Case 23805 -
663 Portland Street & 16 Carver Street, Dartmouth
Request
Fathom Studios, on behalf of the property owner, is requesting to rezone the lands and enter into a development agreement to permit a multi-unit building with a small ground floor retail space on lands located on Portland and Carver Street, Dartmouth (PID 00242016 & 00241984).
Proposal
The applicant wishes to construct a multi-unit dwelling at the site. The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
Seven (7) storey multi-unit residential building;
Small ground floor commercial space;
Approx. 105 parking spaces; and
Amenity space for the residents of the buildings, including a penthouse amenity space
Carver Street is at the Eisner Blvd traffic light that is the main entrance to the Superstore, Shoppers Drug Mart, CIBC retail complex. It should be noted that the proposed 'Red Line BRT' (Portland Hills - Dalhousie) will have a stop at this intersection. The applicant claims this project can be considered transit-oriented-development. Regardless of BRT this building will be served by Corridor Route 5.
Quote:
As discussed at our meeting, we have purposely designed this
development to anticipate the outcomes and aims of the Portland
Street and Cole Harbour Road Functional Planning Study, which
establishes this stretch of Portland Street as a major transit priority
corridor. The Functional Planning study was a recommendation of both
the Integrated Mobility Plan and the Rapid Transit Strategy for securing a
BRT Corridor connecting Cole Harbour, Forest Hills and Portland Estates
to downtown and other transit hubs in Dartmouth.
Like many cities moving towards these transit priority corridors, part
of the success of the corridor is planning for more intense forms of
development along the corridor to increase ridership and minimize
reliance on cars. We have followed the guiding principles of typical
transit oriented developments (TOD’s) to propose a mixed use building
with ground floor commercial on Portland Street, provide ample room for
bicycle facilities as part of the development, and to provide a relatively
low parking ratio encouraging residents that use transit or cycling/
walking.
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