This Monday night’s Planning Act Public Meeting has 3 project applications for review:
1) Ritson Rd S by Dean Ave 2) Simcoe St N by Glovers Rd 3) Simcoe St S at Athol St (former Post Office)
1. RITSON Rd South DS-21-148 proposed two-3 storey apartment buildings with a total of 40 stacked back to back townhouse units on Ritson Rd. S. (west side) by McNaughton/Dean Ave on 4 assembled lots 480, 484, 490 & 506 Ritson Rd. S
40 units ►10 one bedroom; 28 two bedroom; 2 three bedroom
Land Size: 1/2 acre ( .20 ha) (net after road widening dedication)
Land size permits net residential density 17 units
Applicant 2676916 Ontario Inc, requests:
1) increased residential density
2) increased lot coverage
3) reduced front, read and side yard depths
4) reduced parking
5) reduced parking aisle width
Four area residents submitted letters stating their concerns.
2. SIMCOE St. North DS-21-149 proposed two-6 storey apartment buildings each with 40 units on Simcoe St N (east side) south of Glovers Rd on 4 assembled lots 1413, 1417, 1419 & 1429 Simcoe St
80 units total ►60 one bedroom; 20 two bedroom
Land Size: 1 acre ( .46ha) (net after road widening dedication)
Land size permits net residential density of 35 units
Applicant HOLLAND HOMES & 2439967 Ontario Inc. requests:
1) zoning change to higher density R6 and
2) special site conditions to permit shared driveway access
3) reduced front and interior yard depths
4) reduced parking
3. SIMCOE ST South DS-21-150 proposed new 8 storey 143 unit apartments with existing building incorporated as the 2 storey base + propose developing the existing 106 space City owned paid public parking Lot16 @ Athol/Celina/Albert to provide parking for the Simcoe St. project
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Applicant POST OFFICE LP (ATRIA DEVELOPMENT) requests
1) site specific conditions to permit increased building height
2) reduced (zero) on-site parking*
3) reduced building setbacks to streetlights above 12m height
4) permit residential units on main floor
*the required parking for the 143 unit apartment building is 143 spaces (one per unit for the CBC-B zone is all that is required) For some reason Oshawa Parking By-law does not require more, like the Town of Whitby does 1.5 per unit, to provide for visitor parking) However Oshawa Council is expected to have a Special Council Meeting of the Whole to implement changes to the City Parking By-law.
I have no idea why this Special (follow-up) Council meeting has been delayed. After the IBI Consultant made his final presentation of the Parking Study to Council in February. (Study cost $190K) I believed it would have been called shortly after, in April or May at the latest. But here it is 7 months later and many building plans have been and are being approved. You ask, why am I bugged by this?
Here's an example. Any planning application received prior to the new By-law in effect is grandfathered. They get in under the wire as the City recently learned at the Tribunal when it lost its Phase I appeal regarding the South Oshawa Development project west of Park Rd. south of Renaissance Dr.
www.canlii.org/en/on/onlt/doc/2021/2021canlii74802/2021canlii74802.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAGb3NoYXdhAAAAAAE&resultIndex=9
The City argued that its current more stringent environmental policies should be followed to protect the monarch butterfly habitat. But the Tribunal denied the City of Oshawa's argument and pointed to the Clergy Principle: "In land use planning cases, there is a principle called the Clergy principle, wherein the planning policies applicable to an application under the Planning Act are judged as they were at the time that the application was made".
1) Ritson Rd S by Dean Ave 2) Simcoe St N by Glovers Rd 3) Simcoe St S at Athol St (former Post Office)
1. RITSON Rd South DS-21-148 proposed two-3 storey apartment buildings with a total of 40 stacked back to back townhouse units on Ritson Rd. S. (west side) by McNaughton/Dean Ave on 4 assembled lots 480, 484, 490 & 506 Ritson Rd. S
40 units ►10 one bedroom; 28 two bedroom; 2 three bedroom
Land Size: 1/2 acre ( .20 ha) (net after road widening dedication)
Land size permits net residential density 17 units
Applicant 2676916 Ontario Inc, requests:
1) increased residential density
2) increased lot coverage
3) reduced front, read and side yard depths
4) reduced parking
5) reduced parking aisle width
Four area residents submitted letters stating their concerns.
2. SIMCOE St. North DS-21-149 proposed two-6 storey apartment buildings each with 40 units on Simcoe St N (east side) south of Glovers Rd on 4 assembled lots 1413, 1417, 1419 & 1429 Simcoe St
80 units total ►60 one bedroom; 20 two bedroom
Land Size: 1 acre ( .46ha) (net after road widening dedication)
Land size permits net residential density of 35 units
Applicant HOLLAND HOMES & 2439967 Ontario Inc. requests:
1) zoning change to higher density R6 and
2) special site conditions to permit shared driveway access
3) reduced front and interior yard depths
4) reduced parking
3. SIMCOE ST South DS-21-150 proposed new 8 storey 143 unit apartments with existing building incorporated as the 2 storey base + propose developing the existing 106 space City owned paid public parking Lot16 @ Athol/Celina/Albert to provide parking for the Simcoe St. project
.
Applicant POST OFFICE LP (ATRIA DEVELOPMENT) requests
1) site specific conditions to permit increased building height
2) reduced (zero) on-site parking*
3) reduced building setbacks to streetlights above 12m height
4) permit residential units on main floor
*the required parking for the 143 unit apartment building is 143 spaces (one per unit for the CBC-B zone is all that is required) For some reason Oshawa Parking By-law does not require more, like the Town of Whitby does 1.5 per unit, to provide for visitor parking) However Oshawa Council is expected to have a Special Council Meeting of the Whole to implement changes to the City Parking By-law.
I have no idea why this Special (follow-up) Council meeting has been delayed. After the IBI Consultant made his final presentation of the Parking Study to Council in February. (Study cost $190K) I believed it would have been called shortly after, in April or May at the latest. But here it is 7 months later and many building plans have been and are being approved. You ask, why am I bugged by this?
Here's an example. Any planning application received prior to the new By-law in effect is grandfathered. They get in under the wire as the City recently learned at the Tribunal when it lost its Phase I appeal regarding the South Oshawa Development project west of Park Rd. south of Renaissance Dr.
www.canlii.org/en/on/onlt/doc/2021/2021canlii74802/2021canlii74802.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAGb3NoYXdhAAAAAAE&resultIndex=9
The City argued that its current more stringent environmental policies should be followed to protect the monarch butterfly habitat. But the Tribunal denied the City of Oshawa's argument and pointed to the Clergy Principle: "In land use planning cases, there is a principle called the Clergy principle, wherein the planning policies applicable to an application under the Planning Act are judged as they were at the time that the application was made".
