This report reviews and recommends refusal of a portion of the Official Plan Amendment application as it relates to the request to exempt this site from Policy 3.2.1.9 and Policy 3.2.6.6 of the Official Plan; and approval of the Official Plan Amendment application to re-designate the site from Institutional Areas to Apartment Neighbourhoods and to provide affordable ownership housing to satisfy Policy 3.2.1.9 of the Official Plan. This report also reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.
Policy 3.2.1.9 requires that a minimum of 30% of the new housing units be in forms other than single and semi-detached housing and that, as a first priority community benefit, the provision of 20% of the additional residential units be affordable housing. Policy 3.2.6.6 requires community services strategies and implementation mechanisms to be provided in order to inform the range of facilities needed to support development.