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REPORT
Report To: Development and Technical Services Committee
Date of Meeting: January 8, 2007
Submitted By: Rob Browning, General Manager,
Development & Technical Services (741-2599)
Prepared By: Jeff Willmer, Director of Planning (741-2325)
Ward(s) Involved: 6 West Victoria Park (Councillor Christina Weylie)
Date of Report: January 3, 2007
Report No.: DTS-07-009
Subject: DIRECTION FOR PROCESSING
MUNICIPAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION MP1061011G
ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION ZC 06/05/G
SANDBERRY INVESTMENTS
GLASGOW STREET
RECOMMENDATION:
That Report DTS-07-009 (Sandberry Investments) be received for information.
BACKGROUND:
The subject lands are designated and zoned General Industrial. Applications were filed in 2002
to redesignate, rezone and subdivide the property for mixed industrial and office development.
The applications were circulated but have not yet advanced to approval. New applications were
filed in 2006 to redesignate and rezone the property for office and retail development.
The principals of Sandberry Investments also own land immediately to the north in the city of
Waterloo. Similar applications were filed in 2006 on the Waterloo lands. City of Kitchener, City
of Waterloo and Region of Waterloo planning staff agreed to coordinate the circulation of the
applications, so that agencies and nearby property owners would receive one notification letter
rather than two and so that the Region, as approval authority for both the Kitchener and
Waterloo official plan amendment applications, would have involvement throughout.
Planning staff from all three municipalities met with the applicants in the spring of 2006 with the
intent of working through preliminary issues prior to notice of the application being circulated in
early 2007 for review and comment. Subsequent to that municipal staff have focused not on the
Sandberry applications, but on employment lands in general, and the Provincial Policy
Statement (PPS) requirement fora "comprehensive review" of employment areas prior to
redesignation of employment lands for uses other than manufacturing, warehousing, office and
associated retail and ancillary facilities.
REPORT:
The intent of this report is not to address the merits of the applications, but to deal with
questions of process. There are three components: process, fundamental issues, and
technical reports.
The process as outlined above involves the Region of Waterloo, the City of Waterloo and the
City of Kitchener. Staff's intent is to coordinate the circulation and review of the applications so
that the municipal boundary and separate jurisdictions are not a complication. In addition, there
is an interest in being consistent with applications throughout the region to redesignate
employment lands for non-employment uses. In that regard, a Regional staff report is
scheduled for Planning & Works Committee January 9 2007.
The fundamental question is whether the land - in whole or in part -should remain designated
for industrial development, be redesignated for office development, andlor be redesignated for
retail development.
If the fundamental question is answered in such a way as to permit the redesignation of the land
then technical reports, such as a retail impact study and a traffic impact or travel demand
management study, would be required in support of the approvals.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None at this time.
COMMUNICATIONS:
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CONCLUSION:
It is recommended that this report be received for information.
Jeff Willmer, MCIP, RPP
Director of Planning
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Letter from MHBC dated December 2006
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