The proposed adaptive reuse of the former SW&A Street Railway facility, which has existed in some form for more than 200 years maintains the historic street frontage while adding to the diversity of uses along the mainstreet corridor. The proposed permitted uses and site specific provisions conform with the urban design policies. Conformity of the building design and site details will be addressed as part of Site Plan Control.

Chapter 9: Heritage Conservation

Chapter 9 provides direction with respect to recognition (9.1.1 & 9.3.3.4), conservation (9.3.3.1 & 9.3.4.1 c), and adaptive reuse (9.3.4.1 g) of built heritage resources. The proposed adaptive reuse of the former SW&A Street Railway buildings will maintain a cultural heritage resource listed on the Municipal Heritage Register.

Zoning By-law 8600

Relevant excerpts from Zoning By-law 8600 are attached as Appendix F.

The applicant proposes to change the zoning of the subject lands from Commercial District 2.2 (CD 2.2) to site-specific Commercial District 2.2 (CD 2.2). The requested zoning district would permit a multiple dwelling without direct access to a municipal street and services along with the following site-specific provisions:

• a decrease in the minimum gross floor area of 53 dwelling units from 40 m 2 to 31 m 2 ;

• an increase in maximum building height from 14 metres to 19 metres;

• a decrease in required amenity area from 12 m 2 to 10 m 2 per dwelling unit;

• a decrease the minimum required parking spaces from 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit to 1 space per unit, which would result in a total of 133 parking spaces dedicated for residential use instead of 166;

• 0 required visitor parking spaces;

• required parking spaces located on a property adjacent the dwelling units they are intended to serve;

• a decrease in the required separation distance between a parking area and an interior lot line from 0.9 metres to 0 metres;

• a decrease in the required separation distance between a parking area and a building wall containing a habitable window from 4.5 metres to 0 metres; and

• a decrease in the minimum required one-way lane width within an access area from 3.5 metres to 3 metres.

The requested zoning reflects many of the physical site characteristics, e.g. size, topography, irregular shape, and location of existing buildings. It also anticipates zoning conformity issues that would be created by the proposed severance, which would separate the multiple dwelling from the commercial portion of the site. The policy