April 16 Council Motions

Motions

Three motions and three directions were approved at the Joint Planning and Housing and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committees meeting on March 31. Two motions and two directions were approved at the Council meeting on April 16.

These items include direction to staff to review and consider various topics while preparing Draft 3 of the new Zoning By-law. As directed by the Joint Committee and Council, staff will be:

• Performing a review of Neighbourhood zoning in Stittsville to explore converting properties zoned N1E to N1D
• Considering the outcome of the Heritage Conservation District Feasibility Assessment in the Beaverbrook neighbourhood when preparing Draft 3.
• Examining the feasibility of a requirement for permeable surface materials for all new front yard parking and communal parking areas.
• Considering parking solutions for new development in Villages, such as communal parking or a parking permit system.
• Evaluating the impact of introducing a minimum parking rate higher than one space per dwelling unit in new ground-oriented subdivision developments in Villages.
• On Issue 1: Minimum Parking Rates for Villages, implementing Option 3 to introduce parking minimums in Village Residential Zones 1-3 in Draft 3, to be released in September.

Staff will also consult on various items during the upcoming engagement events this spring on several new options for the key issues identified in Document 3 of the Draft 2 staff report.

• On Issue 2: Maximum Building Height in N1 and N2 – Neighbourhood Zones, an additional Option 4 will be developed to permit 11 metre heights in N1 and N2 zones and delete height suffixes for heights lower than 11 metres, except where specified in a Secondary Plan.
• On Issue 3: Conversion of the R4 zone to N4 zone in the draft Zoning By-law, an additional Option 3 will be developed by modifying Option 2 to remove the first bullet which maintains a maximum height of 11 metres for buildings that are currently zoned R4 with this height limit.
• On Issue 4: Building Height Transition Framework, Option 4 will be developed to introduce limits on as-of-right maximum building heights based on distance from rapid transit stations in the suburban Transect. These limits would be below the 90 metres, or 27 storeys, proposed by staff.
• On Issue 4: Building Height Transition Framework, Option 5 will introduce an as-of-right maximum building height of 30 storeys plus investigation on lowering the transition area below the 30 metres proposed by staff.
• On Issue 5: Communal Parking Lot Permissions in Neighbourhood (N1-N6) Zones, staff will be consulting on a transect-based approach for communal parking permissions.

These additional options on the key issues presented in Document 3 will be consulted on during the in-person and virtual consultation this spring, and a survey to be released in the coming months.