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Home My WebLink AboutDSD-20-011 - A 2020-001 - 618 King St WStaff Repod Development Services Department 1 w►r: � .R www.kitch en er. ca REPORT TO: Committee of Adjustment DATE OF MEETING: January 21, 2020 SUBMITTED BY: Juliane von Westerholt, Senior Planner - 519-741-2200 ext. 7157 PREPARED BY: Richard Kelly-Ruetz, Planner — 519-741-2200 ext. 7110 WARD: 10 DATE OF REPORT: January 10, 2020 REPORT #: DSD -20-011 SUBJECT: A2020-001 — 618 King Street West Owner — Cliff Rego / 2607330 Ontario Inc. Applicant — Greg Piccini (MartinSimmons Architects Inc.) Approve REPORT Planning Comments: c;na! r Location Map: 618 King Street West The subject property located at 618 King Street West is zoned Medium Intensity Mixed Use Corridor Zone (MU -2) with Special Use Provision 401 U in Zoning By-law 85-1, and designated Mixed Use Corridor in the City's K -W Hospital Neighbourhood Plan for Land Use. The existing building on the property contains office and restaurant uses. To facilitate the issuance of a permit for a facia sign and Zoning (Occupancy) Certificate for a Restaurant on the property, a minor variance is required for parking. *** This information is available in accessible formats upon request. *** Please call 519-741-2345 or TTY 1-866-969-9994 for assistance. As such, the applicant is requesting relief from Section 6.1.2 of the Zoning By-law to permit a 920 square metre building with 832 square metres of office and 88 square metres of restaurant to have a total of 31 parking spaces, whereas 33 are required. Staff notes that the lot to the rear (19-21 Moore Avenue) is the location of most of the 31 existing parking spaces; the City has a site plan on record recognizing such spaces. 618 King Street West City Planning staff conducted a site inspection of the property on January 3, 2020. In considering the four tests for minor variances as outlined in Section 45(1) of the Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990 Chap. P. 13, as amended, Planning staff offers the following comments. 1. General Intent and Purpose of Official Plan Test The subject property is designated Mixed Use Corridor in the City's K -W Hospital Neighbourhood Plan for Land Use. The intent of this designation is to serve the adjacent residential neighbourhoods and employment areas and allow for intensive, transit supportive development residential neighbourhoods and employment areas and allow for intensive, transit supportive development. encourage a range of different forms of housing to achieve a low density neighbourhood. A broad range of commercial uses are permitted. The site is well served by transit and the mix of uses can serve the adjacent residential neighbourhood. As such, the requested variance to reduce the amount of required parking is in keeping with the general intent of the Mixed Use Corridor designation. 2. General Intent and Purpose of Zoning By-law Test The purpose of the parking space requirement is to ensure that sufficient parking spaces are available for uses on a property; in this case, the two uses in question are office and restaurant. Staff is satisfied that the reduction in required parking spaces from 33 spaces to 31 spaces meets the general intent and purpose of the Zoning By-law as the site is well -served by transit (LRT & bus) and within close walking distance of the downtown core and several established neighbourhoods. Staff has no concerns with the number of available parking spaces (31) for this building and its uses. 3. "Minor" Test The variance can be considered minor as the reduced parking space requirement of 31 spaces, rather than the required 33 spaces is a small reduction, one that is warranted as the site is located near an LRT station stop (Central Station) and has frontage on King Street, which is well -served by other transit. Staff is satisfied that the 2 space parking reduction is minor. 4. Desirability for Appropriate Development or Use Test The requested variance is appropriate for the development and use of the land, as the requested parking reduction of 2 spaces will facilitate multiple uses in one building, and staff is satisfied that there will continue to be sufficient parking spaces available for the building, as it is well served by transit. Based on the foregoing, Planning staff recommends that this application be approved. Building Comments: The Building Division has no objections to the proposed variance. Transportation Services Comments: As this is an existing condition, Transportation Services does not have any concerns with the proposed application. Heritage Comments: No Heritage Planning concerns. Environmental Comments: No environmental planning concerns. RECOMMENDATION A. That Minor Variance Application A2020-001 requesting relief from Section 6.1.2 of the Zoning By-law to permit a 920 square metre building with 832 square metres of office and 88 square metres of restaurant to have a total of 31 parking spaces, whereas 33 are required, be approved. Richard Kelly-Ruetz, BES Planner Juliane von Westerholt, BES, MCIP, RPP Senior Planner Region of Waterloo January 03, 2020 Holly Dyson City of Kitchener 200 King Street West P.O. Box 1118 Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7 Dear Ms. Dyson: File No.: D20-20/ VAR KIT GEN PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE SERVICES 150 Frederick Street, Sth Floor Kitchener ON N2G 4A Canada Telephone: 519-575-4400 TTY: 519-575-4608 Fax: 519-575-4449 www. reg i o n ofwate r l o o. ca Re: Committee of Adjustment Meeting on January 21, 2020, City of Kitchener Regional staff has reviewed the following Committee of Adjustment applications and have following comments: 1) A 2020-001 — 618 King Street West — No Concerns. 2) A 2020-002 — 149 Roxborough Avenue — No Concerns. However, the owner is advised that a future development application for the above property may require the dedication of a 7.62 metre daylight triangle at the northeast corner of the property. 3) A 2020-003 — 5 Manitou Drive — No Concerns. However, the owner is advised that a dwelling located within the property boundaries of the stationary source is not considered as a noise sensitive land use for the purposes of this application. 4) A 2020-004 — 30 Saddlebrook Court — No Concerns. 5) A 2020-005 — 196 grand Flats Trail — No Concerns. 6) A 2020-006 — 95 Crosswinds Drive — No Concerns. 7) A 2020-007 — 78 Valleybrook Drive — No Concerns. Please be advised that any development on the lands subject to the Applications noted above are subject to the provisions of the Regional Development Charge By-law 14-046 or any successor thereof and may require the payment of Regional Development Charges for these developments prior to the issuance of a building permit. The comments contained in this letter pertain to the Application numbers listed above. If a site is subject to more than one application, additional comments may apply. Document Number: 3186251 Page 1 of 2 Please forward any decision on the above mentioned application to the undersigned. Yours Truly, p� �-7- ` Joginder Bhatia Transportation Planner (519) 575-4500 Ext 3867 Grand River Conservation Authority 400 Clyde Road, P.O. Box 729 Resource Management Division Cambridge, Ontario N 1 R 5W6 Andrew Herreman, Resource Planning Phone: (519) 621-2761 ext. 2228 Technician E-mail: aherreman@grand river. ca PLAN REVIEW REPORT: City of Kitchener Holly Dyson DATE: January 7, 2020 YOUR FILE: See below RE: Applications for Minor Variance: A 2019-103 581 Strasburg Road A 2019-108 41 Moore Avenue A 2020-001 618 King Street West A 2020-002 149 Roxborough Avenue A 2020-003 5 Manitou Drive A 2020-004 30 Saddlebrook Court A 2020-005 196 Grand Flats Trail A 2020-006 95 Crosswinds Drive A 2020-007 78 Valleybrook Drive GRCA COMMENT: The above -noted applications are located outside the Grand River Conservation Authority areas of interest. As such, we will not undertake a review of the applications and plan review fees will not be required. If you have any questions, or require additional information, please contact me. Sincerely, Andrew Herreman, CPT Resource Planning Technician Grand River Conservation Authority *These comments are respectfully submitted as advice and reflect resource concerns within the scope Page 1 of 1 and mandate of the Grand River Conservation Authority.