Report to: Development Services Committee Date of Meeting: October 3, 2006

SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY REPORT: Town Initiated Zoning By-law Amendments to rezone Block 65 Plan 19TM-02015 from the Business Corridor [BC] Zone (By-law 177-96) to the Major Commercial MJC*294 (By-law 177-96) and to rezone Lots 22 to 34 inclusive and Block 73 of Plan 19TM-02015 from the Open Space One [OS1] Zone (By-law 177-96) to the Residential Two [R2] Zone (By-law 177-96), Majorwood Developments Inc., west side of Woodbine Avenue north of Major Mackenzie Drive. Cathedral West Community

File No. ZA 06 128714

PREPARED BY: Ron Blake

Development Manager, West District

RECOMMENDATION:

That a public meeting be held to consider the Town initiated Zoning By-law Amendments to rezone Block 65 Plan 19TM-02015 from the Business Corridor [BC] Zone (By-law 177-96) to the Major Commercial MJC*294 (By-law 177-96) and to rezone Lots 22 to 34 inclusive and Block 73 of Plan 19TM-02015 from the Open Space One [OS1] Zone (By-law 177-96) to the Residential Two [R2] Zone (By-law 177-96), Majorwood Developments Inc., west side of Woodbine Avenue north of Major Mackenzie Drive.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Not applicable

1. Purpose 2. Background 3. Discussion 4. Financial 5. Environmental

6. Accessibility 7.Engage^21st 8. Affected Units 9. Attachment(s)

The purpose of this report is to provide preliminary information regarding the above-noted Town-initiated zoning by-law amendments on Block 65, Block 73 and lots 22 to 34 (inclusive) of Plan 19TM-02015, Majorwood Developments Inc.

BACKGROUND:

The subject lands are located on the west side of Woodbine Avenue, one township lot north of Major Mackenzie Drive, and extend west to Highway 404, within the Majorwood Developments Inc subdivision . One employment block (Block 65) on the south west side of Markland Street and 14 residential lots on the west side of a stormwater management pond are subject to the rezonings. In both cases, these rezonings are housekeeping matters, intended to resolve drafting errors in the zoning schedule adopted at the time of draft plan approval of the Majorwood subdivision by Council on June 16, 2006. A more detailed background description of these rezonings follows. The locations of the subject lands within the approved draft plan of subdivision are shown on Figure 3.

Rezoning of Block 65, south west side of Markland Street

Persuant to a decision by the Ontario Municipal Board in December of 2005, this block is intended to form part of the proposed Loblaws Superstore development, located primarily on the lands immediately to the south of the Majorwood Subdivision which front on Major Mackenzie Drive. The northern edge of the proposed store as well as the loading area will be located on the subject block. As part of the OMB decision, the board allowed an official plan amendment, to permit a large format store (larger than 6,000 m²) on the subject block; as well as a zoning by-law amendment to rezone the subject block from the Agricultural [A1} Zone (By-law 304-87) to the Major Commercial [MJC*294] Zone (By-law 177-96). These Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments were in effect at the time the draft plan of subdivision and zoning by-law amendment for the Majorwood Subdivision were approved in June 2006.

The draft zoning by-law amendment accompanying the Majorwood draft plan of subdivision (approved by Council in June 2006), inadvertently rezoned the subject lands to Business Corridor (which does not permit the proposed Loblaws store), when in fact these lands had already been zoned Major Commercial by the Ontario Municipal Board in December 2005 in order to permit this store.

The purpose of the rezoning on Block 65 is to now return these lands to the Major Commercial Zone, in accordance with the OMB decision.

Rezoning of Lots 22 to 34 inclusive and Block 73

These lands are draft plan approved as single detached residential lots backing onto a stormwater management block. However, the approved zoning by-law that accompanied the draft plan of subdivision shows these lands within the Open Space One [OS1] Zone, which is the zoning in place over the stormwater management pond to the east. The purpose of this zoning by-law amendment is to rezone these lands from [OS1] to the [R2] Zone, which is consistent with the zoning in place on the surrounding detached residential lots. Servicing allocation for these lots and Block 73 was granted as part of the approval of the draft plan of subdivision.

OPTIONS/ DISCUSSION:

These zoning by-law amendments are purely administrative in nature, and conform to the original intent of the Ontario Municipal Board decision on the Loblaws application (in the case of the rezoning on Block 65), and Council’s approval of the draft plan subdivision showing residential lots backing on the west side of the stormwater management pond (Lots 22 to 34 inclusive and Block 73).

Staff have no concerns regarding these amendments, and recommend that a public meeting be held.

FINANCIAL TEMPLATE (Separate Attachment):

ATTACHMENTS:

Figure 1 – Location Map

Figure 2 – Arial Photograph

Figure 3 – Subject lands within context of approved draft plan of subdivision

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