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The Hard Rock Casino Ottawa is making its play to expand gaming.
Hard Rock, which has partnered with the Rideau Carleton Raceway to build a new entertainment facility at the horse track, is asking for permission to add 14 more table games.
The zoning for the land at 4837 Albion Rd. only allows for a maximum of 21 table games, which was set by city council in 2011.
Hard Rock believes increasing the number of table games to 35 is considered a minor variance to the land-use rules, so it has filed its application with the committee of adjustment, which has 15 members of the public sitting on three panels.
Historically, matters involving gambling and Ottawa’s only casino have gone through the city council approval process.
The committee of adjustment is a separate tribunal, tasked with approving minor variance applications only if the zoning bylaw for a property wouldn’t be drastically altered.
The committee invites the public to make deputations on applications during open meetings. Hard Rock’s application is scheduled to be heard Nov. 15 at Ben Franklin Place.
The committee of adjustment could refuse to hear the application if it believes the request isn’t calling for a “minor” variance. If that happens, Hard Rock could be forced to bring its application to planning committee and council.
On the other hand, it was always expected that Hard Rock would ask for more gambling capacity when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation last May approved Hard Rock as the operator of government-sanctioned gaming in Ottawa.
Hard Rock and the raceway are working on a $320-million redevelopment of the facility.
The property is also zoned to allow a maximum of 1,250 slot machines.
City hall receives a cut of gambling revenue since Ottawa has agreed to be a host city for gaming.
jwilling@postmedia.com
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Hard Rock, which has partnered with the Rideau Carleton Raceway to build a new entertainment facility at the horse track, is asking for permission to add 14 more table games.
The zoning for the land at 4837 Albion Rd. only allows for a maximum of 21 table games, which was set by city council in 2011.
Hard Rock believes increasing the number of table games to 35 is considered a minor variance to the land-use rules, so it has filed its application with the committee of adjustment, which has 15 members of the public sitting on three panels.
Historically, matters involving gambling and Ottawa’s only casino have gone through the city council approval process.
The committee of adjustment is a separate tribunal, tasked with approving minor variance applications only if the zoning bylaw for a property wouldn’t be drastically altered.
The committee invites the public to make deputations on applications during open meetings. Hard Rock’s application is scheduled to be heard Nov. 15 at Ben Franklin Place.
The committee of adjustment could refuse to hear the application if it believes the request isn’t calling for a “minor” variance. If that happens, Hard Rock could be forced to bring its application to planning committee and council.
On the other hand, it was always expected that Hard Rock would ask for more gambling capacity when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation last May approved Hard Rock as the operator of government-sanctioned gaming in Ottawa.
Hard Rock and the raceway are working on a $320-million redevelopment of the facility.
The property is also zoned to allow a maximum of 1,250 slot machines.
City hall receives a cut of gambling revenue since Ottawa has agreed to be a host city for gaming.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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