Report to: Development Services Committee                                   Report Date:  May 5, 2009  

 

 

SUBJECT:                          PRELIMINARY REPORT

                                            Markham Stouffville Hospital

                                            Zoning By-law amendment application for additional Hospital lands

                                            File No: ZA.09-112246

 

PREPARED BY:               Doris Cheng, Senior Planner, ext. 2331

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:

 

  1. That the report dated May 5, 2009 entitled “PRELIMINARY REPORT, Markham Stouffville Hospital.  Zoning By-law amendment application for additional Hospital lands.  File No: ZA.09-112246” be received. 

 

  1. That Staff be authorized to schedule a statutory Public Meeting to consider the proposed Zoning By-law amendments.

 

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

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Not applicable

 

FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:

Not applicable


1. Purpose                2. Background         3. Discussion             4. Financial         5. Environmental

 

6. Accessibility       7. Engage 21st             8. Affected Units       9. Attachment(s)

 

PURPOSE:





 

 

Property and Area Context

Three separate parcels are subject to the proposed zoning amendments.  Two of the parcels, approximately 1.1 ha (2.8 acres) and 0.8 ha (2.0 acres) in size, are part of the Hospital’s original landholdings between Church Street and Riverlands Avenue, and are located on either side of Country Glen Road (Figure 1).  The parcel located east of Country Glen Road is currently used as a Hospital parking lot.  The parcel on the west side of Country Glen Road is vacant.  Surrounding land uses include an ambulance station to the west, Cornell neighbourhoods across Riverlands Avenue to the north, the Woodhaven seniors’ residence to the east, and the main Hospital campus to the south across Church Street.

 

The third parcel, located to the south of the hospital campus, is a 0.95 ha (2.3 acres) parcel recently acquired through severance from an abutting property fronting Highway 7 (Figure 3).  Surrounding uses include the main Hospital campus to the north, vacant lands designated Institutional to the west, and vacant lands designated for residential purposes to the south and east. 

 

The lands are part of the larger Hospital expansion plans

The final site plan for the hospital expansion, which will be brought forward for endorsement at the May 5, 2009 Development Services Committee meeting, includes the subject lands.  The subject lands north of Church Street are proposed to accommodate parking, partly to replace existing parking areas south of Church Street that will be displaced during the construction of the Hospital expansion.  The subject lands to the south of the main Hospital campus are intended for future parking.

 

OPTIONS/ DISCUSSION:

Official Plan designation and applicable Zoning By-law

The subject lands are designated ‘Institutional’ in the 2008 Cornell Secondary Plan, which provides for the proposed uses.  

 

The two parcels north of Church Street are currently zoned Institutional (Special) in By-law 1229.   The recently acquired lands to the south are currently zoned Rural Residential 4 (RR4) in By-law 304-87, as amended.  All three parcels are proposed to be zoned Institutional in urban expansion area By-law 177-96, with permitted uses and development standards that are appropriate for the lands given its context.

 

Potential Benefits of the Proposal

The proposed amendment will bring the recently acquired lands and the lands north of Church Street into conformity with the new zone category of the remainder of the Hospital lands, and into conformity with the intent of the Cornell Secondary Plan. 

 

Concerns/Issues to be resolved:

The proposed zoning amendments accommodate the proposed Hospital expansion.  No concerns or issues have been identified at this time.