Planning Act Public Meeting Monday June 5 6:30 pm for a 22 story building at 88 King St W

This June 5th 6:30 p.m. Economic and Development Committee Planning Act public meeting will take place in the Council Chamber, Oshawa City Hall, 50 Centre Street S.  It is also available to view on-line from the link on the Council & Committee meetings Calendar

The application submitted by GHD on behalf of 2702758 Ontario Ltd. is for lands at 88 King Street W. The proposed development of the site is for a new 22 storey mixed-use building containing 220 residential apartment units ( 142 one bedroom units - 72 two-bedroom units - 6 three-bedroom units)  200 parking spaces, 180 bicycle spaces and commercial space in two ground floor retail units.

The request is to:

1. Amend the Oshawa Official Plan to add a site specific policy to permit a proposed residential density of 1,467 units per net hectare; and,
2. Amend Zoning By-law 60-94 by rezoning the lands from CBD-A.T25 (Central Business District) to an appropriate site specific CBD-A (Central Busines District) Zone, to implement the proposed development with site specific conditions to permit certain performance standards such as, but not necessarily limited to, increased residential density and building height and reduced parking and building setbacks to street lines above 12m in height.
   
   HIGHER DENSITY
   The Oshawa Official Plan guideline indicates that High Density II in the Residential category generally permits 150 to 550 units per hectare (60 to 223 u/ac.) within the Downtown Oshawa Urban Growth Centre.
   However, the density for this project is proposed to have a net residential density of 1,467 units per hectare (593 u/ac.) which is greater than the High Density II Residential classification.
   
   HIGHER BUILDING HEIGHT
   The current zoning would permit a new mixed use building with a maximum height of 25 metres (82 ft.) (generally 8 storeys)
   The application is for 22 storeys.
   
   The proposed building includes parking on three aboveground levels and a mezzanine incorporated into the podium of the building with driveway access from McMillan Drive.
   
   

The proposed building also includes the following features:

• A rooftop garden/amenity area on the fifth floor;
•  A rooftop amenity area on the roof of the tower;
•  Private balconies along the east, west and south elevations for each apartment unit;
•  Communal indoor amenity spaces; and,
•  Storage lockers.
  
  The Applicant is proposing to install and utilize an automated parking system for 186 parking spaces out of the 200 spaces being provided for the residential component of the development.
  
  To park their vehicle using the automated system, drivers would first drive their vehicle into an elevator device, then exit the vehicle and use a control panel to automatically park the vehicle on the mezzanine level and floors 2 to 4 in a stacking system.
  To retrieve their vehicle, drivers would use a control panel and their vehicle will be automatically retrieved in an elevator. The driver would then get in the vehicle and drive out.
  
  This feature allows more parking to be provided over the same floor area than a traditional parking structure that utilizes ramps.
  
  Here is a link to the Report: https://pub-oshawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=12576