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Residential Development

Brigatine Park in Fairwinds South
This parkette is 0.18 hectares (0.44 acres) in size, and is located on Brigatine Avenue adjacent to the Poole Creek Corridor lands. It is one of four small parks located in the Fairwinds South Community. The park is being built by Mattamy Fairwinds Inc. under an agreement with the City of Ottawa. Park amenities include: a play structure for children age 18 months to 5 years, a sand play area, a small park shade structure with picnic table, open play area, a pathway loop, benches and waste receptacles. An internal asphalt park pathway connects to the Poole Creek multiuse pathway system by means of a pedestrian bridge. The play area will have an accessible play surface and an accessibility ramp. Buffer planting will be installed along the boundaries of the park. A post and rail fence will be installed along the edge of the creek corridor land.

For more information please contact my office and the Parks Planner, Diane Emmerson at Diane.Emmerson@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 x16683 .


Fairwinds Pedestrian Bridge

A pedestrian bridge will be constructed to connect the future Fairwinds Phase 5 park to the pathway system on the north side of Poole Creek located behind the homes of Rosehill Avenue.

The pedestrian bridge will be a pre-fabricated steel bridge with steel hand rails and a wood platform. The bridge will sit on and be secured to both bridge abutments and will be what they call a clear span. In other words, no other supporting structures underneath. A perfect example of this is the bridge which crosses Shirley’s Brook on the trails from Kanata Lakes heading toward the March Highlands that leads to the construction site of the new City recreational complex being built on Innovation Drive.

As part of this project some trees in the bridge and pathway location will be required to be removed and/or pruned. I understand that any tree removal will cause a concern with residents and I have advised Mattamy Homes and City staff that we must ensure the tree removal is minimal. On October 27, 2012 I held a meeting on-site with residents and Mattamy staff to review the bridge plans and the affected trees that will were marked which will be requiring removal.

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5431 & 5465 Fernbank Rd - Blackstone Development

Rezoning and plans of subdivision applications have been submitted by the City for this site located directly east of Terry Fox Drive with the hydro corridor to the north. To the west of the site is another proposed subdivision known as 5611 Fernbank Road. The subject lands are situated within the Fernbank Community Design Plan lands, which are the lands bound by Stittsville to the west, Hazeldean Road to the north, and Kanata South to the east.

This development currently has 4 phases proposed which will be primarily comprised of low and medium density residential units, including single-detached dwellings, street townhomes and stacked townhome/low-rise apartment dwelling units. The plans also include parks and stormwater management areas.

A public meeting is scheduled for May 22, 2012 at 7 pm at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Hall A located at 1500 Shea Road in Stittsville.

For more information please contact myself and the City Planner, Cheryl McWilliams at Cheryl.McWilliams@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 x30234.

View additional background documents on the City's Development Application Search at www.ottawa.ca/devapps.

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  5611 Fernbank Road – Fernbank Crossing Development
A plan of subdivision has been submitted at 5611 Fernbank Road located within the Fernbank Community Design Plan area which is north of Fernbank Road, West of Shea Road and Iber Road, east of the Carp River and south of Hazeldean Road.

The proposed plan of subdivision will be primarily comprised of low and medium density residential units, including single-detached dwellings, multiple-attached dwelling units and stacked townhome dwelling units. The proposal also includes institutional blocks, a mixed-use block, a park block, a park and ride block, a paramedic post block, and a storm water management block in accordance with the Fernbank Community Design Plan. The site has an approximate area of 67.5 hectares. The subject lands are currently zoned Development Reserve Zone (DR) and will be subject to rezoning at a later date.

For more information and to provide comments on the plan by Mar. 19, 2010 please contact my office and the City Planner, Mark Young at 613-580-2424 x41396 or Mark.Young@ottawa.ca.

View additional background documents on the City's Development Application Search at www.ottawa.ca/devapps.

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5769 Fernbank Road Subdivision Plans
A plan of subdivision has been submitted at 5769 Fernbank Road located along the north side of Fernbank Road, less than a kilometre east of Shea Road. The site is 4.55 hectares and is proposed to contain approximately seventy single detached dwellings along three north‐south local roads. The development is part of the Fernbank Community Design Plan.

For more information and to provide comments please contact the City Planner, Steve Gauthier at steve.gauthier@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 ext. 27889.

A Public meeting was held on February 15, 2012 at 7 pm at the Pretty Street Community Centre located at 2 Pretty Street in Stittsville.

View additional background documents on the City's Development Application Search at www.ottawa.ca/devapps.

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5786 Fernbank Road Subdivision Plans - CRT Developments
Primarily low density residential(single detached dwellings), minimal amount of medium density, open space, parks, institutional, and stormwater management pond

A Public meeting is scheduled for May 16, 2012 at 7 pm at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex Hall A located at 1500 Shea Road in Stittsville.


For more information contact my office and the City Planner, Steve Gauthier at steve.gauthier@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 ext. 27889.

View additional background documents on the City's Development Application Search at www.ottawa.ca/devapps.

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5831 Hazeldean Rd. (Residential Subdivision)
A plan of subdivision had been approved for this residential development at 5831 Hazeldean Road. These lands are located in Kanata West, south of Maple Grove Road and north of Poole Creek. It is located in between the Fairwinds south and the proposed Fairwinds West subdivision. The subdivision will include single-detached homes, semi-detached homes, townhouses, an elementary school and a park. The applicant is proposing approximately 471 residential dwelling units.

In the fall of 2012 the developer, Tartan Homes, advised they are hoping to be building roads in the fall of 2013 with houses being built for closing in Spring 2014.

For more information please contact my office.

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6141, 6181 and 6201 Hazeldean Rd. (Residential Subdivision)
The applicant has submitted a plan of subdivision for their residential development located at 6141, 6181 and 6201 Hazeldean Rd. These lands are located north of the former flea market parking lot and east of Lloydalex Crescent in the Echowoods subdivision. To the south of this development there is a proposed commercial development which will front onto Hazeldean Rd. The applicant is proposing 130 detached dwellings and 42 freehold townhomes. A public meeting will be held on the future on this development and a zoning by-law amendment will also be required.

For more information please contact my office and the City Planner, Kathy Rygus at 613-580-2424 x28318 or Kathy.Rygus@ottawa.ca.

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6371 Hazeldean Road (Proposed Townhouses)
On December 7, 2007 City Council approved the application to rezone the property at 6371 Hazeldean Road from Highway Commercial (CH) to Residential Type 4 Zone (R4) for the development of 31 townhomes along a private road. This property is located on the northeast corner of Hazeldean Road and Kittiwake Drive. It is proposed that Kittiwake Drive adjacent to Smoketree Crescent will provide access to the development, and will terminate in a cul-de-sac at the east end of the site.

For more information please contact my office and the City Planner, Sean Moore at 613-580-2424 x16481 or Sean.Moore@ottawa.ca.

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Jackson Trails
The Jackson Trails subdivision development is moving forward with many new residents joining our community. For more information please contact my office and the City Planner, Kathy Rygus at
613-580-2424 x28318 or Kathy.Rygus@ottawa.ca

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33 Johnwoods Street (Residential Subdivision)
The applicant has submitted a plan of subdivision and zoning by-law amendment for their residential development located at 33 Johnwoods Street in Kanata West on the east side of Johnwoods Street and south of Maple Grove Road in the Mattamy development known as 'Fairwinds West'. It is being proposed to change the current zoning of Rural (RU) to Residential Type One exception zone (R1-XX) to permit townhomes, single-detached homes and an elementary school. The plan of subdivision is proposing 329 residential dwelling units. The townhomes will be located in the northern section of the subdivision and the rest of the subdivision will consist of single detached dwellings, an elementary school and a park.

For more information please contact my office.

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1560, 1620 and 1636 Maple Grove Rd. (Residential Subdivision)
The applicant has submitted a plan of subdivision for their residential development located at in Kanata West, south of Maple Grove Rd, east of Mattamy's Fairwinds Subdivision and north of the proposed commercial development on Hazeldean Rd. Zoning for this land will take place in the new year. There are approximately 1200 to 1400 dwelling units being proposed which will consist of single detached, townhouses and multiple unit (stacked) dwellings.

For more information please contact my office.

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1921 Stittsville Main Street

This site of approximately 19 hectares is located on the east side of Stittsville Main Street to the south of the Ward 6 boundary. Immediately north of the lands is a residential urban subdivision, known as Upcountry, and to the south of the lands is an estate lot subdivision.

The landowner has proposed a future subdivision of approximately 142 lots for single detached houses. Further to the comments raised at the public meeting on January 28, 2008 the applicant has made revisions to the proposed plans and another public meeting was held on July 10, 2008. The revisions include a new road connection to Stittsville Main Street, the removal of one road connection into the adjacent residential subdivision, and the lots along the southern side of the proposal have been increased in size.

In the 2009 review of the City's Official Plan these lands along with lands to the east of this site were included in the urban boundary for future development. This boundary review was under appeal at the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). In July 2012, the OMB confirmed the 2009 decision to include these lands into the urban area. In July 2012 the consultant representing the landowner advised that he was expecting to be meeting with the landowner in the coming future to discuss the next steps to submit a plan of subdivision application for the property.

A Zoning Amendment Application and Plan of Subdivision Application are required which will involve public consultation. The subdivision process would take a year or two to complete once it is submitted. When an application is submitted a white sign will be displayed on the property and a public meeting will be held to discuss the proposal. 

For more information, and to be added to my email distribution list for this development please contact my office.

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60 Sweetnam Dr. (proposed Stacked Townhouses)
Last year the City received a development proposal for stacked townhomes at 60 Sweetnam Drive, located on the northeast corner of Sweetnam Drive and Harry Douglas Drive. The applicant proposed to develop four, three and one-half storey stacked townhouses that will accommodate a total of thirty-two residential units with eight units per townhouse block.

On May 23, 2007 City Council rejected the zoning by-law amendment application to rezone the land from “Local Commercial” (CL) to a “Residential Type 4” (R4) Exception Zone to allow for stacked townhomes. The applicant has appealed this decision to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The OMB hearing will be on May 12, 2008 and 5 days have been provided for the hearing.

Concurrently with the zoning application, the applicant has also submitted the Site Plan Control Application. Site Plan Control is the process that is used to control or regulate the various features on the site of an actual development, including building location, landscaping, drainage, parking, and access by pedestrians and vehicles. Both the zoning request and the site plan will be dealt with at the OMB hearing.
In preparing for the OMB hearing, the City must hire an outside planner to represent the City's case at the OMB. City planners cannot be used for this case because the City's Planning Department supported the application as it followed the City's Official Plan infill policy.

The City's legal council contacted a total of 12 planning firms, and all those firms declined the offer. Professional planners will only accept cases that they believe they can represent given their interpretation of the City's Official Plan. The recommendation from the City's legal department is that if 12 planning firms have declined the case, then they will not be able to find a planner to represent the City Council decision to refuse this development. If there is no planner to represent the City Council decision, then there will not be a case to put in front of the OMB for the rezoning proposal.

Therefore, the City will not be able to fight the zoning request at the OMB. However, the City can still work on the site plan issues with the developer. The major site plan issues that have been raised by the community have been building locations, parking, garbage storage, pedestrian connections and landscaping.

For more information please contact my office and the City Planner, Mark Young at 613-580-2424 x41396 or Mark.Young@ottawa.ca.
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240 West Ridge Drive

This site is located on the west side of West Ridge Drive, south of the Trans Canada Trail and north of Deer Run Park. The development will consist of 67 residential units in total with single detached homes and semi-detached homes fronting onto West Ridge Drive and townhomes on the a new public street within the site. The new public street has two intersections with West Ridge Drive, aligning with the southern intersections of Eliza Crescent and Greenhaven Crescent.

This subdivision and site plan was appealed by the applicant to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and a hearing was held on November 30, 2011. At this hearing the OMB provided approval to the development with a list of conditions. The OMB is an independent administrative board, operated as an adjudicative tribunal in the province of Ontario. The OMB is the final stage of appeal for developments.
This site has had some history over the past number of years. Originally during the construction of West Ridge/Deer Run area, the land was reserved for an elementary school, however the school board indicated they no longer required the land.

In 2007 City Council approved the requested zoning by-law amendment to rezone the land from Institutional Zone (I) to Special Residential Type 4 (R4-15 and R4-17). This zoning permits town homes, semi-detached, and single detached dwellings with a restriction to not permit town homes fronting on West Ridge Drive. At this time the applicant was proposing town homes and single dwellings, but given the community's concern with that proposal there were additional zoning restrictions which did not permit town homes fronting on West Ridge Drive and I also put a motion forward altering the original concept plan submitted by the proponent restricting the development of some town homes siding onto West Ridge Drive.

In 2008 a proposed plan of subdivision was submitted for 31 single detached dwellings. In 2010 the ownership of the land changed and a revised plan of subdivision for 60 freehold townhomes and 5 single-detached homes was submitted to the City. The applicant then appealed the subdivision and site plan to the OMB and revisions were made to the plans and approve.

For additional information on the history for the development please review the below timeline document.

For more information please contact my office and the City Planner: Marc Magierowicz at 613-580-2424 x27820 or Marc.Magierowicz@ottawa.ca.

*Please note the Site Plan and Plan of Subdivision are the plans approved by the OMB but may be subject to slight modifications.
*On the Site Plan and Plan of Subdivision, lots 1,2,3,7,8, 9 are semi-detached units and lots 4,5,6 are single detached dwellings.

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