COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council approve the application to demolish 234 O’Connor,
subject to the following conditions:
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1. At their sole expense, the Owner
shall design, construct and maintain a privately owned public park space at
the property known municipally as 234 O’Connor Street;
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2. The design and construction of the
park shall be finalized in collaboration with staff, and shall be built to
City standards and specifications, including any required environmental site
remediation, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Planning,
Infrastructure and Economic Development Department;
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3. The Owner shall pay one hundred
percent securities to the City for the value of the design and construction
of the park, with the securities to be released once these works are
completed;
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4. That park space shall be publically
accessible until such time that a building permit has been issued for the new
construction on the site;
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5. The Owner agrees that to the
discretion of the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development Department, a replacement building must be substantially
completed within five years from the date of this approval and in default
thereof, the City Clerk shall enter on the collector’s roll the sum of $5,000
for the residential dwelling to be demolished;
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6. The registered Owner shall enter into
an agreement with the City of Ottawa to include the foregoing conditions, to
the satisfaction of the City Clerk and Solicitor, and pay all costs
associated with the registration of said agreement. At such time as a
building permit is issued to redevelop the site and the replacement building
is in place, the Agreement will become null and void and will be released
upon request of the Owner. The Owner shall pay all costs associated with the
release of the agreement;
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7. The Owner agrees that a demolition
permit will not be issued, and the building cannot be demolished, until such
time that the agreement referenced herein has been executed and registered on
title;
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8. This approval is considered null and
void if the agreement is not executed within six months of Council’s
approval.
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