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:

March 1, 2005

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT:

Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of

January 21, 2005 to February 4, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:

That Committee receive the report entitled “Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of  January 21, 2005 to February 4, 2005” 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 January 21, 2005 to February 4, 2005.  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 05 006909

7, South

Canadian National Railway Company

·        14th Ave,.

·        At the southwest corner of Markham Road and 14th Avenue. 

·        The subject property was recently approved for severance and will be combined with the abutting property to the southwest.  As a condition of the consent to sever, the applicant is required to have the property rezoned from "Agricultural" (A1), to "Major Commercial" (MJC), which is the same zoning as the lands to which the subject property is being added. 

Committee/Council

ZA 05 007178

3, Markham

Centre

Bethany Lodge

·        23 Second Street

·        To amend the development standards to permit the redevelopment of the site.  To reconstruct the existing long-term care facility

Committee/Council

ZA 05 007543

SC 05 007112

7, South

Neamsby Investments Inc.

·        Marydale Ave.

·        Northwest corner of Markham Road and Steeles Avenue.  

·        To add a holding (H) provision to the Second Density - High Density Residential  (RHD2) zoning

·        The holding provision will apply to 275 units and is intended to allow for transfer of servicing allocation to other lands under the same ownership.  The Hold will be removed once additional servicing allocation is available.

·        This site plan is for 574 apt units in 4 buildings

 

Committee/Council

ZA 05 007697

4, East

Arista Homes (Greensborough) Inc.

·        17 Candlewood Court

·        North of 16th Avenue and west of the Markham By-Pass

·        To remove a holding (H) provision on lots 28 and 29 of Plan 65M-3697. 

·        To permit the development of two single detached residential dwellings. 

Committee/Council

SU 05 007461

3, Markham

Centre

 Chiavatti Developments Limited

·        1 Prince William Drive

·        An application for Part Lot Control Exemption has been received for Part Block 128, Plan 65M-2520.  Two previously approved applications that were made to the Committee of Adjustment (B/28/03 & B/29/03) resulted in severances that created four new parcels on which the Applicant intends on creating eight (8) semi-detached dwellings. 

Council (By-law directly)

SC 05 006718

8, South

Miller Paving Limited

·        300 Rodick Road

·        North of 14th Avenue and west of Rodick Road.

·        The applicant is proposing a new fully enclosed waste/recycling transfer station to be situated on the property.  The proposed transfer station will have a building area of     8, 635 m2 with a lot coverage of 18%.              

Staff

SC 05 007146

4, East

Sierra Lane Town Villas Inc.

·        Bur Oak Ave.

·        South side of Bur Oak Avenue just east of Swan Park Road. 

·        To permit construction of 162 stacked townhouse units.  The proposed development consists of eleven townhouse blocks

Staff

SC 05 007216

5, Heritage

Frank Marciano

·        30 Wales Ave.

·        South of 16th Avenue, east of Main Street Markham North within the Markham Village Heritage Conservation District. 

·        For site plan approval that was submitted At the time the application was originally submitted, the Applicant was proposing to remove an existing garage and replace it with a new carriage style garage.  A second-storey addition to the existing dwelling is also now proposed.

Staff

SC 05 007799

3, Markham Centre

Mario Aricci

·        32 Sabiston Drive

·        South of Hwy. 7 and west of McCowan Road

·        A site plan control application has been submitted

·        To construct a two-storey single detached dwelling with an attached two car tandem garage. 

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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