Report to: Development Services Committee Date of Meeting: September 16, 2008

SUBJECT: Report on Incoming Planning Applications for the period of May 24, 2008 to August 1, 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 May 24, 2008 to August 1, 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 May 24, 2008 to August 1, 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	Application/Supporting Materials Complete/Incomplete
ZA 08 117730	4, Heritage	Deborah Boylan · 2 Peter Street · located west of Main St Markham, south of 16th Ave. · To permit two lots with frontages of 53.0ft and 48.1ft · To accommodate a relocated heritage house	Council/ Committee		Complete 7/8/08
ZA 08 118671 SC 08 118753	6, West	Village Grocer · 4472 16^th Avenue · located on the S/E corner of Carlton Road · To permit construction of a 3,128 sq m (33,670 sq ft) Commercial Plaza	Council/ Committee		Complete 7/10/08
ZA 08 119614 SC 08 119682	4, East	Markham Point (2118643 Ontario Corporation) 162 Bullock Drive located east of McCowan Road, north of Hwy 7 To permit construction of a multi-unit condominium building with industrial, personal service, retail and office uses. Removal of the "H" provision to permit 35% retail GFA to be located in the units with an area of less than 300m2 To permit designated industrial units to have 20% accessory retail function	Council/ Committee		N/A
ZA 08 119862	6, Central	Strada Aggregates Recycling Facility 350 Yorktech Drive located south of Highway 7, east of Woodbine Ave. Currently a temporary use By-Law for a re-cycling operation Request for Zoning AMendment to allow the use to continue on a permanent basis	Council/ Committee		Complete 7/10/08
ZA 08 120322	4, East	Mattamy (Robinson Creek) Limited 5616 16^th Ave. Wismer Commons Planning District To permit the construction of 55 single detached and 12 semi-detached residential units			Incomplete
ZA 08 120455 OP 08 120413	4, East	Seven Star Plaza Inc. 8495 McCowan Road located on the east side of McCowan Road between Highway No. 7 and Southdale Drive To demolish the existing plaza and permit the combining of adjoining retail lands to the east to facilitate a comprehensive commercial development	Council/ Committee		Incomplete
ZA 08 120708	6, West	Angus Glen - West Village - Phase 2 4071 Major Mackenzie Drive To permit the construction of 166 single detached, 130 townhouse and 372 apartment units for a total of 668 residential units.	Council/ Committee		Incomplete
ZA 08 120818 SC 08 119426	4, East	Best Homes Canada Inc. 9582 Highway 48 located south of Bur Oak Avenue, on the west side of Highway 48. To permit construction of 72 townhouse units and a 10 storey apartment building with 99 residential units and 1,128.7m2 of ground floor commercial	Council/ Committee		Incomplete
ZA 08 120996 OP 08 120986	8, Central	Neamsby Investments Inc. 1181 Denison Street located on the south side of Denison Street, east of Warden Avenue. To permit retail and restaurant uses in the existing building	Council/ Committee		Incomplete
ZA 08 121250	7, East	U486 Builders Inc. / Metrus Properties 7635 Markham Road N/E corner of Kirkham Dr and Markham Rd. To remove a Hold and merge the two existing properties 7675 & 7677 with 7635 to permit construction of a commercial building and to create one landholding	Council (By-law directly)		Complete 7/14/08
ZA 08 121296	6, East	Clera Holdings Limited Elgin Mills Road East located west of Woodbine Ave, on the south side of Elgin Mills Road E. To permit a gas station, car wash, convenience store with drive thru	Council/ Committee		Complete 7/29/08
ZA 08 121691 OP 08 121619 SC 08 121694	7, East	Box Grove Developments Inc. 500 Copper Creek Drive Box Grove Community To permit an increase in the maximum permitted floor area for commercial/retail purposes, allowing office uses, retail uses, and restaurants and allow construction of a retail plaza including a (18,068m2) Wallmart	Council/ Committee		In-complete
ZA 08 121722	4, East	Wismer Markham Developments 9650 Highway 48 located south of Major Mackenzie, west of Markham Road To permit the construction of 217 single detached, 16 semi-detached and 95 townhouse units	Council/ Committee		In-complete
ZA 08 122207	4, East	16th & McCowan Holdings Limited 5330 16^th Ave. north of 16th Avenue, East of McCowan, Wismer Commons Area Planning District To permit the construction of 102 semi-detached and 48.5 single detached residential units	Council/ Committee		In-complete
ZA 08 122996	4, East	Laurier Homes South east corner of Ralph Chalmers Ave. and Major Mackenzie Drive To remove the "H" provision to permit a single detached dwelling	Council (By-law directly)		In-complete
ZA 08 123717 SU 01 118320	5, East	1473092 Ontario Limited (Metrus Developments) 9451 9^th Line Cornell Community To permit the construction of 190 single detached units, 188 semi-detached units and 47 townhouse units	Council/ Committee		In-complete
SC 08 117204	1, West	Robert Mantella 97 Elgin Street located east of Yonge Street, south of John Street To permit the construction of a one storey, 24.74m2 addition at the rear of the existing two storey dwelling	Staff		Complete 6/3/08
SC 08 118049	7, East	Bell Mobility Canada -Telecommunications Tower 72 Copper Creek Drive located south of Highway 407, on the east side of 9th Line To permit the construction of a 35m high telecommunications tower on the 6.401ha site. The compound area will be enclosed by a fence	Staff, as per the telecommunications protocol		Complete
SC 08 119575	6, West	Cathedral Town Ltd. and 404 Developments Inc. 10579 Woodbine By-Pass located west of Woodbine Avenue, south of Elgin Mills Road East To permit construction of 31, two storey townhouse units	Staff		Complete 6/24/08
SC 08 119726	4, East	Markham Bible Chapel 50 Cairns Drive located east of McCowan Road, south of 16th Avenue To permit the construction of a one storey 370.96m2 addition to the existing building	Staff		Complete 6/25/08
SC 08 119965	7, East	York Region District School Board 11 Coppard Ave. located north of Steeles Avenue, east of McCowan Road To permit the expansion of the school parking lot to accommodate additional parking as well as changing the access route into the lot.	Staff		Complete 6/30/08
SC 08 120106	4, Heritage	Holly MacDonald and Anthony Nehme 12 Heritage Corners Lane Heritage Estates subdivision To assist in the relocation of a Heritage House (The Koch House) and to permit the construction of a two storey, 107.8m2 addition	Staff		Complete 8/14/08
SC 08 121350	1, West	Townhouses of Thornhill Village 318 John Street located east of Bayview Avenue, on the north side of John Street Site plan approval to permit a final phase of development on the Thornhill square site consisting of 128 stacked 4 storey townhouse units similar to the existing townhouses on the property	Staff		In-complete
SC 08 121982	3, Central	GO Transit 7970 Kennedy Road to expand the Unionville Go Station Parking Lot and to create a temporary access road intersecting YMCA Blvd. An additional 627 surface parking spaces, over the existing 800 spaces are proposed	Staff		Complete 7/28/08
SC 08 122725	1, West	1362909 Ontario Inc. 32 Doncaster Ave. located north of Steeles Avenue East, on the east side of Yonge Street To permit the construction of a 37m telecommunications tower. The 56m2 compound area will be enclosed by a fence	Staff, as per the telecommunications protocol		Complete 7/30/08
SC 08 123064	8, Central	Jacques Whitford Environmental Ltd. 7271 Warden Ave. located north of 14th Ave, on the east side of Warden Ave. To permit construction of a two storey addition to an existing commercial building. (an increase of 929.00 m2)	Staff		Complete
CU 08 117907	3, Central	Avant Investments Inc. 1 Verclaire Gate located east of Warden Avenue, north of Highway 7. To permit 46 residential units	Staff		N/A
CU 08 121865	6, Central	1619175 Ontario Inc. 60 South Town Centre Blvd. & 50 Clegg Road located south of Hwy 7, west of Warden Avenue The application is for 532 residential units and 7 commercial units	Staff		N/A

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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