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TO: |
Mayor and Members of Council |
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Jim
Baird, Acting Commissioner of Development Services Valerie Shuttleworth, Acting Director of Planning |
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PREPARED BY: |
Geoffrey Singer, Planner, East
Development District |
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DATE OF MEETING: |
January 21, 2003 |
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SUBJECT: |
Miscellaneous
Street Issues - Cornell
Community Phase 1 |
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RECOMMENDATION:
That a By-law to rename Lane C, Registered Plan
65M-3202 and a portion of Lane A, Registered Plans 65M-3243 and 65M-3507 to
Milroy Lane and to rename a portion of Lane W, Registered Plan 65M-3294 to
Winkler Lane be considered by Council at its meeting on February 11, 2003 and
that notice be provided on the Council meeting agenda and on the Town’s website
in accordance with Notice By-law 2002-275 and that notice also be provided by
one publication in the Markham Economist & Sun;
And That a By-law to permanently
close a portion of The Meadows Avenue, Registered Plan 65M-3202 and Registered
Plan 65M-3507 be considered by Council at its meeting on
February 11, 2003 and that notice be provided on the Council meeting agenda and
on the Town’s website in accordance with Notice By-law 2002-275 and that notice
also be provided by one publication in the Markham Economist & Sun.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this report is to provide
information to Council with respect to the naming of two lanes and the closing
of a portion of a street in the Cornell community (Figure 2).
BACKGROUND:
Seventy residential lots within the first phase
of Cornell have their frontages on the Golden Jubilee Greenway, overlooking
Ninth Line. However, all of these lots
have their municipal addresses on other streets and lanes located at the rear
of the properties. Ten of the lots are
addressed onto Riverlands Avenue, 35 lots onto Milroy Lane, 8 lots onto Cornell
Common Road, 15 lots onto Pascoe Drive, and 2 lots onto Winkler Lane.
At the time of registration of the plans of
subdivision, the lanes in Cornell were not provided with names, but rather were
identified by a letter. Milroy Lane,
running north from Settlement Park Avenue to Cornell Park Avenue, and Winkler
Lane, running north of White’s Hill Avenue, were subsequently provided with
their names by resolution of the Minor Applications Committee in August 2001 in
order to allow all of the lots fronting onto the Greenway to be addressed from
the rear of the lot. It is now
necessary for Council to pass a By-law that would be registered on title in
order to legally effect the endorsed name changes (Figure 2).
The Meadows Avenue, running
east-west through the first phase of Cornell, was originally intended to
intersect with 9th Line opposite Merlin Gate, as provided for in
registered plans of subdivision 65M-3202 and 65M-3507. In February 2000, in response to concerns
that were raised by area residents about potential traffic infiltration into the
neighbourhoods west of 9th Line, Council resolved to terminate The
Meadows Avenue at Milroy Lane. It is now necessary for Council to pass a By-law that would be
registered on title in order to legally close the street (Figure 2).
OPTIONS/DISCUSSION:
Milroy
Lane and Winklers Lane have already been signed and addressed. The section of The Meadows Avenue between
Milroy Lane and 9th Line was never physically opened and is being
developed as a landscaped parkette.
In order for Council to pass the required
By-laws, Notice By-law 2002-275 requires that notice of intent must first be
posted on the Town’s website and on the Council agenda. It is the opinion of Staff that it would
also be advisable to provide one publication, prior to enactment, in the
Markham Economist & Sun. If
authorization to proceed were to be given at this time, the required notice
could be provided prior to the Council meeting scheduled for February 11, 2003,
allowing Council to hear from any concerned persons and pass the required By-laws
at that meeting.
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
No financial implications are to be considered
in this report.
BUSINESS UNITS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:
Planning staff have worked with Street Services
staff in the legal surveying of the affected streets and with staff in the
Clerk’s Department on matters of procedure.
ATTACHMENTS:
Figure 1 – Location Map
Figure 2 – Area Context
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Valerie Shuttleworth, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Acting Director of Planning |
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Jim Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Acting Commissioner of Development Services |
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