Planning and Housing Committee

Agenda

Meeting #:
64
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation
Members:
  • Chair: Councillor Jeff Leiper, 
  • Vice-chair: Councillor Glen Gower, 
  • Councillor Riley Brockington, 
  • Councillor Cathy Curry, 
  • Councillor Laura Dudas, 
  • Councillor Laine Johnson, 
  • Councillor Theresa Kavanagh, 
  • Councillor Clarke Kelly, 
  • Councillor Catherine Kitts, 
  • Councillor Wilson Lo, 
  • Councillor Tim Tierney, 
  • and Councillor Ariel Troster 

Kelly Crozier, Committee Coordinator
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Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public


Notices and meeting information are attached to the agenda and minutes, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; information items not subject to discussion; personal information disclaimer for correspondents and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.


Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.


Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 in Planning and Housing Committee Report 64.


The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, and the deadline to register by email to speak is 8:30 am on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

File No. ACS2026-PDB-PSX-0022 – Orléans East-Cumberland (1)


Report to be issued separately.

File No. ACS2026-PDB-PS-0023 – Stittsville (6)

  • Report Recommendation(s)

    That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council: 

    1. Authorize the City and delegate authority to the General Manager, Planning, Development and Building Services, to approve an additional authority of  $1,660,189.67 (plus applicable taxes) to be added to capital account 910386 and to address the repayment requirements identified in the 2024 Development Charges Amendment Background Study,  in relation to the 600-millimetre diameter Collector Trunk Sanitary Sewer on Goldhawk Drive from Abbott Street to Cope Drive, then along future Cope Road, from Goldhawk Drive to Shea Road and continued on future Cope Drive to Fernbank Road as outlined in this report; and in accordance with the Front-Ending Agreement Principles and Policy set forth in Documents 1 and 2 and with the final form and content being to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and
    2. Authorize the financial disbursement to reimburse the design and construction costs for Part A works incurred by Fernbank Road Land Owners Group Ltd. (FROG) for an additional $1,660,189.67 plus applicable taxes to a total upset limit of $8,778,901 plus applicable taxes, 100 per cent funded by development charges in accordance with the reimbursement schedule set out in the executed Front-Ending Agreement. 

File No. ACS2026-OCC-CCS-0057 - City-wide

  • Motion

    That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve that staff be directed to bring forward an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment to reduce the minimum building height within 20.0m of the main street and to increase the maximum front yard setback to permit the proposed design of the Riverside South Community Centre and Library to proceed as designed, or as modified, at the earliest opportunity.

File No. ACS2026-OCC-CCS-0058 - City-wide

  • Motion

    That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve:

    1. Exemptions to the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law (2016-326), as amended, to allow:
      1. The installation of a digital message centre in an MC zone for a commercial use, while the By-law limits this type of sign to a theatre or cinema (Table 3B, Endnote 4);
      2. The maximum area of a wall sign to equal 37% of the wall area, while the By-law limits the size to 25% of the wall area (Table 3A);
      3. To allow a wall sign to straddle over 3 storeys, while the By-law requires a wall sign to be located on the first or second storey (Subclause 131(1)(b)); and
    2. That the fees for minor sign variance totaling $2,487.00 be waived.

Next Meeting


May 20, 2026.