Documentation
1. Development
Services Department General Manager’s report dated 10 April 2002 is immediately
attached (ACS-2002-DEV-APR-0065).
2.
An Extract of
Draft Minutes, 9 May 2002, immediately follows the report and includes the
voting record.
Report
to/Rapport au:
Planning
and Development Committee/
Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’aménagement
and Council/et au Conseil
10 April 2002/le 10 avril 2002
Submitted by/Soumis par: Ned Lathrop, General
Manager/Directeur général
Development Services Department
/ Services d’aménagement
Contact/Personne-ressource: Grant Lindsay, Manager Development
Approvals/ Gestionnaire, Approbation des demandes d’aménagement
580-2424, Ext 13868,
grant.lindsay@city.ottawa.on.ca
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SUBJECT: ZONING
- 705-713 MONTREAL ROAD
OBJET: ZONAGE – 705-713, CHEMIN MONTRÉAL
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning and Development Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to the former City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 1998 to change the zoning of 705-713 Montreal Road, from L3[698] – Community Leisure Zone to an I2 F(1.5) – Major Institutional Zone.
RECOMMANDATION
DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de
l’urbanisme et de l’aménagement recommande au Conseil municipal d’approuver une
modification au Règlement municipal de zonage de 1998 de l’ancienne Ville
d’Ottawa afin de remplacer la désignation de zonage « L3[698] – Zone de
loisirs communautaires » des 705-713, chemin de Montréal par la
désignation « I2 F(1.5) – Zone de grandes institutions ».
BACKGROUND
Site Location:
The land affected by this amendment is approximately 55 metres wide by 300 metres long located at the rear of the Montfort Hospital site.
Description of Site and
Surroundings:
Lang's
Road is situated to the east, the Montfort Woods to the north and the Aviation
Parkway to the west. A long-term care
facility recently has been built on the westerly portion of the land, while the
remaining portion is vacant or utilized for parking.
Purpose of Zoning By-law Amendment Proposal:
The purpose of the zoning proposal is to extend
the existing Institutional zoning of the Montfort Hospital across the entire
Hospital's landholding, including the land affected by this amendment.
Proposal Details:
The current zoning of the affected
land is L3[698]. The L3 zone is a
Community Leisure Zone permitting a community centre, park, recreational and
athletic facility, sports arena etc.
The [698] exception permits a range of additional uses, such as dwelling
units for elderly persons, place of worship, school, college or university
etc. The proposed new zone designation
would be identical to the zoning on the Montfort Hospital site, which is an I2
F(1.5) zone. The I2 - Major
Institutional Zone permits large-scale institutions (hospital, museum), minor
institutional uses (retirement home, library) and provides for a range of
ancillary uses (parking garage). The
(1.5) floor space index indicates that gross floor area of buildings on the
site cannot exceed one and a half times the lot area.
DISCUSSION
The Department is recommending approval of the application. Prior to the passage of the former City of Ottawa’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law 1998, the Montfort Hospital site and the abutting lands to the north, known as the Montfort Woods, were zoned “P” – a Public Use designation. The Montfort Woods site, at that time, was owned by Les Filles de la Sagesse d’Ontario. The introduction of a separate and distinct Major Institutional Zone designation within Zoning By-law 1998, as it applied to major institutional uses, resulted in the zone designation of the Montfort Hospital property changing from P to I2 F(1.5). The new zoning was intended to include the entire Hospital’s landholding. The Hospital zoning boundaries were determined by plans submitted to staff at the time of the Zoning By-law review. It now has been determined that the affected parcel of land, which is owned by the Hospital, was inadvertently zoned to a non-institutional zoning, L3[698], the same designation as the Montfort Woods. The purpose of this amendment is to correct this anomaly in the Zoning By-law, thereby extending the current I2 F(1.5) Hospital zoning across all lands within the ownership of the Montfort Hospital.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
An Environmental Impact Checklist was completed by the applicant that identified no environmental impacts.
CONSULTATION
The application was subject to Early Notification and the posting of
on-site information signs. Two e-mail
comments were received which had concern regarding the nature of the amendment. This concern is described in Document
4. The Ward Councillor, Jacques
Legendre, is aware of and supports the application.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
N/A
APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE
STATUS
The application, which was submitted on January 22, 2002, was subject to
a project management timeline. A
Mandatory Information Exchange to the affected community groups was not
undertaken as the applicant undertook pre-consultation.
The application was processed within the timeframe established for the
processing of Zoning Amendment applications.
ATTACHMENTS
Document 1 Explanatory Note
Document 2 Location Map
Document 3 Municipal
Environmental Evaluation Checklist (on file with the City Clerk)
Document 4 Consultation Details
DISPOSITION
Department of Corporate Services, Secretariat Services to notify the Owner (Kathy O’Neill, c/o Montfort Hospital, 713 Montreal Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1K 0T2) and agent (Kathleen Willis, 6393 Roslyn Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1C 2Z9).
Legal Services to forward the implementing by-law to City Council.
Department of Development Services to write and circulate the implementing by-law.
Document 1
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE TO BY-LAW NUMBER .......
By-law Number ........... amends Zoning By-law, 1998, the
former City of Ottawa’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law. This amendment affects a parcel of land owned by the Montfort
Hospital that is approximately 55 metes wide by 300 metres long located at the
rear of the Hospital and running parallel to Montreal Road, as shown on the
attached location map.
The purpose of the amendment is to extend the existing Institutional
zoning of the Montfort Hospital across the entire Hospital property.
Current Zoning
The current zoning of the affected land is
L3[698]. The L3 zone is a Community
Leisure Zone permitting a community
centre, park, recreational and athletic facility, sports arena etc. The [698] exception permits a range of
additional uses, such as dwelling units for elderly persons, place of worship,
school, college or university etc.
Proposed Zoning
The proposed new zone designation would correct an anomaly in Zoning By-law 1998 and rezone the affected parcel of land to the identical I2 F(1.5) – Major Institutional Zone designation as the Montfort Hospital site. The I2 zone permits large-scale institutions, minor institutional uses and provides for a range of ancillary uses. The (1.5) floor space index indicates that the gross floor area of buildings on the site cannot exceed one and a half times the lot area.
Should you have any questions regarding the amendment please contact Gordon Harrison at 580-2424 ext. 13868.
Location Map Document 2
CONSULTATION DETAILS Document 4
NOTIFICATION AND CONSULATION PROCESS
Notification and consultation procedures were carried out in accordance with
the notification and consultation procedures approved by City Council for
Zoning Amendments.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Two comments were received. One
comment confirmed the name of the President of the adjacent Fairhaven Way
Cooperative Inc. while the other expressed concern about whether this amendment
was actually needed after the area had recently seen the submission of several
zoning applications and amendments to the Zoning By-law. The comment further mentioned that the
proposed amendment did not warrant immediate consideration as the current L3
zoning was not appealed by the Hospital when Zoning By-law 1998 came
into effect and, therefore, the L3 zone should be deemed valid and binding for
the future. The letter recommended that
all zoning requests be deferred and consolidated into a single Secondary Policy
Plan Study for the entire area.
Response:
Staff acknowledges that there has been on-going zoning activity in this
area, but the purpose of the current application is to correct an anomaly in Zoning
By-law 1998. As mentioned above,
the entire Montfort Hospital site was not rezoned Institutional after the
passage of Zoning By-law 1998.
The land affected by this amendment, although owned by the Hospital, was
inadvertently zone non-institutional.
The present application will place all the Hospital’s landholding under
one I2 F(1.5) zone designation.
COUNCILLOR’S COMMENTS
Councillor Jacques Legendre is aware of and supports the application.