Planning Committee DISPOSITION 41 Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 9:30 AM Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West Note: 1. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by Committee. 2. Please note that any written or verbal submissions (including your name but excluding personal contact information) will form part of the public record and be made available to City Council and the public. 3. Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 10 October 2012 in Planning Committee Report 37 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Minutes 40 of the Planning Committee meeting of 11 September 2012. CONFIRMED . ADVISORY COMMITTEE OTTAWA BUILT HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1. APPLICATION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AT 506 KENT STREET, A PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CENTRETOWN HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0212 SOMERSET (14) That the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning Committee recommend Council: 1. Approve the application for new construction at 506 Kent Street as per drawings submitted by Harish Gupta Architect Inc. on July 16, 2012; 2. Issue the heritage permit with a three year expiry date from the date of issuance; and 3. Delegate authority for minor design changes to the General Manager, Planning and Growth Management Department. (Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on October 15, 2012) (Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.) CARRIED 2. CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENTS ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0195 CITY-WIDE OBHAC RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED That the Planning Committee recommend Council: 1. Adopt the “Guidelines for the Preparation of Cultural Heritage Impact Statements” included as Document 1. CARRIED 2. Approve that the City of Ottawa retain and pay for consultants to prepare all future Cultural Heritage Impact Statements (CHIS) prepared under the new Guidelines for the preparation of CHIS to ensure that the Impact Statements are objective and unbiased. LOST PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT 3. ZONING - 300 GREENBANK ROAD ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0221 KNOXDALE-MERIVALE (9) That the Planning Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 to modify the existing exception of 300 Greenbank Road, being GM15[1672] H(8), General Commercial subzone 15, Exception 1672 , as detailed in Document 2. CARRIED 4. PERMANENT SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT DIGITAL BILLBOARD SIGNAGE ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0185 CITY-WIDE That the Planning Committee recommend Council: 1. Amend the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law 2005-439, as amended, to allow digital billboards, subject to the regulations, substantially in the form as contained in Document 1, effective December 1, 2012. CARRIED, with Councillor K. Hobbs dissenting 2. Close the digital billboard pilot project, and direct the Planning and Growth Management Department to explore other emerging sign technologies with a view to establishing pilot programs if warranted, and return to Council in Q3 of 2013 with an update on digital billboard location criteria in the suburban and rural areas and recommendations with respect to other emerging digital technologies in signs. CARRIED as amended, with Councillor K. Hobbs dissenting 5. ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT – 2011 ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0220 CITY-WIDE That the Planning Committee receive this report for information. DEFERRED to 9 October CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE CITY CLERK AND SOLICITOR 6. STATUS UPDATE - PLANNING COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 1 OCTOBER 2012 ACS2012-CMR-CCB-0070 CITY-WIDE That the Planning Committee receive this report for information. RECEIVED ADDITIONAL COUNCILLOR’S ITEM COUNCILLOR K. HOBBS 7. DEMOLITION CONTROL – 446 FRASER AVENUE ACS2012-CMR-PLC-0021 KITCHISSIPPI (15) Moved by Councillor J. Harder: That the Planning Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84(3) of the Procedure By-Law (being By-Law No. 2006-462). CARRIED Moved by Councillor K. Hobbs: WHEREAS demolitions of residential dwelling units located in the former City of Ottawa are subject to the Demolition Control process as set out in the former City of Ottawa Demolition Control By-law, which is still in effect; AND WHEREAS the residential dwelling unit located at 446 Fraser was damaged by fire in January 2012 and has been determined by a professional engineer to be structurally unsound and not salvageable; AND WHEREAS the Owner of the property is in the process of preparing construction plans to replace the damaged residential dwelling unit and in the interim wishes to demolish the building; AND WHEREAS the Ward Councillor has indicated her support for exempting this property from certain requirements of the Demolition Control By-law; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT that 446 Fraser Avenue be exempted from the notice requirements and processes set out in the Demolition Control By-law in order to enable the demolition of the building immediately subject to the following conditions which shall be incorporated into a registered agreement prior to the exemption taking effect: 1. The Owner ensures the property is graded, sodded or seeded and maintained to the standards set out in the Property Standards By-law pending development; 2. The property is not used or occupied for any other interim use; and 3. The Owner submits a building permit application for the reconstruction of the building no later than October 1, 2013 and completes the construction of the replacement dwelling unit no later than October 1, 2014. CARRIED PLANNING COMMITTEE DISPOSITION 41 25 SEPTEMBER 2012 iv