Notice of formal public meeting - 164, 168 King St. S. and 8 George St.
Official Plan Amendment No. 25 and Zoning By-law Amendment Z-18-18 -Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited (164, 168 King St S & 8 George St, Uptown Ward - Ward 7)
Take notice that the council of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo will hold a formal public meeting on Monday, March 9, 2020, beginning no earlier than 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, 100 Regina Street South, Waterloo, to consider the above noted application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law pursuant to Sections 22 and 34 of the Planning Act.
The City of Waterloo has received an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 164, 168 King St S and 8 George St. This application is being advanced to permit the redevelopment of the lands with a new eight-storey mixed-use building containing 581 square metres of commercial space located on the ground floor and 2nd floor and 34 dwelling units (44 bedrooms) located in the storeys above.
The applicant is proposing to amend the city's Official Plan to redesignate 8 George Street from Low Density Residential and Low Density-10 metres, to Commercial, Uptown Mixed Use, Primary Node, Medium High Density-40 metres, and Uptown Complementary Transition Area, with a site specific provision to limit the maximum height permission on 8 George Street to 6 storeys and 20 metres.
The applicant is also proposing to amend Zoning By-law No. 2018-050 by rezoning the lands at 8 George St from ‘Zone Change Application’ (ZC) to ‘Uptown Mixed-Use – 20’ (U2-20) and the lands at 164 and 168 King Street South from ‘Zone Change Application’ (ZC) to ‘Uptown Mixed-Use – 30’ with site specific provisions.
The requested site specific zoning provisions would include reduced street line setbacks, reduced landscape buffer, reduced commercial parking rate, reduced podium height, reduced tower stepback above the podium and an alternative parking configuration.
NOTE: This application was submitted and deemed complete in accordance with the Planning Act, prior to the passing of By-law 2018-050 on September 10, 2018 being the new Zoning By-law for the City of Waterloo. The subject lands are currently zoned Zone Change Application (ZC) on Schedule 'A' to By-law 2018-050, which carries forward the zoning provisions applied to the lands in By-law 1108, being Commercial Two-12 (C2-12), and General Residence Two A (GR2A).
This meeting shall constitute the formal public meeting required under Sections 22 and 34 of The Planning Act, R.S.O., 1990, as amended. It is expected that Council will decide whether the application should be approved, denied or amended. A copy of the staff report will be available prior to the Public Meeting.
If Council approves the application, a by-law to adopt the Official Plan Amendment and to amend the Zoning By-law will be passed.
For further information regarding the above matter, please contact the City of Waterloo Integrated Planning and Public Works, 2nd Floor, Waterloo City Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, by calling Rita Szilock at 519.747.8650 or email rita.szilock@waterloo.ca.
Any person may attend the Public Meeting and/or make a written or verbal representation either in support of, or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment. If you wish to make a presentation to Council or would like more information about the meeting, please contact Kevin Gerlach at 519.747.8549 or by email at clerkinfo@waterloo.ca.
A written summary of the presentation should be filed with the City Clerk prior to the public meeting.
We encourage the public to provide input into these importantOfficial Plan andZoning By-law Amendment applications. Individuals may submit written/electronic comments. The public is informed and notified that names, addresses and comments may be made public.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-laws are passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of Council to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. In addition, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Corporation of the City of Waterloo before the by-laws are passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Olga Smith, City Clerk, City of Waterloo