The Chair requested staff to advise on the manner of giving notice for the proposed Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Draft Plan of Common Element Condominium, and Draft Plan of Subdivision. He also asked staff to briefly describe the proposal and summarize the correspondence, if any, received to date.
Ms. Rea confirmed that the required notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act and circulated to each owner of land within 120m, and a sign was posted on the subject property. She summarized the application, explaining that it proposes to permit a residential plan of subdivision consisting of two blocks for townhouse units with one block containing 55 residential units and a second block containing 97 residential units for a total of 152 residential units and a third block for buffer lands from Distillery Creek at the north end of the property. The plan of common element condominium will include internal road network, services and utilities, visitor parking spaces, open space and easements. The proposed development will be accessed from Lindsay Street North and from an extension of Alcorn Drive from the west and will be developed on full municipal services. The applicant has submitted a number of studies as detailed in her report, and an addendum was received today to justify compliance with the 2019 Growth Plan. She noted that staff are generally accepting of planning rationale provided by the applicant, however noted need for seeing more details. Ms. Rea summarized the comments received to date, as detailed in her report, noting that subsequent to the writing of the report additional comments were received from Shelley and Rob Trennum of 29 Eglington Street who were generally supportive of the application but recommended collaborative efforts be established between the applicant, the Woods of Jennings Creek developer, and the City for an expedited extension of Alcorn Drive from its current terminus at Victoria Avenue to Lindsay Street North for a secondary access to the proposed subdivision. Staff are recommending that the application be referred back to staff for further review and processing until such time as all comments, issues and concerns have been addressed. She responded to questions from Committee members.
The Chair inquired if the applicant wished to speak to the application.
Bryce Jordan of GHD spoke on behalf of the applicant. He provided an overview of the application including the proposed layout and design of the townhomes, open space, and common area elements. He noted that the development will be separated into 2 blocks, being the areas north and south of Alcorn Drive. He stated none of the townhomes fronting public roads of Lindsay Street North, and Alcorn Drive will have driveway access to those roads. He responded to concerns about proximity to the decommissioned Lindsay Landfill on the east side of Lindsay Street North, noting that the submitted Environmental Assessment noted that the landfill will not have any impact to the soil, or groundwater on the site. He also responded to traffic concerns stating that the traffic study notes that any increases of traffic will still allow for a safe level of operation at the existing area intersections, and that they intend to construct their portion of the Alcorn Drive extension.
The Chair inquired if anyone wished to speak to the application.
William Howell, of 61 Cottingham Crescent, requested that the townhomes built along the boundary with the homes along Cottingham Crescent not be two storey, but rather single storey, noting privacy concerns. He also addressed concern about the potential loss of access to a footpath along the south end of the applicant's property.
Les Hebbard, of 67 Cottingham Crescent, reiterated Mr. Howell's comments adding that the loss of footpath would restrict access of local area residents to access William Street, the rail trail, and local businesses. He also requested that townhomes fronting Cottingham Crescent residents be only single storey.
No other persons spoke to the application.