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Reynolds-Macdonald Condo
Minutes: 5 October 2020 P & D Council Meeting
5 October 2020
Public Meeting Report - Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment - Transmetro Limited - 358 Reynolds Street - File Nos.: OPA.1613.63 and Z.1613.63
- Report from Planning Services Department,
September 23, 2020
1. That the public meeting report prepared by the Planning Services Department dated September 23, 2020, be received.
2. That comments from the public with respect to the proposed official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment submitted by Transmetro Limited (File Nos.: OPA.1613.63 and Z.1613.63), be received.
3. That analysis of the following matters of interest to Council be included as part of the recommendation report:
a) Prepare a density analysis of the immediate neighbourhood.
b) Confirm the density in the town’s South Central Public Land Study.
c) Confirm the heights of the homes in the immediate area and number of storeys.
d) Confirm the height of the existing medical building.
e) Consider compatibility with the balconies and resultant overlook issues with the abutting residential neighbourhood.
f) Provide details with respect to the daylight triangle that is required.
g) Provide details with respect to the mobility hub being the Oakville GO Station.
h) Consider the impacts as a result of the reduced setback proposed to the southerly property line.
i) Report back on the impact of the proposed 15 metre versus 9 metre height.
Notes
20 August 2020
The Town Planning Services report on the proposal to replace the old Medical Arts Building at 358 Reynolds (corner of Reynolds and Macdonald) with a 3-storey condo apartment building comprised of 14 apartments was received by the Heritage Oakville Advisory Committee on 18 August. Questions were raised by the Committee with respect to the requested zoning amendment, and the impact of the proposed new building on the heritage district. Minutes of the meeting are pending. The next step is for the proposal to be considered by the Planning and Development Council (yet to be scheduled). Click here for the Agenda of the Advisory Committee meeting. Scroll down to item 4c, "Review of development application, 358 Reynolds Street", click on it, and the click on the "Supporting Materials" in the top right-hand corner of the screen. The Staff Report is the first item, and the Building's design concept is the last item.
7 December 2019
At a public consultation on November 6th at Grace Lutheran Church, Architect Bill Hicks presented a proposal to redevelop the Medical Arts Building at 358 Reynolds Street (owned by Transmetro Ltd. and situated at the south-west corner of Reynolds and Macdonald), to a three storey, 14 condo apartment building. The proposal will require a Zoning amendment from Low Density Residential to Medium Density Residential.
TCRA members questioned whether it is acceptable to replace a legal, non-conforming structure with a medium-density (high end of range) development within a stable, low-density residential area in the Trafalgar Road Heritage District. The transition from immediately adjacent detached single-family homes to a three-storey condo will cause massing and shadowing issues in the immediate area. Our members are also very concerned with density creep especially as it might affect those properties south on Reynolds St. and east and west on Macdonald Rd.
We are hopeful that our concerns will be reflected in a revised iteration.