Report to/Rapport au :

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

and Council / et au Conseil

18 October 2005 / le 18 octobre 2005

Submitted by/Soumis par : Ned Lathrop, Deputy City Manager /
Directeur municipal adjoint

Planning and Growth Management / Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Karen Currie, Manager / Gestionnaire

Development Approvals / Approbation des demandes d'aménagement

(613) 580-2424 x28310, Karen.Currie@ottawa.ca

Bell-South Nepean (3)

Ref N°: ACS2005-PGM-APR-0238

SUBJECT:	ZONING - 1884 Merivale road (FILE NO. D02-02-05-0009)

OBJET :	ZONAGE - 1884, chemin merivale (dossier No. d-02-02-05-0009)

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

[U1]

That the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the former City of Nepean By-Law to change the zoning of 1884 Merivale Road from Institutional Block 1 (I Block 1) to Industrial Service Zone (MS) as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2.

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver une modification au Règlement de l’ancienne Ville de Nepean en vue de changer le zonage du 1884, chemin Merivale de zone institutionnelle bloc I (I block I) à zone de service industriel (MS), comme il est indiqué dans le document 1 et expliqué en détail dans le document 2.

BACKGROUND

[U2]

The applicant owns a 1.18 hectare property located at 1884 Merivale Road. The site is bordered on the north side by the Merivale United Church and Cemetery and on the south side by the Bukowinian Greek Orthodox Cemetery.

The property is currently zoned Institutional Block 1, the exception permitting "Sample and Showroom". There is an existing one storey commercial building of approximately 75 square metres and associated parking. The balance of the site is unoccupied and undeveloped.

A concurrent Site Plan Control application has been submitted to permit the development of three multi-tenant Industrial Buildings. As the site is bordered by cemeteries and headstones were found to encroach on the development site, an archaeological resource assessment was conducted. The assessment was reviewed by the Ministry of Culture's Heritage Operation Unit and have provided clearance for the work that has been carried out. An application was approved by the Committee of Adjustment to obtain a lot line adjustment to correct the cemetery limits.

DISCUSSION

The City Council Approved Official Plan designates the property as "Employment Area". The Employment Area designation in this Plan identify areas where commercial, office and industry are the primary land uses. Although adjacent uses are Institutional in nature, the area as a whole was designated to serve as a centre of employment supplying products and services to the City’s office and commercial sectors. Therefore, even though adjacent to historical cemeteries, the site is located in an industrial area designated for employment related uses.

The former Regional Official Plan designates the property as "Business Park". The Business Park designation in this Plan includes industrial and business parks, research parks, warehousing and manufacturing areas, and other related non-residential uses.

The former Nepean Official Plan designates the property as "Business Park". The Business Park designation in this Plan is intended to provide for both traditional industrial and current business park uses.

The current zoning of the property is "Institutional Block 1". Notwithstanding the permitted uses for an Institutional zone, a "Sample and Showroom" is also permitted.

Rationale

The parcel is located within the heart of the Merivale Employment Area designation under the City Council Approved Official Plan and the existing zoning already permits as-of-right "Sample and Showroom" industrial uses. This type of use generally occupies traditional "multi-occupancy" industrial buildings. The proposed Zoning By-law amendment to Industrial Service (MS) is consistent with the policies of the Official Plans and is intended to allow a broader range of uses to be located within the type of building that is already permitted.

Apart from the abutting cemeteries, the majority of Merivale Road between Woodfield Drive and Cleopatra Drive is zoned Industrial Service (MS).

The proposed development will be subject to Site Plan Control.

CONSULTATION

[U3]

Notice of this application was carried out in accordance with the City’s Public Notification and Consultation Policy. The Ward Councillor is aware of this application and the staff recommendation. The City did not receive any negative comments or opposition to this application.

The Ministry of Culture's Heritage Operations Unit and the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services' Cemeteries Regulation Unit required that a Stage 1 and 2 Archaeological Assessment be conducted. This was completed and it was concluded that the development could proceed.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS

This application was not processed by the "On Time Decision Date" established for the processing of Zoning By-Law Amendment applications as the applicant needed to conduct a Stage 1 and 2 Archaeological Assessment in order to be able to proceed with the application.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

[U4]

Document 1 Location Map

Document 2 Details of Recommended Zoning

DISPOSITION

Corporate Services Department, Secretariat Services to notify the owner 1550826 Ontario Inc., 1914 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1E8, applicant Bill Sioulas, 1914 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1E8, Signs.ca, 866 Campbell Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2A 2C5, and the Program Manager, Assessment, Department of Corporate Services of City Council’s decision.

Planning and Growth Management Department to prepare the implementing by-law, forward to Legal Services Branch and undertake the statutory notification.

Corporate Services Department, Legal Services Branch to forward the implementing by-law to City Council.

Document 1

LOCATION MAP

Document 2

DETAILS OF RECOMMENDED ZONING

[U5]

That 1884 Merivale Road, shown on Schedule B8 to By-law No. 100-2000 be amended to change the zoning from Institutional Block 1 (I Block 1) to Industrial Service Zone (MS).