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MATURE NEIGHBOURHOODS CHARACTER STUDY DS-020-20 STUDY UPDATE AND PHASE 2 BACKGROUND REPORT

JULY 20, 2020

Purpose

• Transmit the Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

– Phase e 2 - Mountainview, Mountain View Survey and Martin Meadows Background Report.

• Provide an overview of the key findings of the technical

review and the public engagement and feedback received throughout Phase se 2.

• Provide a status update and outline next steps for the

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Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Background

Phase 1:

Downtown Character Area

• Town-wide OPA
• Area-specific ZBLA

Phase 2 ZBL

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Phase 2:

Mountainview Neighbourhood

• Area-specific ZBLA

New Phases:

Other Mature Neighbourhoods

• Area-specific ZBL

Background

• Phase

e 1 - Downtown Character Area Background Report was endorsed by Council on April 15, 2019.

• Staff have engaged and consulted with the public.
• Phase

e 2- Mountainview, Mountain View Survey and Martin Meadows initiated in September 2019.

• Phase

e 2 2 - Background Report is presented today for Council Consideration.

• A virtual statutory public meeting is scheduled for

August 24, 2020 (Town-wide OPA and ZBL for Phase 1)

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Martin Meadows Mountainview East Mountain View Survey

(Old Milton)

Kingsleigh Court

Mountainview Neighbourhood

Phase 2 – Subject Area

Mountainview Neighbourhood

• Kingsleigh Court
• Mountainview East
• Martin Meadows

Old Milton

• Mountain View Survey

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Phase 2 – Progress

Stage 1

Background Research and Review Neighbourhood walking tours Survey Background Report Open Houses

Preliminary Work

Stage 3

Analysis of Public Feedback Final Recommendation Report Council Meeting

Recommendations

Stage 2

Evaluation of Options Draft Options Public Workshop

Analysis

Three Walkabouts Survey to Residents Town’s Website

Social Media

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Phase 2 – Findings

Neighbourhood Character

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413 properties within study area. 13 dwellings (1910s and 1920s) are listed.

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Most houses built in the 1950s are modest bungalows. Houses built up to the 1970s represent larger bungalows.

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Small cluster of contemporary suburban models.

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Walkable, pedestrian friendly and generally well kept with lots of greenery

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Moderately and some large lots (87% less than 830 sq.m.), mature trees, large front lawns.

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Single-detached houses with consistent setbacks are the primary built

• form. Primarily one-storey (71%) in four areas. Two-storey houses (23%)

also significant.

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Garages: Attached (53%), detached (40%) and just a few carports. Location varies across the decades.

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Maximum two-storey dwellings (consistent with existing heights) with extended front yards and the separation between houses are perceived as important.

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Phase 2 – Findings

Development and Change

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Six houses have been demolished and replaced between 2012 and 2019, four of them in the last two years.

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Replacement homes are perceived as incompatible. Concerns with size, height, and setbacks, which may be of a mass and scale in excess

• f the existing homes.

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Changes focus on increases to lot coverage and reductions to side yard setbacks.

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Significant number of additions to existing houses.

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Sixteen building permits were issued for new garages and other accessory structures. Nine permits constitute one or two-storey additions, one permit represents a large three storey addition, three for new front porches and three for new decks.

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Residents expressed concerns with the noise, dust, trash, property damage, alteration of drainage patterns, privacy loss, among other issues, that occur during construction of new homes.

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Phase 2 – Findings

Development Tools and Procedures

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Mountain View Survey, Mountainview East, Kingsleigh Court and Martin Meadows fall within the Residential Low-Density (RLD) Zone.

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Zoning By-law provisions are too permissive and do not reflect the existing housing stock.

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Need to establish enhanced zoning regulation to better manage change.

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Concerns about lot severances, traffic, parking, flood plain.

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Residential development is not subject to site plan control.

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A Local Official Plan amendment (LOPA) will be recommended for Phase 1 and will be subject to Council’s approval.

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The proposed LOPA is applicable to the Phase 2 study area and no further policy amendments are anticipated.

Phase 2

Mature Neighbourhoods Character Study

Next Steps

Virtual Open House

Stage 1

Background Research and Review Neighbourhood walking tours Survey Background Report Open Houses

Preliminary Work

Stage 3

Final Recommendation Report Council Meeting

Recommendations

Analysis of Public Feedback

Stage 2

Evaluation of Options Draft Options Public Workshop

Virtual Statutory Public Meeting August 24, 2020

Analysis

Virtual Public Engagement

Phase 1

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