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:	December 7, 2004
	SUBJECT:	Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of October 30, 2004 to November 12, 2004

RECOMMENDATION:

That Committee receive the report entitled “Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of “October 30, 2004 to November 12, 2004” 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 October 30, 2004 to November 12, 2004. 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 04 026959	8, South	Richlex Inc. · 7802 Kennedy Road · located on the west side of Kennedy Road and north of 14th Avenue · To permit a 2 storey office building.	Committee/Council
ZA 04 027291	6, West	Romandale Farms Limited/404 Developments Inc. · 10350 Woodbine Ave. · located west of Woodbine Ave. and north of Major Mackenzie Drive · Cathedral Secondary Plan Area. · A change in the development standards is required to permit an underground cold cellar to encroach into any required yard provided that it is located entirely underneath a roofed or unroofed porch.	Committee/Council
OP 04 026818	4, East	The Olive Branch Community Church 175 Anderson Ave. To amend the Official Plan from Industrial use to Institutional use.	Committee/Council
SU 04 026336	4, East	Wismer Heights - Laurier Homes · 887 Bur Oak Ave. · located on the south side of Bur Oak Avenue bounded by Roy Rainey Avenue in the west and Dogwood Street in the east in the Wismer Commons Planning District. · For Part Lot Control Exemption Plan 65M-3671 Blocks 18-23 to permit 38 townhouse units	Council (By-law directly)
SU 04 026480	3, Markham Centre	Best Homes · 204 Helen Ave. · For Part Lot Control Exemption to create a 11.6 m frontage for Lot 4, Plan 65M-3755 to allow for a double car garage.	Council (By-law directly)
SU 04 026521	6, West	P.R. Homes Limited · 89 Vine Cliff Blvd. · located north of Major Mackenzie Drive, East of Woodbine Ave. in the Cathedral Community · For Part Lot Control Exemption. Ten semi lots will be created (lots 29, 33, 37, 75 & 77) and 99 townhouse lots will be created through Blocks 88-101. An additional eight semi lots will be created through Blocks 139 and 105 on Reference Plan 65R-27315.	Council (By-law directly)
SU 04 027023	5, East	Beaverbrook Homes · 42 Pike Lane · Upper Cornell Community · Part Lot Control Exemption has been received for Plan 65M-3759. A total of 210 semi-lots and 50 townhouse units will be created.	Council (By-law directly)
SU 04 027164	4, East	Markham Development Joint Venture Phase 1 · 2359 Bur Oak Ave. · An application has been received for Exemption of Part Lot Control for semi-lots 40, 41, 42 and 43 and townhouse blocks 60 and 61 on Registered Plan 65M-3586.	Council (By-law directly)
SC 04 026821	4, East	Rubicon Properties Inc. (Wesley Christian Academy) · 22 Heritage Road · located north of Hwy. No. 7 and east of McCowan Rd · To permit the construction of a children's playground on the site of Wesley Christian Academy	Staff
SC 04 026861	5, Heritage	Norvalley Homes Ltd. · 355 Main Street North · located on the northeast corner of Main St. Markham North and Deer Park Lane in the Markham Village Heritage District. · To permit an addition to an existing two-storey dwelling, the construction of two single-detached dwellings, and the construction of two semi-detached units.	Committee/Council
SC 04 027124	4, East	Emerson Electric Canada Limited · 9999 Highway 48 · located on the southeast corner of Hwy. 48 and Major Mackenzie Drive. · To permit the construction of a steel silo that will be used to hold plastic pellets for moulding operations. The proposed silo will be 11.89 m (39 ft) in height	Staff
SC 04 027170	3, Markham Centre	Peter and Shannon Kakridonis · 276 Main Street · Unionville Heritage Conservation District · To permit the construction of a residential dwelling that will be two-storeys in height and 674 m2 in building area.	Staff
SC 04 027258	6, West	Woodbine Mackenzie Developments Limited · 37 Artisan Trail · located north of Major Mackenzie Drive just east of Woodbine Avenue in the east Cathedral Planning Community · To permit construction of six residential dwellings. All six houses will be constructed within a Heritage Reserve, where two additional heritage homes will be incorporated into the development.	Staff

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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