DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

TO:

Mayor and Members of Council

 

 

 

 

FROM:

Jim Baird, Commissioner of Development Services

Valerie Shuttleworth, Director of Planning and Urban Design

 

 

 

 

PREPARED BY:

Tina Roberge, Planning Department

 

 

 

 

DATE OF MEETING:

April 19, 2005

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT:

Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of

March 24, 2005 to April 8, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:

That Committee receive the report entitled “Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of  March 24, 2005 to April 8, 2005” and direct staff to process the applications in accordance with the route outlined in the report.

 

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the report is to provide Committee with a brief summary of all incoming planning applications and advise of the approval route each application will proceed through.

 

OPTIONS/DISCUSSION:

The chart below outlines each application type, the property location (ward, district and address), a very brief description of the proposal/request and the approval route, for all development related planning applications received through the period of March 24, 2005 to April 8, 2005.  A majority vote of Committee is necessary to move (bump up) an application from a staff approval route to the Committee approval route.

 

Notes: OP – Official Plan Amendment Application

            ZA – Zoning By-law Amendment Application

            SC – Site Plan Approval Application

SU  - Application for Draft Plan Approval, Revision to Draft Approved Plan or Extension                      of Draft Approval

CU – Application for Approval of Draft Plan of Condominium

 

 

 

 

 

Application Type & File #

Ward & District Team

Description of Development Proposed

Approval Route

ZA 05 010968

SU 05 010960

6, West

Monarch Corporation

·        Elgin Mills Road East

·        North of Elgin Mills Road and west of Woodbine Avenue, Cathedral Secondary Plan Area

·        To permit construction of 485 residential units consisting of 400 single detached dwellings and 85 townhouses. 

·        5.654 ha will be dedicated to industrial uses.               

Council/Committee

ZA 05 011385

SU 05 011381

6, West

Cathedraltown – South

·      Woodbine Avenue

·      Cathedral Secondary Plan Area west of Woodbine Avenue and north of Major Mackenzie Drive East.

·      To permit construction of 364 residential units consisting of 187 single detached units, 50 semi-detached units and 127 townhouse units.

·      5.78 ha will be dedicated to commercial uses

·      3.62 ha to parks/open space

·      4.84 ha to schools.                          

Council/Committee

OP 05 011355

5, East

·        Lindvest Properties (Cornell) Limited

·        7323 Highway 7 East

·        Cornell Secondary Plan Area (OPA 20).  The site is 35.11 ha (86.76 ac) in size and located within Part of Lots 9 and 10, Concession 9.  The application deals with the remaining Lindvest lands that will accommodate medium and high density residential with associated mixed uses and employment lands. 

 

 

Council/Committee

SU 05 011171

6, South

Louis & Gianna Aldrovandi (Liftking Industries)

·        60 Vicory Avenue

·        Situated on the north side of Victory Avenue west of Kennedy Road

·        To permit construction of 228 residential units (99 townhouse units and 129 condominium units). 

Council/Committee

SU 05 011363

3, Markham Centre

Best Homes

·        204 Helen Avenue

·        Part Lot Control Exemption for Lots 1 to 4, Phase 1 (19TM-02005), 65M-3755.  This application is required to reconfigure 3 residential lots.

Council (By-law directly)

CU 05 011153

4, East

Peak Garden Developments

·        156 Bullock Drive

·        North of Hwy. 7 west of McCowan Road

·        industrial plan of condominium thirty-three industrial units.            

Staff

CU 05 011159

2, West

1572585 Ontario Inc.

·        88 Times Avenue

·        Southwest corner of Hwy. 7 and Times Ave

·        Residential plan of condominium, ten townhouse dwelling units and a 12-storey residential building with 126 units

Staff

SC 05 010935

4, East

·        Olive Branch Community Church

·        175 Anderson Avenue

·        East of Hwy 48, South of Major Mackenzie Drive

·        To convert an existing building into a place of worship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff

SC 05 011484

2, West

York Catholic District School Board - St. Robert's Catholic High School

·        8101 Leslie Street

·        To permit a 12-classroom portable complex addition to be situated on the north side of the existing school building.  The proposed portable complex will be replacing twelve individual portables and will be linked to the existing school via an internal corridor.         

Staff

SC 05 011523

6, Markham Centre

Circa Inc - Circa Tower Phase II

·        23 Cox Boulevard

·        To permit a 16 storey (391 residential units) condominium tower

·        The proposed building is the second tower to be situated on the site

Council/Committee

 

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

None.

 

BUSINESS UNITS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:

All applications have been circulated to appropriate departments and agencies for comment and/or conditions.

 

ATTACHMENTS:

None.

 

 

 

 

 

Valerie Shuttleworth, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.

Director of Planning and Urban Design

 

Jim Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.

Commissioner of Development Services

 

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