Report to: Development Services Committee Date of Meeting: April 8, 2008

SUBJECT: Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of January 22, 2008 to March 7, 2008

PREPARED BY: Tina Roberge, Planning Department ext. 2142

RECOMMENDATION:

That Committee receive the report entitled “Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of January 22, 2008 to March 7, 2008” and direct staff to process the applications in accordance with the route outlined in the report.

And that Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

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FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

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1. Purpose 2. Background 3. Discussion 4. Financial

5. Others (Environmental, Accessibility, Engage 21st, Affected Units) 6. Attachment(s)

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.

BACKGROUND:

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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 22, 2008 to March 7, 2008. 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	Part ‘A’ Presentation
ZA 08 110137	3, Central	Ruland Properties Inc · Markham Centre · 8083 Warden Ave. · south of Hwy 7, east of Warden Ave. · To the amend the height requirement of 31m to 45.91m for Building "E" and 33.71m for Building "F".	Council/ Committee
ZA 08 110187 SU 08 110200	7, East	Attilio Vettese · 7085 14^th Ave · Box Grove · south side of 14th Ave between the Donald Cousens and the CP Railway Track · To permit the construction of 58 townhouse units and two single detached lots	Council/ Committee
OP 08 109228	3, Central	Aryeh Construction Limited 8293 Warden Ave. Markham and east side of Warden Avenue, south of Highway 7 To permit the construction of two 20 storey and one 8 storey residential	Council/ Committee
SC 08 107876	5, East	Michael Jacobs 15 Deer Park Lane located east of Main Street Markham North, south of 16th Ave. To permit construction of 4 Semi-detached residential units	Staff
SC 08 107876	4, West	Tri-Lag Corp Ltd 50 Bur Oak located on the north/east corner of Bur Oak and Kennedy Road To permit construction of an outdoor play area, the relocation of the storefront to accommodate the play area and to relocate 2 parking spaces in existing landscaped area, new windows in the south & east elevations are also proposed	Staff
SC 08 108429	8, Central	Golden Lane 83 Old Kennedy Road Main Street Milliken Area located on the east side of Old Kennedy Road, north of Steeles Ave. For townhouse sitting approval to permit the construction of 21, three storey townhouse units	Staff
SC 08 108574	3, Heritage	Unionville Arms Pub 189 Main St East side of Main St Unionville, north of Hwy 7 Unionville Heritage District To permit the reconstruction of two outside walls damaged due to fire. And add an 11m2 addition to the rear mechanical room	Staff
SC 08 108612	3, Central	Go Transit 320 Bullock Drive located west of McCowan, south of 16th Ave. To increase size of parking structure to be jointly shared by GO Transit and the Town of Markham (Centennial Community Centre) to 3 levels (ground + two). The new structure will include a total of 539 parking spaces	Council/ Committee
SC 08 108962	4, East	CRET 9900 Markham Limited 9900 48 Highway located on the S/W corner of Major Mackenzie Drive and Markham Road To permit construction of a commercial plaza comprised of fourteen (14) buildings with a total GFA of 16,911m2 with 933 parking spaces	Council/ Committee
SC 08 109447	6, Heritage	Shin-Li and Soo-Ling NG 11 Buttonville Cres. East located east of Woodbine, north of Highway 7 Buttonville Heritage District To permit construction of a new single family residential home	Staff
SC 08 109877	4, Heritage	Tara Cooke and Greg Knight 14 Alexander Hunter Place located north of 16th Ave., west of Highway Heritage Corners Estates To permit the construction of a new 58.0m2 detached garage	Staff
SC 08 110712	8, Central	St. Mark's Coptic Canadian Village 455 Ferrier Street located north of Steeles Ave East, west of Warden Ave. To permit the construction of a 3 storey, 1800 seat, Cathedral with a GFA of 7077m2 and 375 parking spaces on the 4.88ha site	Council/ Committee
CU 08 108496	8, Central	Abermore Investments Limited 190 Don Park Road located east of Woodbine Ave, north of Denison Street For Plan of Condominium to convert the four existing one storey Industrial buildings into Condominiums consisting of 32 units	Council/ Committee
CU 08 109760	6, West	Kylemore (Post Road) Ltd 4404 16^th Ave. located north of 16th Ave, west of Kennedy Road For Plan of Condominium for BLKS 32 to 42 (the townhouse portion of the project)	Council/ Committee

FINANCIAL TEMPLATE:

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS:

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ACCESSIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS:

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ENGAGE 21^ST CONSIDERATIONS:

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BUSINESS UNITS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:

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RECOMMENDED BY:

Valerie Shuttleworth, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning & Urban Design

Jim Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Commissioner of Development Services

ATTACHMENTS:

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