The Town of Ajax has called a public meeting on August 11 to discuss the future development of subject lands at 190 Westney Road South.
A notice said the town is in receipt of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications, submitted by 190 Westney Holdings, proposing a mixed use development consisting of two, 51-storey towers connected by a 9-storey podium, for a total of approximately 1,274 residential units and an overall building height of 60-storeys. The proposed podium will consist of commercial space (approximately 5,138 m2 of gross floor area), hotel suites, and structured parking. Outdoor amenity space on the roof of the podium and underground parking is also proposed.
The notice was issued to advise of the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed implementing by-laws for Official Plan Amendment Application OPA21-A2 and Zoning By-law Amendment Application Z4/21, at the Statutory Public Meeting.
The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment is to establish an Area Specific Policy for the subject lands to permit an increase in height, an increase in density, a site-specific employment density, and the extent of permitted uses, to accommodate the development of a high-rise, mixed use building within the GO Transit Station Mixed Use Area designation.
Clarington is considering a 25-storey building near its proposed GO Train station (see below), for which too building code changes will be required.
The implementing by-law for the Official Plan Amendment would set the following development standards as it relates to the development of the subject lands:
- A new maximum and minimum building height;
- A new maximum and minimum base building/podium height;
- A new maximum density limit (Floor Space Index);
- A new minimum density requirement (Floor Space Index) as it relates to employment uses; and
- A new maximum gross floor area for individual retail stores and service commercial uses.
The purpose of this Zoning By-law Amendment is to rezone the lands to a site-specific Zone, reflective of the GO Transit Station Mixed Use Area designation, to permit additional uses and set additional site-specific development standards to facilitate the development of a high-rise, mixed use building. More specifically, the implementing by-law for the Zoning By-law Amendment would:
- Rezone the subject lands from the Prestige Employment (PE) Zone to the GO Station Mixed Use (GS) Zone;
- Establish a site-specific Exception for the GS Zone, to permit a range of uses and set development standards that would implement the proposed development of a mixed use building on the subject lands; and
- Place a Holding (H) Provision on the subject lands requiring the fulfillment of conditions.
Ajax previously invited the public to attend an open house to learn more about this development proposal, identify any concerns, and to provide comments on February 2. The video of the meeting has been made available.
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