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TO: |
Mayor and Members of Council |
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Valerie
Shuttleworth, Director of
Planning & Urban Design Jim Baird, Commissioner of Development
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PREPARED BY: |
Elizabeth
Wimmer Senior Planner Urban Design |
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DATE OF MEETING: |
2003-Jul-07 |
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SUBJECT: |
Amendment
to the East Cathedral Community Design Plan |
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RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the East Cathedral Community Design Plan,
as revised (distributed
under separate cover) be approved.
PURPOSE:
The
East Cathedral Community Design Plan was approved by Council on July 10, 2001 subject
to several revisions. The Urban Design
Group has worked with the developers group to revise the Community Design Plan
and have integrated these items into the document. The purpose of this report is to briefly review and comment on
these final revisions to the document.
BACKGROUND:
The
East Cathedral Community is bounded on the West by Woodbine Avenue and by Major
Mackenzie Drive to the south. The East
limit is an Ontario Hydro corridor and to the north is the existing village of
Victoria Square. Within the east community, two plans of subdivision have been
registered and these subdivisions are currently under construction.
OPTIONS/DISCUSSION:
The
following is a brief overview of the key revisions that have been incorporated
into the Community Design Plan:
This section has been amended to provide emphasis on the linkage between the east and west communities. These linkages are to be achieved through the distribution of open spaces and parks and associated connecting roadways.
The proposed townhouse blocks have been shifted to provide townhouses with frontages on the central neighbourhood school/park block. The blocks have been designed to support rear laneway access.
Reverse lotting has been eliminated onto valley land areas with the exception of lots adjacent to the heritage homes to be preserved. It was necessary to allow some rear lotting to remain in order to incorporate the existing heritage buildings into the plan. Window streets have been provided adjacent to Woodbine Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive.
Lots
backing onto the Neighbourhood Park have been increased in depth to preserve
trees
The lots within the Woodbine Mackenzie plan of subdivision have been increased in depth to preserve the existing trees along the north boundary of the future neighbourhood park.
All heritage resources have been identified, assessed and all, but one, have been incorporated into the plan. One dwelling was required to be relocated to the Heritage Estates subdivision, as it fell within the limits of the park block. Another has been moved to the “heritage block” within the same plan of subdivision, as it was located in the area of the storm water management pond. Each of the remaining heritage homes will remain in-situ, and will be integrated into the community with supportive landscaping and fencing. The approved architectural control guidelines also set forth specific criteria for the design of adjacent new dwellings so that they may blend sympathetically with the heritage homes.
Urban Design staff worked directly with the project acoustic engineers in order to reduce the overall height of noise fencing to 2.0 metres, where possible. In specific circumstances where a height reduction was not possible, the proposed adjacent coniferous tree planting was upgraded in size.
It was not necessary to increase the depth of the landscape buffer
blocks along Major Mackenzie Drive.
The delineated the valley land buffers are consistent with approved Toronto Region Conservation Authority requirements.
For the Grand Life Subdivision plan we were unable to achieve 18.3 metre (60 foot) lots, as this recommendation was denied by the Ontario Municipal Board. The plan provides 13.3/13.7 metre lots with a wood screen fence abutting the Ontario Hydro corridor. In the Woodbine Mackenzie subdivision we were able to achieve several 20.0 metre and several 15.0 metre wide lots with enhanced landscape treatment and a decorative metal fence in the rear of the properties.
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
No
Financial considerations are to be considered in this report.
BUSINESS UNITS CONSULTED AND AFFECTED:
Copies
of the Approved East Cathedral Community Design Plan have been circulated to
the Community Services Commission, Engineering, Planning and Urban Design
Groups.
ATTACHMENTS: (available upon request from the Clerks Department)
APPENDIX
A : Approved
East Cathedral Community Design Plan
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Valerie Shuttleworth, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning & Urban Design |
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Jim Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Commissioner of Development Services |
