Planning and Housing Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

16

Date:

Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Time:

9:30 A.m. - 3:30 P.m.

Location:

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Present:

• 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 

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

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Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, in Planning and Housing Committee Report 16.

The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Tuesday, October 3, and the deadline to register by email to speak is 8:30 am on Wednesday, October 4.

This draft Minutes document contains a summary of the disposition of items and actions taken at the meeting. This document does not include all of the text that will be included in the final Minutes, such as the record of written and oral submissions. Recorded votes and dissents contained in this draft Minutes document are draft until the Minutes of the meeting are confirmed by the Committee. The final draft Minutes will be published with the agenda for the next regular Committee meeting and, once confirmed, will replace this document.

The Chair read the following statement at the outset of the meeting pursuant to the Planning Act:

This is a public meeting to consider the proposed Comprehensive Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments listed as Item(s) 4.1-4.3 on today’s Agenda.

For the item just mentioned, only those who make oral submissions today or written submissions before the amendments are adopted may appeal the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal. In addition, the applicant may appeal the matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal if Council does not adopt an amendment within 90 days of receipt of the application for a Zoning By-law Amendment and 120 days for an Official Plan Amendment.

To submit written comments on these amendments, prior to their consideration by City Council on October 11, 2023, please email or call the Committee or Council Coordinator.

2.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

PHC Minutes 15 – Wednesday, September 20, 2023

• Carried

4.

Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department

4.1

Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment - 200 Clearview Avenue

ACS2023-PRE-PS-0115 – Kitchissippi (15)

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Planning Committee recommend Council approve the following:
     1. An amendment to the Official Plan, Volume 2a, Scott Street/Westboro Secondary Plan, to permit a maximum permitted height of 80 metres (25 storeys) for the property municipally known as 200 Clearview Avenue, as detailed in Document 2;
     2. An amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 200 Clearview Avenue to rezone from R5C H(28) S216, O1[313] S216 and O1 [313] to R5C [XXXX] S216 to permit a 25-storey residential high-rise building, as detailed in Documents 3 and 4.
  2. That Planning Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of October 11, 2023,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.2

Zoning By-Law Amendment – 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 Hawthorne Avenue

ACS2023-PRE-PS-0122 - Capital (17)

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 Hawthorne, as shown in Document 1, to permit a six-storey mixed-use, mid-rise building with site specific zoning exceptions, as detailed in Document 2.
  2. That Planning and Housing Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of October 11, 2023, subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried
• Amendment:
  Motion No. PHC 2023 - 16/01
  Moved by L. Johnson

  WHEREAS the proposed development at 12-24 Hawthorne Avenue is intended to provide significantly more residential parking spaces than are required by zoning by-law 2008-250; and,

  WHEREAS the proposed parking garage will require a zoning amendment to include an above-grade portion; and,

  WHEREAS there is insufficient distance between the parking garage wall and rear property line to allow the replacement of deep soil to either retain existing mature trees and landscaping or the replacement with trees that can grow into canopy trees when mature that have the potential to reduce the heat island effect in the urban area; and,

  WHEREAS the Official Plan in section 4.8.2 prescribes that space be provided for “mature, healthy trees on private and public property, including the provision of adequate volumes of high-quality soil…” and that Council may refuse applications that result in avoidable tree loss; and,

  WHEREAS the proposed development at 12-24 Hawthorne Avenue is within a centrally located, transit- and active-transportation-supportive geography in which private vehicle ownership is not a requirement for daily living; and

  WHEREAS the Committee generally considers that the proposed density is appropriate to the site and wishes to preserve the number of housing units but that the loss of deep soil to accommodate parking spots is inappropriate during a housing emergency;

  WHEREAS limiting parking at this site may allow for greater soil depth conducive to large, mature, healthy trees in line with the policies of the Official Plan;

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning and Housing Committee recommend to Council that parking provided at 12-24 Hawthorne Ave be limited to the minimum requirement under the existing zoning by-law, and for this limitation to be fixed in the zoning by-law.

  Withdrawn

4.3

Zoning By-law Amendment – Aligning Zoning By-law 2008-250 with Bill 23 concerning Additional Dwelling Units

ACS2023-PRE-EDP-0039 - City Wide

• Report recommendation(s)

  1. That Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 to permit up to 2 additional units on fully-serviced residential lots, in accordance with Provincial requirements under Bill 23, as shown in Document 1.
  2. That Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the Consultation Details Section of this report be included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of July 12, 2023,” subject to submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of Council’s decision.
  Carried

4.4

Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation - 2022 Annual Report

ACS2023-PRE-CRO-0026 – Citywide

• Report recommendation(s)

  That Planning and Housing Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Receive the 2022 Annual Report and audited financial statements of the Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation attached as Document 1.
  Received

5.

Office of the City Clerk

5.1

Status Update – Planning and Housing Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending September 15, 2023

ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0118 - City Wide 

• Report recommendation(s)

  That the Planning and Housing Committee receive this report for information.

  Received

6.

In Camera Items

There were no in camera items.

7.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

8.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

9.

Other Business

There was no other business.

10.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

The meeting adjourned at 1:16 pm.