SECTION 11.6.3 OF OP VOL. 1 – ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT POLICIES

AMENDMENTS MUST CONFORM

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The recommended Zoning By-law Amendment maintains conformity with the Official Plan and, based on the analysis provided in this report in response to the respective policies in the land use designation chapters, the Zoning By-law Amendment meets the criteria set out above in section 11.6.3.3 of the Official Plan.

The applicant’s provided Planning Rationale Report prepared by Pillon Abbs Inc. speaks to the project’s compliance with the Official Plan in Section 5.1.2 (page 20) of their report (see Appendix B).

Zoning By-law

The subject property is located within “ Residential District 1.3 ” ( RD1.3) zone (see Appendix D and F) within Zoning By-law 8600, as amended. The applicant is requesting that Zoning By-law 8600 be amended to a site sp ecific “Residential District 2.2 (RD2.2 )” with site specific special provisions. This is consistent with the conceptual site plan shown by the applicant in Appendix A.

The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would permit a similar level of residential density to what the currently residential zoning permits, in a different built form. Provincial direction in the Provincial Policy Statement supports residential intensification, and Additional Residential Unit policies essentially require a minimum allowable density of 3 dwelling units per lot. In accordance with Additional Dwelling Unit