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Official Plan Amendment Application OP15/05/F/GS Zone Change Application ZC15/015/F/GS

859 & 867 Frederick Street and 39 Avon Road

Second Neighbourhood Information Meeting Wednesday, November 21, 2018 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Welcome!

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions
• 7:15 pm – Presentation (Garett Stevenson, City of

Kitchener)

• Purpose of the meeting
• Summary of comment received
• Outline revised application details
• 7:45 pm – Question & Answer Period
• 8:25pm – Next Steps
• 8:30pm – Wrap Up

Purpose of Meeting

• To inform you about the proposal
• To inform you about the process
• To hear your comments
• To answer your questions

~ No decisions will be made at this meeting~

Planning staff will consider comments provided in preparing a professional recommendation. We cannot guarantee that all comments will be implemented. Staff recommendations balance good planning principles with public input, and the advice of other commenting departments and agencies

Role of the City Planner

• Circulates development applications to community
• Receives technical comments from departments and

agencies

• Engage with the community to obtain input on the

proposal

• Works to resolve competing interests and discusses

changes with applicant

• Ensures conformity with policies and guidelines
• Ensures that broader public interest is upheld
• Makes a professional recommendation to City

Council

Steps to Date

June 2015

• Owner & Applicant submit Zone Change and Official Plan

Amendment Applications

• Community, City Departments, & Agencies circulated and

asked to provide comments October 2015

• Post Circulation Comments provided to the Applicant

December 2016

• Revised proposal received

January 2017

• Neighbourhood Information Meeting No. 1

November 2018

• Revised proposal received

Site Location

Planning in Kitchener – Official Plan Urban Structure

Planning in Kitchener – Official Plan Urban Structure

Planning in Kitchener – Official Plan Land Use

Planning in Kitchener – Official Plan Land Use

Implementation – Zoning Regulations

Comments Received on Revised Proposal

• Likes

– Only access to Frederick Street (no Avon Road access) – Building height was reduced by two storeys

• Suggestions
• Build within the existing rules/regulations (height/density) & reduce

the height to 8 storeys

• Remove all commercial uses
• Hide parking from Avon Road with landscaping
• Maintain parking rate of 1.5 spaces/unit
• Concerns
• Increased traffic, current traffic, on-street parking
• Shadowing impacts
• Visual impacts
• Property Maintenance and upkeep

CRoZBy First Draft Parking Rates

Traffic Data for your Community Traffic Calming - Avon/Manchester

• The City conducted traffic calming reviews and these

streets were not within the highest priority

• Avon Road was counted in 2012 and did not meet the

minimum requirements

• Manchester Road (Nottingham to River) is 9th priority and

will eventually go to Council for consideration Current Traffic Volumes (Highest recorded week,weekend )

• Manchester: 1273 Thursday, 1001 Saturday
• Avon: 1041 Friday, 746 Saturday
• River: 12,685 Friday, 10,043 Saturday
• Frederick: Will be counted in 2019

Summary of Changes to Proposal

• 0.5 metre increase to side yard setback from 843 Frederick

Street

• 0.5 metres closer to Frederick Street
• Increase landscape buffer to Avon road (from 3.0 to 5.0

metres)

• Parking rate of 1.2 spaces per unit (no commercial parking)
• Additional 2 storey built form (street fronting towns) along

Avon Road

• All commercial removed
• Commercial space now additional dwelling units (increase

from 113 to 122)

• Building mass (FSR) increase from 1.86 to 1.94
• Improved building design

Current Proposal

Current Proposal

Current Proposal

Current Proposal

Revised Site Plan (Subject to Change)

Discussion

Ground Rules

• Please raise your hand and let facilitator acknowledge
• State your name and address clearly
• Please make your statement or raise your question
• Allow the facilitator to direct questions
• Allow the staff person / applicant time to respond to the

question

• Be mindful of the time as others may wish to speak also
• Please allow others to have the floor, and please refrain

from interjecting or interrupting

• Please be respectful

Next Steps

• Action Items

– Send any additional comments to Garett Stevenson by December 31, 2018 – Fill out Sign In sheet to be advised of further updates

• Process

– Staff will write a report with a professional planning recommendation on the Zone Change Application – Applications will proceed to a PSI meeting for the Statutory Public meeting, as required by the Planning Act – PSI makes a recommendation to Kitchener City Council for decision, OPA is decided by Regional Council – Site Plan approval is required – Applicant will apply for Building Permits