52,119 --> 00:49:57,000 on the provincial warrants a dedicated eastbound left turn lane is not 561 00:49:55,319 --> 00:50:01,000 justified at the intersection of Street a at Lake View Drive the existing 562 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:04,280 conditions are just fine and the sight lines at the proposed Street a site axis 563 00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:08,440 appear to be clear of potential obstructions save for the landscape 564 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:13,400 median that is located Southwest of the proposed Lake U Drive site access the 565 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:17,000 developer is proposing that there be a reduction to the East end of that median 566 00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:21,000 and will ensure that any vegetation impacting the sight lines will be 567 00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:25,079 removed if the speed limit on Lake VI Drive is reduced to 40 km an hour and if 568 00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:29,640 that median is modified as prescribed the lake VI Drive site access will po no 569 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:34,599 undue Hazard to Area traffic operations the right in right out AIS at V Avenue 570 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:39,319 exhibits unobstructed sight lines toward the South if you're trying to make that 571 00:50:36,359 --> 00:50:45,599 right turn uh restricted access uh s restricted egress from the SES um the 572 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:49,119 proposed parking supply of 102 and 240 spaces should adequately accommodate the 573 00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:54,920 Peak parking demand generated by the 68 stack Town Homes and6 apartment units 574 00:50:51,839 --> 00:51:00,119 respectively so ultimately uh this is this is a development proposal that 575 00:50:57,079 --> 00:51:04,559 matches the intent and uh does not have a significant traffic impact on 576 00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:09,720 operations or on traffic safety and uh as mentioned multiple 577 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:14,400 times this evening uh one of our competitors Paradigm Transportation 578 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:18,200 Solutions peer-reviewed our report and concluded that the methodology is 579 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:23,880 consistent with industry best practices and that the conclusions in the report 580 00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:28,559 um are understandable so I will uh leave it with that and turn back over to Monte 581 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,559 Brown thank you 582 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:40,440 thank you Erin so just in 583 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:43,839 conclusion uh in our opinion the uh application package that is before 584 00:51:42,119 --> 00:51:47,240 Council this evening is consistent with the provincial planning statement 585 00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:54,359 maintains the general intent and purpose of the Oxford County official plan um 586 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:58,680 you heard U Mr Gilbert um opine on the uses that are currently permitted on the 587 00:51:56,319 --> 00:52:01,839 site in terms of the intensity as well as the heights that are currently 588 00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:06,680 permitted within the existing zoning on the site um the development that is 589 00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:10,839 proposed is less than that height maintains the general intent and purpose 590 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:15,839 of the city of Woodstock zoning bylaw and represents sound landice 591 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:20,440 planning um that concludes our formal presentation uh happy to answer any 592 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:28,480 questions of council uh together with Mr mat kosi and Mr blat thank 593 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:32,160 you thank you very much questions of council councelor Wismer 594 00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:40,760 vanir through your worship um just a quick question about the um two 595 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:46,240 apartment buildings that are proposed has there been any consideration given 596 00:52:42,799 --> 00:52:50,000 to having commercial um implemented or added into these developments uh 597 00:52:48,799 --> 00:52:54,839 commercial is a concern that we hear time and time 598 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:58,520 and time again in this part of the city um I'm just curious that that's 599 00:52:56,559 --> 00:53:02,480 something that's been considered or would be 600 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:07,960 considered uh through your worship sorry I was just looking for a photo of the 601 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:12,240 uh of the apartment buildings um commercial was discussed um there is a 602 00:53:10,359 --> 00:53:16,559 challenge with the integration of commercial 603 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:21,720 into um multi- rise developments um it is something that I 604 00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:26,000 think is best answered by the proponent themselves uh in terms of the market 605 00:53:23,839 --> 00:53:30,640 analysis that they had undertaken uh they had under taken significant market 606 00:53:27,799 --> 00:53:35,000 analysis in terms of can they support the underground parking can they support 607 00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:38,880 uh X number of stories and the development uh the performer work that 608 00:53:37,079 --> 00:53:43,799 went into that did not include the provision of commercial um I I wouldn't 609 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:49,280 say that a long term that there couldn't be a consideration for that but it was 610 00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:53,319 considered and it was not found to be um contributory to uh the 611 00:53:55,240 --> 00:54:01,520 proposal thank thank you anyone else councelor 612 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:09,319 shenberg yeah from the mayor through to uh I guess Mr McGuffin will there still 613 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:14,480 be space to park on the street on Street a will that be a regular street with uh 614 00:54:12,079 --> 00:54:18,720 street with sidewalks on on both sides uh it's a reduced width right of 615 00:54:16,839 --> 00:54:23,160 way but there will still be space on that street to 616 00:54:20,319 --> 00:54:27,160 park I guess a bit of a followup that the traffic Island if you want to call 617 00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:31,680 it that on Lake View Drive how much of that would have to be removed for the 618 00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:36,720 for this plan to work as far as uh especially having cars coming in and out 619 00:54:34,119 --> 00:54:42,000 of Street a from from Lake View with just the one if there was just the one 620 00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:42,000 access from Lake 621 00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:52,079 View so if you can see on this image uh we have dashed that uh scale back to the 622 00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:57,960 central median uh that was a result of the sightline analysis undertaken by Mr 623 00:54:54,079 --> 00:55:05,760 blad's firm uh for safe Ingress d i I don't have the specific meter 624 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:05,760 Dimension but it's uh it's not that 625 00:55:08,359 --> 00:55:11,680 far anyone 626 00:55:13,559 --> 00:55:21,079 else I do have a question myself and I'm going to direct this to Mr blad if he 627 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:29,880 doesn't mind uh the parking study uh I noted was done in 2021 628 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:34,400 of course in the height of covid and and everything else in the world um I think 629 00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:39,839 you did a fantastic job and I just want to make sure that the consideration of 630 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:47,319 the time frame that that initially was done and I'm ass may I assume that's why 631 00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:52,200 the additional 1.5% and the 2% was added I just want to clarify that if I could 632 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:56,799 through you your worship uh I believe you're referring to the uh the traffic 633 00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:00,880 impact study and not the parking study yes thank you uh so regarding the 634 00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:05,960 traffic impact study it was based on traffic data that was collected in March 635 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:10,839 2021 and so um when we started off the process as Patrick had alluded to 636 00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:15,119 earlier on in the presentation uh the client purchased the property in 2022 637 00:56:13,359 --> 00:56:19,280 and had with them a traffic impact study that was submitted to them from a prior 638 00:56:16,599 --> 00:56:23,760 owner and so we identified that we we asked the the city can we use this data 639 00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:27,200 or should we be looking to get our on they identifi that we could use the data 640 00:56:25,319 --> 00:56:33,440 so we simply use that data and here we are uh 3 years later in 2025 uh postco 641 00:56:31,359 --> 00:56:36,480 and um we have also identified that it would be good uh and that was also 642 00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:39,960 identified in the perview it would be good to update those counts to to 643 00:56:38,079 --> 00:56:43,240 validate however uh given the sensitivity analysis that was conducted 644 00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:48,799 the one and a half times multiplier plus the 2% compounded annually for an 645 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:53,280 extreme growth scenario um that we would simply identify that as being part of 646 00:56:50,799 --> 00:56:57,960 the site plan control uh application process to affirm that yeah everything 647 00:56:55,680 --> 00:57:03,480 that was done prior to was not a problem but all that to say um so my myself I 648 00:57:00,599 --> 00:57:09,280 live in uh lemington Ontario which is also same type of uh blue collar type 649 00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:13,119 town uh people driving to and from work and during covid we noticed a bit of a 650 00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:16,839 dip right when everything shut down but as soon as things open back up traffic 651 00:57:15,119 --> 00:57:21,480 largely returned to normal the the biggest significant uh I say was the the 652 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:25,920 most significant uh difference that we saw was actually in the GTA where people 653 00:57:23,039 --> 00:57:30,640 were more um typically working from home and continue to do so and then we saw 654 00:57:28,039 --> 00:57:35,119 those uh volumes kind of dip back down and stay there um but ultimately even 655 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:38,480 those have started to rebound so in the grand scheme of things we're fairly 656 00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:41,960 confident and so is the peer reviewer that the traffic data that was collected 657 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:46,480 at that time uh is sufficient for the purpose of analysis however uh we do 658 00:57:44,599 --> 00:57:51,359 fully intend to update those counts but we are waiting for construction uh to 659 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:55,480 stop and for us to get in there to do those counts while uh while construction 660 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:59,760 is shut down for the the various Bridge works that are happening 661 00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:04,559 around that was going to lead into my next question how does that affect if 662 00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:09,480 that was a factor so thank you very much anyone else councelor 663 00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:16,039 shenberg Yeah question again through to the uh developers or the planners the 10 664 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:21,920 units that are drawing backing on the lake VI so I guess if it's a drawn as 10 665 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:26,760 is that actually 40 units as far as being four level stackable tow houses 666 00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:31,079 and if so with their elev ation be extremely high compared to the say 667 00:58:29,559 --> 00:58:34,440 ranches that are mostly across the street I know there's two story houses 668 00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:38,680 across the street as well but there's also a lot of executive ranches across 669 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:44,280 the street so those would be four stories that' be significantly higher 670 00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:49,440 than uh some of the houses across the street uh three your worship um they 671 00:58:47,359 --> 00:58:54,359 would be uh twostory um pardon me they would be 672 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:59,760 stacked and by that I mean there would be one unit above another unit that's uh 673 00:58:56,839 --> 00:59:04,359 what I meant not story but stacked um it actually comes out to three and a half 674 00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:10,440 stories and I'm just looking to go back to the 675 00:59:06,319 --> 00:59:10,440 imagery that we have on the 676 00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:21,839 ground and we don't have a clear image of that uh if I come in on this one you 677 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:27,280 can see it uh so that is sort of the relationship uh Patrick do you recall do 678 00:59:24,079 --> 00:59:27,280 we have 679 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:39,599 okay so this is what it would be looking across the street from the proposed 680 00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:45,079 semis uh and the relation of of that this would be from a standing height uh 681 00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:49,319 average height for this would be 5' 6 in uh in terms of what that view looks like 682 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:54,079 so that is the uh proposed impact at the street 683 00:59:51,599 --> 00:59:57,119 level just just to clarify then each unit basically is is two stories you 684 00:59:55,839 --> 01:00:01,960 kind of have your living room kitchen on one level then go up to the bedroom so 685 00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:09,559 the main floor could in theory have part of the um unit be underground with 686 01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:09,559 bedrooms on the second floor yes that is 687 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,000 correct any other questions of 688 01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:27,520 councel uh we do have a video uh your worship um I'm not sure where it's at on 689 01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:27,520 the system though 690 01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,280 please 691 01:00:41,039 --> 01:00:54,559 yesing around thank you uh and just for the benefit of 692 01:00:49,079 --> 01:00:54,559 the it's not streaming on the screen 693 01:00:56,520 --> 01:01:02,640 sorry for the benefit of of council this is a video it's been updated with the 694 01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:06,559 new development proposal but it is a video that was prepared for the public 695 01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:11,359 meeting back in April of 2024 um and to the counselor's questions 696 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:16,480 a moment ago it should speak to that relationship 697 01:01:14,079 --> 01:01:19,880 of I'm not really sure what we've got going here 698 01:01:22,270 --> 01:01:25,659 [Music] 699 01:01:27,900 --> 01:01:59,300 [Music] 700 01:02:08,610 --> 01:02:12,229 [Music] 701 01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:30,989 [Music] 702 01:02:37,410 --> 01:02:40,750 [Music] 703 01:02:50,210 --> 01:02:56,980 [Music] 704 01:03:16,090 --> 01:03:24,749 [Music] 705 01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:42,039 that's the conclusion thank you thank you for sharing that any 706 01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:42,039 questions of 707 01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:51,599 councel none thank you very much gentlemen thank 708 01:03:54,720 --> 01:04:03,279 you so at this point I'd ask anybody that does come up to speak there is a 709 01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:09,359 signin form I'll ask you to fill that out after you speak but please before 710 01:04:06,599 --> 01:04:15,039 you sit down again please fill that out that way uh you're insured to be on the 711 01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:19,319 list at this point I'll ask if anybody would like to come in favor of the 712 01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:28,960 application that's what I expected it's okay 713 01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:31,160 uh anybody would like to speak against the 714 01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:39,359 application okay we'll start one at a time okay thank 715 01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:51,720 you I just remind you to please state your name Mr Bell for the record and 716 01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:57,640 address and like I said afterwards I'll ask you to fill out the forms to respect 717 01:04:56,119 --> 01:05:03,279 everyone's time okay and uh I'd ask that you speak 718 01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:06,920 into the microphone so everybody has the best chance to hear you as best as 719 01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:13,599 possible good evening my name is John Bell and I live at 444 Lake View 720 01:05:10,079 --> 01:05:20,240 Drive I'm one of a team of six who have worked hard over the last 16 months to 721 01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:24,000 represent our community and keep you and the community informed of their concerns 722 01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:31,279 with the application joining me tonight are Dan 723 01:05:26,799 --> 01:05:36,000 major Dave King Bob axon and Ted Young you might want to raise your hands 724 01:05:33,319 --> 01:05:39,240 fellows they represent various areas of the 725 01:05:37,079 --> 01:05:42,000 community in preparation for this meeting we met with a community in a 726 01:05:41,119 --> 01:05:46,599 town hall and they 727 01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:51,520 ratified and requested that we present the following as representing their 728 01:05:49,319 --> 01:05:57,960 concerns to you tonight lucky me like last time I again 729 01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:57,960 drew the the Short 730 01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:02,440 Straw can I go forward 731 01:06:07,599 --> 01:06:11,680 here Jeff get me started 732 01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:20,079 here to go forward just click down oh down okay and we're just going to make 733 01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:25,680 sure that they're actually share the presentation just give me two seconds 734 01:06:22,079 --> 01:06:30,359 here okay so to go forward share what click to go forward just button I have 735 01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:37,400 to click button right there okay so I can't just click the mouse no right 736 01:06:33,640 --> 01:06:42,480 there yeah okay I know you have heard directly from 737 01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:49,920 the community about their many concerns and under the planning act many may wish 738 01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:54,480 to speak tonight as well but is this a you hear me okay right 739 01:06:56,000 --> 01:07:03,039 many may speak may wish to speak tonight as well but as this application moves 740 01:07:01,079 --> 01:07:08,240 forward the planning act requires that we make formal representations to you at 741 01:07:05,599 --> 01:07:14,640 this meeting with regard to land use planning matters in order to participate 742 01:07:11,079 --> 01:07:19,720 in any future appeal at the Ontario land tribunal and the planning act also 743 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:24,440 requires that we present the information pertinent to your pertinent to your 744 01:07:21,599 --> 01:07:30,119 decision that we would rely upon at the tribun 745 01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:36,960 additionally due to the changes in Bill 185 we also need to obtain your 746 01:07:33,359 --> 01:07:42,119 agreement that our concerns are valid and should be and should the applicant 747 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:48,119 choose not to address them prior to your consideration of the application we ask 748 01:07:45,119 --> 01:07:53,599 that you deny the application so our concerns and the expert opinions 749 01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:57,720 supporting them will be fully examined and arbitrated against those of the 750 01:07:55,559 --> 01:08:04,440 applicants at the Olt our goal therefore is not to stop 751 01:08:01,559 --> 01:08:11,359 this development but rather to initiate five changes within the intent of the 752 01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:15,359 planning act the official plan and our zoning 753 01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:20,799 bylaws to make this proposal safe and appropriately integrate it with 754 01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:25,159 our surrounding Community while we recognize that the 755 01:08:23,080 --> 01:08:28,000 applicant has made some changes to the original 756 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:34,199 submission they have given little consideration to our primary concerns so 757 01:08:31,279 --> 01:08:39,440 we come here tonight to State our five requests to you and ask that they be 758 01:08:37,279 --> 01:08:42,120 considered as you make your final decision on 759 01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:55,199 Thursday the planning act in section two also requires that Council shall have 760 01:08:52,600 --> 01:09:00,839 regard to matters of provincial interest as showing on this chart you fulfill 761 01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:08,080 these responsibilities by maintaining the official plan and zoning bylaws that 762 01:09:04,679 --> 01:09:12,440 we rely as a community upon for our continuing protection and quality of 763 01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:21,759 life the planning act also requires in section 764 01:09:18,520 --> 01:09:27,520 5124 that Council in considering a draft plan of subdivision regard a the effect 765 01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:33,560 of the development of the proposed subdivision on matters of provincial 766 01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:39,319 interest as I just showed in section two see whether the plan conforms to the 767 01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:45,880 official plan and adjacent plans of subdivision if 768 01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:52,400 any and E the number width location and proposed grades and elevation of 769 01:09:48,839 --> 01:10:01,320 Highways which means local roads and the adequacy of them are five requests will 770 01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:01,320 refer to and rely on these 771 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:12,280 protections and finally our five requests rely on the county official 772 01:10:09,480 --> 01:10:16,800 plan which also requires that Council evaluate applications for plans of 773 01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:21,679 subdivision as being consistent with the objectives and 774 01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:28,440 policies of the official plan designed to reduce any negative 775 01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:33,960 effect effect on surrounding land uses the transportation Network or 776 01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:41,800 significant natural features and lastly designed to be 777 01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:46,600 integrated with adjacent developments when we purchased our 778 01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:46,600 subdivision 779 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:53,320 properties we did our due diligence and we knew these lands would 780 01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:59,000 be developed but we also knew that we had 781 01:10:56,080 --> 01:11:04,159 all of these protections to ensure the quality and 782 01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:10,600 safety of any new development to ensure a design that would compatibly integrate 783 01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:10,600 with our surrounding 784 01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:20,480 Community when Albert Hargraves developed our alter grain subdivision 785 01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:26,520 plan in 2003 as shown here on our registered 786 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:31,280 plan he made full vision for the future development and integration of these 787 01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:31,280 lands to the 788 01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:40,080 north such that they could be developed without impact on our community or its 789 01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:50,040 safety zooming in you can see he made provision for a 790 01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:56,199 large landscape Center Island on Lake View Drive that the parks department 791 01:11:53,360 --> 01:12:02,760 classifies as high hor Horticulture on the North side at 1 he 792 01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:09,199 provided a primary West entrance to the property positioned first of all to 793 01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:15,480 provide immediate safe access to o59 and ensure no flow of traffic 794 01:12:12,199 --> 01:12:19,480 through or impact on our subdivision two to be well spaced away 795 01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:25,760 from the island and three to provide space for 796 01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:31,639 the necessary left-and turn lane onto southbound 797 01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:38,040 o59 this exit has been used safely by the government for over 20 798 01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:42,040 years at two he provided a second yeast entrance to the property positioned 799 01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:48,199 first of all to meet the city requirement for two exits from a 800 01:12:44,440 --> 01:12:55,360 property with more than 26 units to position so as not to interfere 801 01:12:52,239 --> 01:13:01,520 with the island and to operate as a three-way stop just like the one he 802 01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:07,199 designed by the island at the other end of Lake View 803 01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:12,880 Drive and lastly together with block 27 to provide for the depth of future lots 804 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:18,600 to the north backing onto Lake onto Crestwood 805 01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:27,000 Drive at 3 he provided water sewer and storm waterer pipe stubs to the property 806 01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:33,920 line within at East Road allowance to avoid having to later dig up Lake View 807 01:13:30,199 --> 01:13:41,400 Drive and finally he put in place the 1ot reserves mark one marked four and 808 01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:46,480 five along the length of the island to preserve and protect it from 809 01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:52,400 encroachment and to ensure the future location of these pre-planned 810 01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:58,800 exits from there he went on to develop Alder grains within the require ments of 811 01:13:55,639 --> 01:14:05,719 the planning act the official plan and the zoning bylaws without 812 01:14:02,639 --> 01:14:11,159 exception or any special Provisions we rely on these provisions 813 01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:14,239 and protections as detailed in our registered plan of 814 01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:24,679 subdivision when the government chose to sell this property in 2021 they too did 815 01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:30,880 their due diligence and recognized all these protections they applied to rezone 816 01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:36,080 these lands as low density residential in conformance with the 817 01:14:33,080 --> 01:14:41,960 surrounding community and they submitted this concept for its future development 818 01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:47,159 in compliance with those provisions and demonstrating the ability of a plan to 819 01:14:44,280 --> 01:14:50,280 be created that conforms with our adjacent plan of 820 01:14:51,080 --> 01:15:01,320 subdivision zooming in at one it respected the reserve protecting the 821 01:14:58,639 --> 01:15:08,080 island and the road allowances to the property at two it provided an R1 Block 822 01:15:05,639 --> 01:15:13,840 in conformance with the infill policy of the official plan and the R1 homes 823 01:15:11,320 --> 01:15:20,719 across the street on our adjacent plan at three it provided an R2 block 824 01:15:17,639 --> 01:15:25,840 separating the higher density R3 Block in regard of the adjacent 825 01:15:23,199 --> 01:15:31,480 subdivision at four the balance of the land that provided R3 blocks in 826 01:15:28,880 --> 01:15:38,239 recognition of the official plan location criteria that new high density 827 01:15:34,639 --> 01:15:44,320 R4 locations be adjacent to the central area and Community Services rather than 828 01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:49,280 adjacent to low density areas and in addition to conforming to 829 01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:55,600 section two and section 51 of the planning act it also conformed to the 830 01:15:52,320 --> 01:16:01,040 existing official plan and zoning bylaws and increase the County's 30 unit per 831 01:15:58,159 --> 01:16:06,480 hectare density standard that Council has approved in all the recent 832 01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:06,480 subdivisions by 833 01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:19,000 40% when the applicant chose to purchase this property they too did their due 834 01:16:16,440 --> 01:16:23,520 diligence and were also aware of these protections and 835 01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:27,400 Provisions because they even asked the city if they could assume 836 01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:32,400 the government application instead 837 01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:37,040 however they chose to proceed on the assumption that they could ignore these 838 01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:42,560 provisions and substantially override the intent of our official plan and 839 01:16:39,639 --> 01:16:48,880 bylaws as well as the advice of County staff regarding no access no access 840 01:16:46,679 --> 01:16:55,159 would be allowed to o59 and they proposed this draft plan of 841 01:16:52,560 --> 01:17:00,920 subdivision containing the local Street day and five 842 01:16:58,159 --> 01:17:05,120 blocks our concerns with that plan are as 843 01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:12,120 marked number one the restricted Northbound exit to R 59 that forces all 844 01:17:09,159 --> 01:17:17,600 southbound traffic to Traverse Street a to the east exit and then back through 845 01:17:14,639 --> 01:17:23,960 our subdivisions to reach o59 two the impact of locating the East 846 01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:28,000 exit across the reserve Block in our subdivision plan 847 01:17:26,239 --> 01:17:33,040 on Long Lake View Drive three the proposed medium density 848 01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:38,040 block along Lake View Drive 849 01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:44,320 four the 14 met four story Heights on the medium density block and five the 850 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:46,840 zoning and overdevelopment of the high density 851 01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:57,840 block zooming in on the proposed o59 Northbound only exit you can see in 852 01:17:55,199 --> 01:18:03,120 yellow that it is in the middle of the one of the most dangerous Community 853 01:17:59,960 --> 01:18:09,320 safety zones in the county and you can see in red the illegal left and u-turns 854 01:18:07,159 --> 01:18:15,679 and the safety impact created at that Northbound exit by drivers willing to 855 01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:19,520 make illegal left-hand turns for immediate access to southbound 856 01:18:19,639 --> 01:18:26,120 o59 you may have noticed me chuckle a few minutes ago when the video was 857 01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:32,520 played because a video uh vide taker actually made an 858 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:35,159 illegal leftand turn onto southbound 59 to make his 859 01:18:35,719 --> 01:18:45,080 video however those illegal turns are happening today at the similar exit 860 01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:50,440 across the street at the gas station across the road and we also know a 861 01:18:48,199 --> 01:18:55,320 resident made a submission that's included in the planning report 862 01:18:52,800 --> 01:19:00,199 expressing the safe same safe concerns with that 863 01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:05,400 decision similarly as shown in yellow the sight line will be impaired by 864 01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:09,440 transport trucks parked on the shoulder while their drivers access the 865 01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:16,719 Tim Horton's Outlet the exit will also marked in 866 01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:21,400 green take out two of the large public space trees on the property line that 867 01:19:19,480 --> 01:19:26,440 have been noted in the traffic in the tree report that should be preserved 868 01:19:29,480 --> 01:19:36,960 of even greater concern to our community is a safety impact with the resulting 869 01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:45,760 flow of drivers wishing to make legal access to southbound 59 estimated as 85% 870 01:19:42,199 --> 01:19:50,719 of the 500 residents as shown in red they would have to go around Street 871 01:19:48,280 --> 01:19:57,560 a which even though the accesses that Mr her Graves 872 01:19:54,400 --> 01:20:02,600 laid out were 20 M wide The Proposal here is for a narrower I believe 18 M 873 01:20:00,719 --> 01:20:07,159 wide Road access as showing in red they would have 874 01:20:05,159 --> 01:20:10,120 to go around Street a and then back through our adjacent subdivision to 875 01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:15,840 reach o59 rather than exit directly via the 876 01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:22,400 pre-planned safe exit marked in green as used by the government today 877 01:20:19,560 --> 01:20:28,840 that adverse flow and its safety impact was a major major concern expressed by 878 01:20:25,639 --> 01:20:33,960 the community at the April open house we note that the applicant also 879 01:20:31,400 --> 01:20:38,600 chose to ignore the safe exit onto Lake View Drive near 880 01:20:35,719 --> 01:20:45,159 o59 contrary to the pre-application advice of County that o59 access was 881 01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:52,199 prohibited we also note that County staff subsequently design subsequently 882 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:57,400 denied the applicant's request for o59 access in the original submission 883 01:20:55,360 --> 01:21:03,400 but it was rejected by Community planning and subsequently overturned in 884 01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:09,199 granting that limited oneway Northbound Northbound exit excuse me we see no 885 01:21:07,159 --> 01:21:15,480 justification for that decision in light of the adverse safety 886 01:21:11,960 --> 01:21:21,639 impact we request that Council require a draft plan revision as originally 887 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:28,159 requested by County staff providing access from the property via the safe 888 01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:30,400 West exit on Lake View Drive prior to your 889 01:21:33,159 --> 01:21:42,760 approval zooming in on the proposed East exit on Lake View Drive you can see that 890 01:21:40,239 --> 01:21:48,360 it crosses the registered Reserve block 29 marked in 891 01:21:44,840 --> 01:21:54,600 red rather than use the proposed pre-planned location provided in our on 892 01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:58,280 our adjacent plan of subdivision marked with a 893 01:21:55,360 --> 01:22:04,040 one this would result in the removal of the end of the landscaped Island Mark 894 01:22:01,239 --> 01:22:10,159 two and the excavation of Lake View Drive to re relocate the provided 895 01:22:07,480 --> 01:22:14,920 utility stubs into the new road allowance Mark 896 01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:22,400 three as that relocation reduces the sight line mark four as shown in yellow 897 01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:28,199 the applicant now proposes to clearcut 14 of the 15 Tre on the island as we 898 01:22:26,719 --> 01:22:34,800 will illustrate later and rather than hide the storm 899 01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:41,920 waterer Pond behind block 27 as per the government proposal outlined in red the 900 01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:45,239 block five stormwater Pond would now jut out along Long Lake View 901 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:55,560 Drive that Reserve block 29 was included in our registered plan 902 01:22:52,639 --> 01:23:02,480 to locate the East exit and prevent all of those impacts it can only be removed 903 01:22:59,320 --> 01:23:09,280 by Council passing what is called a deeming bylaw to remove that protection 904 01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:14,320 from our registered plan a registered plan normally cannot be altered for 905 01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:20,800 eight years but the planning act allows a council to alter a registered plan 906 01:23:17,560 --> 01:23:25,639 after that point in time if it is in the interest of the town and the community 907 01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:31,840 and the community we see no reason for that relocation or 908 01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:39,239 anything preventing that East exit from being located as pre-planned and in 909 01:23:35,679 --> 01:23:45,120 Conformity with our adjacent plan of subdivision we request that Council 910 01:23:42,159 --> 01:23:52,920 advise the applicant that they will not consider a beaming bylaw to remove the 911 01:23:48,480 --> 01:23:58,320 reserve block 29 in that location as it is not in the interest of the City or 912 01:23:55,040 --> 01:24:02,960 the adjacent plan to do so and that Council also require a draft plan 913 01:24:00,760 --> 01:24:07,560 revision showing the use of the pre-planned exit prior to their approval 914 01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:12,880 of the application we also note that a deeming 915 01:24:10,120 --> 01:24:18,920 by law is solely at the discretion of city 916 01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:26,320 council and Council refusal to do so may not be appealed to or ordered by the 917 01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:26,320 Ontario land Tribunal 918 01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:37,560 returning to the full draft plan the proposal locates a part of the medium 919 01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:43,480 density block R3 marked with a three along the north 920 01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:49,480 side of Lake View Drive this does not conform to the 921 01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:54,119 infill policies of the official plan and the incompatibility of the proposed 922 01:24:51,480 --> 01:24:59,840 setbacks and structures particularly those of four stories do not conform to 923 01:24:57,480 --> 01:25:05,080 those of the one and two stories in our adjacent plan of subdivision or those 924 01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:08,560 directly across the south side of Lake View 925 01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:13,199 Drive while the applicant suggest that they would be buffered by the trees on 926 01:25:10,360 --> 01:25:17,440 the island we now note they are proposed to be 927 01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:22,360 clear-cut a low density R1 Block in that area with standard setbacks would 928 01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:26,920 provide that infill Conformity and compatibility 929 01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:33,639 we requested Council ask the applicant to submit a revised draft plan with an 930 01:25:29,960 --> 01:25:38,560 infill conforming R1 block on the north side of Lake View prior to their 931 01:25:35,960 --> 01:25:44,520 approval of the application with regard to the medium 932 01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:49,800 density R3 block Mark 4 we will just speak to the request to increase the 933 01:25:46,520 --> 01:25:57,320 height from three stories to four and 11 M to four stories and 14 M apart from 934 01:25:53,880 --> 01:26:03,679 the privacy and accessibility concerns raised by forcing tenants of stock Town 935 01:25:59,880 --> 01:26:09,480 Homes to carry themselves and their kids and their groceries up two flights of 936 01:26:06,080 --> 01:26:14,719 stairs to reach their front doors that increase in height would be contrary to 937 01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:20,119 not only the characteristics of our surrounding neighborhood but also the 938 01:26:17,320 --> 01:26:26,040 characteristics of the whole city and would set an unassailable precedent for 939 01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:32,360 all future infel development throughout the city we request that Council either 940 01:26:29,320 --> 01:26:38,040 deny the request for four stories or limit the maximum height of any R3 941 01:26:35,719 --> 01:26:45,080 structure to 11 M finally with regard to block 3 mark 942 01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:50,679 five the zoning of a new high density location adjacent to low density 943 01:26:47,719 --> 01:26:55,280 residential development that does not have considerable separation from the 944 01:26:52,920 --> 01:27:01,600 low density area and is remote remote from the City Corp 945 01:26:58,639 --> 01:27:08,560 its services and direct Transit would not conform to these multiple policies 946 01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:13,320 or intent of the official plan reference has been made to the five story 947 01:27:10,679 --> 01:27:18,400 apartment building to the West as part of the Sally Creek development that 948 01:27:16,080 --> 01:27:24,719 apartment building though is limited to five stories by the bylaw and is also 949 01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:32,040 located in the Lo located such that it complies with the official plan complies 950 01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:38,480 with the official plan requirement for a large uh eye density building to be 951 01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:46,639 located in an area remote from residential and that building is located 952 01:27:41,199 --> 01:27:51,560 between a large Park and a and a plaza and a community center across the road 953 01:27:49,320 --> 01:27:57,880 it fits the official plan the special provisions requested 954 01:27:54,760 --> 01:28:07,719 for that block to significantly reduce the or 59 setback from 132 to 4 M the 955 01:28:03,639 --> 01:28:14,400 landscaped open space from 35% to 27% and eliminate parking visitor 956 01:28:11,400 --> 01:28:21,360 parking would result in the opinion of both of our independent plan planners 957 01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:26,840 over development of this block there is simply not enough room 958 01:28:24,119 --> 01:28:33,360 room on this block to contain the requested density and meet the space 959 01:28:29,840 --> 01:28:39,000 requirements to support it we request that Council deny the request to 960 01:28:35,440 --> 01:28:44,480 eliminate 30 visitor parking spaces and request a revised draft plan meeting the 961 01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:49,560 setback and open space requirements and providing a more 962 01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:53,719 compatible building form than high density apartment blocks 963 01:28:56,239 --> 01:29:06,159 in particular as showing here the reduced setback along o59 from 13 and a 964 01:29:02,159 --> 01:29:12,119 half M to 6 M requires the removal of two of the large public space 965 01:29:09,119 --> 01:29:18,880 trees the ones without the shading can can I point at 966 01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:27,560 it it's a jumping mouse okay these two large trees the first one 967 01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:34,480 to the north is largest 10 m diameter tree and this tree is almost as big and 968 01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:40,679 as you can see because the building is 6 M from the property line the tree canopy 969 01:29:38,560 --> 01:29:43,000 would bump into the building so they must 970 01:29:49,080 --> 01:30:01,800 go and they put the Shaded ones the buildings the four other trees are then 971 01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:08,119 within the critical the building is within the critical root zone of four 972 01:30:04,840 --> 01:30:14,760 other trees threatening their destruction we also note that the 973 01:30:10,239 --> 01:30:20,280 proposed tree barrier dotted in yellow there is within the critical root Zone 974 01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:24,719 contrary to the bylaw requirement for tree protection 975 01:30:21,960 --> 01:30:30,360 barrier and also note in this illustration down at the 976 01:30:27,119 --> 01:30:32,520 bottom the clearcut of the 14 trees on the 977 01:30:33,480 --> 01:30:43,679 island further the noise study requires a 4.2 M 978 01:30:39,800 --> 01:30:49,360 High brick sound barrier wall to be located outside the critical rud Zone to 979 01:30:47,440 --> 01:30:52,119 separate the proposed apartment buildings from 980 01:30:52,199 --> 01:30:59,480 o59 doesn't look like there's too much room 981 01:30:55,719 --> 01:31:07,320 there if you add the critical root Zone plus the 1ot requirement away from it 982 01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:12,760 plus 4.2 M assuming you have your walls got to be an equal distance from the 983 01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:19,960 building as its height the requirement is at least for 984 01:31:15,639 --> 01:31:24,440 the standard requirement of 13 and 12 M and more likely 15 m 985 01:31:29,040 --> 01:31:36,280 note the tree bylaw destruction definition on this 986 01:31:33,440 --> 01:31:43,119 chart disturbance of any part of the critical root Zone such that it is 987 01:31:39,119 --> 01:31:48,639 likely to be killed is a definition of destroyed and the applican tree 988 01:31:45,360 --> 01:31:52,920 inventory and preservation plan acknowledges there are several large 989 01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:58,440 trees lining the western edge of the property along 990 01:31:54,639 --> 01:32:02,679 59 and references the proposed damage to their root 991 01:31:59,679 --> 01:32:10,040 Zone and if the tree should die as a result of the proposed impact it is 992 01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:10,040 recommended they be replaced in 993 01:32:13,800 --> 01:32:23,560 situ we request that Council consider either an Environmental Protection ep2 994 01:32:19,760 --> 01:32:29,719 Zone to protect these boundary trees or ADD them to the protection list in the 995 01:32:26,080 --> 01:32:35,760 bylaw as for the trees bounding the East perimeter of Alder green as shown on 996 01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:43,159 this picture here North is that direction in case you're lost you'll 997 01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:49,000 also note the exit I referred to of at the island at the other end of Lake View 998 01:32:46,159 --> 01:32:56,760 with the three-way stop which is exactly what was designed in our original plan 999 01:32:52,840 --> 01:32:56,760 back at the front front of Lake View 1000 01:33:02,719 --> 01:33:09,320 Drive as the government concept demonstrated these lands can be 1001 01:33:07,239 --> 01:33:15,560 developed in Conformity with our existing adjacent plan of 1002 01:33:12,159 --> 01:33:22,760 subdivision with a 40% increase in density without zoning to high density 1003 01:33:19,280 --> 01:33:27,800 and with our existing official plan and bylaws we ask that you support our 1004 01:33:25,480 --> 01:33:34,040 request to have these changes Incorporated in The applicant's Proposal 1005 01:33:31,119 --> 01:33:38,760 either fori either prior to your consideration or through arbitration by 1006 01:33:36,760 --> 01:33:44,440 the by the tribunal should you deny the application 1007 01:33:41,480 --> 01:33:50,440 we ask that you cite our five concerns in the reason for your denial so that 1008 01:33:47,400 --> 01:33:54,560 they may be arbitrated at the tribunal and the applicant required to provide 1009 01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:59,159 their justification for ignoring the advice of County staff 1010 01:33:56,960 --> 01:34:05,159 against exiting toor 59 for ignoring the registered reserve 1011 01:34:02,159 --> 01:34:11,159 on Lake View Drive ignoring the infill provisions of the official plan along 1012 01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:17,239 Lake View Drive ignoring the three-story limit on town homes and ignoring the 1013 01:34:14,080 --> 01:34:20,880 official plan intents and directions regarding the location of new high 1014 01:34:19,800 --> 01:34:27,400 density development our lawyer and planner 1015 01:34:24,040 --> 01:34:35,040 estimate that the tribunal hearing would require three days to educate these five 1016 01:34:31,480 --> 01:34:41,639 concerns we would be happy to answer any questions or provide any in additional 1017 01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:47,280 information you require either now or following our delegation to Council on 1018 01:34:44,360 --> 01:34:54,719 Thursday thank you for your attention we will email these remarks and attachment 1019 01:34:50,280 --> 01:34:54,719 illustrations to each of you 1020 01:34:58,199 --> 01:35:01,440 thank you Mr Bill any 1021 01:35:01,840 --> 01:35:11,239 questions Mr Bell we covered a lot of information there 1022 01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:11,239 so Council have any questions at 1023 01:35:12,199 --> 01:35:15,880 all okay seeing 1024 01:35:15,960 --> 01:35:27,000 none I'd ask that you just remind you Mr Bell to fill out the forms please before 1025 01:35:22,040 --> 01:35:27,000 you sit down will yep thank 1026 01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:37,280 you has mentioned a lot of information was brought forward there so I'd ask to 1027 01:35:34,239 --> 01:35:42,360 respect everybody's time that uh I'm asking not to repeat anything please 1028 01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:48,080 thank you very much name address for the record thank you your worship my name is 1029 01:35:44,239 --> 01:35:52,360 Mike major um I do not live in the area um but I'm a former senior planner with 1030 01:35:50,199 --> 01:35:56,880 the city of Toronto and I was asked by the local residents and my brother who 1031 01:35:54,199 --> 01:36:01,199 lives adjacent to the site to provide a an opinion uh on the appropriateness of 1032 01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:06,360 the de development and I'm going to focus solely on the provincial planning 1033 01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:11,119 statement and the official plan um the 2024 provincial planning statement is 1034 01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:16,080 intended to ensure sufficient land shall be made available to accommodate an 1035 01:36:13,360 --> 01:36:21,239 appropriate range and mix of land uses to meet the projected requirements of 1036 01:36:18,239 --> 01:36:25,960 the current and future residents this does not mean that every redevelop 1037 01:36:23,840 --> 01:36:31,360 opportunity should look to maximize the number of units that can be physically 1038 01:36:28,480 --> 01:36:36,199 be achieved on a site but rather to ensure that the municipality has 1039 01:36:33,679 --> 01:36:42,880 properly considered how it will meet its future housing needs on a Citywide basis 1040 01:36:40,320 --> 01:36:50,280 and in a manner that is appropriate for the site and the surrounding area good 1041 01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:56,239 planning must ultimately Prevail section 7.2.2 of your official plan recognizes 1042 01:36:53,199 --> 01:37:01,280 this and states that it is not intended that residential intensification will 1043 01:36:58,119 --> 01:37:06,400 occur uniformally throughout the city the location form and intensity of 1044 01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:09,880 residential intensification will be determined by the policies of the 1045 01:37:08,480 --> 01:37:14,119 various land use designations with the intention of 1046 01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:19,679 Permitting smaller scale developments such as individual infill Lots in areas 1047 01:37:16,840 --> 01:37:25,880 designated as low density residential and directing larger scale projects to 1048 01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:32,480 areas designated as medium and high density residential and the Central 1049 01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:37,480 Area well most residents I believe are supportive of Resident residential 1050 01:37:34,600 --> 01:37:42,360 intensification of the site we believe that the provincial objectives can be 1051 01:37:39,679 --> 01:37:46,599 met with a less intensive form of development one that is more in keeping 1052 01:37:44,599 --> 01:37:52,119 with the low density character of the surrounding area more in keeping with 1053 01:37:49,199 --> 01:37:57,560 your official plan policies and one that minimizes the impacts on the local 1054 01:37:55,159 --> 01:38:02,320 residents with respect to the official plan section 1055 01:37:59,400 --> 01:38:07,400 7.1.1 states that the city promotes appropriate infill development and 1056 01:38:04,560 --> 01:38:11,639 intensification of land and buildings in existing builtup areas of the 1057 01:38:09,280 --> 01:38:15,800 municipality the policies of this plan are intended to are designed to 1058 01:38:14,599 --> 01:38:21,280 facilitate intensification while ensuring that new 1059 01:38:18,159 --> 01:38:26,440 development is complimentary to existing development this proposal is not 1060 01:38:23,840 --> 01:38:31,239 compliment complimentary to the existing land use pattern it introduces a form of 1061 01:38:29,360 --> 01:38:36,520 development that does not exist in the immediate area the surrounding Community 1062 01:38:34,360 --> 01:38:41,119 is almost entirely low density residential and future development 1063 01:38:39,480 --> 01:38:45,440 should respect the established character of the neighborhood by maintaining that 1064 01:38:43,480 --> 01:38:50,880 low-scale built form section 1065 01:38:47,440 --> 01:38:56,400 7.2.1 states that it is council's policy to ensure that new housing is of a human 1066 01:38:53,679 --> 01:39:01,560 scale and is sensitive to and improves the ex existing physical character of 1067 01:38:58,440 --> 01:39:06,760 the area using the criteria established in the official plan to guide new 1068 01:39:04,520 --> 01:39:11,040 development a significant portion of the site is proposed for high density 1069 01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:16,960 residential development with a net density of 150 units per hectare this is 1070 01:39:14,800 --> 01:39:23,360 more than the original proposal that was shown to the community and above the 1071 01:39:19,480 --> 01:39:29,800 maximal maximum allowable density of 150 units per hectare and is excessive given 1072 01:39:26,719 --> 01:39:36,560 the low density nature of the area the proposed net total density of this site 1073 01:39:33,119 --> 01:39:40,880 is is 85 units per hectare which is significantly higher than the 1074 01:39:38,280 --> 01:39:44,760 surrounding neighborhood the density of any new development of the site should 1075 01:39:42,520 --> 01:39:50,599 be reduced significantly to ensure greater compatibility with the existing 1076 01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:55,199 neighborhood where a maximum of uh 30 units per hectar is permitted 1077 01:39:53,840 --> 01:40:00,040 section 7.2.4 point. 1.3 of your official plan 1078 01:39:58,000 --> 01:40:04,239 sets out a number of important considerations when it evaluating 1079 01:40:02,080 --> 01:40:09,280 development proposals on vacant or underutilized sites within established 1080 01:40:07,360 --> 01:40:12,960 residential areas by a plan of subdivision the nature of the proposed 1081 01:40:11,520 --> 01:40:17,400 residential development will be evaluated having regard for the type of 1082 01:40:14,920 --> 01:40:22,840 housing found in the surrounding neighborhood as previously stated the 1083 01:40:19,840 --> 01:40:26,800 proposal introduces forms of development I.E a seven-story apartment building and 1084 01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:33,599 stacked town houses that are not currently found in the area any new the 1085 01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:38,199 other criteria any new resid residential lots with direct exposure to an 1086 01:40:35,679 --> 01:40:43,760 established residential street will be consistent with the size of lots within 1087 01:40:40,719 --> 01:40:47,679 a two block area on the same street and new residential development will 1088 01:40:45,320 --> 01:40:52,080 maintain setbacks and spacing between dwellings consistent with the 1089 01:40:49,679 --> 01:40:57,239 established built form uh established Bill pattern the 1090 01:40:55,520 --> 01:41:03,239 high density nature of the proposed development results in a lot and setback 1091 01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:09,000 pattern that is in consistent with this policy Council should also consider the 1092 01:41:06,520 --> 01:41:13,960 extent to which the proposal proposed development provides for the retention 1093 01:41:11,119 --> 01:41:17,719 of any desirable vegetation or natural features my brother I believe is going 1094 01:41:15,960 --> 01:41:23,840 to speak to a lot of that so I won't go over that um given the development site 1095 01:41:21,639 --> 01:41:28,080 is large with few development constraints greater compliance with the 1096 01:41:25,960 --> 01:41:35,800 existing zoning standards in terms of setback lot size landscaped open space 1097 01:41:31,679 --> 01:41:41,400 and parking is easily achievable and appropriate with respect to medium 1098 01:41:37,719 --> 01:41:47,280 density residential um uh we note that the maximum net residential density 1099 01:41:43,360 --> 01:41:52,239 permitted under uh section 7.2.5 is 70 units per acre the developer proposes 1100 01:41:50,280 --> 01:41:56,639 stacked tow houses with a net residential density 1101 01:41:53,920 --> 01:42:01,480 of 75 units per hectare Additionally the city's official 1102 01:41:59,119 --> 01:42:08,520 plan states that any further medium density residential designations will be 1103 01:42:04,880 --> 01:42:13,040 consistent with certain design criteria sites which but arterial or collector 1104 01:42:11,000 --> 01:42:19,280 roads or sites situated in a manner which prevents traffic movements from 1105 01:42:15,920 --> 01:42:24,960 the site from flowing through any adjoining low density residential areas 1106 01:42:22,239 --> 01:42:31,400 the proposed Street Street a has direct access to Lake View Drive which Services 1107 01:42:28,000 --> 01:42:34,360 an entirely low density residential area this will put additional traffic volumes 1108 01:42:33,239 --> 01:42:41,520 on the local Road um I believe Mr Bell spoke to a lot 1109 01:42:38,119 --> 01:42:45,639 of that so I'll move on any further medium density residential designations 1110 01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:50,719 will be limited to sites which are adjacent to the central area designated 1111 01:42:48,360 --> 01:42:57,000 shopping centers service commercial areas Community facilities high density 1112 01:42:53,199 --> 01:43:01,320 residential districts or uh developed medium density residential districts 1113 01:42:59,560 --> 01:43:06,199 this site again is in the middle of a low density residential neighborhood 1114 01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:11,280 quite distant from many of the above finally with respect to high 1115 01:43:08,440 --> 01:43:16,639 density residential development uh it is generally uh the official plan uh states 1116 01:43:14,280 --> 01:43:21,239 that it will generally be discouraged adjacent to low density residential 1117 01:43:19,239 --> 01:43:25,040 development except where such low density development is proposed for 1118 01:43:23,320 --> 01:43:30,560 redevelopment to higher density land uses or where considerable separation 1119 01:43:27,800 --> 01:43:35,520 between the low density area and the proposed high density development 1120 01:43:33,080 --> 01:43:39,520 exists the official plan further states that the height and density limitations 1121 01:43:37,719 --> 01:43:45,000 applicable to the various forms of development allowed in the high density 1122 01:43:41,880 --> 01:43:51,960 residential district shall be determined on the basis of the nature character and 1123 01:43:48,639 --> 01:43:56,520 scale of adjacent land juices the proposed seven story height limit is 1124 01:43:54,679 --> 01:44:00,880 inconsistent with the surrounding built form which is predominantly one and two 1125 01:44:03,280 --> 01:44:11,840 stories um in conclusion the revised proposal represents only a nominal 1126 01:44:08,760 --> 01:44:16,560 change from their earlier submission with overall density of the site 1127 01:44:13,599 --> 01:44:20,719 remaining a serious concern it still represents an overdevelopment of the 1128 01:44:18,360 --> 01:44:25,520 site located in the middle of a low density residential community 1129 01:44:23,520 --> 01:44:30,599 we believe if if the community's concerns are earnestly considered a 1130 01:44:28,159 --> 01:44:36,119 revised proposal can achieve a reasonable intensification of the site 1131 01:44:33,760 --> 01:44:41,159 that meets provincial and Municipal housing objectives is more consistent 1132 01:44:39,000 --> 01:44:45,239 with the city's official plan and results in a development that is 1133 01:44:42,679 --> 01:44:51,400 compatible with and sensitive to the established character of the surrounding 1134 01:44:48,239 --> 01:44:58,040 neighborhood thank you thank you any any questions of Mr 1135 01:44:54,719 --> 01:45:01,960 major councelor Wismer van Mir through you your worship um Mr major you 1136 01:44:59,920 --> 01:45:06,360 mentioned a few different sections of the official plan I was trying to keep 1137 01:45:04,040 --> 01:45:09,719 up to writing them down um before you leave do you mind just sharing them with 1138 01:45:08,520 --> 01:45:13,199 somebody or just letting us know I just want to go back and just to reference I 1139 01:45:11,760 --> 01:45:18,159 got a few of them but not all of them so I just hope I can grab those from you 1140 01:45:14,920 --> 01:45:23,880 I've I've submitted my uh talking points uh to the counselors perfect and uh the 1141 01:45:22,000 --> 01:45:26,360 mayor perfect I was pretty sure we had some of those but I wasn't sure if 1142 01:45:24,920 --> 01:45:28,920 everything was listed so I appreciate that 1143 01:45:29,639 --> 01:45:33,560 okay any other Council 1144 01:45:34,599 --> 01:45:39,040 questions okay seeing none thank you thank 1145 01:45:39,960 --> 01:45:48,000 you Mr major please state your name and address and i' please ask again try not 1146 01:45:46,080 --> 01:45:53,119 to repeat anything that has been brought forward that's why mine will be fairly 1147 01:45:50,320 --> 01:45:58,880 brief thank you uh my name is Dan major I'm a resident of 16 Ridgewood Court I 1148 01:45:55,880 --> 01:46:05,080 back right on to the proposed uh development site so um so not to 1149 01:46:02,920 --> 01:46:11,599 reiterate a lot of the information that was given uh by the previous presenters 1150 01:46:08,560 --> 01:46:17,800 uh though I totally support what they've said but I'll I'll be looking at the 1151 01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:23,520 environmental aspects so um starting with uh my concerns about 1152 01:46:22,199 --> 01:46:29,880 the uh forestry report in tree 1153 01:46:26,800 --> 01:46:36,040 preservation firstly the excessive density that's being proposed 1154 01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:43,560 cannot uh accommodate any significant tree preservation of the 163 trees that 1155 01:46:40,199 --> 01:46:49,199 they have uh in the inventory they're looking at clear cutting basically 143 1156 01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:55,159 of those trees that's a pretty significant tree loss and for us as 1157 01:46:52,119 --> 01:47:01,480 homeowners in the area you can imagine the impact on our loss of privacy uh the 1158 01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:07,159 dust the noise pollution that we'll probably have to endure over the next 1159 01:47:03,560 --> 01:47:12,320 three years or more as they do site prep and do their 1160 01:47:09,599 --> 01:47:18,199 construction now uh the most disturbing thing really that 1161 01:47:15,920 --> 01:47:24,080 the community as a whole should be thinking about is the environmental 1162 01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:32,320 impact that the REM of these trees will have in the uh it'll be removing 1163 01:47:28,719 --> 01:47:39,000 approximately 2500 kilograms of carbon sequestering potential which is very 1164 01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:44,679 very significant now the developer May argue that they intend to replace each 1165 01:47:41,400 --> 01:47:52,599 of the trees being removed with three 60 mil uh trees as per the city policy and 1166 01:47:48,679 --> 01:47:58,960 this equates to 429 compensatory trees how however it'll take decades to 1167 01:47:55,639 --> 01:48:03,520 replace that bio mass that the larger trees 1168 01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:11,119 will be taken away I might add that the revised concept plan uh submitted by 1169 01:48:06,520 --> 01:48:18,239 fari indicates only 172 new trees 1170 01:48:13,639 --> 01:48:18,239 now here so 1171 01:48:19,920 --> 01:48:32,880 um 172 new trees and this equates to a shortfall of 257 trees that they should 1172 01:48:28,920 --> 01:48:40,599 be compensating for now I know that the parks department uh can take cash and Li 1173 01:48:36,920 --> 01:48:48,920 instead of uh the tree planting on site uh now if this were to be the 1174 01:48:44,480 --> 01:48:53,480 case I would suggest that any of the uh excessed trees be planted on the north 1175 01:48:52,400 --> 01:48:59,639 side sorry the west side of 59 highway 1176 01:48:55,920 --> 01:49:06,040 between Ridgewood Drive and 17 uh to the 1177 01:49:02,040 --> 01:49:10,800 roundabout and uh you know not take the cash and 1178 01:49:07,440 --> 01:49:15,400 L um I'd like to acknowledge that in earlier conversations with the fari 1179 01:49:12,880 --> 01:49:20,280 group uh that they indicated they would address some of our concerns by 1180 01:49:17,719 --> 01:49:25,880 considering the uh preservation of existing vegetation along our adjoining 1181 01:49:23,159 --> 01:49:32,239 properties uh during the site plan process uh is the only uh way that we 1182 01:49:29,520 --> 01:49:39,480 can en assure that we're going to get protection I mean uh having it approved 1183 01:49:36,159 --> 01:49:45,560 now will not give us that assurance and of course as a public uh we won't have 1184 01:49:42,320 --> 01:49:52,400 any input at site plan so um we do realize that growth and 1185 01:49:49,320 --> 01:49:58,639 development is inevitable and there is a need for affordable housing uh 1186 01:49:55,000 --> 01:50:05,040 legislation such as Bill 23 more homes built faster is not perfect and some of 1187 01:50:02,480 --> 01:50:10,360 its policies will likely change or be modified as they find some of the 1188 01:50:07,360 --> 01:50:16,080 shortcomings and flaws in in the bill and uh with government programs such as 1189 01:50:13,199 --> 01:50:23,119 standardized pre-approved catalog of Home Designs being uh 1190 01:50:19,679 --> 01:50:28,679 U I guess put in by the federal government uh will streamline the 1191 01:50:25,480 --> 01:50:32,760 approval process and uh help developers and Builders alike and hopefully provide 1192 01:50:31,719 --> 01:50:40,560 affordable housing so I respectfully and I say 1193 01:50:37,239 --> 01:50:45,920 respectfully uh suggest that it's not the municipal council's job to build 1194 01:50:43,360 --> 01:50:51,840 homes but it is their job to build communities and that's what we're asking 1195 01:50:48,239 --> 01:50:55,719 you to consider as you uh review this application 1196 01:50:53,599 --> 01:51:00,639 and I thank you for your time thank you very much any questions 1197 01:50:58,440 --> 01:51:07,840 of Mr major Deja Vu 1198 01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:12,520 there seeing none I just remind you yeah please fill out the form thank you 1199 01:51:10,639 --> 01:51:21,560 welcome state name and address for the record please Tony 424 Lake through 1200 01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:21,560 Drive okay 1201 01:51:24,560 --> 01:51:32,199 and again I just ask that you respect and uh keep new comments coming forward 1202 01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:44,040 please your 1203 01:51:44,239 --> 01:51:51,079 yeah okay is this it here yeah that's the first one okay and then for the next 1204 01:51:48,639 --> 01:51:55,560 one I just click the next one um the what'll happen is the person who's 1205 01:51:53,119 --> 01:52:02,320 running the the camera they'll click and then you just have to um scroll down oh 1206 01:51:59,920 --> 01:52:06,639 okay yeah it's Buton okay I can just scroll down right yeah 1207 01:52:08,360 --> 01:52:20,840 okay okay this is a a letter to U the U mayor and the council members 1208 01:52:16,239 --> 01:52:20,840 and uh manager development 1209 01:52:21,119 --> 01:52:30,000 planning and uh before I make comments on the new fari 1210 01:52:27,520 --> 01:52:34,719 amended application I'd like to discuss briefly the good draft plan from her 1211 01:52:32,480 --> 01:52:43,760 majesty the king government of province of Ontario GSP group June 23rd 1212 01:52:39,960 --> 01:52:49,800 2021 and that's the view one it was reasonable for low density 1213 01:52:46,960 --> 01:52:55,719 residential 114 units this would blend in with the alter range as established 1214 01:52:53,079 --> 01:53:01,360 Community around it most of the large healthy trees near Highway 59 can be 1215 01:52:58,760 --> 01:53:07,320 preserved I think it's easy acceptable by the alter Grange Community with the 1216 01:53:03,880 --> 01:53:13,520 residential R1 Zoning for this plant the lot sizes on Lake F drive for the single 1217 01:53:10,480 --> 01:53:20,480 detached were smaller but still Blends in reasonably well with alter Grange 1218 01:53:16,199 --> 01:53:26,639 Community two nice exit entries on 401 Lake VI drive and west end and one and 1219 01:53:24,040 --> 01:53:26,639 East End 1220 01:53:26,679 --> 01:53:38,719 lot that's on view one and two uh the West End first exess near Highway 1221 01:53:34,880 --> 01:53:38,719 59 I'll put this 1222 01:53:45,679 --> 01:53:57,800 down two nice exit exits on 401 Lake F drive one West End and one East End lot 1223 01:53:54,840 --> 01:54:04,480 the West End first access near Highway 59 will have the brunt of the traffic to 1224 01:54:00,920 --> 01:54:11,520 Highway 59 with much less interference the R1 Zone single detached nine units 1225 01:54:09,320 --> 01:54:16,760 facing Lake View Drive is attractive and blends in with Lake View Drive the 1226 01:54:13,800 --> 01:54:24,360 traffic would be much lower around the island with the 114 units and it's 1227 01:54:19,920 --> 01:54:24,360 manageable with the two exit 1228 01:54:28,079 --> 01:54:37,159 entries the revised application for the official planned amended draft plan from 1229 01:54:33,560 --> 01:54:42,560 fari holding Corporation October 30th 2024 Still 1230 01:54:40,920 --> 01:54:47,920 Remains completely opposite to the original province of antario GSP Group 1231 01:54:45,520 --> 01:54:54,079 Inc for blending in with the established Community around 1232 01:54:49,520 --> 01:54:58,719 it for Lake V Drive I find the plan by GSP group much more acceptable for alter 1233 01:54:57,159 --> 01:55:03,480 Grange Community the 1234 01:55:00,440 --> 01:55:10,880 revised the new revised fari plan still includes two high density apartment 1235 01:55:05,880 --> 01:55:16,400 buildings for 160 units and now includes four story 1236 01:55:12,920 --> 01:55:23,920 stacked town houses for 68 units that do not blend in with the Alder GRE single 1237 01:55:19,960 --> 01:55:23,920 dwelling neighborhood 1238 01:55:28,119 --> 01:55:38,560 the Revis amended version view four and three includes 254 units residence 1239 01:55:35,280 --> 01:55:42,840 compared to the 114 for province of Ontario GSP Group 1240 01:55:42,880 --> 01:55:51,159 Inc finally where I live on 1241 01:55:48,159 --> 01:55:57,560 424 Drive looking across the street is the exit and at 401 Lake View we will 1242 01:55:54,480 --> 01:56:04,079 face far's latest revised draft plan at four-story 10 stack tow houses for 20 1243 01:56:01,400 --> 01:56:09,880 units this would remain an I saw especially with all Island Trees removed 1244 01:56:07,320 --> 01:56:16,199 like a wall compared to the maximum twostory residential Zone one in alter 1245 01:56:13,159 --> 01:56:21,440 Grange subdivision along Lake View Drive the four stories 10 stacked tow houses 1246 01:56:19,119 --> 01:56:25,599 for 20 units should be replaced with a maximum two story residential Zone one 1247 01:56:24,760 --> 01:56:30,560 or attractive are attractive tow houses 1248 01:56:28,360 --> 01:56:33,040 maximum two stories like the rest of Lake View 1249 01:56:34,560 --> 01:56:38,280 Drive the single 1250 01:56:43,960 --> 01:56:51,239 entrance the single entrance exit to link VI will be too busy 1251 01:56:55,679 --> 01:57:02,840 the two seven story apartment buildings West 1252 01:56:59,960 --> 01:57:08,800 End of Lake View are the highest number of stories for any building north of the 1253 01:57:05,159 --> 01:57:13,880 temps River in Woodstock why why not five stories for Less units that creates 1254 01:57:11,119 --> 01:57:21,719 more manageable traffic and parking especially without visitor parking area 1255 01:57:16,520 --> 01:57:21,719 and the new fari plan that's 1256 01:57:25,880 --> 01:57:37,199 with all the 254 units with possible 500 cars in addition to service Vehicles 1257 01:57:33,920 --> 01:57:45,800 taxis and buses it will be too congested for only one main entrance on Lake 1258 01:57:42,040 --> 01:57:52,800 View Drive since almost all South Pound traffic exiting Highway 59 will use the 1259 01:57:48,679 --> 01:57:55,400 exit on Lake View Drive the other 1260 01:57:56,400 --> 01:58:07,079 exit the other exit and entrance at Highway 59 are only for Highway 59 1261 01:58:04,119 --> 01:58:07,079 Northbound 1262 01:58:08,599 --> 01:58:15,679 traffic in in summary Shar and I would like to thank 1263 01:58:13,320 --> 01:58:22,960 you for considering our comments on the original province of Ontario GSP group 1264 01:58:19,320 --> 01:58:29,560 June 23d 2021 proposal and requests for a few changes on the new Fier draft plan 1265 01:58:26,599 --> 01:58:36,119 regarding firstly reducing traffic flow across our street at Exit 401 Lake View 1266 01:58:32,880 --> 01:58:42,400 Drive for safe traffic around the island second have this four-story stack 1267 01:58:39,400 --> 01:58:47,320 townhouses replaced with twostory homes or semes to blend in with aler Alder 1268 01:58:45,560 --> 01:58:52,159 grange on Lake View Drive reduce the two seven story 1269 01:58:50,040 --> 01:58:57,320 apartment buildings to five stories to provide lower traffic and manageable 1270 01:58:54,360 --> 01:59:02,000 parking achieved from less Apartments units thank you Tony and Sharon n 1271 01:59:03,199 --> 01:59:08,560 likeus thank you very much any questions from 1272 01:59:11,480 --> 01:59:20,239 Council seeing none then I would ask you to fill out the uh the forms there 1273 01:59:17,800 --> 01:59:26,199 before you leave and again with all due respect I'm 1274 01:59:23,400 --> 01:59:32,159 going to ask again to not be repeating things over we' all greatly appreciate 1275 01:59:29,639 --> 01:59:32,159 that 1276 01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:41,440 okay uh good evening good evening thank you for giving me the opportunity to 1277 01:59:39,079 --> 01:59:47,440 speak at this very important meeting uh my name is Paul lank and my wife Kim and 1278 01:59:44,760 --> 01:59:52,560 I have lived on Lake View Drive for over 20 years uh we wrote a letter to all 1279 01:59:50,360 --> 01:59:59,000 counselors and the mayor back in December and I was going to read 1280 01:59:56,560 --> 02:00:04,079 portions of that letter now but due to time I will shorten up 1281 02:00:01,960 --> 02:00:09,760 considerably uh but basically we are opposed to the revised development as 1282 02:00:06,480 --> 02:00:14,239 submitted um we live at 436 Lake View Drive which is directly across from the 1283 02:00:11,800 --> 02:00:18,239 proposed development and while we acknowledge that some revisions were 1284 02:00:15,760 --> 02:00:22,280 made we remain dissatisfied with the revised application the proposal to 1285 02:00:20,239 --> 02:00:27,440 build a four-story stacked town home directly across the street from our 1286 02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:32,000 existing single family homes is unacceptable um it is not compatible 1287 02:00:30,040 --> 02:00:37,079 especially what I'm hearing tonight when they're going to clearcut 14 of the 15 1288 02:00:34,520 --> 02:00:41,800 trees on the island and have no visual barrier between the four-story Stacked 1289 02:00:39,560 --> 02:00:48,760 homes on on Lake View Drive backing onto Lake View Drive and the ranch homes on 1290 02:00:45,000 --> 02:00:48,760 Lake View Drive that are currently 1291 02:00:48,880 --> 02:00:57,800 there when we purchased our property we were aware that the land across from us 1292 02:00:55,119 --> 02:01:03,560 would be developed we trust that members of Woodstock city council as stewards of 1293 02:01:00,840 --> 02:01:09,599 the community's long-term well-being will ensure that any applications are 1294 02:01:06,520 --> 02:01:15,199 carefully considered and developed we rely on Woodstock city council 1295 02:01:12,920 --> 02:01:20,920 commitment to uphold the Integrity of our neighborhood through enforcing 1296 02:01:17,440 --> 02:01:26,360 appropriate zoning regulations bylaws and guidelines that will balance growth 1297 02:01:23,920 --> 02:01:32,320 while maintaining the character and livability of our neighborhood our 1298 02:01:29,679 --> 02:01:38,639 expectation is that any intensification is done thoughtfully in 1299 02:01:35,360 --> 02:01:44,159 a way that protects the quality of life for existing as well as the future 1300 02:01:41,960 --> 02:01:49,280 residents of our neighborhood 1301 02:01:45,679 --> 02:01:56,560 counselors you have a very difficult job I can't imagine the amount of time time 1302 02:01:52,760 --> 02:02:01,920 and effort you put forth in listening to people reading documents trying to make 1303 02:02:00,560 --> 02:02:06,440 the right decisions it must be incredibly 1304 02:02:04,440 --> 02:02:12,280 difficult please listen to the people of this neighborhood there are issues still 1305 02:02:09,440 --> 02:02:17,159 with this plan there are problems with it I know certain groups want to push 1306 02:02:15,560 --> 02:02:21,239 this through and I'm sure you are feeling the 1307 02:02:18,360 --> 02:02:26,239 pressure please do the right thing and consider the application very carefully 1308 02:02:24,560 --> 02:02:31,079 thank you any questions thank you uh any 1309 02:02:29,520 --> 02:02:34,480 questions Mr lck thank you 1310 02:02:35,840 --> 02:02:42,599 sorry seeing none thank you very much don't forget to fill it out 1311 02:02:42,800 --> 02:02:51,159 yep welcome state your name and address and again I will repeat please keep it 1312 02:02:48,960 --> 02:02:57,480 to new information only please I'll do my best Mr Mr Mayor please do my name is 1313 02:02:54,040 --> 02:03:04,760 Dave King and along with my wife Norma we're live at 593 Pine View Drive which 1314 02:03:01,880 --> 02:03:07,360 is off of Ridgewood just in the surrounding 1315 02:03:07,960 --> 02:03:17,679 neighborhood we moved here some 15 years ago and we did our due diligence before 1316 02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:23,159 purchasing the property and satisfied ourselves that the 1317 02:03:20,239 --> 02:03:28,639 subdivision plan had all the protection protection of the official plan and 1318 02:03:25,679 --> 02:03:35,280 necessary bylaws to maintain Alder grade's development as one of the most 1319 02:03:31,360 --> 02:03:40,440 prestigious subdivisions in Woodstock just check our tax 1320 02:03:37,079 --> 02:03:46,400 file they're pretty hefty I know mine's pushing 1321 02:03:42,239 --> 02:03:52,520 7,000 and I got one of the smaller houses anyway we were fine with the 1322 02:03:50,040 --> 02:03:58,280 existing sub subdivision plan that was brought 1323 02:03:53,400 --> 02:04:06,199 forward and with the higher ratio on the hectars we saw no concern with the first 1324 02:04:03,880 --> 02:04:13,880 application however then came the over densification proposal 85 units versus 1325 02:04:10,360 --> 02:04:19,719 42 from Far Holdings which will change the fabric of our community stressing 1326 02:04:16,559 --> 02:04:26,480 the traffic safety and Community narrow streets lack of parking greenspace will 1327 02:04:23,000 --> 02:04:30,320 ultimately make the project unsalable maybe 1328 02:04:27,520 --> 02:04:35,440 unlivable this project totally motivated to increase profits as opposed to 1329 02:04:33,199 --> 02:04:40,679 community building I've heard from the mayor and staff that fari needs more 1330 02:04:38,000 --> 02:04:44,920 units to make the development profitable it's not council's job to 1331 02:04:43,520 --> 02:04:50,880 make fari profitable it's your job to follow the 1332 02:04:47,599 --> 02:04:56,840 bylaws and protect the Integrity of the community 1333 02:04:53,480 --> 02:05:00,159 these variance requests aren't minor you can drive a truck through 1334 02:05:07,199 --> 02:05:16,199 them I implore Council to do the right thing turn down this application and let 1335 02:05:13,280 --> 02:05:22,880 the committee assist as a party to the defense at OTL thank you Mr 1336 02:05:20,199 --> 02:05:28,000 Mayor thank you Mr King any questions before he walks away of Mr 1337 02:05:28,960 --> 02:05:34,199 King seeing none thank you yes 1338 02:05:35,320 --> 02:05:43,360 please so again just a friendly reminder uh new information please state 1339 02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:48,119 your name and address for the record welcome um thank you your worship and 1340 02:05:45,840 --> 02:05:53,400 counselors my name is Melanie mcran I live at 11 Cedarwood Street along with 1341 02:05:51,639 --> 02:05:59,040 with my husband and children uh that location is one street 1342 02:05:56,199 --> 02:06:05,040 over from one edge of the proposed development uh we live there on and off 1343 02:06:01,159 --> 02:06:10,880 for 10 years I now summarize my November 5th 2024 letter sent to All of You 1344 02:06:07,760 --> 02:06:16,760 counselors and uh your worship regarding far's then and still most recent revised 1345 02:06:14,320 --> 02:06:20,760 application for redevelopment of 401 Lake 1346 02:06:17,960 --> 02:06:25,559 View far's minor revisions are insufficient in my view as a close 1347 02:06:23,440 --> 02:06:31,239 affected resident to address a number of problems previously raised to it and to 1348 02:06:28,239 --> 02:06:35,559 you I will summarize these now fari has communicated its effort to be responsive 1349 02:06:33,639 --> 02:06:43,400 to its own assessment of Resident concerns by as I understand a aligning 1350 02:06:40,079 --> 02:06:49,440 both slightly smaller footprint seven story are for apartment buildings each 1351 02:06:46,360 --> 02:06:55,559 with 160 instead of the original 196 units along o59 presumably reducing the 1352 02:06:53,000 --> 02:07:04,159 number of occupants by as few as 72 B increasing the number of R34 story 1353 02:06:59,960 --> 02:07:08,400 stacked town homes from 48 to 68 with 10 aligned on the north side of Lake View 1354 02:07:06,280 --> 02:07:14,639 Drive presumably increasing the number of occupants by about 60 assuming three 1355 02:07:11,599 --> 02:07:22,679 residents per town home and 80 assuming four C still failing to provide 30 1356 02:07:18,599 --> 02:07:28,679 required visitor parking spaces D still failing I understand to provide quite 1357 02:07:25,239 --> 02:07:33,040 all of the required Parkland although um I I would like to hear if that's not the 1358 02:07:30,320 --> 02:07:40,639 case and E failing to save all of the large trees along o59 or on the traffic 1359 02:07:37,079 --> 02:07:45,040 the traffic calming Island on Lake View just off 1360 02:07:42,119 --> 02:07:50,800 o59 thus hundreds of residents would still suddenly be added to an area with 1361 02:07:48,119 --> 02:07:56,239 almost no Services they would need and only one infrequently running bus route 1362 02:07:53,639 --> 02:08:02,040 the Northwest route servicing it I'm very concerned that this is a recipe for 1363 02:07:58,920 --> 02:08:06,159 abundant need for cars and parking inadequate park space and crowding in 1364 02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:11,159 general I am also very concerned as a recipe for social ills what is there for 1365 02:08:09,239 --> 02:08:16,320 young people for instance to do in an area mostly occupied by seniors and 1366 02:08:13,639 --> 02:08:22,559 young families and no services for young people and few for anyone else assuming 1367 02:08:19,040 --> 02:08:26,440 fari wasn't made to follow every rule for instance regarding providing the 1368 02:08:24,840 --> 02:08:32,480 required number of visitor parking spaces falling short in this case by 30 1369 02:08:29,679 --> 02:08:36,800 why not weren't all of those rules made for good 1370 02:08:33,559 --> 02:08:42,280 reason 30 absent visitor parking spaces would mean nearby residents like me 1371 02:08:39,719 --> 02:08:47,280 would frequently have cars not our own or those of our own visitors or close 1372 02:08:44,159 --> 02:08:51,719 neighbors parked in front of our houses this would change our whole neighborhood 1373 02:08:48,719 --> 02:08:56,440 for the worse in my view does far imagine its proposed development 1374 02:08:53,760 --> 02:09:02,079 residents won't have the usual number of visitors because if it acknowledges 1375 02:08:59,040 --> 02:09:07,760 these new residents would have visitors where else is fari effectively sending 1376 02:09:04,520 --> 02:09:13,559 them to park similarly with inadequate park space and services wouldn't current 1377 02:09:10,960 --> 02:09:18,440 residents neighborhood parks by definition be overused not by themselves 1378 02:09:16,639 --> 02:09:24,480 and their own visitors or visitors to the city but by new residents who would 1379 02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:30,960 have inadequate other places to play or to serve them Additionally the East End 1380 02:09:27,719 --> 02:09:36,920 of the landscaped traffic calming Island on Lake View at its intersection with 1381 02:09:33,800 --> 02:09:42,639 o59 part of it will still be removed presumably lowering current residents uh 1382 02:09:39,679 --> 02:09:47,559 property values of course but also and concerningly um wouldn't lowering the 1383 02:09:44,800 --> 02:09:52,040 speed limit to 40 kilm an hour there while actually making it 1384 02:09:49,360 --> 02:09:57,599 easier by um decreasing ing the traffic calming Island space to speed in this 1385 02:09:54,719 --> 02:10:03,599 area isn't that at best a naive way to cope with immensely greater traffic 1386 02:10:01,079 --> 02:10:07,840 resulting from hundreds of new residents who need to use their cars because 1387 02:10:06,079 --> 02:10:12,239 there's no Services nearby they can walk to and very little bus service given the 1388 02:10:10,440 --> 02:10:17,040 very high number of small children and seniors in the area might this not be a 1389 02:10:14,320 --> 02:10:20,520 recipe for danger to pedestrians I understand that in far's most recent 1390 02:10:18,760 --> 02:10:25,360 revised application there continues to be no assessment of the safety impact on 1391 02:10:22,960 --> 02:10:30,480 the community of various traffic routing decisions in far's studies and reports 1392 02:10:28,400 --> 02:10:35,760 despite the given area of o59 H to my understanding being a 1393 02:10:32,840 --> 02:10:39,800 declared or posted Community safety zone though if I'm mistaken in this I would 1394 02:10:37,880 --> 02:10:44,559 love to see I would be grateful to see any such safety impact assessment of 1395 02:10:41,960 --> 02:10:49,040 faries I thank Council for considering my 1396 02:10:46,800 --> 02:10:53,199 comments thank you now you did bring up a couple of questions pointed questions 1397 02:10:50,960 --> 02:10:59,679 there I'm going to ask if the planner may be able to speak uh one of them I 1398 02:10:55,360 --> 02:11:05,440 caught was the recreational space is the adequate and I believe it was 5% Mr 1399 02:11:02,280 --> 02:11:05,440 Gilbert can you speak to that 1400 02:11:05,880 --> 02:11:14,719 please I three Mr Mayor the uh Park block that's provided in this plan is 1401 02:11:12,040 --> 02:11:19,760 the 5% that's required so there's there is no further Parkland uh required uh 1402 02:11:17,960 --> 02:11:23,800 for this development okay 1403 02:11:22,239 --> 02:11:27,360 thank you that's what I thought and was there something else 1404 02:11:27,880 --> 02:11:37,599 there seeing none if I if I can ask a question is this is this um I'm not sure 1405 02:11:33,760 --> 02:11:43,800 if I can your word go ahead so is this is this area uh declared as a community 1406 02:11:40,119 --> 02:11:49,040 safety zone uh no I do not believe it is I'm looking at the planer to confirm 1407 02:11:45,360 --> 02:11:53,920 that or engineering no no it's not at least at this point my concern is is 1408 02:11:51,440 --> 02:11:57,360 based on then um there being very many children small children living there and 1409 02:11:56,239 --> 02:12:03,000 uh as well as thank you any 1410 02:11:59,679 --> 02:12:03,000 questions of the 1411 02:12:03,199 --> 02:12:07,880 delegation from Council no okay thank you very 1412 02:12:08,520 --> 02:12:15,440 much now would anyone else like to uh speak out against this 1413 02:12:19,360 --> 02:12:26,559 application seeing none okay thank you very much we will move 1414 02:12:23,920 --> 02:12:33,800 along just remind everybody here that we will be uh having further discussions on 1415 02:12:30,320 --> 02:12:38,599 Thursday and I would ask due to spacing we don't have as much room at city 1416 02:12:36,239 --> 02:12:43,559 council you will be able to watch it live on YouTube if you'd rather stay 1417 02:12:41,199 --> 02:12:50,119 home watch the hockey game and Council thanks everybody for being here 1418 02:12:45,800 --> 02:12:54,159 tonight we'll give a couple seconds to let e 1419 02:13:27,440 --> 02:13:33,599 okay everybody we've still got five more items tonight I'd ask if you'd like to 1420 02:13:31,520 --> 02:13:41,119 talk and visit please go outside so we can continue 1421 02:13:35,040 --> 02:13:41,119 on our meeting please thank you 1422 02:14:04,639 --> 02:14:07,639 than 1423 02:14:33,079 --> 02:14:39,159 ZN 8-24 D28 application for zone 1424 02:14:40,480 --> 02:14:44,320 change Mr Miller thank 1425 02:14:50,040 --> 02:14:54,040 you e 1426 02:15:22,719 --> 02:15:25,639 see my drawings on 1427 02:15:34,440 --> 02:15:39,520 there what's that location number 2428 this 1428 02:15:40,199 --> 02:15:46,079 one 2426 2428 yeah okay 1429 02:15:48,760 --> 02:15:53,559 perfect it's too late for eyes to 1430 02:15:57,040 --> 02:16:01,719 work all right thanks everybody for being patient and sticking around and 1431 02:16:00,760 --> 02:16:07,320 we'll move along Mr 1432 02:16:04,719 --> 02:16:12,159 Miller good evening committee staff and remaining members of the public uh 1433 02:16:09,119 --> 02:16:17,000 application for zone change zn8 2428 in the name of Audrey Harris care of 1434 02:16:14,599 --> 02:16:21,280 Barbara Yonker and Helen Whitehead the subject lands are described as 1435 02:16:18,679 --> 02:16:26,760 concession 13 part lot four five formerly in eora city of Woodstock 1436 02:16:23,320 --> 02:16:30,040 interly known as 231 pitock Park Road the subject lands are designated a low 1437 02:16:28,360 --> 02:16:33,920 density residential in Oxford County's official plan uh are currently zoned 1438 02:16:32,399 --> 02:16:38,160 future development and the zoning request is for them to be zoned 1439 02:16:35,559 --> 02:16:42,240 residential Zone 3 or R3 the application for zone change 1440 02:16:40,599 --> 02:16:46,319 proposes to reone the subject lands for future development to residential Zone 3 1441 02:16:44,639 --> 02:16:51,200 to facilitate the development of 20 townhouse units and four semi attached 1442 02:16:48,200 --> 02:16:55,319 units on the subject lands the proposed will contain four townhouse blocks of 1443 02:16:52,960 --> 02:16:59,240 five units each and two semi detached blocks for a total of 24 units the 1444 02:16:57,679 --> 02:17:03,599 subject lands currently contain single attached dwelling and detached garage 1445 02:17:01,040 --> 02:17:03,599 that's to be 1446 02:17:07,559 --> 02:17:12,439 removed at the time of writing this report one letter of concern was 1447 02:17:11,160 --> 02:17:16,200 received and has been included as an attachment to this report the letter 1448 02:17:14,160 --> 02:17:20,960 raises concerns over only single detached dwellings being permitted on 1449 02:17:17,800 --> 02:17:24,920 adjacent lands zoned r119 lack of sidewalks in the area and 1450 02:17:22,559 --> 02:17:30,240 parking and traffic concerns particular particularly related to pck park traffic 1451 02:17:28,040 --> 02:17:34,479 for Kel's information the city plans to initiate Road Works in this area in 2026 1452 02:17:33,439 --> 02:17:38,280 including sidewalks The Proposal is consistent 1453 02:17:36,639 --> 02:17:41,519 with the PPS policies respecting intensification Redevelopment and 1454 02:17:40,000 --> 02:17:46,679 efficient use of lands and Municipal services within a settlement area the 1455 02:17:44,319 --> 02:17:50,399 Redevelopment of the lands for 24 units replacing the existing single attached 1456 02:17:48,319 --> 02:17:54,000 dwelling is an appropriate reuse and redevelop of under utilized lands and 1457 02:17:52,439 --> 02:17:57,439 will provide additional housing units and types for the current and future 1458 02:17:55,639 --> 02:18:01,120 residents of the city of Woodstock The Proposal is consistent 1459 02:17:59,639 --> 02:18:05,439 with the policies of the low density residential designation the proposal 1460 02:18:03,399 --> 02:18:09,920 represents an appropriate reuse and development of underutilized sites and 1461 02:18:07,479 --> 02:18:15,840 the proposed density of 28 units per hectare is permitted in the low density 1462 02:18:12,960 --> 02:18:19,800 designation the proposal also satisfied criteria for infill proposals as 1463 02:18:18,080 --> 02:18:24,000 contained in the official plan the use of lands for townhouse is a permitted 1464 02:18:21,800 --> 02:18:27,000 use and the subject lands front onto pitock Park Road which is a minor 1465 02:18:25,399 --> 02:18:31,319 collector Road and will be serviced by a single entrance the subject lands are 1466 02:18:29,359 --> 02:18:35,399 also immediately adjacent to pck park and pck Conservation Area this area of 1467 02:18:33,679 --> 02:18:40,240 the city is characterized by a wide variety of lot sizes lot areas lot 1468 02:18:37,519 --> 02:18:44,760 frontages and development types and in and the introduction of 24 dwelling 1469 02:18:42,080 --> 02:18:47,439 units with a common entrance and on an oversized lot will be compatible with 1470 02:18:46,439 --> 02:18:50,760 surrounding development although the area directly 1471 02:18:49,479 --> 02:18:54,160 west of the subject lands is car characterized by very large lots and 1472 02:18:52,439 --> 02:18:58,760 single detached dwellings there are many smaller single detached dwellings and 1473 02:18:55,800 --> 02:19:02,399 Tow houses immediately to the east The Proposal also provides all required 1474 02:19:00,359 --> 02:19:05,760 parking and visitor parking the development will be subject to site plan 1475 02:19:03,880 --> 02:19:09,679 approval where servicing design lot grading storm water management buffering 1476 02:19:07,599 --> 02:19:13,559 and fencing will be required to be designed to the satisfaction of the city 1477 02:19:12,240 --> 02:19:16,719 planning staff of the opinion that the proposed zone change is consistent with 1478 02:19:15,160 --> 02:19:20,719 the provincial planning statement and the official plan policies respecting 1479 02:19:19,000 --> 02:19:24,319 infield development and low density res residential areas and should be given 1480 02:19:22,000 --> 02:19:27,399 favorable consideration as such staff recommend approval of the 1481 02:19:27,679 --> 02:19:34,960 application thank you any questions of Mr 1482 02:19:31,639 --> 02:19:34,960 Miller councilor 1483 02:19:35,280 --> 02:19:43,240 shenberg yeah thanks uh through the planner I guess my best question be 1484 02:19:40,920 --> 02:19:48,599 describ would the Builder be required to or developer be required to to fence the 1485 02:19:45,399 --> 02:19:53,680 entire property both for security of the uh residents but also for uh protection 1486 02:19:51,840 --> 02:19:57,479 between that and the SLI Trail at the city of Woodstock 1487 02:19:55,319 --> 02:20:00,600 Parkland uh through the chair that's not something that is uh it's not a 1488 02:19:58,880 --> 02:20:04,640 requirement through zoning um it is something we look at through site plan 1489 02:20:02,120 --> 02:20:07,560 to make sure that um any concerns that neighbors have through privacy and 1490 02:20:06,160 --> 02:20:11,560 things like that can be taken care of through fencing but it's not something 1491 02:20:08,640 --> 02:20:11,560 that's necessarily 1492 02:20:14,760 --> 02:20:19,720 required Council have any other questions 1493 02:20:20,880 --> 02:20:29,920 none thank you this I would uh point I would invite the applicant to come 1494 02:20:27,359 --> 02:20:34,720 forward please state your name and address in relation to the application 1495 02:20:32,720 --> 02:20:39,880 and uh we'll go from there thank you hello everybody uh Dave Redford 751 1496 02:20:37,200 --> 02:20:39,880 anzio Road in 1497 02:20:43,080 --> 02:20:52,640 Woodstock just here to support the application okay thank you any questions 1498 02:20:48,120 --> 02:20:52,640 of the application or of the applicant 1499 02:20:55,680 --> 02:21:00,720 councelor shenberg yeah sure again it from the 1500 02:20:58,680 --> 02:21:04,560 mayor through to our applicant and delegation I guess the same question to 1501 02:21:02,600 --> 02:21:08,479 you Mr Redford would there be a plan for security purposes just to be able to put 1502 02:21:06,359 --> 02:21:13,600 a a fence around the entire property is that part of the sort of overall plan 1503 02:21:10,520 --> 02:21:17,080 for the uh condominium if that's what the city would require we could 1504 02:21:15,000 --> 02:21:21,960 definitely do that and will each unit be sold 1505 02:21:19,359 --> 02:21:26,280 individually as if they minum units or would they be rentals eventually they'll 1506 02:21:24,160 --> 02:21:31,439 be rentals for now all done by local uh Builders as 1507 02:21:31,720 --> 02:21:36,760 well thank you any other questions for Mr 1508 02:21:37,680 --> 02:21:45,000 Redford thank you very much for being here thank you thanks for your 1509 02:21:42,280 --> 02:21:49,520 patience please y thank you uh at this point I'd ask if anybody 1510 02:21:47,520 --> 02:21:52,960 would like to speak in favor of this application to come 1511 02:21:53,040 --> 02:21:58,880 forward seeing none would anybody like to come forward and speak against this 1512 02:22:01,560 --> 02:22:12,319 application seeing none we'll move along next up 2D which is ZN 8-24 d26 1513 02:22:10,280 --> 02:22:17,640 application for zone change for Callaway Real Estate Investment Trust and 1514 02:22:14,200 --> 02:22:21,840 Canadian Tire Mr Miller thank you 1515 02:22:39,160 --> 02:22:47,399 application for zone change zn8 2426 caway Real Estate Investment Trust Inc 1516 02:22:44,319 --> 02:22:54,359 and cadan higher Properties Inc the subject the subject properties 1517 02:22:49,920 --> 02:22:59,479 is described as 41 M82 Lots 4 7 and N part Lots 5 6 8 and 10 in the city of 1518 02:22:57,319 --> 02:23:05,080 Woodstock and are municipally known as 465 and 499 norch Avenue the subject 1519 02:23:03,120 --> 02:23:09,080 lands are designated Regional commercial node in the County's official plan our 1520 02:23:07,439 --> 02:23:13,160 currently zoned special Regional commercial Zone 1521 02:23:10,680 --> 02:23:16,520 c61 and the applicants are just looking to amend that zone in this 1522 02:23:19,040 --> 02:23:24,279 case the the application for zone change proposes to amend the current zoning 1523 02:23:22,920 --> 02:23:28,840 provisions on the subject lands to permit an LCBO an additional Standalone 1524 02:23:27,040 --> 02:23:33,120 building and a reduced minimum parking standard within the commercial Plaza on 1525 02:23:30,640 --> 02:23:36,120 the subject Lance as the proposal will promote an efficient use of existing 1526 02:23:34,800 --> 02:23:39,560 infrastructure planning staff are satisfied that the proposed development 1527 02:23:37,720 --> 02:23:42,600 is consistent with the PPS with respect to land uses within a designated 1528 02:23:41,200 --> 02:23:46,640 settlement area the regional commercial node 1529 02:23:44,800 --> 02:23:51,720 designation permits a variety wide variety of commercial uses but the c611 1530 02:23:49,600 --> 02:23:56,279 Zone specific spefically prohibits a retail food store or supermarket in this 1531 02:23:54,399 --> 02:24:01,200 case Standalone so I know Walmart has a food market in it but it's it's 1532 02:23:58,160 --> 02:24:06,319 excluding Standalone Food Markets uh a Brewer's retail outlet and an LCBO 1533 02:24:03,479 --> 02:24:10,720 outlet with regard to Prohibition of of an LCBO Outlet this provision was 1534 02:24:08,640 --> 02:24:15,720 originally intended to maintain the LCBO within the city's Central Area however 1535 02:24:13,040 --> 02:24:19,160 the LCBO has since has since relocated from the central area and the increase 1536 02:24:17,479 --> 02:24:22,520 in the city's growing Pro in the increase in the city's growing 1537 02:24:20,520 --> 02:24:26,560 population is able to support an LCBO Outlet within this 1538 02:24:24,399 --> 02:24:30,680 location the requested reduction in parking from one space per 22 square 1539 02:24:28,680 --> 02:24:36,040 meters of gross floor area of structures to one space per 22 per 24 square meters 1540 02:24:34,359 --> 02:24:39,760 is a minor departure from the existing standard and is a resultant from the 1541 02:24:37,760 --> 02:24:44,520 proposed Standalone building which is shown as Building E on the applicant 1542 02:24:42,200 --> 02:24:48,600 sketch no parking issues have been identified on site the subject land 1543 02:24:46,800 --> 02:24:51,520 serviced by public transit and staff are satisfied that the reduction in parking 1544 02:24:50,000 --> 02:24:55,640 will not have a negative impact on the site or adjon 1545 02:24:53,479 --> 02:24:59,520 properties an additional Standalone building is is proposed for the subject 1546 02:24:57,560 --> 02:25:03,000 LS the building is proposed to be located near the South End of the 1547 02:25:00,760 --> 02:25:07,560 subject LS between Walmart and a 3unit commercial structure the building will 1548 02:25:05,479 --> 02:25:11,840 impact some parking spaces but will not impact traffic traffic flow through the 1549 02:25:09,600 --> 02:25:16,359 site the subject lands have reached the maximum gross floor airr structures on 1550 02:25:13,640 --> 02:25:19,840 the site and the proposed 6,000 ft new building means that the maximum gross 1551 02:25:18,000 --> 02:25:24,240 flare on the subject lands will need to be increased from 1552 02:25:22,080 --> 02:25:30,319 3532 met to 35,9 met the established gross Fair 1553 02:25:27,800 --> 02:25:35,160 floor area was intended to ensure that the intended to ensure that the intended 1554 02:25:33,479 --> 02:25:39,279 to ensure the continued functioning of the site and flow of traffic staff have 1555 02:25:37,640 --> 02:25:43,760 no concerns that the increased maximum gross floor area will impact the subject 1556 02:25:41,399 --> 02:25:47,040 lands or adjacent properties planning staff are satisfied that the proposal is 1557 02:25:45,640 --> 02:25:49,880 consistent with the policies of the provincial planning statement and meet 1558 02:25:48,680 --> 02:25:53,040 the general intent and purpose of the official plan respecting commercial uses 1559 02:25:51,720 --> 02:25:57,600 within the regional commercial no designation and can be given favorable 1560 02:25:55,520 --> 02:26:00,160 consideration as such staff recommend approval of the 1561 02:26:00,960 --> 02:26:09,880 application thank you any uh questions councelor Wismer vanir of Mr Miller of 1562 02:26:07,800 --> 02:26:14,319 course um through your worship to Mr Miller do we know what the Standalone 1563 02:26:11,479 --> 02:26:18,520 building is going to have in it I first I was confused I thought it was the LCB 1564 02:26:16,200 --> 02:26:22,479 LCBO asking to go in there but I can see that it's not it's going into the old 1565 02:26:20,279 --> 02:26:27,240 re's location potentially but this Standalone it just I wasn't sure if 1566 02:26:24,600 --> 02:26:30,600 that's been clarified uh it's probably the best for the appin agent who's here 1567 02:26:29,160 --> 02:26:36,399 to answer that question I believe is something Financial but he might be able 1568 02:26:32,680 --> 02:26:36,399 to confirm for you uh when he comes 1569 02:26:36,760 --> 02:26:42,160 up thank you any other questions or the planner from 1570 02:26:43,279 --> 02:26:47,560 Council seeing none thank you very 1571 02:26:47,880 --> 02:26:55,760 much I believe the agent is here this evening if you'd like to speak to the 1572 02:27:01,080 --> 02:27:09,680 application again please state your name and address for the uh record uh my name 1573 02:27:06,279 --> 02:27:14,080 is Daniel brania thank you um so good evening 1574 02:27:10,920 --> 02:27:19,200 Council uh staff and uh and the public um I'm here today on behalf of 1575 02:27:16,439 --> 02:27:23,319 smart centers who is the owner of the lands for this applic 1576 02:27:21,840 --> 02:27:26,720 and I'm also joined by our planner Kristen barrisdale uh from GSP group 1577 02:27:25,720 --> 02:27:33,240 who's in the audience and uh she can come up if uh if 1578 02:27:30,439 --> 02:27:37,359 needed to provide some additional information uh I'd like to thank Justin 1579 02:27:35,279 --> 02:27:41,240 for giving a comprehensive um review of our application our request 1580 02:27:40,120 --> 02:27:47,760 here tonight and it's great to see that staff 1581 02:27:44,720 --> 02:27:52,800 are recommending approval of our request as indicated in their staff report 1582 02:27:51,520 --> 02:27:57,399 um I can provide some additional background information about smart 1583 02:27:54,359 --> 02:28:03,399 centers our application and then answer any questions you may 1584 02:28:00,000 --> 02:28:07,399 have so smart centers as many of you know are owners and operators of 1585 02:28:05,920 --> 02:28:13,279 shopping centers uh throughout Canada we have 1586 02:28:10,640 --> 02:28:16,800 approximately 195 locations and we always strive to 1587 02:28:15,319 --> 02:28:22,920 provide value and convenience to our customers 1588 02:28:20,960 --> 02:28:29,000 in the city of Woodstock we have been here for over 20 years since we first 1589 02:28:26,319 --> 02:28:32,920 opened our shopping center back in 2002 um that's also when the Walmart 1590 02:28:31,800 --> 02:28:39,720 opened here we're proud to be part of this 1591 02:28:36,000 --> 02:28:43,520 community and um we believe that we offer excellent service and we're 1592 02:28:42,160 --> 02:28:47,160 dedicated to this community as is represented by our 1593 02:28:45,600 --> 02:28:52,200 shopping center but going forward 1594 02:28:50,560 --> 02:28:58,160 we'd like to take this opportunity to further improve our retail offerings by 1595 02:28:54,760 --> 02:29:03,439 opening a second LCBO on the property this is the second LCBO that will be in 1596 02:29:00,760 --> 02:29:07,920 Woodstock and a new 6,000 foot commercial 1597 02:29:05,279 --> 02:29:11,760 building and to facilitate these proposed developments we're just asking 1598 02:29:09,880 --> 02:29:17,359 for some minor amendments to the zoning bylaw which I'll go through now the 1599 02:29:13,880 --> 02:29:23,960 first of which is a minor increase to the total gross floor area permitted in 1600 02:29:20,560 --> 02:29:31,880 the zone to accommodate the new 6,000 ft building this represents less than 2% of 1601 02:29:26,880 --> 02:29:37,399 the overall size of the shopping center and according to population estimates 1602 02:29:34,720 --> 02:29:43,600 the city of Woodstock has experienced robust population 1603 02:29:39,640 --> 02:29:48,600 growth growing by approximately 13.6% from 2016 to 2021 which is our 1604 02:29:47,359 --> 02:29:51,920 census data which is more more than double the 1605 02:29:50,800 --> 02:29:58,240 provincial average it's estimated that the existing 1606 02:29:54,359 --> 02:30:03,040 population of 46,000 will be more than 58,000 within the next 10 years all of 1607 02:30:01,840 --> 02:30:07,680 this is to say all these new residents existing 1608 02:30:06,000 --> 02:30:14,279 residents and new residents are going to need a place to shop and we believe this 1609 02:30:10,600 --> 02:30:18,279 minor 6,000 foot increase in retail will be able to support be be supported by 1610 02:30:16,399 --> 02:30:23,160 the population the second request is a minor 1611 02:30:20,640 --> 02:30:29,080 decrease to the parking ratio which is to accommodate the building footprint 1612 02:30:26,120 --> 02:30:33,240 this is approximately 54 spaces reduction of 54 1613 02:30:30,720 --> 02:30:37,800 spaces but it's important to note that even after 1614 02:30:35,240 --> 02:30:44,120 development we will still be offering over 1,500 spaces to 1615 02:30:41,200 --> 02:30:47,399 Shoppers um the building will be located in a in a portion of the property that 1616 02:30:46,279 --> 02:30:55,279 is underutilized um with um parking spaces 1617 02:30:51,200 --> 02:30:59,479 that are usually unoccupied in general there's throughout the whole shopping 1618 02:30:57,120 --> 02:31:04,520 center there's many parking spaces that are unoccupied indicating that there's a 1619 02:31:01,640 --> 02:31:09,439 surplus of parking there in addition we're finding that 1620 02:31:07,000 --> 02:31:15,040 Shoppers today are choosing other forms of transportation as well including 1621 02:31:12,439 --> 02:31:21,880 public transit which is reducing the Reliance on individual 1622 02:31:17,080 --> 02:31:21,880 Automobiles and parking 1623 02:31:22,160 --> 02:31:29,880 and to add to that for additional context our shopping center immediately 1624 02:31:28,000 --> 02:31:34,479 adjacent to our shopping center there's two public transit routes that are 1625 02:31:32,439 --> 02:31:38,120 easily accessible to Shoppers Route 5 and Route Six that can be 1626 02:31:38,960 --> 02:31:47,520 used our last request is to add a second LCBO in the city of 1627 02:31:45,359 --> 02:31:53,479 Woodstock in today's market alcohol is readily available in 1628 02:31:50,720 --> 02:31:58,760 many locations including grocery stores convenience stores and gas stations so 1629 02:31:56,439 --> 02:32:02,040 in our in our opinion putting an additional location here is 1630 02:32:03,040 --> 02:32:10,800 appropriate this this represents a great opportunity for us at this time to 1631 02:32:08,880 --> 02:32:15,560 enhance our shopping center and provide much needed in demand 1632 02:32:13,640 --> 02:32:21,520 services for the community overall the requested amend 1633 02:32:18,240 --> 02:32:24,720 amendments are quite minor and they will facilitate development 1634 02:32:23,160 --> 02:32:30,600 that's going to be similar to what's already existing on the shopping center 1635 02:32:26,960 --> 02:32:35,439 so we foresee this being as a seamless integration and will maintain the 1636 02:32:32,880 --> 02:32:43,080 existing character of our shopping center therefore when all things are 1637 02:32:40,160 --> 02:32:50,000 considered we believe our request represents good planning and should be 1638 02:32:47,279 --> 02:32:54,479 approved so thank you for taking the the time to listen to this 1639 02:32:51,760 --> 02:33:01,160 presentation and we would be happy to take any questions 1640 02:32:56,840 --> 02:33:06,479 now thank you any questions of Mr bro councelor Wismer 1641 02:33:03,640 --> 02:33:10,680 vanm um through your worship to Mr vcia did you mention what was potentially 1642 02:33:08,319 --> 02:33:14,880 going in that out building um in your presentation so I 1643 02:33:13,000 --> 02:33:19,080 was trying to read some of this smaller print on here with my really bad eyes 1644 02:33:16,640 --> 02:33:23,800 and I'm not sure if you if you mentioned it when I was reading that information 1645 02:33:21,439 --> 02:33:29,240 yeah absolutely through the mayor um it's going to be a financial 1646 02:33:25,520 --> 02:33:29,240 institution perfect thank you so 1647 02:33:30,920 --> 02:33:36,760 much any other questions of the 1648 02:33:37,560 --> 02:33:43,840 applicant seeing none thank you very much for being here tonight thank you 1649 02:33:45,120 --> 02:33:52,359 mayor at this point I'd ask if anybody would like to come forward and speak in 1650 02:33:49,399 --> 02:33:52,359 favor of this 1651 02:33:53,840 --> 02:34:00,160 application seeing none anybody here would like to speak against this 1652 02:34:02,560 --> 02:34:06,800 application seeing none moving 1653 02:34:12,279 --> 02:34:24,560 along next up uh sorry 2 e ZN 8-24 D20 1654 02:34:20,319 --> 02:34:24,560 application for zone change Mr 1655 02:34:27,240 --> 02:34:35,120 Miller application for zone change zn8 2420 name of 10 99979.89116 1656 02:34:49,760 --> 02:34:54,640 first letter is from the landowner and the second letter is from radar Property 1657 02:34:52,760 --> 02:35:00,080 Management Inc outlining improvements to the property uh they've been included as 1658 02:34:56,760 --> 02:35:04,359 attachments six and seven in the report the subject property is described as 1659 02:35:02,200 --> 02:35:09,160 part lot 20 East side of delater street plan 10 as in 1660 02:35:06,680 --> 02:35:14,520 39779 5 in the city of Woodstock and municipally known as 18 and 20 delater 1661 02:35:11,439 --> 02:35:17,600 Street the subject lands are designated uh Central commercial in the city of 1662 02:35:16,120 --> 02:35:21,160 wood or Central area in the city of Woodstock land use plan and Entre R 1663 02:35:19,760 --> 02:35:24,720 preneurial district and the City of Woodstock Central Area development 1664 02:35:28,479 --> 02:35:34,439 plan the applications for Zone the application for zone change proposes to 1665 02:35:32,479 --> 02:35:39,800 reone the subject lands from special residential Zone r225 to special 1666 02:35:36,880 --> 02:35:43,800 entrepreneurial District c311 to facilitate the addition of four dwelling 1667 02:35:41,560 --> 02:35:47,399 units to an existing three dwelling unit converted dwelling this change will 1668 02:35:45,800 --> 02:35:50,080 result in a development that is consistent with the definition of a 1669 02:35:48,720 --> 02:35:54,760 multiple attached dwelling and is permitted in the C3 Zone the applicant 1670 02:35:53,080 --> 02:35:58,000 proposes an addition to the rear of the existing Residential Building to 1671 02:35:56,279 --> 02:36:02,040 accommodate the four extra dwelling units and proposes to relocate the 1672 02:35:59,960 --> 02:36:06,000 existing accessory structure on the property to accommodate additional 1673 02:36:03,520 --> 02:36:10,200 required parking the applicants intend to retain the accessory structure for 1674 02:36:08,080 --> 02:36:14,120 storage space for the residents and for storage of Maintenance 1675 02:36:11,920 --> 02:36:16,720 equipments as the proposal were promote an efficient use of land and 1676 02:36:15,240 --> 02:36:20,040 infrastructure a mix of range and housing options planning staff are 1677 02:36:18,560 --> 02:36:23,800 satisfied that the proposed development is consistent with the policies of the 1678 02:36:21,560 --> 02:36:28,160 PPS with respect to housing needs within a designated settlement area by 1679 02:36:25,600 --> 02:36:31,920 providing rental housing and Woodstock with regard to the Zone provision 1680 02:36:29,600 --> 02:36:35,720 requesting reduced lot Frontage sard and parking area setbacks these features 1681 02:36:34,240 --> 02:36:39,120 currently exist on site with the existing structures and with the 1682 02:36:37,319 --> 02:36:42,720 exception of the parking area setb have previously been recognized in the 1683 02:36:40,439 --> 02:36:46,760 current r225 Zone the proposed addition or relocation 1684 02:36:45,359 --> 02:36:50,560 of the accessory structure will not further reduce the Zone Provisions 1685 02:36:48,359 --> 02:36:54,000 associated with the existing structure law Frontage Provisions are intended to 1686 02:36:52,200 --> 02:36:58,160 ensure that sufficient space is provided for a building envelope access and off 1687 02:36:55,760 --> 02:37:01,319 street parking side yard Provisions are intended to ensure that adequate space 1688 02:36:59,840 --> 02:37:04,960 is provided for Access and normal maintenance of structures parking area 1689 02:37:03,520 --> 02:37:08,880 setbacks are intended to ensure that adequate space is provided for parking 1690 02:37:07,160 --> 02:37:12,680 and that Vehicles do not trespass onto adjacent properties when parking given 1691 02:37:11,279 --> 02:37:16,640 the long-term existence of the conditions of the development staff do 1692 02:37:14,520 --> 02:37:20,319 not anticipate anticipate a negative impact from the alternative Zone 1693 02:37:18,000 --> 02:37:23,279 Provisions requested resulting from the proposed addition and 1694 02:37:22,040 --> 02:37:26,120 increase in dwelling units the applicants have also requested 1695 02:37:24,479 --> 02:37:30,800 alternative Zone Provisions with respect to lot area per dwelling unit landscaped 1696 02:37:28,600 --> 02:37:33,840 open space and amenity space these Provisions are intended to ensure that 1697 02:37:32,439 --> 02:37:38,560 sufficient space is provided for amenities outdoor space and space for 1698 02:37:36,160 --> 02:37:44,359 drainage the applicants have requested a minimum lot area per dwelling unit from 1699 02:37:40,960 --> 02:37:49,720 150 dwelling 150 square meters to 141 square meters a minimum required 1700 02:37:46,200 --> 02:37:54,120 landscaped open SP space from 35% to 30 2% and to reduce the minimum required 1701 02:37:52,080 --> 02:38:00,200 amenity space from 30 square met per dwelling unit to 15 Square 1702 02:37:57,520 --> 02:38:03,600 met for the most part these are minor departures from the existing go Zone 1703 02:38:01,880 --> 02:38:07,080 standard and are not anticipated to have an netive impact on the proposed 1704 02:38:05,080 --> 02:38:10,920 development further the subject lands are approximately 17 meters from the 1705 02:38:09,000 --> 02:38:13,880 city's Central area where these Provisions are significantly reduced and 1706 02:38:12,720 --> 02:38:18,279 where the city anticipate in significantly more dense development 1707 02:38:16,600 --> 02:38:21,760 planning staff are satisfied that the proposal is consistent with the policies 1708 02:38:19,920 --> 02:38:24,680 of the provincial planning statement and meets the General intent and purpose of 1709 02:38:23,200 --> 02:38:29,520 the official plan respecting permitted uses and residential in intent 1710 02:38:28,120 --> 02:38:34,080 intensification within the entrepreneurial District designation it 1711 02:38:31,520 --> 02:38:37,960 can be given favorable consideration uh as such staff recommend approval of the 1712 02:38:38,080 --> 02:38:46,479 application thank you any questions Mr Miller councilor 1713 02:38:44,160 --> 02:38:50,520 shenberg yeah from the chair through to Mr Miller the garage at the back of the 1714 02:38:49,040 --> 02:38:55,120 property I think the last time we saw that proposal for the idea was it to 1715 02:38:52,640 --> 02:38:59,399 move it or remove it is it still supposed to be moved to a 1716 02:38:57,920 --> 02:39:02,920 different location or different location on that property yes through the chair 1717 02:39:01,439 --> 02:39:07,840 it's intended to be moved to a different location so that they can incorporate 1718 02:39:04,439 --> 02:39:14,520 all of the required parking um while while retaining the garage on 1719 02:39:12,120 --> 02:39:21,840 site I believe in the sketch that's up on the screen they kind of see a hatched 1720 02:39:17,319 --> 02:39:26,920 area where it is just southeast of words it's shown in the 1721 02:39:24,319 --> 02:39:32,200 drawing I remember asking uh before previously again with the last time they 1722 02:39:28,520 --> 02:39:36,120 were here that the the garage was awfully close or quite close to the sort 1723 02:39:34,040 --> 02:39:40,640 of the loading dock area for a Shopper Drug mark behind it which also thought 1724 02:39:38,319 --> 02:39:45,120 to me was a little bit of a kind of a predicament location for that for that 1725 02:39:42,560 --> 02:39:49,080 garage to even be existing there my next question is how big does a lot have to 1726 02:39:46,880 --> 02:39:54,040 be for low density commercial this is more generic question when you talk 1727 02:39:51,240 --> 02:39:57,479 about 30 units per hectare or 12 units per acre how long how large is a lot 1728 02:39:56,080 --> 02:40:00,920 have to be before some of that math applies does it have to be at least an 1729 02:39:58,880 --> 02:40:05,720 acre I mean obviously this is less than an acre so through the chair there are 1730 02:40:04,040 --> 02:40:09,640 minimum Zone Provisions for minimum lotteries so it depends on what type of 1731 02:40:08,200 --> 02:40:15,240 low density development you're going to do um I can't tell you what those are 1732 02:40:12,800 --> 02:40:20,120 off the top of my head but um they're they're quite small and that's why to 1733 02:40:18,279 --> 02:40:23,760 appropriately design the site uh the way the city 1734 02:40:22,000 --> 02:40:27,520 wants to it's why we establish minimum Lotter are per per dwelling unit so that 1735 02:40:26,200 --> 02:40:30,560 we make sure that there's still a minimum lot size 1736 02:40:32,560 --> 02:40:36,800 provided any other questions of the 1737 02:40:38,319 --> 02:40:46,080 planner just wait I I'll come to you this is for Council right now uh I do 1738 02:40:43,920 --> 02:40:50,560 have a question for you uh going back to the garage that's being moved thinking 1739 02:40:49,359 --> 02:40:56,439 of arus um would it be possible to have 1740 02:40:53,880 --> 02:41:00,520 additional residential units go into this Garage in the 1741 02:40:58,240 --> 02:41:06,520 future not in this case I believe the current aru zoning B only permits arus 1742 02:41:04,080 --> 02:41:10,279 in uh single detached dwelling semi- detached dwellings in Street fronting 1743 02:41:08,000 --> 02:41:15,399 tow houses so because this is a multiple attached dwelling uh it wouldn't be 1744 02:41:12,600 --> 02:41:19,840 eligible for an aru theoretically they could apply for them to be extra units 1745 02:41:17,479 --> 02:41:24,640 but they wouldn't be subject to the same discounts and things like development 1746 02:41:21,200 --> 02:41:24,640 charges that arus typically 1747 02:41:25,080 --> 02:41:35,479 get okay and just to be clear there's no uh intentions of living area within the 1748 02:41:32,920 --> 02:41:39,960 garage area at this point that's accurate um if that was proposed that 1749 02:41:37,640 --> 02:41:45,399 way uh they would be then be deficient on parking further deficient in things 1750 02:41:42,080 --> 02:41:50,160 like uh dwelling unit per square meters which might raise concerns through the 1751 02:41:47,640 --> 02:41:54,120 review process again and I'm asking that for uh residents in the neighborhood 1752 02:41:52,760 --> 02:41:58,960 that have asked me so I just wanted to be clear thank you very much any other 1753 02:41:56,560 --> 02:42:01,520 questions or the planner before I open it to the 1754 02:42:01,680 --> 02:42:08,200 public okay I'm seeing none first I'd like to invite anybody to speak in favor 1755 02:42:06,880 --> 02:42:14,960 of this application to come 1756 02:42:11,399 --> 02:42:19,540 forward applicant thank you or sorry the applicant would the applicant like to 1757 02:42:17,680 --> 02:42:24,960 come forward I'm not sure if they're [Music] 1758 02:42:20,960 --> 02:42:27,600 here miss gearlink say yeah thank you very much for that 1759 02:42:27,760 --> 02:42:35,160 counselor uh seeing no applicant here tonight then I'll open it up to the 1760 02:42:32,720 --> 02:42:40,560 floor I'm sorry no one here just speak in favor of it I 1761 02:42:37,880 --> 02:42:44,040 assume anybody wishing to speak against this application please come 1762 02:42:46,000 --> 02:42:51,800 forward and I would ask that you state your name and address for the record 1763 02:42:50,200 --> 02:42:57,560 when you come to the podium and afterwards I'll ask you to fill out the 1764 02:42:54,680 --> 02:43:04,840 form perfect thank you hi everybody I'm Susan rampersad um 1765 02:43:01,640 --> 02:43:10,960 I spoke at the last meeting so um good evening uh your worship counselors um so 1766 02:43:09,040 --> 02:43:15,880 thank you for allowing me to speak I had a few questions um I ju I'm just before 1767 02:43:13,880 --> 02:43:22,720 I start speaking has there have there been any changes proposed since our last 1768 02:43:19,920 --> 02:43:25,840 meeting everything is the same how many parking spaces are 1769 02:43:28,640 --> 02:43:36,520 there just reading it it's up on the screen yeah thank you 1770 02:43:34,760 --> 02:43:40,880 so through you it's I believe the minimum parking space requirement is 1.5 1771 02:43:38,760 --> 02:43:46,080 spaces per unit and there's seven units so there's seven units and we so we 1772 02:43:42,640 --> 02:43:50,399 would round it up so what's that 14 15 7 plus 3 plus 4 11 spaces and where are 1773 02:43:48,840 --> 02:43:56,080 those 11 space is going to be in front of the 1774 02:43:51,560 --> 02:44:00,720 garage like in that back area has this property including the garage been 1775 02:43:58,560 --> 02:44:04,920 approved for commercial use because I think we heard at the last 1776 02:44:03,080 --> 02:44:11,319 meeting that the garage was rented out to an auto body shop that was being used 1777 02:44:08,359 --> 02:44:16,319 for commercial purposes so through the chair it's not currently approved 1778 02:44:13,240 --> 02:44:22,560 approved for commercial uses the r225 Zone permits uh basically what's this so 1779 02:44:19,680 --> 02:44:27,840 uh just the residential uses um the C3 zone is the in designation is 1780 02:44:25,960 --> 02:44:33,200 an entrepreneurial District which does support some commercial uses but that's 1781 02:44:29,640 --> 02:44:38,000 not what's being applied for here okay right so I I already raised my 1782 02:44:35,319 --> 02:44:41,279 objections at the last meeting I I'm understanding that nothing has really 1783 02:44:39,399 --> 02:44:47,319 changed from a planning perspective so I'm just reasserting the same objections 1784 02:44:44,200 --> 02:44:53,359 that we had before namely density uh parking on the street um disruptions to 1785 02:44:49,960 --> 02:44:57,240 the neighborhood uh traffic and just the fact that on this small City Block we 1786 02:44:55,040 --> 02:45:05,279 already have two high-rise um apartment buildings with 1787 02:45:00,560 --> 02:45:09,160 several units and now it it's the the community the residents are really 1788 02:45:06,840 --> 02:45:14,439 opposed to this because it's just too many people in a small area and again um 1789 02:45:13,560 --> 02:45:18,680 me personally I'm trying to flag an issue 1790 02:45:16,840 --> 02:45:23,880 that the applicant is not here he wasn't here the last meeting it really doesn't 1791 02:45:21,040 --> 02:45:27,359 feel like he cares and at that last meeting I was really shocked to learn 1792 02:45:25,840 --> 02:45:31,640 that the garage was being used for commercial purposes that's shocking and 1793 02:45:29,439 --> 02:45:36,240 would explain why at 3:00 in the morning every morning I'm hearing the sound of 1794 02:45:33,399 --> 02:45:42,120 drilling and sawing why we have so much police involvement um we have uh 1795 02:45:39,319 --> 02:45:46,680 violence and domestic abuse and you know all kinds of things I think the 1796 02:45:43,600 --> 02:45:51,600 community is really in favor of lowincome um affordable housing right 1797 02:45:49,520 --> 02:45:58,040 that's not the issue here the issue is the owner and the landlord we heard of 1798 02:45:53,880 --> 02:46:02,920 cockroaches no Plumbing no ability to flush and I would like to raise that as 1799 02:46:00,600 --> 02:46:08,479 like can we call Public Health can we do something about the situation that 1800 02:46:05,240 --> 02:46:13,479 already exists before we approve this dead beat landlord to add more units and 1801 02:46:11,439 --> 02:46:19,359 create more problems that's it thanks everybody any 1802 02:46:17,160 --> 02:46:22,479 questions before you go away councelor Wismer 1803 02:46:20,200 --> 02:46:27,720 vanir three your worship and Sora I missed your last name so rampersad my 1804 02:46:25,040 --> 02:46:33,240 mom lives we live next door my mom is 92 tomorrow so I'm really here speaking on 1805 02:46:30,880 --> 02:46:37,680 her behalf well I hope she has a great birthday tomorrow um I mean I think and 1806 02:46:36,399 --> 02:46:41,560 I'm not sure if you've had a chance to see the agenda there was some photos 1807 02:46:39,080 --> 02:46:44,640 provided for us from the um property owner as well as the individual that's 1808 02:46:43,160 --> 02:46:49,399 looking after the property now doing the maintenance and stuff um I know um some 1809 02:46:48,040 --> 02:46:53,800 residents that live in this area that had still been sharing some photos with 1810 02:46:51,000 --> 02:46:58,399 me to say this is what's here today this is what's going on so as nice as it is 1811 02:46:56,080 --> 02:47:03,040 to have these photos it's easy for me to send you a photo of when my place looks 1812 02:47:00,560 --> 02:47:06,439 good um I don't suspect they're going to always show us the photos of when things 1813 02:47:04,359 --> 02:47:11,560 are not looking good right um so I do still have concerns um you know when 1814 02:47:09,000 --> 02:47:16,399 neighbors are still sending me photos uh showing that um it's maybe not being 1815 02:47:14,680 --> 02:47:20,319 cared for the way that's being depicted is that something that you're that 1816 02:47:18,200 --> 02:47:24,720 you're or your is witnessing or other people in the neighborhood that you've 1817 02:47:21,960 --> 02:47:31,200 spoken to so since that meeting my mother's property has 1818 02:47:27,760 --> 02:47:35,279 been I guess invaded is the correct word twice from someone coming over from that 1819 02:47:33,520 --> 02:47:41,040 side of the property and stealing all of her furniture specifically like the 1820 02:47:38,399 --> 02:47:47,279 metal furniture presumably to sell she since put up a fence along the wall that 1821 02:47:44,640 --> 02:47:54,240 divides our backyard from their backyard and you know they just people can climb 1822 02:47:50,399 --> 02:47:58,359 over fences so yeah I mean the front porch I mean I'm not inside so at the 1823 02:47:56,800 --> 02:48:01,680 last meeting I was really shocked to learn at the of these horrible 1824 02:48:00,080 --> 02:48:06,640 conditions inside but outside this building looks like it's falling apart 1825 02:48:03,960 --> 02:48:11,080 so I'm not understanding I'm I'm not in favor of adding more 1826 02:48:08,479 --> 02:48:14,279 units um to someone that doesn't care enough to be at these meetings and 1827 02:48:12,439 --> 02:48:17,800 doesn't care enough to improve the living conditions of the people that are 1828 02:48:15,880 --> 02:48:20,720 already there so I would say there's been no change 1829 02:48:22,439 --> 02:48:26,840 any other questions of the 1830 02:48:27,240 --> 02:48:32,160 delegate well please wish your mom a very happy birthday thank you thanks I 1831 02:48:30,840 --> 02:48:37,040 know it's been a long night so thanks for allowing I know we're just The 1832 02:48:33,840 --> 02:48:40,120 Underdogs here the Galler's empty but we still we still count 1833 02:48:40,720 --> 02:48:46,960 right anyone else like to speak against the 1834 02:48:44,760 --> 02:48:53,760 application somebody hiding underneath the bench somewhere no good all right 1835 02:48:51,359 --> 02:48:53,760 moving 1836 02:48:54,000 --> 02:49:03,600 along uh where am I 2f application for zone change ZN 8-4-1 1837 02:49:01,960 --> 02:49:08,399 16 cach a developments car Road Mr 1838 02:49:15,040 --> 02:49:24,200 Miller applications for zone change zna 24 16 in the name of cachier 1839 02:49:20,720 --> 02:49:28,479 developments Woodstock Inc and zn8 2418 in the name of K Road Land Development 1840 02:49:26,760 --> 02:49:34,239 Corporation uh the subject property is described as 1841 02:49:31,080 --> 02:49:38,080 Lots 14 and 30 plans 16-21 in the city of Woodstock and is applicable to the 1842 02:49:36,479 --> 02:49:41,080 lands within draft approved plan of subdivision SB 1843 02:49:41,800 --> 02:49:49,040 21138 the subject lands are currently designated residential Environmental 1844 02:49:46,120 --> 02:49:52,319 Protection in open space uh within the within the County's official plan and 1845 02:49:50,399 --> 02:49:56,760 within the residential density plan low medium and high residential density this 1846 02:49:55,279 --> 02:50:00,680 within the city of Woodstock zoning bylaw the existing zoning is 1847 02:49:58,479 --> 02:50:07,359 Environmental Protection two open space one open space two special residential 1848 02:50:03,640 --> 02:50:12,680 Zone r129 special residential Zone r240 special residential Zone 3 r355 and 1849 02:50:12,920 --> 02:50:24,479 r356 and special residential Zone 4 r420 uh the proposed Z zoning seeks to 1850 02:50:19,520 --> 02:50:31,000 amend the r129 Zone amended uh special residential r240 special residential 1851 02:50:27,279 --> 02:50:34,319 r335 r355 and r356 and special residential Zone 1852 02:50:36,960 --> 02:50:43,560 r420 the application for zone change proposes to replace a special provision 1853 02:50:41,160 --> 02:50:47,800 in the r240 zone to clarify the intended setbacks between the dwellings to reduce 1854 02:50:45,399 --> 02:50:55,399 the minimum exterior side yard in the r240 Zone from 4.5 M to 4 M to reone a 1855 02:50:51,880 --> 02:50:58,640 subject ption lands from r129 to r240 and to reduce the site triangles and 1856 02:50:57,080 --> 02:51:02,720 distances from intersection Provisions toit a minimum distance permitted 1857 02:51:00,239 --> 02:51:07,399 between a driveway and intersection of 5 meters within a draft approved plan of 1858 02:51:05,359 --> 02:51:11,000 subdivision last week the applicant's agent provided me with an opinion letter 1859 02:51:08,920 --> 02:51:15,720 requesting a different site triangle and and intersection setbacks then were 1860 02:51:14,000 --> 02:51:19,040 requested through this application unfortunately due to the limited amount 1861 02:51:17,359 --> 02:51:22,359 of time prior to this meeting Sydney City engineering staff who 1862 02:51:20,760 --> 02:51:25,600 planning would rely on to review this information confirmed that they would 1863 02:51:23,800 --> 02:51:28,920 require more time to review the new submission I indicated to the 1864 02:51:27,680 --> 02:51:32,239 applicant's agent that we could defer the application at the applicant's 1865 02:51:30,160 --> 02:51:35,640 request to review the new information however the agent requests that we move 1866 02:51:33,640 --> 02:51:40,120 forward to this meeting for council's consideration the new sub submission 1867 02:51:37,680 --> 02:51:43,399 requests a setback of 7.5 meters for a driveway from an intersection where lots 1868 02:51:42,000 --> 02:51:48,920 that have a frontage of more than 12 meters require 9 meters in the in the 1869 02:51:46,399 --> 02:51:52,080 City Zoning bylaw the applicants have requested that three 1870 02:51:50,319 --> 02:51:58,680 losss in the plan of subdivision losss one to three shown on plate four be 1871 02:51:54,520 --> 02:52:02,720 rezoned from r129 to r240 the effect of this portion of the proposed zoning is 1872 02:52:00,880 --> 02:52:08,040 to permit Lots with narrow frontages reduced lot areas and increased lck 1873 02:52:04,920 --> 02:52:12,160 coverage and decreased sidey yard and decreased interior sidey yard widths 1874 02:52:09,920 --> 02:52:16,279 staff have no objection to the proposed zoning the applicants have requested to 1875 02:52:14,359 --> 02:52:22,000 reduce exterior side yard width in the r240 zone from 4.5 to 4 met the intent 1876 02:52:20,359 --> 02:52:25,120 of the minimum interior side yard with is to ensure that adequate space is 1877 02:52:23,520 --> 02:52:28,640 provided for regular maintenance of the RightWay to provide space for grading 1878 02:52:27,399 --> 02:52:34,120 and drainage and to ensure that buildings are adequately set back to M 1879 02:52:30,640 --> 02:52:38,520 maintain sight lines and a consistent re and a consistent streetcape building and 1880 02:52:36,760 --> 02:52:42,040 uring staff have not identified any safety concerns with the reduced 1881 02:52:40,000 --> 02:52:46,399 setbacks provided sight triangle setbacks are maintained through the 1882 02:52:44,359 --> 02:52:50,200 subdivision review process engineering staff will further ensure the adequate 1883 02:52:48,120 --> 02:52:54,520 grading drainers can be provided to the subdivision based on the approved 1884 02:52:52,319 --> 02:52:57,960 setbacks the applicants have requested the exist that the existing Zone 1885 02:52:56,239 --> 02:53:02,680 provision for interior side yard widths be clarified in the r240 zone the intent 1886 02:53:00,880 --> 02:53:06,479 of this change is to provide Clarity on minimum interior side yard widths to 1887 02:53:04,600 --> 02:53:11,120 facilitate easier interpretation of the Zone Provisions the application the 1888 02:53:09,200 --> 02:53:15,239 applicants suggested clarifi the applicants suggested clarification is 1889 02:53:13,720 --> 02:53:20,040 consistent with staff's interpretation of the existing r240 Zone provisions and 1890 02:53:18,239 --> 02:53:24,279 as such staff have no concern with the proposed changes and have forwarded 1891 02:53:21,920 --> 02:53:28,359 suggested new wording to the applicants agent staff are satisfied that portions 1892 02:53:26,840 --> 02:53:32,080 of the proposal relating to clarification of interior side yard 1893 02:53:29,840 --> 02:53:37,279 setbacks reduced minimum interior side yard setbacks and res zoning of three 1894 02:53:34,000 --> 02:53:40,760 lots from r129 to r240 are in keeping with the intent and purpose of the 1895 02:53:38,319 --> 02:53:44,560 official plan the proposed residential uses are consistent with the policies 1896 02:53:42,319 --> 02:53:48,479 relating to row to low density residential uses the applicants have 1897 02:53:46,800 --> 02:53:51,520 also requested a reduction in setback Backs from required corner lot sight 1898 02:53:49,920 --> 02:53:56,120 triangles and distances from intersections in both cases the required 1899 02:53:53,720 --> 02:54:00,200 setback is 7.5 M and the applicants are requesting a reduction to 5 meters again 1900 02:53:58,560 --> 02:54:05,439 this is different than new information that came to us last week section 5.1.3 1901 02:54:04,120 --> 02:54:09,520 states that a sight triangle a triangular space formed by intersecting 1902 02:54:07,720 --> 02:54:15,000 intersecting Street line of a corner lot shall be measured back 7 and a half 1903 02:54:11,760 --> 02:54:20,040 meters in all residential zones and 9 m in all other zones within site within a 1904 02:54:18,439 --> 02:54:24,000 sight triangle of a corner lot no obstruction higher than 2 ft above the 1905 02:54:21,760 --> 02:54:29,160 grid including any building structure sign landscape planting or parking of 1906 02:54:25,960 --> 02:54:33,720 vehicles is permitted section 5.4.1 point11 establishes driveway standards 1907 02:54:31,279 --> 02:54:37,760 and section 5.4.1 111.6 specifically identifies distances 1908 02:54:36,200 --> 02:54:41,560 from intersections and states that where a lot is greater than 12 M the minimum 1909 02:54:40,160 --> 02:54:45,760 distance from a driveway intersection shall be 9 M and where a lot line of 1910 02:54:44,239 --> 02:54:50,920 buting the street is 12 meters or less the minimum setback shall be 7.5 meters 1911 02:54:48,960 --> 02:54:53,760 as it applies to this subdivision due to the prevalent lost frontages most 1912 02:54:52,439 --> 02:54:58,880 driveways are required to be at least 7.5 meters from 1913 02:54:56,359 --> 02:55:01,880 intersections City and staff city and county staff consider established 1914 02:55:00,319 --> 02:55:04,920 setbacks including distances from intersections and corner lot side 1915 02:55:03,200 --> 02:55:08,239 triangles to be important safety standards to support Road Safety by 1916 02:55:06,520 --> 02:55:12,160 prohibiting driveways or obstructures in close proximity to intersections the 1917 02:55:10,520 --> 02:55:16,640 requested reduction to 5 meters is shorter than one parking space which has 1918 02:55:13,720 --> 02:55:19,680 a minimum length of 5.5 m and is equivalent to less than one car length 1919 02:55:18,120 --> 02:55:24,279 being being provided before a driveway or obstruction at an intersection in 1920 02:55:22,239 --> 02:55:27,640 staff's opinion a new plan of subdivis a new plan of subdivision must be able to 1921 02:55:26,080 --> 02:55:33,880 accomodate the minimum safety standards established in sections 5.1.3 and 5.4.1 1922 02:55:31,640 --> 02:55:37,640 point1 point. 111.6 the port the portion of the 1923 02:55:36,160 --> 02:55:41,000 proposal relating to setbacks from site triangles and distances from 1924 02:55:39,439 --> 02:55:44,399 intersections for driveways is not considered to be in keeping with the 1925 02:55:42,319 --> 02:55:48,080 intent and purpose of the official plan the road section of the official plan 1926 02:55:45,960 --> 02:55:52,800 establishes policies for public roads in the city of Woodstock the roads policies 1927 02:55:50,319 --> 02:55:55,720 direct that that city council shall consider the potential effect of 1928 02:55:54,120 --> 02:56:00,399 development on safety efficiency and volume flow volume and flow on adjacent 1929 02:55:58,279 --> 02:56:03,600 streets through the application process City staff have identified safety 1930 02:56:02,040 --> 02:56:07,000 concerns related to the proposed reduction in sight triangle distance 1931 02:56:05,080 --> 02:56:11,239 from intersection setbacks and do not support this part of the proposal 1932 02:56:09,160 --> 02:56:14,960 planning staff are satisfied that the that this portion of the application 1933 02:56:13,399 --> 02:56:21,160 related to clarification on interior sidey guards re reduced minimum exterior 1934 02:56:18,359 --> 02:56:25,640 sard and the resoning Lots from R1 to r240 is consistent with the policies of 1935 02:56:24,040 --> 02:56:29,319 the PPS and meets the General intended purpose the official plan respecting low 1936 02:56:27,760 --> 02:56:33,000 density residential uses and can be given favorable consideration planning 1937 02:56:31,319 --> 02:56:36,760 staff are not satisfied that the portion of the application related to relief of 1938 02:56:35,080 --> 02:56:40,160 site triangles and distances from intersection for driveways meets the 1939 02:56:38,680 --> 02:56:43,600 General intended purpose of the official plan respecting roads in this portion of 1940 02:56:41,800 --> 02:56:46,120 the application should not be given favorable 1941 02:56:47,239 --> 02:56:54,359 consideration to review the new site triangle intersection setbacks requested 1942 02:56:51,680 --> 02:56:58,160 last week staff had recommended to the applicants that they defer this 1943 02:56:56,239 --> 02:57:02,040 application to allow staff more time to review the new information however as 1944 02:57:00,439 --> 02:57:05,239 requested by the applicant's agent staff are prepared to make a recommendation 1945 02:57:03,680 --> 02:57:09,760 contained within the report without consideration of the newly requested 1946 02:57:07,840 --> 02:57:14,279 intersection and site triangle setbacks in staff's recommendation if staff's 1947 02:57:12,279 --> 02:57:17,640 recommendation is followed as written in the report that you have here the 1948 02:57:15,920 --> 02:57:22,560 applications the applicants will need to make new appliations consistent with the 1949 02:57:19,479 --> 02:57:27,600 request made last week alternativ alternatively staff recommend the 1950 02:57:24,160 --> 02:57:33,040 recommendations that are included in the report okay thank you any questions of 1951 02:57:30,680 --> 02:57:36,600 the Planner councelor shenberg yeah from the mayor through Mr 1952 02:57:35,239 --> 02:57:40,880 Miller I guess the the first thing is try to use an example that you may be 1953 02:57:39,120 --> 02:57:46,319 able to correlate to what they're asking for in this at the top of page page 1954 02:57:43,520 --> 02:57:50,479 number five where they talk about 1.2 meters on one side of the lot line .6 1955 02:57:48,720 --> 02:57:54,439 meters on the other side of the lot line I know in the city of Woodstock on 1956 02:57:52,359 --> 02:57:59,200 Anderson Street there's some areas called zero lot allowance which I think 1957 02:57:56,640 --> 02:58:02,680 are even less than 6 meters on one side of the property I think it's like six 1958 02:58:00,880 --> 02:58:06,920 inches on one side of the property and four feet on the other side of the 1959 02:58:04,760 --> 02:58:11,720 property line as if the house is built on the property line in essence can you 1960 02:58:09,640 --> 02:58:15,640 explain Anderson Street and and explain how this is 1961 02:58:13,359 --> 02:58:18,279 different through the chair I'm not specifically familiar with that I can 1962 02:58:17,239 --> 02:58:22,680 probably look into it before for Thursday's meeting and give you a better 1963 02:58:20,279 --> 02:58:26,880 answer um I'll just write down Anderson Street when I get back to my chair um 1964 02:58:24,640 --> 02:58:30,399 but I don't I'm not aware of anywhere where the city is permitted zero lot 1965 02:58:28,960 --> 02:58:34,399 lines sometimes when we're permitting the 1966 02:58:31,120 --> 02:58:39,040 0.6 meter setback once you put Eaves and gutters and things like that on you're 1967 02:58:36,000 --> 02:58:43,800 pretty close um but I'm not sure and maybe Craig has a better idea while he's 1968 02:58:40,800 --> 02:58:43,800 here 1969 02:58:49,120 --> 02:58:57,399 Mr chairman through to the question talking about 0.62 foot side 1970 02:58:55,239 --> 02:59:01,720 yards the the question from the counselor was that uh Anderson Street 1971 02:58:59,960 --> 02:59:06,080 and is there a zero zero lot line setback from 1972 02:59:04,239 --> 02:59:11,920 development there yeah that was the shikan subdivision so I forget the exact 1973 02:59:09,640 --> 02:59:16,800 Provisions but uh I believe one House was built on the 1974 02:59:14,160 --> 02:59:22,000 property line but there was an easement created on the adjacent lot which 1975 02:59:19,720 --> 02:59:27,399 allowed that homeowner to go onto the neighbor's property to access the side 1976 02:59:24,479 --> 02:59:33,279 side of the house that's the uh only example that we have in in Woodstock for 1977 02:59:30,200 --> 02:59:33,279 that type of 1978 02:59:36,680 --> 02:59:42,640 situation does that satisfy I guess by followup it' be as long as the fire 1979 02:59:40,560 --> 02:59:47,640 department is is fine with these houses being this close together then i' likely 1980 02:59:45,120 --> 02:59:51,359 would be fine with it as well because we also have the Tom black Boulevard and 1981 02:59:49,880 --> 02:59:56,760 whatnot where some of the houses I think are closer together than what is 1982 02:59:53,600 --> 03:00:01,520 seemingly less than 8 feet Mr chairman if I could just 1983 02:59:58,920 --> 03:00:07,279 continue this so so your concern is the two- foot sidey yard so in 1984 03:00:05,399 --> 03:00:13,960 the rontok uh Champlain subdivision that's a 1985 03:00:12,080 --> 03:00:20,960 I'm just guessing that's roughly 15 years old so from the chicken ants 1986 03:00:18,760 --> 03:00:25,720 subdivision which we didn't like the zero lot lines so I believe it was 1987 03:00:23,560 --> 03:00:32,479 Thomas field Holmes came into Woodstock they introduced the the two foot side 1988 03:00:29,239 --> 03:00:39,120 yard in that subdivision so the one house had to be a minimum of 2 feet the 1989 03:00:36,040 --> 03:00:43,040 lot adjacent had to be a minimum 4 feet so you had six feet between the 1990 03:00:46,160 --> 03:00:55,680 houses this would appear to be the same then so I I say I'm fine with 1991 03:00:51,439 --> 03:00:55,680 it okay any other questions of the 1992 03:00:57,560 --> 03:01:02,680 planner seeing none is the applicant here for 1993 03:01:05,439 --> 03:01:12,319 this and I'll certainly say thank you for sticking around and having a long 1994 03:01:14,520 --> 03:01:20,600 evening so if you don't mind nameing yep thank you you you know the 1995 03:01:27,080 --> 03:01:33,880 drill that's great okay good evening uh my name is 1996 03:01:31,239 --> 03:01:38,239 Brandon fling I'm a planner with GSP group um thank you for your time this 1997 03:01:36,479 --> 03:01:43,080 evening I I will keep this pretty quick it's been uh it's been a long eventful 1998 03:01:40,319 --> 03:01:47,960 night but uh nice to uh be up here when the Galler is empty and not so worried 1999 03:01:44,479 --> 03:01:51,439 about something I'm I'm here for so um I think Mr Miller did a good job of going 2000 03:01:49,359 --> 03:01:56,080 over our request and I just want to hit a few highlights and then talk about the 2001 03:01:52,880 --> 03:02:00,760 one one area where we we did essentially change our request um late in the 2002 03:01:58,319 --> 03:02:07,800 process as he noted so 2003 03:02:03,760 --> 03:02:12,439 um so as noted in the staff report our uh requested amendments look to clarify 2004 03:02:10,920 --> 03:02:17,920 the separation or the distance between dwellings reduce the exterior sidey yard 2005 03:02:15,040 --> 03:02:23,680 setback uh small resoning of three lots from r129 to r240 and then to reduce the 2006 03:02:21,640 --> 03:02:27,200 reduction of a setback of a driveway to an intersection and that's the one where 2007 03:02:25,640 --> 03:02:31,600 we've sort of changed our request Midstream and um I'd like to present 2008 03:02:29,399 --> 03:02:37,560 that to council so quickly um I think perhaps a 2009 03:02:35,640 --> 03:02:41,640 clarification Pro was provided about the separation between dwellings but um is 2010 03:02:40,040 --> 03:02:45,840 really just to clarify the wording so that if it's not Mr Miller or myself or 2011 03:02:44,120 --> 03:02:51,600 or the current developers looking at the application that everyone was clear what 2012 03:02:47,920 --> 03:02:56,479 setbacks apply so 1.2 meters on one side 0.6 on the other side and always a 2013 03:02:53,720 --> 03:03:00,600 minimum of 1.8 between dwellings and that's it's basically the way the 2014 03:02:58,319 --> 03:03:05,000 original bylaw was written but we just it it wasn't perfectly clear for 2015 03:03:02,920 --> 03:03:10,160 interpretation and we wanted to uh to reest that clarification so um we're 2016 03:03:08,640 --> 03:03:14,000 staff has recommended report of this change and uh that that would suit the 2017 03:03:12,560 --> 03:03:17,880 developers needs the next request was a minor 2018 03:03:16,279 --> 03:03:22,000 change of a reduction in the exterior side yard setback so from the 4 and a 2019 03:03:20,080 --> 03:03:26,479 half meters as required down to a 4 meter exterior side yard setback uh 2020 03:03:24,880 --> 03:03:30,520 again staff has recommended approval of this request um and that would that 2021 03:03:28,760 --> 03:03:34,920 would suit the needs of the developer it's really just gives them a bit more 2022 03:03:32,040 --> 03:03:39,720 design flexibility in this neighborhood there are significant topographical um 2023 03:03:38,319 --> 03:03:44,399 changes throughout the neighborhood and just citing the individual Lots having a 2024 03:03:42,120 --> 03:03:50,040 little bit more wiggle room uh helps to make the grading and drainage and site 2025 03:03:46,399 --> 03:03:55,560 design work so that's that request comes from the next one just quickly the The 2026 03:03:52,640 --> 03:04:00,720 Zone changed from the r129 to the r240 um so on the original draft plan 2027 03:03:58,160 --> 03:04:04,640 these Lots were going to be uh 12 meter Frontage Lots so a little bigger Lots 2028 03:04:02,720 --> 03:04:08,880 but through the detailed design uh and the engineering design it was found that 2029 03:04:06,880 --> 03:04:12,640 a bit more flexibility allowing uh smaller frontages for these three lots 2030 03:04:11,160 --> 03:04:16,640 uh would assist with the overall grading design of the subdivision um again 2031 03:04:15,080 --> 03:04:21,080 staff's recommending approval of this request uh um and that will that will 2032 03:04:19,080 --> 03:04:25,520 help the developer and the engineers you know appropriately design and um the 2033 03:04:23,359 --> 03:04:30,160 grading of the site so I think we're we're all good on that one as 2034 03:04:27,640 --> 03:04:34,560 well so the next one is the request for the setback of driveways to 2035 03:04:32,239 --> 03:04:40,560 intersections our original request as noted by Mr Miller was for reduction um 2036 03:04:37,479 --> 03:04:45,800 from the requirement of 9 meters down to five um and this is only applicable to 2037 03:04:43,200 --> 03:04:51,640 Lots with frontages of 12 meters or greater we've since looked looked at the 2038 03:04:48,439 --> 03:04:55,520 detailed design um in more detail and realized when we asked for the request 2039 03:04:53,160 --> 03:05:00,279 of the 5 meter setback the uh the engineers and designers had provided 2040 03:04:57,720 --> 03:05:04,359 double width driveways on those Corner Lots um and that's not it's not 2041 03:05:02,840 --> 03:05:09,279 necessary it's not required as part of their design so we we're really reducing 2042 03:05:07,439 --> 03:05:15,319 our request from five meters or increasing it I suppose up to a seven 2043 03:05:11,479 --> 03:05:20,640 and a half meter setback for lots that are 12 meters or greater so the driveway 2044 03:05:17,720 --> 03:05:25,520 can be within or has to be 7.5 M or greater from the intersection that same 2045 03:05:23,680 --> 03:05:31,319 requirement is actually permitted with lots that have 12 meters Frontage or 2046 03:05:28,080 --> 03:05:35,040 less so say you had an 11 meter lot the the zoning bylaw allows a 7 and a half 2047 03:05:33,359 --> 03:05:39,600 meter setback for the driveway from an intersection it's only when it's greater 2048 03:05:37,080 --> 03:05:45,120 than a 12 meter lot that the increased setback up to 9 meters is required we 2049 03:05:42,439 --> 03:05:51,080 can provide the 7.5 but we can't provide the nine so the request again again has 2050 03:05:48,040 --> 03:05:57,760 increased from five up to 9 I just want to clarify quickly 2051 03:05:54,279 --> 03:06:01,479 through um the zoning bylaw and the actual detailed design what this looks 2052 03:05:59,399 --> 03:06:07,640 like on the ground so on the left side of the screen is the actual zoning bylaw 2053 03:06:03,960 --> 03:06:11,080 and the definition of of Street line is coincident with the definition of 2054 03:06:09,120 --> 03:06:14,920 property line and as you can see in the diagram here the the red dotted line 2055 03:06:12,920 --> 03:06:19,760 would identify the the street line or the property line when you're looking at 2056 03:06:16,520 --> 03:06:24,800 the the zoning law versus the drawing on the right hand side is actually you're 2057 03:06:22,120 --> 03:06:24,800 not following my 2058 03:06:24,840 --> 03:06:28,040 presentation not 2059 03:06:31,120 --> 03:06:40,520 helpful Matt can you uh adjust the um oh yep thank 2060 03:06:44,840 --> 03:06:53,520 you my apologies yeah I suppose I should check my blind 2061 03:06:50,680 --> 03:06:57,319 spots and see what's actually on the screen Kristen you had one 2062 03:07:10,920 --> 03:07:16,239 job I will keep it quick once we have the graphic 2063 03:07:19,319 --> 03:07:21,439 can 2064 03:07:26,920 --> 03:07:33,160 I go okay should 2065 03:07:33,319 --> 03:07:41,160 okay let's try this again okay this is what I'm speaking to 2066 03:07:39,040 --> 03:07:45,279 so the drawing on the left is from the the zoning bylaw and you can notice the 2067 03:07:43,439 --> 03:07:50,520 red dash line I've just added that in to highlight the zoning bylaw identifies 2068 03:07:48,200 --> 03:07:55,560 the street line or the property line as the the same point in um in measured 2069 03:07:53,640 --> 03:07:59,840 scale the drawing on the right is our actual detailed engineering design and 2070 03:07:58,279 --> 03:08:05,040 the important part here to highlight is that the property line again I've I've 2071 03:08:02,560 --> 03:08:09,239 shown it in a red dash line is different from the physical Street line or the 2072 03:08:06,760 --> 03:08:12,920 location of the actual road base so the actual Street line I've shown at the 2073 03:08:11,080 --> 03:08:17,640 edge of the there's a blue line um and the importance is that 2074 03:08:15,239 --> 03:08:22,160 there's a 3 met 3 meter Boulevard in this case there's no sidewalk on this 2075 03:08:19,520 --> 03:08:25,359 corner so it's the the smallest example so therefore the one where the the 2076 03:08:23,680 --> 03:08:29,040 driveway would be the closest to the intersection but there's a 3 meter 2077 03:08:27,359 --> 03:08:33,359 Boulevard that is actually beyond the property line before the physical Street 2078 03:08:31,200 --> 03:08:39,960 Edge versus the drawing on the left which is from the bylaw presumes them to 2079 03:08:35,520 --> 03:08:45,840 be the same the same point um in in plan so our our request is for the the 2080 03:08:43,160 --> 03:08:50,239 driveway setback to be 7 and2 meters from the actual property line or the 2081 03:08:47,880 --> 03:08:55,720 ownership line but in reality there's an additional 3 meters beyond that that is 2082 03:08:52,920 --> 03:09:00,239 the um the actual Street line so the the driveway setback when you add up those 2083 03:08:57,479 --> 03:09:05,040 two numbers is over 10 meters from the actual Street line so again in the 2084 03:09:02,279 --> 03:09:09,239 zoning bylaw the interpretation is that the the road is right at the property 2085 03:09:06,880 --> 03:09:13,160 line um and the the site triangle is measured at that same corner but in 2086 03:09:11,200 --> 03:09:17,600 reality there there is a boulevard uh that's provided beyond the 2087 03:09:15,960 --> 03:09:22,120 beyond the property line and and the physical Street Edge so that that's an 2088 03:09:20,439 --> 03:09:27,040 important point of clarification and I think staff is aware of that but I think 2089 03:09:25,000 --> 03:09:31,160 it's important in reality to understand what this looks like in terms of 2090 03:09:28,840 --> 03:09:35,960 navigating the street and and providing a parking space there or having a safe 2091 03:09:33,359 --> 03:09:35,960 entrance to the 2092 03:09:36,479 --> 03:09:43,439 driveway um quickly as Mr Miller noted we did submit a letter from Paradigm 2093 03:09:40,840 --> 03:09:48,359 Transportation who who reviewed the proposed setback and again they reviewed 2094 03:09:45,640 --> 03:09:54,239 the setback at 7 and2 meters as 7.5 m versus our original request 2095 03:09:50,840 --> 03:09:59,399 which was 5 m they found it's it's reasonable and acceptable based on the 2096 03:09:56,279 --> 03:10:04,120 uh traffic Association of Canada design guidelines um as far as guidelines for 2097 03:10:01,880 --> 03:10:08,319 setbacks from driveways and intersections um and they've also noted 2098 03:10:06,960 --> 03:10:12,359 and as I've highlighted in my presentation the zoning bylaw already 2099 03:10:10,439 --> 03:10:17,399 permits a s in a half meter driveway setback for Lots with 12 meter frontages 2100 03:10:15,560 --> 03:10:21,840 or less we're just asking for it for for the lots that are greater than 12 M and 2101 03:10:19,439 --> 03:10:24,600 really in the context of the subdivision it's the corner Lots it's the corner 2102 03:10:23,319 --> 03:10:30,640 single detached lots that would be impacted by this um further I just 2103 03:10:27,359 --> 03:10:35,560 highlight that other areas nearby uh kitner waterl ingersol and tilsonburg 2104 03:10:33,000 --> 03:10:39,520 all have a 7 and a half meter or less requirement so it's it's not something 2105 03:10:37,439 --> 03:10:44,000 that's out of the ordinary or certainly in the within the county both ingersol 2106 03:10:41,120 --> 03:10:48,640 and tilsonburg uh do permit that 7 and a half meter 2107 03:10:45,680 --> 03:10:53,960 setb so all of that being said I think um certainly appreciate staff's report 2108 03:10:51,840 --> 03:10:59,600 and there three recommendations that recommend approval of our a three 2109 03:10:57,560 --> 03:11:02,960 requests then the fourth one where they had recommended refusal again they were 2110 03:11:01,840 --> 03:11:07,239 looking at slightly different information that then in front of 2111 03:11:04,640 --> 03:11:12,560 council tonight but um I have provided some recommended wording that would uh 2112 03:11:10,640 --> 03:11:17,800 it would suit our request based on the the revised request and it's really that 2113 03:11:15,239 --> 03:11:23,239 um according to that section of the B 541 2114 03:11:19,880 --> 03:11:27,960 11.6 uh that A reduced setback from 9 M to 7.5 M would be permitted with lots 2115 03:11:26,279 --> 03:11:33,040 with greater than 12 meter Frontage um so I know Council has the 2116 03:11:31,279 --> 03:11:39,080 ability to you know take the staff recommendations to um to make changes of 2117 03:11:36,279 --> 03:11:44,520 what the case might be but um I guess my request going forward would be that um 2118 03:11:41,399 --> 03:11:47,960 perhaps staff consider this request and maybe can come back on Thursday with 2119 03:11:46,000 --> 03:11:51,840 additional information um that Council perhaps consider our 2120 03:11:50,600 --> 03:11:56,239 amended recommendation um and then the third 2121 03:11:53,560 --> 03:12:00,840 option I suppose would be accept the three that staff are recog uh approval 2122 03:11:58,439 --> 03:12:03,640 for and defer this last item so that we could still get the momentum on the 2123 03:12:01,960 --> 03:12:07,160 other zoning items and have those clarified um but if we could do it all 2124 03:12:05,680 --> 03:12:11,640 on Thursday with a revised recommendation that would be more 2125 03:12:08,960 --> 03:12:15,880 efficient um but certainly if if there's an ability to approve the first three 2126 03:12:13,160 --> 03:12:18,439 and defer this this last item uh versus refusing it we would be open to that 2127 03:12:17,239 --> 03:12:22,120 discussion as well so I think that was a lot but 2128 03:12:20,800 --> 03:12:24,760 hopefully you followed along and I'm happy to answer any 2129 03:12:24,960 --> 03:12:29,000 questions any questions from 2130 03:12:31,279 --> 03:12:37,439 Council I guess I do maybe because it's a late night and I'm trying to follow 2131 03:12:35,760 --> 03:12:43,040 the bouncing ball here um and maybe I'm going to direct 2132 03:12:40,200 --> 03:12:48,319 this to Mr Miller if I might with this new information would that or does that 2133 03:12:46,000 --> 03:12:56,920 change any type of recommendations from planning 2134 03:12:52,200 --> 03:13:02,080 department um not from not for me the planner um just because we rely on 2135 03:13:00,040 --> 03:13:06,880 getting that information for what is a safe setback from the city's engineering 2136 03:13:04,640 --> 03:13:10,840 department um the city's engineering department indicated to us that they 2137 03:13:09,000 --> 03:13:16,359 couldn't fit within their timelines a chance to review that letter and respond 2138 03:13:12,520 --> 03:13:19,880 to it prior to this week's meeting so I I as the planner who's a lay person 2139 03:13:18,680 --> 03:13:24,319 can't tell you whether that's a good thing or 2140 03:13:20,920 --> 03:13:27,319 not then maybe I'll direct that to engineering 2141 03:13:27,359 --> 03:13:34,359 then just again to respect timelines and is there any chance to get this all done 2142 03:13:31,880 --> 03:13:40,680 on Thursday or do we look at deferral if we do need more time your opinion please 2143 03:13:36,800 --> 03:13:46,080 through to the chair um yeah I think we can have um a recommendation to staff by 2144 03:13:43,800 --> 03:13:53,000 Thursday by coun to council I mean by Thursday okay well thank you very 2145 03:13:49,880 --> 03:13:58,439 much any other questions oh councelor 2146 03:13:56,520 --> 03:14:03,760 shenberg yeah from the mayor through to Mr fuelling I guess the question is 2147 03:14:00,160 --> 03:14:08,200 related to uh triangles at intersections would would a subdivision never have any 2148 03:14:05,520 --> 03:14:13,120 policies that sort of say you can't put a ornamental Bush or something like that 2149 03:14:11,279 --> 03:14:16,120 that close to the corner either because we've all seen people who like to grow 2150 03:14:14,479 --> 03:14:20,840 Hedges and all of a sudden they may not realize that that hedge is inside the 2151 03:14:18,479 --> 03:14:25,000 traffic triangle thank you through you Mr mer 2152 03:14:23,080 --> 03:14:29,160 the um the zoning byla certainly has those requirements um talks about the 2153 03:14:27,319 --> 03:14:35,800 height of of anything within that visibility triangle um so that does get 2154 03:14:31,720 --> 03:14:40,439 applied to to all of the Lots um I can't say that I've seen it as a specific call 2155 03:14:38,200 --> 03:14:47,040 it call out item in a subdivision agreement but um I guess it's really 2156 03:14:43,160 --> 03:14:50,279 relying on the zoning bylaw for that um you know keeping an eye on it and then 2157 03:14:48,720 --> 03:14:56,600 if it becomes an Enforcement issue the zoning bylaw is the the tool to identify 2158 03:14:53,160 --> 03:15:01,840 it and sorry if I could just perhaps add to that after the detailed design a 2159 03:14:59,200 --> 03:15:05,600 reduction in the the triang corner visibility triangle is no longer 2160 03:15:03,399 --> 03:15:08,760 requested it's just a setback to the driveway in the intersection 2161 03:15:12,279 --> 03:15:20,680 now can you repeat can you repeat that again I'm feeling a little confused 2162 03:15:18,399 --> 03:15:24,600 here certainly our original request looked for a reduction in the corner 2163 03:15:22,600 --> 03:15:29,800 visibility triangle as well as the setback of a driveway to an 2164 03:15:27,800 --> 03:15:33,359 intersection and now that we've done some more fine-tuning and looked at it 2165 03:15:31,239 --> 03:15:38,520 in more detail the corner visibility triangle and the the the requirements of 2166 03:15:35,800 --> 03:15:42,920 that we can satisfy that on each of the Lots it's just the physical separation 2167 03:15:41,040 --> 03:15:47,120 of the edge of the driveway to the edge of the street line that that we're 2168 03:15:44,279 --> 03:15:52,960 requesting reduction in now thank you for that no 2169 03:15:49,479 --> 03:15:52,960 problem any other 2170 03:15:54,560 --> 03:16:03,239 questions seeing none thank you very much with that in case there's some 2171 03:16:01,000 --> 03:16:08,479 people hiding uh anybody like to speak in favor of this 2172 03:16:05,600 --> 03:16:13,239 application going once anybody like to speak against this 2173 03:16:15,040 --> 03:16:18,920 application seeing none 2174 03:16:22,560 --> 03:16:28,399 well that concludes tonight's meeting a decision on these items will be made at 2175 03:16:26,000 --> 03:16:32,760 the council meeting on Thursday and I'm going to look for a mover for 2176 03:16:30,720 --> 03:16:37,439 adjournment councilor leather barel second by councelor Wismer vanm all 2177 03:16:34,840 --> 03:16:42,000 those in favor we are now adjourned thanks everybody have a good night