Report to: Development Services Committee Report Date:
SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY REPORT
Dilawri
Group of Companies
Application to amend the zoning by-law to permit additional parking for the existing Markham Honda and Markville Ford car dealerships.
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ZA 08 129192
PREPARED BY: Stacia Muradali, Planner II
Central District, ext. 2008
RECOMMENDATION:
That the staff report entitled
“PRELIMINARY REPORT,
And that a Public Meeting be held
to consider the zoning by-law amendment application (ZA 08 129192) submitted by
the
That Staff be authorized and directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Not applicable.
1. Purpose 2. Background 3. Discussion 4. Financial
5. Others (Strategic, Affected Units) 6. Attachment(s)
The purpose of this report is to
provide preliminary information regarding an application submitted by the
Complete Application
The zoning amendment application by the
Subject lands and
area context
The subject lands comprise four
separate properties located on the east side of Main Street Unionville South,
south of Unionville Gate, on the west side of Kennedy Road, north of Highway
407 (Figure 1). The northerly parcel of land, municipally known as
Markham Honda (8220 Kennedy Road) and Markville Ford (21 Main Street Unionville South) are located immediately north of the subject lands and are bounded by Unionville Gate to the north, Kennedy Road to the east, and Main Street Unionville to the west (Figure 3). This application proposes the provision of additional parking and outdoor storage and display associated with these existing car dealership uses.
Other surrounding land uses
include an office building and Shell Canada gas station and Jiffy Lube on the
north side of Unionville Gate, Emerson Electric on the west side of Main Street
Unionville South and a BMW car dealership to the east of Kennedy Road (Figure 3). A minor watercourse that drains
into the
Previous Applications
In 2005, applications for zoning
by-law amendment and site plan were submitted for 7 and
Current Proposal
The applicant has acquired
additional lands to the south (
The applicant is proposing to
provide additional parking and outdoor storage and display areas to accommodate the vehicle stock for the
existing Markville Ford and Markham Honda. 123 additional parking spaces are
proposed in addition to recognizing the existing ten additional unmarked
parking spaces located on the vacant triangular parcel fronting onto
The applicant proposes to rezone all of the subject lands to permit only accessory outdoor display and storage of vehicles, and additional parking associated with the existing car dealership use at 21 Main Street Unionville South (Markville Ford) and 8220 Kennedy Road (Markham Honda). A site plan application (SC 08 129196) for all of the subject lands has been submitted concurrently with this application.
Official Plan and Secondary Plan amendments not required
The site is designated as Commercial-Community Amenity Area in the Markham Centre Secondary Plan. This designation normally prohibits retail uses involving accessory outdoor storage and/or display of merchandise, however, the Markham Centre Secondary Plan (OPA 21) states in Section 4.3.2.2 “ the lands designated Community Amenity Area-General, on the west side of Kennedy Road may be considered for retail uses involving accessory outdoor storage and/or display, subject to approval by Council of a specific proposal for zoning amendment and site plan approval demonstrating land use and quality of design commensurate with the intended character of the area.”
Zoning By-law amendment required
7 and 13 Main Street Unionville South and 8005 Kennedy Road are zoned Single Family Rural Residential (RRH) in zoning by-law 122-72, as amended, and the vacant triangular parcel of land fronting onto Kennedy Road (Part of Lot 1, Plan 2196) is zoned Rural Residential One (RR1) in zoning by-law 304-87, as amended (Figure 2). A zoning amendment is required to permit the accessory outdoor storage and display of motor vehicles and parking associated with the existing car dealerships.
The Markham Honda and Markville
Ford car dealerships to the immediate north are zoned Community Amenity (CA) and it is proposed that a similar zone
category be applied to the subject lands. An Open Space (O1) zone category will also be applied to reflect the
location of the minor tributary through a portion of the subject lands.
The following is a brief summary of concerns/issues which have been identified to date. These matters, and any others identified through the circulation and detailed review of the proposal, will be addressed in a final staff report to be presented to Committee at a later date:
FINANCIAL TEMPLATE
None at this time.
The proposed zoning amendment will protect the existing watercourse by zoning it “Open Space”.
The application has been circulated to various departments
and external agencies and is currently under review. Requirements of the Town
and external agencies will be reflected in the final staff report.
RECOMMEN
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Biju Karumanchery, M.C.I.P, R.P.P James Baird, M.C.I.P, R.P.P
Senior
Figure 1- Location Map
Figure 2- Area Context/Zoning
Figure 3- Air Photo
Figure 4- Proposed Site Plan
AGENT
Masongsong Associates Engineering Limited
Unit 15
Tel: 905-944-0162
Fax: 905-944-0165
File path:
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