The Town of Ajax is proposing implementing by-laws for a project being built on 21 and 23 Harwood Avenue.
The proposed development consists of a 12-storey mixed use building consisting of 161 dwelling units and some 600 square metres of ground floor commercial space, and a 5-storey seniors’ building consisting of 49 units.
Three levels of underground parking are proposed to accommodate the development.
On June 19, 2023 official Plan Amendment Application OPA20-A2 and Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z3/20 were approved by Town of Ajax Council, to permit the redevelopment of the lands municipally known as 21 and 23 Harwood Avenue South. As well as a portion of the rear yards of the lands municipally known as 100, 101, and 102 Heron Street.
Since these approvals, the owner has retained ownership of 103 Heron Street and has revised the development proposal to add a portion of the rear yard of 103 Heron Street to the development site limits.
The purpose of Official Plan Amendment Application OPA26-A4 and the proposed implementing by-law is to re-designate a portion of the subject lands (rear yard of 103 Heron Street) from the Low Density Residential designation to the Midtown Corridor designation and extend the boundaries of Area Specific Policy 6.36 (as previously established for the remainder of the subject lands through Official Plan Amendment Application OPA20-A2) to the rear yard of 103 Heron Street in order to establish consistent Official Plan designations and permissions across the entirety of the subject lands.
The purpose of Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z6/26 and the proposed implementing by-law is to rezone a portion of the subject lands (rear yard of 103 Heron Street) from the Residential One – ‘B’ (R1-B) Zone to the Uptown Mixed Use (UC) Zone and extend the boundaries of Exception 213 (as previously established for the remainder of the subject lands through Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z6/26) to the rear yard of 103 Heron Street in order to establish consistent zoning across the entirety of the subject lands. The Zoning By-law Amendment also seeks to modify site-specific development standards of Exception 213 (minimum rear lot line setback and minimum ground floor height) to accommodate the revised development proposal.
The proposed implementing by-laws are being brought forward under the authority of Section 284.11.1 of the Municipal Act and in accordance with Ontario Regulation 580/22, “Provincial Priorities”.