Date:
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual Meeting
Minutes: August 24, 2020 Halifax Peninsula Planning Advisory Committee Special Meeting Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
* In accordance with the July 29, 2020 direction of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing under section 14 of the Emergency Management Act, this meeting is being held virtually. Draft minutes of this meeting will be made available on halifax.ca within three business days.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 13, 2020
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
4. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
6.1 Correspondence
6.2 Petitions
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF
7.1.1 Case 20761: An Application by Zwicker Zareski Architecture and Planning (ZZap), on behalf of 3088962 Nova Scotia Limited, to amend the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law and to enter into a development agreement to permit a mixed use development at: 1377 and 1389 Robie Street; 5949, 5963, 5969, 5977 and 5989/5991/5993 College Street; and 1452 and 1456 Carlton Street. [PDF]
The applicant wishes to develop two towers, twenty-nine (29) storeys, plus a penthouse, and twenty-eight (28) storeys, plus a penthouse, mixed-use building on the subject site. The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
• A total of 577 residential units in the proposed mixed-use building;
• Approximately 12,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space;
• Approximately 30,500 square feet of underground commercial space;
• An underground parking garage consisting of 511 parking spots;
• Internal reconfiguration of 4 existing residential buildings (5969 and 5963 College Street and 1456 and 1452 Carlton Street) to accommodate 34 residential units;
• Relocation of the buildings currently located at 5963 College Street and 5969 (registered heritage property) to the rear yards of 1452 and 1456 Carlton Street;
• Consolidation of two existing properties along Carlton Street (1452 and 1456 Carlton Street); and
• Removal of 4 existing residential buildings (1377 and 1389 Robie Street; 5977 and 5991/5993/5989 College Street) and a portion of 5969 College Street.
In preparing the recommendation to Halifax and West Community Council, the Committee is asked to review the proposed development with regard to the following:
• Compatibility and impacts on adjacent properties (including existing heritage resources);
• The provision of appropriate changes in building size and massing, to create appropriate transitions to surrounding built forms;
• Traffic impacts;
• Landscaping and buffering along the proposed east lot line or any property
boundaries which abut a registered heritage property;
• Proposed indoor and outdoor amenity space for on-site residents; and
• The planning principles of transition, pedestrian-oriented, human-scale, building design and context sensitive, as identified in site-specific plan policy.
The following is before the Committee:
Design Rationale – Updated [PDF]
Site Plans – Updated [PDF]
Building Drawings – Updated [PDF]
Preliminary Landscaping Plans [PDF]
Perspective Views (Phase 1) [PDF]
Perspective Views (Phase 2) [PDF]
Shadow Analysis – Updated [PDF]
Surveyor Letter – Rampart Requirements [PDF]
Servicing Schematic [PDF]
Traffic Impact Study [PDF]
Summary of Public Information Meeting (PIM) - June 4, 2018 [PDF]
Staff report to Regional Council dated May 24, 2019 [PDF]
Link to Planning Applications Webpage:
Information provided at the above link will be updated as required. For a copy of the materials presented to the Planning Advisory Committee, please contact the Clerk’s Office.
8. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – September 28, 2020
9. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION REPORTS- NONE