Report to: Development Services Committee Report Date: May 18, 2010
SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY
REPORT
Little
Treasures Pre-School Inc.
Application
for Zoning By-law Amendment to permit a daycare/pre-school at the northeast
corner of Bur Oak Avenue
and Highway 48.
File Number ZA 10-114981
PREPARED BY: Doris
Cheng, Senior Planner – extension 2331
RECOMMENDATION:
1)
That the report dated May 18, 2010 entitled “Preliminary
Report, Little Treasures Pre-School Inc., Application for Zoning By-law
Amendment to permit a daycare/pre-school at the northeast corner of Bur Oak
Avenue and Highway 48, File Number ZA 10-114981” be received;
2)
That Staff be authorized to schedule a statutory Public
Meeting to consider the proposed zoning by-law amendment application;
3)
And that Staff be authorized and directed to do all
things necessary to give effect to this resolution.
The purpose
of this report is to provide preliminary information regarding an application
for a Zoning By-law Amendment to add a daycare/pre-school as a permitted use to
the lands at the northeast corner of Bur Oak Avenue and Highway 48.
The report
also seeks authorization to hold a statutory public meeting with respect to the
proposed Zoning By-law amendment application. This report contains general information in
regards to applicable Official Plan and other policies as well as other issues
and the report should not be taken as staff’s opinion or recommendation on the
application.
Property and
Area Context
The subject
property is approximately 1.05 hectares (2.59 acres) in area, located at the
north east corner of Highway 48 and Bur
Oak Avenue.
The lands contain a single storey, industrial/commercial building with a
variety of uses including a take-out restaurant, medical office and an animal
clinic. The area context is as follows:
§ To the north
of the subject lands are several single storey,
multi-tenant industrial/commercial buildings.
§ To the south
is the commuter parking lot for the Mount Joy GO Train Station.
§ To the west,
across Highway 48 is a vacant property recently site plan approved for a
Shoppers Drug Mart and other retail pads.
Southwest across Highway 48 are vacant lands intended to be developed
with apartment buildings with grade related commercial retail uses.
§ To the east
are one-storey commercial/industrial buildings and a car wash, and further
east, across the railway tracks is the Greensborough residential community.
The proposal
is to add a daycare/pre-school to the list of permitted uses
The proposed zoning by-law amendment is to add a
daycare/pre-school to the list of permitted uses on the property. The applicant intends to operate the
daycare/pre-school out of one unit in the existing building. No interior or exterior changes to the
building are being proposed. The use is
intended to operate as a pre-school however the structure of their programming is
regulated under the Day Nurseries Act. A
portion of the facility operates as a clinic for children with autism under the
direction of a psychologist. The
applicant is proposing to combine their pre-school program with the
clinic. Since the facility only operates
for 3.5 hours during the day, the requirements for outdoor amenity space under
the Day Nurseries Act do not apply.
OPTIONS/
DISCUSSION:
Official Plan
and Zoning
The subject lands are designated “Major Commercial Area”
in the Town of Markham Official Plan,
as amended. This designation provides opportunities for multi-use,
multi-purpose centres offering a range of retail, service, community, institutional
and recreation uses, and provides for the proposed use.
The site is zoned Select Industrial with Limited
Commercial (MIC) under By-law 88-76, as amended. A zoning
by-law amendment is required to accommodate the use.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSAL:
§ The proposed
use provides child care services to the residents in Markham.
CONCERNS / ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED
No
concerns/issues have been raised to date.
Any matters identified through the circulation and detailed review of
the proposal will be addressed in a final staff report, if required, at a later
date.
Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
The
application has been circulated to various Town departments and external
agencies and is currently under review. Requirements of the Town and
external agencies will be reflected in the preparation of the Zoning By-law
amendment, if approved.
CONCLUSIONS:
Staff recommend that a statutory public meeting be
held to consider the proposed amendment.
RECOMMENDED BY:
______________________________ ______________________________
Biju Karumanchery, M.C.I.P, R.P.P Jim Baird, M.C.I.P, R.P.P
Senior Development Manager Commissioner,
Development Services
Development Services Commission
Figure 1 – Location Map
Figure 2 – Area Context/Zoning
Figure 3 – Air Photo 2007
APPLICANT: Ms. Kimberly
Balouchi
Little Treasures
Pre-School Inc.
50 Anderson Avenue
Markham ON L6E
1A6
Tel: 905-554-6191 Fax: 905-554-6377
Email: kimberlybalouchi@hotmail.com
File path: Amanda\File 10 114981\Documents\Preliminary Report
Figure 1: Location Map
