Planning Committee Minutes City of Peterborough May 9, 2016

 

Minutes of a Meeting of Planning Committee held on May 9, 2016 in the Auditorium, Adam Scott Collegiate.

 

Planning Committee was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Councillor Parnell, Chair, in the Auditorium, Adam Scott Collegiate, 175 Langton Street.

 

Roll Call:

Councillor Baldwin

Councillor Beamer

Councillor Clarke

Councillor Haacke

Councillor Pappas

Councillor Parnell, Chair

Councillor Riel

Councillor Therrien

Councillor Vassiliadis

Councillor McWilliams

Mayor Bennett

 

 

Confirmation of Minutes – April 11, 2016

 

Moved by Mayor Bennett

 

That the minutes of the meeting of Planning Committee held on April 11, 2016 be approved.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

 

There were no disclosures of Interest.

Public Meeting under the Planning Act

Manager, Planning Division

Report PLPD16-038

Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for 1400 Crawford Drive and 586 Harper Road

 

Malcolm Hunt, Director of Planning and Development, Ken Hetherington, Manager Planning Division, both of the City of Peterborough, and Paul Lowes, SGL Planning and Design made a presentation on the application.

 

The following individuals spoke in opposition to the application:

Darrell Rowe, 232 Herbert Street

Kim Zippel, 1712 Stenson Boulevard

Dave Adams, 871 Cumberland Avenue

Ted Vale, 90 Milroy Drive

Gordon Petch, Toronto, representing the DBIA and Aon Inc.

Carleen Johnson, 1 Wallace Street

Sheila Nabigon-Howlett, 516 Cambridge Street

Lynda Slavin, 3749 Wallace Point Road, Otonabee-South Monaghan

Roy Brady, 136 Ware Street

Ray Shield, 62 Moorecraig Road

Kady Denton, 657 Water Street

Ken Ranny, 434 Hillcrest Avenue

John MacMillan-Jones, 482 Driscoll Terrace

Mark Zippel, 1712 Stenson Boulevard

Delendra Adams, 714 McKellar Street

Greg Conchelos, 280 Spencely’s Lane

Zola Conch, 484 Lindsay Road, Selwyn

Paul Sobanski, 11 Middleton Drive

Jeff and Jacob Bowman, 275 McGill Street

Mark Cummings, 523 Aylmer Street

Julie Morris, 675 Cameron Street

Steve Russell, 963 Armour Road

Frank Blakeley, 822 Orpington Road

Bentley Froese, 478 Murray Street

Ainslee May Clearwater, 130 Anson Street

 

The Chair recessed the meeting at 9:03 p.m.  The meeting reconvened at 9:13 p.m.

 

Jerry Burn, 957 Stewart Line, Cavan Monaghan

Janice Adams, 714 McKellar Street

Danielle Duchesneau, 4 Conger Street

Charlie Werger, 168 Douro Street

The following individual spoke in support of the application:

John Matheson, Asphodel-Norwood

 

Moved by Councillor Pappas

 

That the Rules of Order be suspended to continue the meeting past the hour of 10:00 p.m. to complete the agenda.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Chuck Keeling, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations and Responsible Gaming and Michael Young, Senior Project Manager, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, spoke to the application.

 

Councillor Riel requested Recommendation f) be separated for discussion and vote.

 

Moved by Councillor Beamer

 

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report PLPD16-038 dated
May 9, 2016, of the Manager, Planning Division, as follows:

a)            That Council confirm that the City-initiated applications for Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning to permit a casino in the City of Peterborough at a location consistent with Report PLPD13-013(A) are consistent with its direction previously given in Closed Session on November 16, 2015;

b)           That Section 2.3 – Commercial Structure of the Official Plan be amended in accordance with the draft amendment attached as Exhibit “C” to Report
PLPD16-038;

c)            That Section 1 of the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law 97-123 be amended to include a definition for a “Gaming Establishment/Casino” and “Gaming Position” in accordance with the draft amendment attached as Exhibit “D” to Report PLPD16-038;

d)           That the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law 97-123 be amended in accordance with Exhibit “D” of Report PLPD16-038 by adding Section 393 – Special District 363 to identify a gaming establishment/casino, hotel and restaurant as permitted uses and associated regulations under the SP.363 zoning district;

e)            That the zoning of the property at 1400 Crawford Drive be amended from
M2.2-SP.268 to SP.363, from M2.2-SP.268 to SP.363-“H” and from M2.2-SP.268 to OS.1, in accordance with Exhibit “D” of Report PLPD16-038;

f)             That the “H”-Holding Symbol be removed from the subject property following the completion of  an environmental impact study acceptable to the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority identifying the precise location of the wetland feature on 540 Harper Road and/or providing technical justification for a reduction in the provisional 30 metre buffer provided on 1400 Crawford Drive;

g)           That Section 3.9 Exceptions of the Comprehensive Zoning By-law 97-123 be amended in accordance with Exhibit “D” of Report PLPD16-038 by adding the following: “.306 In addition, a parking lot or parking garage is a permitted use”; and

h)           That the zoning of the property at 586 Harper Road be amended from M2.1-18b to M2.1,18b-306 in order to permit a parking lot as an additional permitted use in accordance with Exhibit “D” of Report PLPD16-038.

Moved by Councillor Riel

 

That Recommendation f) be amended to read as follows:

 

That the “H”-Holding Symbol be removed from the subject property following the review and approval of a Traffic Impact Study by the Ministry of Transportation.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Upon the main motion, less item f), the motion carried.

 

 

Other Business

 

There were no items of Other Business.

 

 

Adjournment

 

Moved by Councillor Clarke

 

That this meeting of Planning Committee adjourn at 10:46 p.m.

 

"CARRIED"   

 

 

John Kennedy

City Clerk

 

 

Councillor Parnell

Chair