616-580-2525, Katherine.Hobbs@ottawa.ca
SUBJECT:
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AMENDMENT TO THE
Demolition Control |
OBJET :
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MODIFICATION À L’ENTENTE SUR LA RÉGLEMENTATION |
That the Planning Committee recommend Council direct
the City Clerk and Solicitor Department to amend the Demolition Control
agreement for 389 Wilmont Avenue to allow an access for construction vehicles
to the Roosevelt Avenue site and an access for visitors to a sales centre to be
located temporarily at 335 Roosevelt Avenue.
Que le Comité de
l’urbanisme recommande au Conseil de demander au greffier municipal et chef du
contentieux de modifier l’entente sur la réglementation de la démolition de
l’immeuble situé au 389, avenue Wilmont, de façon à donner accès aux véhicules
se rendant sur le chantier de construction de l’avenue Roosevelt et à permettre
aux visiteurs d’accéder à un centre de ventes temporaire situé au 335, avenue
Roosevelt.
Pursuant to
Section 77 (12) of the Procedure By-law, Councillor Hobbs requested that the
following motion be placed on the Planning Committee Agenda of 22 May 2012:
AND WHEREAS the
subject property has been sold to the land owner of 335 Roosevelt Avenue, who
wishes to use 389 Wilmont Avenue for construction access to 335 Roosevelt
Avenue in order to build proposed high-rise apartment buildings on the
Roosevelt Avenue property;
AND WHEREAS the
use of 389 Wilmont Avenue for construction access will free up land at 335
Roosevelt Avenue so it may be landscaped at an earlier date;
AND WHEREAS
after the construction at 335 Roosevelt Avenue is completed the new property
Owner will be constructing a new residential dwelling at 389 Wilmont Avenue;
NOW THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk and Solicitor Department
amend the Demolition Control agreement for 389 Wilmont Avenue to allow an
access for construction vehicles to the Roosevelt Avenue site and an access for
visitors to a sales centre to be located temporarily at 335 Roosevelt Avenue.
In April 2010,
City Council approved a demolition control application for the single detached
dwelling at 389 Wilmont Avenue subject to certain conditions. A Demolition Control Agreement was registered
on title to the subject property on July 27, 2010, which required that the property be seeded
or sodded, with the installation of bollards around the perimeter to maintain
the property as open space and to prevent the interim use of the property for
such uses as vehicle parking.
The subject property has
subsequently been sold to the
land owner of 335 Roosevelt Avenue, who wishes to use 389 Wilmont Avenue for
construction access to 335 Roosevelt Avenue in order to build proposed
high-rise apartment buildings on the Roosevelt Avenue property. The
use of 389 Wilmont Avenue for construction access will free up land at 335
Roosevelt Avenue so it may be landscaped at an earlier date;
Once the construction at 335 Roosevelt Avenue is comple, the new property
Owner will be constructing a new residential dwelling at 389 Wilmont Avenue.
There are no rural implications.
Councillor Hobbs has consulted with the Planning and Growth Management
Department and the City Clerk and Solicitor Department in the preparation of
this report.
PLANNING AND GROWTH
MANAGEMENT COMMENT
The proposed amendment to
the demolition control agreement will not negatively impact the surrounding
neighbourhood, as construction access would have been provided from the
property adjacent to the west, which is also under the same ownership. Approval of this amendment will help provide
for the orderly development of 335 Roosevelt Avenue, as it will also allow the
earlier completion of landscaping and a direct north-south pedestrian
connection across the proposed development at 335 Roosevelt Avenue, to provide
access to a City path and the transitway.
Councillor Hobbs supports
the amendment, and is moving the motion to this effect.
There are no legal impediments to implementing the
recommendation of this report.
There are no Risk
Management implications.
There are no direct financial implications.
As part of the proposed development for 335 Roosevelt
Avenue, a north-south pedestrian pathway is proposed to be constructed from
Winston Avenue, across that property to the east-west City pathway parallel to
the south side of the transitway. This
City pathway provides access to surrounding Rapid Transit Stations and the
neighbourhood to the north. Construction
access was to be provided where the pedestrian pathway would start on Winston
Avenue and therefore would delay the construction of this pedestrian link. With the use of 389 Wilmont Avenue for
construction vehicle access, the pedestrian link can be completed at an earlier
date.
There
are no direct technical implications associated with this report.
Not applicable.
The City Clerk and
Solicitor Department will amend the Demolition Control agreement in accordance
with Council’s direction.