The City of Oshawa has announced that it has received an application for a new 10-storey residential/commercial mixed-use building containing 386 apartment units and 2,478 square metres (26,674 sq. ft.) of commercial floor space.
The location of the planned project is at 1804, 1806, and 1808 Simcoe Street North and 426 Niagara Drive.
“A Planning Act public meeting will be held regarding applications to amend the Oshawa Official Plan, the Secondary Plan for the Samac Community (File: OPA-2024-01) and Zoning By-law 60-94 (File: Z-2024-01) submitted by Bousfield Inc. on behalf of Oshawa 6IX Limited Partnership,” said the city announcement.
It said the Oshawa Economic and Development Services Committee will be considering the above referenced applications for the lands as shown shaded on the map (below) at the public meeting. The applications have been determined to be complete.
The public meeting will take place on October 7 at 6:30 pm in the Council Chamber, Oshawa City Hall, 50 Centre Street South.
The purpose of these applications is to:
- Amend the Oshawa Official Plan and the Secondary Plan for the Samac Community by adding site specific policies to permit the proposed residential density of 822 units per hectare; and,
- Amend Zoning By-law 60-94 by rezoning the lands from MU-B(2) “h-48” (Mixed-Use) to an appropriate site specific MU-B (Mixed-Use) Zone, to implement the proposed development with site specific conditions to permit certain performance standards such as, but not necessarily limited to, increased residential density, increased building height, reduced yard depths, reduced landscaped open space, increased lot coverage, reduced required parking, reduced distance to the street line for a parking space and reduced number of loading spaces.
