WHEREAS the report for the Brownfields Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan Bylaw (ACS2024-PRE-PS-0053) was considered by Finance and Corporate Services Committee on April 2, 2024; and,
WHEREAS the report stipulates that a brownfields application associated with a proposal requiring site plan control approval cannot be deemed complete, until the site plan control approval application is deemed complete; and
WHEREAS the report provides for eligibility requirements that a building permit be issued within 18 months of Council approval of the brownfields application; and,
WHEREAS concerns have been raised that 18 months from Council approval may not provide adequate time to undertake required remediation activities related to groundwater remediation or a risk assessment approach;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that with respect to Item 14.5, Motion – Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan, that the final bullet in Committee Recommendation 1 be amended to read as follows:
- Any funding approval will become null and void if a building or excavation permit is not issued within 18 months post Council approval of the brownfields application.
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, with respect to Item 14.6, Brownfields Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan By-law, that Attachment 1, Part II be modified as follows:
Program Eligibility Requirements
5. Any brownfields funding approval will become null and void if the development is not issued a building or excavation permit within 18 months post Council approval of the brownfields application.
Process
2. Applicant submits the completed package. Applications must have zoning which permits residential. For applications that require a Zoning Bylaw Amendment to permit residential, the brownfields application may only be submitted once an application for Zoning Bylaw Amendment has been deemed complete. For applications which are also subject to site plan control approval, the application may only be submitted after the site plan control approval application is deemed complete.