Rezoning and master plan document - The Station Yards (presented to PAC):
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/Dec_16_2025/6b_Station_Yards_Avis_Public_Notice.pdf
PAC Recmommendations:
Motion by Myles Malley and seconded by Maxime Gauvin to recommend that Moncton City Council proceed with the proposed Zoning By-law Z-222.54 by giving second and third readings of the by-law.
The rezoning, if approved, should be subject to a resolution with conditions including but not limited to:
1. A subdivision plan confirming LFPP and street locations to the satisfaction of the City of Moncton shall be submitted prior to the issuance of a development permit for permit for properties identified within the Master Plan area identified as Schedule B.
2. The applicant shall provide unit numbers for all multiple unit buildings prior to the issuance of a development permit for each building.
3. That all uses of land pursuant to this agreement shall conform with the provisions of the City of Moncton Zoning By-law, as amended from time to time, except as otherwise provided herein.
4. That nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the Developer’s right to apply for a variance pursuant to the provisions of the Community Planning Act.
5. The development shall be carried out in general conformance with the plans and drawings submitted in the Schedules included within this approval.
6. Minimum lot requirement for multiple unit dwellings in the R3 Zone not exceeding ten units is 600m2
7. The development and buildings within shall not exceed heights permitted contained within the plans and drawings submitted as Schedule C (height schedule)
8. If there is a conflict between standards of the Zoning By-law and conditions of this approval, the conditions of approval shall take precedence.
Design Standards for Single Unit Dwellings, Two Unit Dwellings, Three Unit
Dwellings, and Townhouse and Rowhouse Dwellings
Street wall Design
9. Traditional materials and detailing on facades for townhouse and rowhouse dwellings on private streets shall meet the same requirement as a public street.
Parking and Access
10. Single Unit Dwellings, Two Unit Dwellings, Three Unit Dwellings, and
Townhouse/Rowhouse Dwellings to have one exterior parking space per unit with no more than 6m wide in total for driveway entrances, driveway aisles and parking spaces.
11. Six-unit townhouses/rowhouses are permitted to have individual driveways not wider than 6m only on privately owned streets. Developments with access to public streets are required to follow driveway standards in the Zoning By-law, as amended from time to time.
Site Massing
12. Maximum allowable building coverage on a property for Single Unit Dwellings, Two Unit Dwellings, Three Unit Dwellings, and Townhouse/rowhouse Dwellings shall not exceed 60%.
Design Standards for Multiple Unit Dwellings
In addition to s129 of the City of Moncton Zoning By-law, the following standards apply to multiple-unit dwellings with more than four storeys within the height precinct plan (Schedule B).
If there is conflict between standards of the Zoning By-law and conditions of this approval, the conditions of approval shall take precedent.
General Building Form
13. The building shall consist of a podium base and a tower element above.
14. Maximum overall building height: 18 storeys or height limit prescribed in Schedule C
Podium/Street wall Design
15. For the purpose of these conditions, street wall height means the height of the portion of a building's facade that faces a public street, measured from the sidewalk to the height of specified stepbacks. Stepback means the horizontal distance between the street wall and podium of a building.
16. Traditional materials are required on all street wall façades
17. Facades must include architectural features such as lintels, columns, porticoes or other features designed to enhance the building and public entrance.
18. Residential units within buildings greater than eight storeys shall include a minimum of 10% of the overall gross floor area of the building to be dedicated as communal space, and it shall be located on the ground floor area.
19. Outdoor amenity space of at least three m2is required per residential unit. This can be provided in the form of individual balconies with a minimum dimension of two metres in width and 1.5m in depth, communal rooftop terraces, and at grade communal amenity space, but does not include building setback areas.
20. Indoor and outdoor spaces may be combined to meet the overall minimum amenity space requirements.
21. Indoor amenity spaces do not include lobbies, hallways or mailrooms
Tower Stepback
22. The tower portion (storeys 5 to 18) must be stepped back a minimum of 1.5 metres from the podium edge facing a street.
23. The stepback applies to all street-facing façades above the fourth storey.
24. Traditional materials shall be used on exterior for all facades
Massing and Scale of Towers
25. The minimum tower separation from adjacent buildings is 25 metres on all sides
26. Should a building contain two towers and a single podium, towers shall be separated by 25 metres
27. Maximum allowable lot coverage for Multiple Unit Dwellings with more than ten units shall not exceed 65%.
Ground Floor Façade Interface Requirements
28. Minimum 25% fenestration ratio on all façades of the ground floor. For buildings facing a private street, the front of the buildings shall be treated as if they are facing a public street
29. Include canopies, awnings within street wall and façade design
30. For private streets and private lanes, public entrances must be oriented to the private street.
31. Prior to the issuance of a development permit, pedestrian connections from buildings to the street shall be submitted and are subject to the approval of the Planning Director or their designate.
Parking and Access
32. Off-street parking for Multiple Unit Dwellings shall be screened from public view by a two metre landscape strip with a combination of landscaping (trees and shrubs) and, where permitted by the Zoning By-law, fencing
33. Bicycle parking ratio – one bike parking space per 20 residential units per building and may be a combination of indoor and secure outdoor spaces
34. For developments eight storeys or greater, a maximum of 25% of lot area may be used for the purposes of surface parking.
35. Multiple Unit Dwellings have a maximum of 0.75 dedicated parking spaces per residential unit and may be a combination of indoor and outdoor spaces.
36. Where adjacent, pedestrian connections and entrances for multiple unit dwellings shall be established from the buildings to areas of LFPP.
Roads/Traffic/Infrastructure
37. As the road classifications proposed by the master plan have not been confirmed by the traffic impact study, the City reserves rights to specify higher classifications of streets, including requiring additional right-of-way from developments, at time of subdivision approval.
38. Any future development differing in land use or density compared to the master plan may be required to submit a trip generation statement, traffic impact study, and/or transportation demand management checklist.
39. Prior to the infrastructure upgrade of Bâtisseurs Street (formerly Ryan’s Street), or at such time as the Station Yards development installs residential units or nursing home beds that result in sanitary sewer flows exceeding 35 L/s, the current capacity of the existing 200-mm diameter sewer, whichever occurs first, the City of Moncton and the landowner shall enter into a legal agreement outlining the cost-sharing obligations for the required infrastructure upgrades.
40. The sanitary flow generated by the Station Yards development shall be confirmed, at the developers cost, through flow monitoring installed within the sanitary sewer downstream of the development. The limits of the required upgrades, as well as the proposed pipe sizing, shall be determined during the detailed design of the future phases of the Station Yards development or Bâtisseurs Street infrastructure upgrade
project.
41. Future street access that enables a future connection from the site to Plaza Boulevard shall be established through a future amendment to the Future Roads Map, Schedule 3 in the Municipal Plan. No buildings will be permitted within this established corridor.
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