Ottawa City Council
10
April 2002
Andrew
S. Haydon Hall
1:30 p.m.
Agenda 30
1. Prayer
10
April 2002
1:30 p.m.
Agenda 30
1. Prayer
2. National Anthem (Councillor
P. Hume)
3. Roll Call
4. Declarations of Interest Arising from Prior Meetings of Council and Committees
5.
Confirmation of Minutes
Confirmation of Minutes of the
regular Council meeting of 27 March 2002.
6. Recess to Hold
Shareholder Meetings
(Councillors D. Thompson and G. Brooks)
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City of Ottawa
Non-Profit Housing Corporation
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Ottawa Housing
Corporation
7. Communications and Petitions
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Petition from citizens requesting that the City of
Ottawa restrict the cosmetic use of pesticides on both public and
privately-owned land by the year 2002 and immediately develop and implement a
comprehensive public education programme to demonstrate the viability of
sustainable and safe lawn and garden maintenance practices.
8. Regrets
The following member of Council
advised that he will be absent from the Council meeting on the date indicated:
Councillor M.
Bellemare 10 April 2002
9. Motion to Introduce Committee Reports
(Councillors D. Thompson and G.
Brooks)
Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee Report 14
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1. Intensive Hog Farms in Ottawa |
That
Council approve the following directions to staff:
1. A
two-tiered nutrient management bylaw be developed that outlines standards for
nutrient management for all livestock operations within the City of Ottawa, and
more specific standards of nutrient management that will apply to concentrated
hog farrowing and feeding operations (i.e., the factory hog farm);
2. That the Nutrient
Management Bylaw of the former Township of West Carleton be used as a model to
set the basic standards for nutrient management in the City’s bylaw;
3. That staff be directed
to bring forward a zoning by-law
amendment for the City’s legacy municipalities to establish buffer zones
around villages, hamlets, concentrations of country residential areas, tourist
areas, major waterways and shorelines within which factory hog farms may not
locate, as well as set minimum distances between factory hog farms, including
those which may exist or be approved in municipalities adjacent the City of
Ottawa.
4. The draft Nutrient
Management Bylaw be tabled with the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on
April 15 2002, along with the basic principles that will be used to define the
zoning bylaw provisions that will regulate the location of factory hog farms;
and,
5. The department undertake a
comprehensive public consultation on the draft Nutrient Management Bylaw, and
the zoning provisions that will regulate the location of factory hog farms,
such process to be complete in time for the Committee to hold the required
public hearings on the proposed bylaws, and for Council consider the Committee
recommendations, by the end of June 2002.
Corporate Services and Economic Development
Committee Report 26
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1. Indexing of Development
Charges |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
That Council approve:
1. Where
discretion exists with respect to the indexing of the increase in development
charges, the indexing of the Development Charges at a residential rate of
10.44% and non-residential rate of 2.79% in accordance with the existing
development charge by-laws of the former municipalities. Subject to the terms of the relevant
development charges by-law, the rates shall be effective 15 April 2002;
2. That the City’s
administrative structure provide that the new rate be effective for
applications received on or after April 3, 2002, and that for applications
applied for before April 3, that these specific applications be eligible for
the previous development charge provided that the applications are picked up
within the next 90 days;
3. That staff advise
the Ottawa-Carleton Home Builders’ Association of the approximate percentage
increase of the development charge before January 1st and confirm
the exact rate when the indices are available from Statistics Canada.
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2. Sale of Surplus Land - 3249 Conroy Road |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the sale of a parcel of vacant land at 3249 Conroy Road,
comprising an area of approximately 0.6991 ha, to Petro-Canada for $800,000.00
plus GST, subject to any easements that may be required, pursuant to an
Agreement of Purchase and Sale that has been received.
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3. Status of External Boards, Commissions and
Authorities - Update |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
That Council:
1. Appoint Councillor Doug Thompson and
a second member of Council to serve as the Selection Panel for the Osgoode
Care Centre citizen member;
2. Appoint City of Ottawa By-law Officers
to act as the Fence Viewers Committee;
3. Appoint Councillor Dwight Eastman
and a second member of Council to serve as the Selection Panel for the
Almonte Hospital Board;
4. Appoint Councillors Phil McNeely and
Herb Kreling to serve as the Selection Panel for the Cumberland Museum
Board, and that the honorarium of $25 per member, per meeting, for members
of the Cumberland Museum Board be discontinued, and that the Participation
Expense Policy be applied to volunteer members of the Board to ensure that they
are reimbursed for their expenses;
And that
recruitment for the Cumberland Museum Board be increased from 2 to 4 citizen
members to ensure that there are sufficient volunteers to assist the Board with
upcoming projects, and that the two additional members be from the City at
large;
5. Appoint Councillors Wendy Stewart,
Dwight Eastman and Phil McNeely to serve as the Selection Panel for the
Rideau Valley, Mississippi Valley and South Nation Conservation Authorities;
6. Appoint Councillor Dwight Eastman
and a second member of Council to serve as the Selection Panel for the
Mohr’s Landing/Quyon Port Authority;
7. Appoint Councillors Dwight Eastman
and Janet Stavinga to serve as the Selection Panel for the West Carleton
Airport Authority;
8. Repeal former Township of Rideau By-law
No. 3-95 creating the Township of Rideau Archives and Heritage Committees as
the Committees are no longer operational;
9. Amend the provision of the Appointment
Policy approved by City Council on 28 March 2001 addressing appointment of
reserve members to Committees with the following wording - Should the member
miss the third consecutive meeting, the next qualified reserve member of
the Committee shall automatically be called up to the Committee to fill the
vacancy.
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4. Preston
Street Business Improvement Area Portal Archway |
Committee Recommendation as Amended
That
Council support the Preston Street Business Improvement Area’s Portal Archway
initiative by contributing $10,000 towards the project’s one-time electrical
hook-up costs, and that the City pay the ongoing electrical costs based on
2160 watts of connected load to a maximum of $800.00 per year.
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5. Deferral
of Fees - Holmstead Holdings - |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council agree to defer the payment of development charges and building permit
fees for the rental housing project owned by Holmstead Holdings on Castlefrank
Road at Campeau Drive for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance of
each building permit, with no interest penalty.
Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee Report 26A
(In Camera)
To be dealt
with In Camera.
Emergency and Protective Services
Committee Report 18
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1. By-Laws
- Licensing - Harmonization - Auctioneers and Driving Schools |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
That Council approve the
following:
1. Approve the proposed Licensing By-law with Schedules
regulating Auctioneers, and Driving Schools and Instructors, effective July 1,
2002, attached as Document 1, and specifically with respect to the general
provisions of the new licensing by-law to:
(a)
provide License Committee with the power to suspend or revoke any
license, or to impose conditions on a license or review a decision of the Chief
License Inspector to refuse the issuance of a license;
(b)
authorize the Chief License Inspector to suspend licenses in
extraordinary or emergency circumstances;
(c)
require the driver or owner of a regulated vehicle to surrender
their driver’s license or vehicle permit;
(d)
establish a $30 fee for the processing of applications to obtain
original licenses and for license renewals;
(e)
provide for the charging of a half fee for an original license if
less than (6) six months remains in the license period;
(f)
provide for a $50 late fee for failure to renew by the designated
expiry date;
(g)
provide for the requirement to reapply for an original license if
the license is not renewed within 15 days after the designated expiry date;
(h)
provide for the imposition of a $50 re-inspection fee for failing to
be present at a scheduled inspection or failing to comply at the time of
re-inspection; and
(i)
modify existing expiry dates in order to facilitate the transition
into proposed expiry dates.
2. Subject to approval of Recommendation 1, approve amendments
to existing licensing by-laws of the former municipalities to reflect the
general provisions of the new licensing by-law as set out in clauses (a) to
(h).
3. Whereas
an omission to the text of the proposed was only noticed after the report made
the agenda;
And whereas the omitted Section does not impact the public in
general;
And whereas the omitted Section is authorized by the Statutory
Powers Procedures Act and exists in old Ottawa's Licensing By-law;
Therefore be it resolved that the proposed licensing by-law be
amended to add the following Section and renumber the remaining Sections as
appropriate:
30. Despite
any of the provisions of this by-law, any proceedings may be disposed of by a
decision of the License Committee given,
(a) without
a hearing, or
(b) without
compliance with any other requirements of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act,
R.S.O. 1990, Chap. S.22, as amended, or of this by-law incorporating such
requirements,
where the
licensee has waived such hearing or compliance.
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2. Amendment
to By-Law 20-85 - Business License - Refreshment Vehicle |
Committee Recommendation as amended
That
Council approve that the exemption from the definition of a Refreshment Vehicle,
for the existing non-motorized
trailer located on part of Lot 10, Concession 4, on the north side of Colonial
Road to the west of the intersection of Colonial Road and Sarsfield Road, be
extended until July 31, 2002 so that the
existing non-motorized trailer shall be considered a Refreshment Vehicle, up to
and until the exemption expires on July
31, 2002, and that By-law No. 20-85 of the former City of Cumberland be amended
accordingly, as amended by the following:
That the recommendation be
amended by replacing the date with “until the Licensing Business provisions for
refreshment vehicles is harmonized”.
Environmental Services Committee
Report 14
1. Recommendation
from the Ottawa Forests Advisory Committee –
Support to the Eastern Ontario Model
Forest Recommendation
Committee Recommendation
That Council endorse the
motion adopted by the OFAC at its January 22, 2002 meeting, in support of the
Eastern Ontario Model Forest.
2. Trail Waste Facility Landfill
Optimization/Expansion – Environmental
Assessment and Environmental Protection Act
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the submission of the final Environmental Assessment and Environmental
Protection Act report to the Ministry of the Environment, for approval of
the expansion of the Trail Waste Facility Landfill.
1.
Amendment
to the Community Partnership Minor Capital Program Guidelines
That
Council approve an amended guideline which removes the requirement for School
Boards or other public agencies to provide a matching contribution for the
Community Partnership Minor Capital Program.
The City share remains one-third, the remaining two-thirds to be
provided by the community group or jointly with the property owner.
2. Social
Housing Devolution
That Council receive this
report for information.
3. Park
Naming – R.J. SulpherPark
That staff be
directed to develop a corporate policy for naming of City facilities as a
priority, and that the policy be brought to Corporate Service and Economic
Development Committee for debate;
And that naming of
City facilities be deferred until the policy is approved by Council;
And that the Parks
and Recreation and Heritage Advisory Committees be consulted as part of the
staff review of this item.
4. Health Care
Whereas the City of
Ottawa and Canadians alike pride ourselves on the fact that Canada ha provided
universal, publicly accessible health care to its citizens for over 30 years;
Whereas the principles
of the Canada Health Act are the basis upon which our public health system was
formed and have provided public access to life saving and life enhancing care
for over a generation;
Whereas Canadians are
challenged as we have never been before to protect, restore and upgrade where
necessary our public Medicare system;
Therefore be it
resolved that Ottawa City Council supports Canada’s public health care system
and the principles of the Canada Health Act;
Be it further resolved
that Ottawa City Council calls upon the Romanow Commission, and federal and
provincial governments to ensure that the principles of the Canada Health Act
are maintained, and the public health care system is publicly delivered and
upgraded where necessary, and that adequate public funding be provided to do
so;
Be it further resolved
that Ottawa City Council hereby proclaims May 15, 2002 Public Medicare Day in
the City of Ottawa
To be dealt
with In Camera.
Joint Transportation and
Transit Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 1
1. Transit Service in Villages and Rural Areas
That
Council approve the provision of transit services in the villages and rural
areas of Ottawa, as described in these reports, from September 3, 2002, and in
particular that:
1. OC Transpo rural
express service be increased from Stittsville and from Richmond, and new OC
Transpo rural express service be introduced from Greely, Manotick, and Navan
and Notre Dame des Champs;
2. OC Transpo
Transitway service be introduced from Stittsville;
3. OC Transpo local
service be introduced from Greely, Manotick (via South Nepean and via River
Road), and Richmond;
4. The City tender for
the supply of local bus service within Stittsville and for connector bus
service from Ashton and Munster, Carp, Cumberland and Navan, Dunrobin, North Gower
and Kars, and Vars;
5. The General Manager
be authorized to enter into agreements with private inter-regional bus
companies to enhance the service that they now provide from Cumberland,
Osgoode, Vars, Vernon and Metcalfe, West Carleton, and other places inside and
outside the City, and to enter into agreements with other municipalities to
integrate any new services that they introduce with the OC Transpo system;
6. Small park and ride
lots be established within existing lots in or near Constance Bay, Cumberland,
Dunrobin, Greely, Kinburn, Manotick, Navan, Notre Dame des Champs, Richmond,
and Stittsville;
7. Para Transpo service
be extended to all parts of the City of Ottawa;
8. Fares be charged for
the recommended services as listed in Tables 3 and 4;
9. A new Rural Transit
Area be established, with two zones (as shown on Map 5), inside which a
property tax levy will be charged;
10. The net annual
operating and capital costs of the program be funded in full by a levy on the
Rural Transit Area (this net operating cost is expected to be 50 percent of the
operating cost of conventional service and 70 percent of the total cost of Para
Transpo service);
11. City Council approve
the 2002 operating and capital budget requirements as detailed in the Financial
Implications section of the report, including debt funding of Project 901165
Rural Service Expansion (2002 Draft Capital Budget P606);
12. The boundaries of the inner zone of the rural transit area be
revised to exclude the section of West Carleton south and west of Highway 417
and the section of Goulbourn south and west of Dwyer Hill Road (Map 1);
13. The connector bus service from Ashton be removed after August
30, 2002, cutting back the service to start at Munster;
14. A new rural express service be introduced from Vars and
Carlsbad Springs on September 3, 2002, in place of the connector service
previously recommended; and
15. The funding and fares for Para Transpo service be changed as
detailed in this report, so that the service is funded 20 percent from
customers’ fares and 80 percent from a property tax levy.
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1. Zoning
– 1690 Tenth Line Road |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
That Council approve:
1. An amendment to the
former City of Cumberland Urban Zoning By-law to permit a medical/dental office
at 1690 Tenth Line Road and that the required front yard setback for a
dental office be reduced from 6 metres to 5 metres; and
2. That no further
notice be provided pursuant to section 34(17) of the Planning Act.
2. Zoning – 2060 Scott Street |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the application to amend the former City of Ottawa Zoning
By-law to change the zoning of 2060 Scott Street from CG[639] to a new CG
exception zone that would also allow a light industrial use, for a temporary
period of 18 months.
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3. Zoning – 1594 Main Street |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the former
Township of Goulbourn By-law 40/99, to zone 1594 Main Street from “CMU” –
Commercial Mixed Use Zone to R4-9 Residential Type 4,
Exception 9 (h) Zone.
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4. Application to Alter 180 Avon Lane, in
the New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the application to
alter 180 Avon Lane in accordance with the plans filed by Hans Rubarth,
received on January 11, 2002, included as Document 3.
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5. Application for New Construction in the
New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District at 96 Crichton Street |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the construction of a new single family dwelling at 96 Crichton
Street in the New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District according to plans
received on February 19, 2002.
6. Heritage Alteration and
New Construction in a Heritage Conservation District- 162-166 Murray Street |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the alteration of the existing building and construction of a
rear addition at 162-166 Murray Street in accordance with the plans submitted
by Barry Padolsky and Associates Architects as received on February 6, 2002.
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7. Heritage
Alteration – 279- 283 Dalhousie Street |
Committee Recommendation
as Amended
That
the Planning and Development Committee recommend that Council approve the
alteration of 279-283 Dalhousie Street in accordance with the plans submitted
by Gary Churchill as presented on March 19, 2002.
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8. New Construction in a Heritage Conservation District – 320 Daly Avenue |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the construction of a house at 320 Daly Avenue in accordance
with the plans submitted by Jane Cardwell as received on February 19, 2002.
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9. Signs
By-law Minor Variance – 267 Bank Street |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve a Minor Variance to Signs By‑law 36-2000, of the former City
of Ottawa, to allow a canopy sign with an area of 17.5 square metres instead of
the maximum area permitted of 10.5 square metres and to allow relief from the
design criteria of the by-law.
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10. McEwan Creek Water Quality and Erosion
Control |
Committee Recommendations
That Council approve:
1.
That the McEwan Creek Water
Quality and Erosion Control Study and Functional Design Reports prepared under
the direction of the former City of Ottawa and Rideau Valley Conservation
Authority be accepted in principle.
2. That a rate of
$23,700 per impervious hectare be approved as the basis of contributions by
developers to stormwater management in the portion of the McEwan Creek watershed
west of Highway 417 in lieu of providing on-site stormwater management.
10. Motion to Adopt Committee Reports
(Councillors
D. Thompson and G. Brooks)
11. Motion to Introduce
By-laws
(Councillors D.
Thompson and G. Brooks)
Three Readings
a)
A by‑law
of the City of Ottawa amending By-law Number L6-2000 of the old Corporation of
the City of Ottawa.
b)
A by-law
of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 4 of 1981 of The Regional Municipality of
Ottawa-Carleton – Road Allowance between Ottawa Front and Junction Gore.
c)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa amending the Zoning By-law, 1998, being By-law 93-98 of the old
City of Ottawa – 17 Myrand.
d)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-468 respecting appointment of Municipal Law
Enforcement Officers, Private Property Parking Enforcement Program.
e)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain lands as common and public highways in
the City of Ottawa – Cahill Drive West.
f)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to
dedicate and lay out certain lands as common and public highways in the City of
Ottawa Shauna Crescent and Donwel Drive.
g)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to stop
up, close and authorize the sale of a portion of Carp Road (Regional Road No. 5).
h) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 40/99 of the former Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn - 1594 Main Street.
i) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 20-85 of the Old Corporation of the Township of Cumberland.
j) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-17 respecting appointment of Inspectors, Property Standards Officers and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Building Services Branch of the Department of Development Services.
k) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to close a portion of Ledbury Street.
12.
Motions (Of Which Notice Has
Been Given Previously)
Moved by Councillor W. Stewart
Seconded by
Councillor G. Hunter
WHEREAS the Moffatt Farm has been in public ownership for the past
50 years, since its expropriation, and has until 1999, been designated a
Capital Park by the National Capital Commission;
AND WHEREAS the NCC has determined that this property is surplus to
national needs and intends to sell it;
AND WHEREAS the Moffatt Farm is outside the General Urban Area, and
designated as Waterfront Open Space in the Regional Official Plan, which is
land in, or intended to be in, public ownership and intended for public
recreation and environmental conservation uses;
AND WHEREAS the Moffatt Farm has no ‘right of development’ at this
time, being designated Major Open Space, Waterway Corridor and Environmentally
Sensitive Area, zoning that offers the highest possible protection;
AND WHEREAS, in the Ottawa Official Plan, the Moffatt Farm is
designated as a District/Community Park, a use identified in the 1973 Carleton
Heights Secondary Plan as a means to address inadequate parkland for this area
of the City;
AND WHEREAS, since 1973, the population of this community has
doubled and available parkland has already decreased;
AND WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has a policy
to acquire, where possible, waterfront properties that form the Greenway System
and preserve these lands for public open space use;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa offer
to purchase the entire Moffatt Farm property from the NCC, at a price which
will be based on its current and future use as a District Park; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City request the local
Members of Parliament (National Capital Caucus) to urge the NCC to respect
Council’s unanimous decision and withdraw its appeal to the OMB.
13. Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
14. Confirmation By-law (Councillors D. Thompson and G. Brooks)
15. Inquiries
16. Adjournment (Councillors
D. Thompson and G. Brooks)
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