The first planning meeting of the fall will have something for everyone, a new project that’s bound to be controversial, a decision on a project that was sort of controversial a few months ago, a new heritage designation, and some pruning to the City of Guelph’s new Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. Are these the best laid plans, or will some delegates and council members have other ideas? Let’s take a look…
NOTE #1: Delegates will be able to appear at this meeting in-person or via tele-presense but you do have to register with the clerks office before 10 am on Friday September 6. You can also submit written delegations and correspondences for agenda items.
NOTE #2: In addition to meeting in-person, this meeting will also be live-streamed on the City of Guelph’s website here.
106 Carden Street: Notice of Intention to Designate – You might know this building as the Royal Inn and Suites, one of the oldest buildings in town with a history that goes back to the early 1860s. Heritage Guelph approved the designation at their July meeting, and now it’s council turn to formalise it.
Decision Report 303-317 Speedvale Avenue East Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendments File OZS24-010 – This project for a new six-storey residential apartment building with a total of 48 units in the east end, a new effort by Habitat for Humanity Guelph Wellington, came to council in July. Staff are now satisfied that the application checks all the boxes so far as the Official Plan and A Place to Grow are concerned and they’re ready for council to approve if they’re willing.
Public Meeting Report 26-40 Carden St and 27-39 Macdonell St Proposed OPA and ZBA File OZS24-012 – Literally sandwiched between Carden and Macdonell, what’s a two-storey commercial building might soon be one, 14-storey building with 120 residential units and 595 square metres of ground floor commercial space. It’s worth noting that there’s no parking planned for this development because provincial Bill 185, which received Royal Assent on June 6, no longer requires off-street parking if the subject lands are located within a major transit station area. This is the statutory planning meeting for this project, which means that council will only vote to receive the application, a formal decision about whether the allow the project to proceed or not will happen at a later meeting.
Site Specific Housekeeping Amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Zoning By-law (2023)-20790 – Sounds serious, but the recommendations from staff here will only apply to a handful of properties that are presently before the Ontario Land Tribunal or recently completed an appeal at the OLT. The is both a statutory planning meeting and a decision meeting for these chances to the Comprehensive Zoning By-law.
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