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The City’s Planning Committee today approved a community design plan and secondary plan to help guide future development in Orléans, in the area south of Innes Road that straddles Mer Bleue Boulevard.
The approved plans would see these lands, referred to as the East Urban Community, build on and complement the nearby Trailsedge and Mer-Bleue communities as well as the recently developed Orléans Village subdivision. Once built, it would blend into those subdivisions to make a cohesive whole.
The community design plan emphasizes pedestrian connections to a network of public parks and to transit. The goal is to create a livable, walkable, complete community that supports cycling and transit, with higher density anticipated along the future Brian Coburn transitway line.
A wider range of dwelling types is envisioned for Westboro, in the area bounded by Byron, Dovercourt, Golden and Tweedsmuir avenues. The City studied the area after Council moved to temporarily prohibit development of three-unit dwellings there. The study determined that three-unit dwellings are compatible in the area and the Committee approved a zoning amendment to once again permit them.
The amendment outlines rules that would see higher densities concentrated along major streets like Churchill Avenue, with development on local streets limited to heights of two to three storeys.
The Committee also heard about City plans to help speed up timelines for projects that have a significant social impact – specifically, affordable housing projects, long-term care facilities and retirement homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has put added pressure on such facilities and staff would work with non-profit organizations to prioritize reviewing applications for these types of high social impact projects, aiming to get them built and operating as quickly as possible.
On Carling Avenue, between Cole and Highland avenues, the Committee approved a zoning amendment to permit both a 22-storey residential high-rise and a nine-storey retirement residence. The proposal encourages development along a planned transit line, adding density near a planned streetcar station. The amendment would increase permitted height from 30 to 73 metres but restrict height to eight metres near the rear of the property on Tillbury Avenue.
The applicant would contribute $600,000 for community improvements, including a City-owned park, affordable housing and intersection enhancements.
The Committee also approved plans to redevelop two heritage properties downtown. The first would see a nine-storey apartment building added to the west and north of Alexander Fleck House, on Laurier Avenue West at Bronson Avenue. The applicant would restore the two-and-a-half storey red-brick building, which was built in 1902, as part of the redevelopment.
The second heritage redevelopment would add a 10-storey apartment building just south of the Museum of Nature – a national historic site. The plan involves removing most of the building at 100 Argyle while retaining the front portion to integrate as the main entrance to the new building.
Recommendations from today’s Planning Committee meeting will rise to Council on Wednesday, February 24.
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The approved plans would see these lands, referred to as the East Urban Community, build on and complement the nearby Trailsedge and Mer-Bleue communities as well as the recently developed Orléans Village subdivision. Once built, it would blend into those subdivisions to make a cohesive whole.
The community design plan emphasizes pedestrian connections to a network of public parks and to transit. The goal is to create a livable, walkable, complete community that supports cycling and transit, with higher density anticipated along the future Brian Coburn transitway line.
A wider range of dwelling types is envisioned for Westboro, in the area bounded by Byron, Dovercourt, Golden and Tweedsmuir avenues. The City studied the area after Council moved to temporarily prohibit development of three-unit dwellings there. The study determined that three-unit dwellings are compatible in the area and the Committee approved a zoning amendment to once again permit them.
The amendment outlines rules that would see higher densities concentrated along major streets like Churchill Avenue, with development on local streets limited to heights of two to three storeys.
The Committee also heard about City plans to help speed up timelines for projects that have a significant social impact – specifically, affordable housing projects, long-term care facilities and retirement homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has put added pressure on such facilities and staff would work with non-profit organizations to prioritize reviewing applications for these types of high social impact projects, aiming to get them built and operating as quickly as possible.
On Carling Avenue, between Cole and Highland avenues, the Committee approved a zoning amendment to permit both a 22-storey residential high-rise and a nine-storey retirement residence. The proposal encourages development along a planned transit line, adding density near a planned streetcar station. The amendment would increase permitted height from 30 to 73 metres but restrict height to eight metres near the rear of the property on Tillbury Avenue.
The applicant would contribute $600,000 for community improvements, including a City-owned park, affordable housing and intersection enhancements.
The Committee also approved plans to redevelop two heritage properties downtown. The first would see a nine-storey apartment building added to the west and north of Alexander Fleck House, on Laurier Avenue West at Bronson Avenue. The applicant would restore the two-and-a-half storey red-brick building, which was built in 1902, as part of the redevelopment.
The second heritage redevelopment would add a 10-storey apartment building just south of the Museum of Nature – a national historic site. The plan involves removing most of the building at 100 Argyle while retaining the front portion to integrate as the main entrance to the new building.
Recommendations from today’s Planning Committee meeting will rise to Council on Wednesday, February 24.
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