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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN THE BOARD ROOM AT THE
YORK REGION BOARD OF EDUCATION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1983 AT 7:30P.M.
Present Were: Mayor Illingworth and Councillors Richard Barker, Tim Jones, Len
Ostick, and Martin Paivio.
Councillors Earl Stewart and John West on vacation.
Also in attendance were Clerk-Administrator K.B. Rodger, Deputy Clerk C.E. Gowan
and Regional Planners. Seibert.
Mayor Illingworth advised that this meeting has been called as a Public Meeting
with respect to the introduction of By-Laws for Wimpey Homes Phase II, Lakeview
Estates (554048 Ontario Limited) and Corridor Investments Limited properties.
Clerk-Administrator K.B. Rodger advised that Notices of the Meetings were mailed on
November 10, 1983, by first class mail, to addresses within 120 metres of the
areas, as shown on the last revised Assessment Roll of the Town of Aurora, to which
the proposed By-Laws would apply and further, the necessary signs were posted on
the various properties according to the rules of procedure under The Planning Act.
Mayor Illingworth advised that any persons who wished further notice of the passage
of the By-Law should sign the forms available before they leave this meeting.
Mayor Illingworth requested PlannerS. Seibert to outline the Wimpey Phase II
re-zoning request:
Proposal (Wimpey Homes Phase II}
The subject property is composed of approximately 75 acres which has frontage on
Bathurst Street and a rear lot area abutting the first phase of the Wimpey
development which is presently under construction. The first phase of the
development consists of 172 -50 foot detached lots. The phase presently under
consideration comprises 79 with 40 foot minimum frontage 32 lots with 50 foot
minimum frontages and 43 lots having a minimum frontage of 100 feet. The applicant
requests R2 zoning for the 50 foot lots which requires a minimum of 5,000 square
feet in area, and Rl zoning for the 100 foot lots will require a minimum of 1/2
acre in area.
There currently is not a provision for the 40 foot lots although that lot size
complies with the Official Plan policies for the area. The applicant therefore
requests special provisions be established relating to the 40 foot lot size.
Current Zoning
The property has been zoned "Holding" pending the approval of the subdivision plan.
Current Official Plan
The property is presently designated "Urban Residential" in the east and "Suburban
Residential" on the west. As well a number of open space area are denoted on the
Official Plan.
Comment
The plan of subdivision which has been draft approved on the property was subject
to careful scrutiny by Aurora technical staff, technical officials of the
provincial and regional governments and staff of a number of public boards and
agencies such as the school boards and a conservation authority and also by the
Council of the Town of Aurora and Regional Council.
The plan was considered to be appropriate and good planning by those groups.
Jones:
Barker:
Resolved that the necessary By-Law be prepared for Council's
consideration.
CARRIED
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ••• THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1983
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Mayor Illingworth requested the Planner to outline the 554048 Ontario Limited
proposed Zoning By-Law amendment:
Proposal (554048 Ontario Limited -Lakeview Estates)
The subject property is comprised of 43.30 hectares, (approximately 107 acres)
which has frontage on Bathurst Street and a rear lot line abutting the rear lot
line of St. Andrews College. A plan of subdivision having a total of 284
residential lots has been draft approved on the subject site. The plan consists of
the following, 25 lots having a minimum frontage of 40 feet, 31 lots having a
minimum frontage of 45 feet, 180 lots having a minimum frontage of 50 feet and 48
lots having a minimum frontage of 75 feet. In addition there are a number of open
space parcels, which form part of the open space system for the neighbourhood, and
a site for an elevated water storage tank which will serve the area.
The applicant requests zoning which would comply in all ways with the R2 provision
for the 180 -50 foot lots. There are not currently provisions for 40 or 45 foot
lots within the by-law although these lot sizes are in compliance with the Official
Plan policies for the area. The applicant therefore requests special provisions be
established relating to the 40 foot and 45 foot lots and reduced lot size. The
applicant requests a minimum floor area of 100 square metres or 1,076 square feet
be applied to the 40 foot lots. In addition an exterior side yard of 4.5 metres or
about 15 feet is requested for the 40 foot lots. The applicants requests Rl zoning
for the suburban residential lots with the exception of the 4 lots north of the
water tower site which have lower frontage than required by the Rl zone.
The Rl zone requires a minimum frontage of 30 metres (100 feet) and a minimum area
of 2,000 square metres (1/2 acres). The four lots north of the water tower site
have been reduced to 22 metres (75 feet) frontage and areas of approximately 1,600
square metres (17,000 square feet). These lots meet the requirements of the Rl-1
Detached Dwelling First Density Residential (Rl-1} Exception Zone. The open space
and flood plain areas and the water tower site would be zoned major open space, and
Institutional, respectively.
Current Zoning
The property has been zoned "Ho 1 ding" pending the approva 1 of the subdi vision plan.
Current Official Plan
The property is presently designated "Urban Residential" in the east and "Suburban
Residential" in the west. As well a number of open space areas are denoted on the
Official Plan.
Comment
The plan of subdivision which has been draft approved on the property was subjected
to careful scrutiny, by Aurora technical staff, technical officials of both the
provincial and regional governments and staff of a number of public boards and
agencies such as the school boards and conservation authority and also by the
Council of the Town of Aurora Regional Council. The plan was considered to be
appropriate and good planning by those groups.
In the 40 foot lot areas the applicant requests a smaller house size than have been
constructed in recent years, although in the area around Springburn Crescent south
of Cassar Drive, 1 storey dwellings of 100 square metres minimum have been
permitted. In that area two storey dwellings must have a minimum of 110 square
metres (1,183 square feet).
Also in respect to the requested exterior side yard, in recent years exterior side
yards have been 6 metres --the same as the front yard, although exterior side
yards as small as 3 metres (10 feet) have been permitted in parts of the
municipality.
Paivio:
Jones:
Resolved that the necessary By-Law be prepared for Council's
consideration.
CARRIED
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Mayor Illingworth requested the Planner to outline the Corr1dor Development Limited
proposed Zoning By-Law amendment:
Proposal (Corridor Development Limited)
The subject property is comprised of 12.12 hectares (approximately 30 acres). It
is located west of the existing residential development on Seaton Drive, north of
Henderson Drive. The applicant proposed to develop the subject site for 104
residential lots having minimum frontages of 18m (60 feet) with a minimum area of
590 square metres (6,350 square feet) and two open space blocks. The applicant
also proposed to create a lot having 6 m (20 feet) of frontage extending the depth
of the conventional lots which then widens to 63 m (206 feet) to the rear of the
proposed lots on which an existing dwelling is located. This lot will have an area
of .4 hectare (1 acre). A plan of subdivision setting out the lot pattern has been
draft approved. As well, the applicant owns land to the south and west of the
present proposal, which will be the subject of a later phase.
The applicant requests R2 zoning which requires minimum lot frontages of 50 feet
and a minimum area of 5,000 square feet for each lot for the 104 lots and an
exception for the irregular lot on which the existing dwelling is located. The
proposed lots with the noted exception exceed both the minimum frontage and area
requirements.
Current Zoning
The property is currently zoned "Holding" until the plan of subdivision has been
approved.
Current Official Plan
The property is presently designated "Urban Residential" in the east and "Suburban
Residential" on the west. As well a number of open space areas are denoted on the
Official Plan.
Comment
, __ j The plan of subdivision which has been draft approved on the subject site was
subject to careful scrutiny by a large number of technical staff at different
levels of government. In addition, the proposal has been recommended for approval
by the Council of the Town of Aurora and Regional Council.
A Mr. Peter Smith, Glass Drive, addressed Council regarding two concerns he had:
1. Improvements of Henderson Drive,
2. Open Space --Use and Development.
Clerk-Administrator K.B. Rodger advised that these matters would be taken care of
through the Subdivision Agreement process.
Ostick:
Paivio:
ADJOURNMENT
Paivio:
Resolved that the necessary By-Law be prepared for Council's
consideration.
CARRIED
Resolved that this meeting be adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
CARRIED
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