General Update/Rumour thread [Suburban Ottawa]

[waterloowarrior]

New seniors residence proposed for Manotick
Posted May 27, 2010
BY JESSICA BELL
http://www.emcmanotickwinchester.ca/20100527/news/New+seniors+residence+proposed+for+Manotick

EMC News - If approval by the City of Ottawa is made, the village of Manotick will see 126 new retirement residences put into place in the Rideau-Goulbourn ward, giving good reason for seniors to remain in the village.

Junicon Construction Inc. has put forth a zoning by-law amendment to the city for a senior residence three-story building at 1129 to 1139 Bridge St. (on the west side of the bridge), an area currently comprised of four residential lots.

It is a proposal that has many Manotick residents pleased.

"It's definitely going to meet a need that's lacking here," said Manotick BIA executive director Donna Cooper. "It looks like (Junicon) has taken into consideration the village as a whole.

"We have a lot to offer the seniors in the village, with the Miller's Oven, the senior's centre, and this new (development) means seniors can walk almost anywhere."

Ms. Cooper also said that from a business perspective, seniors will be so close to the Manotick Mews, historical Watson's Mill and other sites that when their families come to visit they can stay directly in the village.

The proposal meets with both the Manotick Village Plan and the City of Ottawa official plan, where specific growth areas for future development are listed.

An environmental impact statement (EIS) and a tree conservation report were completed, both for conservation reasons and to ensure that the Rideau River, now a world heritage site, would not be threatened. All assessments, including these, were approved.

"There is nothing like a (senior residence) within the village of Manotick," said Kelly Rhodenizer, of David McManus Engineering Ltd., who is a planner for the retirement residence. "Most seniors who sell their house can't downsize there. Now, with this building, residents can stay within their village."

The building is expected to consist of 126 one- and two-bedroom units, with an underground parking area and approximately 34 parking stalls, according to Beth Bonvie, general manager of Junicon Homes and a traffic study completed by CastleGlenn Consultants Inc.

The traffic study found that the dominant direction of travel for traffic in the area was heading eastbound and although there is a proposed 126 units, traffic rates would not increase immensely.

"The proposed area is listed in the official community plan as a high-density, low-rise, multi-family area, and our proposal fits within the plan," said Ms. Bonvie. "There would be a low level of traffic in the area."

Currently the proposal is under circulation until May 25, by which time the City of Ottawa will have provided Junicon with comments. Ms. Rhodenizer said she expects that a community meeting will be held sometime in June, and then the proposal will go to the agricultural and rural affairs committee (ARAC).

After that, a recommendation is provided to city council.

"If all goes well we are hoping for a decision from council in late September or October of 2010," added Ms. Rhodenizer.



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[waterloowarrior]

rezoning report for that Dharma proposal in Stittsville that's built over the driveway (15 metres high - new tallest)
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycou...1-1493%20Stittsville%20Main%20Street.htm

Councillor and Community Association are strongly against the proposal

[blackjagger]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

rezoning report for that Dharma proposal in Stittsville that's built over the driveway (15 metres high - new tallest)
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycou...1-1493%20Stittsville%20Main%20Street.htm

Councillor and Community Association are strongly against the proposal

Pretty much any other developing area in ottawa would take this build form. I don't like the parking lot behind, but the cost of underground parking for a building this size would be too much. I hope this starts a trend for Stittsville.

Cheers,
Josh

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Councillor and Community Association are strongly against the proposal

Wow, what a surprise...if it isn't a single family home on a 60 x 120 lot it is high density living...and that is what people in Stittsville moved away from.

All that talk about heavy traffic on Stittsville Main Street is a red herring...looks like a good start for the core area of Stittsville.

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

rezoning report for that Dharma proposal in Stittsville that's built over the driveway (15 metres high - new tallest)
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycou...1-1493%20Stittsville%20Main%20Street.htm

Councillor and Community Association are strongly against the proposal

Does anybody know what the outcome of this was yesterday at Planning Committee?. Interesting times in Stittsville if this was to go through unaltered.

[waterloowarrior]

Staff to revisit Main St. plans

Posted Sep 2, 2010 By Tiffany Williams-Lepack
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Tiffany Williams-Lepack, Stittsville

Richmond EMC

EMC News - City of Ottawa council accepted a motion by Stittsville councillor Shad Qadri to review the proposed re-zoning of a mixed commercial and residential building on Stittsville Main Street.

The council decision followed a Planning and Environment Committee decision to approve the 15 meter five storey building at 1491 and 1493 Main Street. However, in a vote of 12-9, council has asked staff to review the project and bring it back to city council on Sept. 8.

The report may not have a different outcome but Qadri wants staff to see if they can work with the developer to reach a compromise and why the unique characteristics of the Main Street are not being considered.

"I wanted them to explain to the council why in one breath they are saying that Stittsville Main Street should have a special designation as a traditional main street compared to other traditional main streets within the city of Ottawa, and then in the same breath they are saying it is okay to increase the height limit from 11 to 15 metres on Stittsville Main Street," explained Qadri.

The property in question is located on the east side of Main Street, slightly north of Abbott Street and opposite Manchester Street. The applicant is proposing a mixed-use development with residential, office and retail uses. The land facing the Main Street is proposed to have a five-storey building with retail on the ground floor, offices on the second and third and apartments on the fourth and fifth floors.

"That's why through SVA (Stittsville Village Association) and staff agreed in 2007-2008 that the 11 metre height is more suitable to Stittsville Main Street than let's say anything higher than that," said Qadri. "I think the five story building in amongst the one and two story buildings that exist currently on Main Street that thing is going to stick out like a monstrosity. The community is opposed to the fact that you are going to take and maybe open up the door to a further height at a later date and that is a major concern for the residents of this community."

A community session was held on Feb. 10, 2009 with a revised plan presented at a public meeting on Nov. 18, 2009. In January a revised plan was submitted considering the communities concerns. The mixed-use building parking layout has been revised by providing 35 full size spaces compared to 40 before (19 with reduced width) and the rear portion has been revised with five three story buildings with 28 units instead of six three story buildings with 36 units.

In the 1980s the former Goulbourn Township initiated the Stittsville Main Street Design Guidelines and Master Plan guidelines to promote consistent development in the community. The City has worked within these guidelines to ensure these are followed. Some examples in the community are Brown's Your Independent Grocer, Tim Hortons and McDonalds have different designs to maintain the village feel.

Qadri believes that the main street is like a traditional main street similar to areas such as Manotick and Merrickville and is unique amongst other areas of Ottawa. It has both residential and commercial all mixed together and tells the story of the community.

He understands that it is getting developed but that it needs to maintain the village feel or character on Main Street.

"People say that Stittsville doesn't want any intensification that's not true

We are getting intensified if you look at the development in Mattamy that's one of the highest densities in all of Ottawa," said Qadri. "I want to make sure that the intensification that we are currently experiencing through infill fits into what is currently the model of Stittsville and that's an advantage to not only the developers who are coming into the community but also to the community to make it blend in, to make it look neat."

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Staff to revisit Main St. plans



EMC News - City of Ottawa council accepted a motion by Stittsville councillor Shad Qadri to review the proposed re-zoning of a mixed commercial and residential building on Stittsville Main Street.

The council decision followed a Planning and Environment Committee decision to approve the 15 meter five storey building at 1491 and 1493 Main Street. However, in a vote of 12-9, council has asked staff to review the project and bring it back to city council on Sept. 8.

The property in question is located on the east side of Main Street, slightly north of Abbott Street and opposite Manchester Street. The applicant is proposing a mixed-use development with residential, office and retail uses. The land facing the Main Street is proposed to have a five-storey building with retail on the ground floor, offices on the second and third and apartments on the fourth and fifth floors.

He understands that it is getting developed but that it needs to maintain the village feel or character on Main Street.

"People say that Stittsville doesn't want any intensification that's not true

We are getting intensified if you look at the development in Mattamy that's one of the highest densities in all of Ottawa,"

This looks like election posturing to me. I can't quite figure out...what got approved, what didn't etc. IIRC, this site is subject to the holding by-law for much of Kanata West/Stittsville due to the Glencairn Pumping Station capacity issues.....

Maybe Mattamy have high densities compared to other suburban areas, but in all honesty the density there isn't infill...it is being built on fallow farmland and not intergrated into an existing community.

In my mind, to compare Stittsville Main Street to Manotick Main Street is a real stretch.

I foresee an OMB appeal on this one.

[Cre47]

Plans for a train station, a hotel and 42 condos in Chelsea. Note, this is separate from the Chelsea Creek development.



Note, they are re-introducing the project of an arena in Old Chelsea (just west of the proposed train station shown above) as well but with a scaled back community center and delaying the gymnasium for a while.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/09/21/ott-chelsea-train-station.html

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Chelsea+include+arena+centre+after/3552038/story.html

[waterloowarrior]

24th of August PEC minutes are up, lots of stuff about the Stittsville Main street project.
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/pec/2010/08-24/minutes79.htm

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

24th of August PEC minutes are up, lots of stuff about the Stittsville Main street project.
http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/pec/2010/08-24/minutes79.htm

Thanks for the link...in terms of the Stittsville Main Street property, it looks like it went through PEC and Council against the Councillors wishes...the complaints etc on this application are very similar to the one for the property to the south (same owner). It looks like Stittsville just doesn't like 'density' yet they wonder why retail is flocking to Hazeldean between Main Street and Kanata.

[waterloowarrior]

arlington square - greenbank and craig henry condo... coming soon
http://phoenixhomes.ca/communities/communities_future_overview.cfm?com=37

[Cre47]

Sounds like a different condo project proposed along Stittsville Main. I'm posting because we all know about the fiasco surrounding another somewhat similar project not too far from the proposed site.

Public meeting about proposed condominium
Wildpine Court site in Stittsville

A four storey condominium with 64 dwelling units is being proposed for a site on Wildpine Court in Stittsville.

The building will front on Wildpine Court and will include both an underground parking structure as well as on-surface parking at the rear of the building. There will be 68 parking spaces altogether.

The development will also result in creation of a small parkette on the southeast corner of Stittsville Main Street and Wildpine Court.

A public meeting to view the plans for this proposed development is being held on Tuesday, Feb. 15 in the upstairs hall of the Stittsville District Community Centre (arena), starting at 7 p.m.

City of Ottawa planning staff will be in attendance to answer any questions about the project. City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri will also be at the meeting.

[KHOOLE]

Originally Posted by c_speed3108

Orleans Town Centre development: Save the Silo?

This is visible on Google earth. It lines up almost perfectly with the Centrum and the never built road just west of tenth line. Maybe they could do a traffic circle around it or something????

http://www.eastottawa.ca/article-219475-Save-Centrum-silo-residents-say.html

It's coming up at the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee at 6Pm May 19th 2011
http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/a-lacac/2011/05-19/agendaindex7.htm

[Cre47]

Not sure if anyone was aware, but the International Hockey Academy was inaugurated last week.

Only article I`ve found or still there was in French only and also has crappy images too showing the outside and the inside. Seems, the English media didn`t bother written anything on it.

http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2011/08/25/004-academie-internationale-hockey.shtml

[Ottawan]

Cool! Although at $30,000 a year in tuition, only a certain class of aspiring athlete will be attending there...

[Cre47]

Seven-story planned at Herzberg and Terry Fox

http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/cit...-0170-%20Zoning%20-%20280%20Herzberg.htm

[S-Man]

There goes the low-density neighborhood...

Seriously, there should be half a dozen of these in every suburb.

[adam-machiavelli]

Originally Posted by Cre47

Seven-story planned at Herzberg and Terry Fox

http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/cit...-0170-%20Zoning%20-%20280%20Herzberg.htm

I noticed the building will have 1 parking space but only 0.5 bike spaces per unit. That's not good future long-term planning. I also found this section interesting:

"Communications Research Centre (CRC) required that serious investigation be undertaken prior to Council’s decision on this proposal. This is because of the transmission of microwave radiation emitting from various earth stations on the CRC campus. An additional consideration would be the line of site to the satellites. A structure that is too tall would interfere with satellite communication."

[S-Man]

Didn't read that. But yes, interference with satellite communications is a genuine concern for buildings built next to such facillities.

I've never come across that as a rationale for a height/massing complaint, but it's more valid (by far) than a Vitamin D definciency due to shadowing complaint.

Hope it gets built, but in all honesty, there is little to ride to within biking distance in that area. Those residents will be slaves to their cars.

[adam-machiavelli]

They will be slaves to their cars because there is no decent bus service around there.