447 and 449 Geneva Street - Notice of Complete Application and Open House
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The Planning and Building Services Department have received concurrent applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval for lands located at 447 and 449 Geneva Street. The applications were deemed complete on March 23rd, pursuant to Sections 22 (6.1), 34 (10.4) and 41 (3.6) of the Planning Act.
The Applicant is seeking approvals for the proposed construction of a four-storey apartment building with a total of fifty (50) dwelling units. The development is proposed to be serviced by a total of sixty-one (61) parking spaces – twenty-three (23) spaces to be provided above grade and thirty-eight (38) below grade in an underground parking area.
The City’s Official Plan designates the subject lands Low Density Residential. The Applicant has requested to redesignate the subject lands to High Density Residential. The High Density Residential designation will permit the proposed apartment building use and an increase in density.
The City’s Zoning By-law No. 2013-283, as amended, zones the subject lands Low Density Residential – Suburban Neighbourhood (R1). The Applicant has requested to rezone the subject lands to High Density Residential with a Special Provision (R4-XX). The R4 zoning will permit additional uses and density, while the new Special Provision requests to reduce a minimum interior side yard setback to the building, minimum landscaped open space, minimum number of parking spaces to be provided for an apartment building and minimum landscape buffers for a parking area.
The City is seeking your comments on these applications before a staff recommendation is finalized and a decision is made by Council at a later date.
Application materials are available for review and comment and may be found at www.stcatharines.ca/development as well as at the Planning and Building Services Department, City Hall, 50 Church Street.
How To Participate
Attend the meeting in person. If you are unable to attend, you can mail or email your comments and questions to Madeleine Ferko, Planner (mferko@stcatharines.ca) no later than Monday, May 4th. All written submissions will become part of the public record for the applications.
More Information
Copies of all submitted plans and documents may be viewed by contacting Madeleine Ferko, Planner, at mferko@stcatharines.ca, at the Open House, or by navigating to https://www.stcatharines.ca/development. Please note the information submitted with these Applications is preliminary. Additional, revised, or further refined information will be uploaded to the City’s website via the link above as it becomes available. Please check the website for updates.
The Open House is an initial opportunity for public input prior to a Legislative Public Meeting on the matter at which time City Council will consider a staff report, recommendation, and a decision. The Legislative Public Meeting will be held at a later date with notice of that meeting provided approximately thirty days prior to the meeting.
Further information about this application may be obtained by contacting Madeleine Ferko, Planner, in the Planning and Building Services Department at (905) 680-7167, the City’s TTY number (text telephone) (905) 688-4TTY (4889), or by email: mferko@stcatharines.ca
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