May 16, 2019 CPED

Date: May 16, 2019

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax

Minutes: May 16, 2019 Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee Minutes (PDF)

Video: May 16, 2019 Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee Vid…

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 18, 2019

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND
DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS

9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations

11. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

12. REPORTS
12.1 STAFF
12.1.1 Bus Stop Theatre Cooperative Funding Request [PDF]

Attachment 1 [PDF]

Attachment 2 [PDF]

Attachment 3 [PDF]
Motion:
That Community Planning & Economic Development Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Decline the request for provision of a one-time contribution of $500,000 from the 2019/2020 operating budget to The Bus Stop Theatre Cooperative;
2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to engage in discussions with the Bus Stop Theatre Company about a request for future funding as outlined in their business plan; and,
3. Pending the outcome of the discussions, direct the Chief Administrative Officer to return to the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee with any subsequent recommendation prior to the budget deliberations for the next 2-year budget cycle (2021/2022 and 2022/2023).

12.1.2 Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law (Package A)

(i) Report from the Community Design Advisory Committee dated May 8, 2019 [PDF]
(ii) Staff report dated April 3, 2019 [PDF]
(iii) Memorandum from the Heritage Advisory Committee dated May 6, 2019 [PDF]

-Staff Presentation [PDF]

Motion:
That the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Give First Reading and schedule a public hearing to consider the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law, as contained in Attachments A and B of the April 3, 2019 staff report.
2. Give First Reading to consider the proposed amendments to the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy, the Regional Subdivision By-law, the Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy, the Dartmouth Land Use By-law, the Downtown Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy, the Downtown Dartmouth Land Use By-law, the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy, the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law, and the Downtown Halifax Land Use By-law as contained in Attachments C to K of the April 3, 2019 staff report.
3. Schedule a public hearing to consider the planning documents, as contained in Attachments A and B, as well as the proposed amendments to existing planning documents, as contained in Attachments C to K of the April 3, 2019 staff report.
4. Adopt the proposed Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, and the proposed Regional Centre Land Use By-law as contained in Attachments A and B of the April 3, 2019 staff report.
5. Adopt the proposed amendments to the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy, the Regional Subdivision By-law, the Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy, the Dartmouth Land Use By-law, the Downtown Dartmouth Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, the Downtown Dartmouth Land Use By-law, the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy, the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law, and the Downtown Halifax Land Use By-law as contained in Attachments C to K of the April 3, 2019 staff report.

Attachment A: Proposed Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (Package A) [PDF]
Map 1: Urban Structure [PDF]
Map 2: Maximum Floor Area Ratio (D, CEN-2 and CEN-1 Zones) [PDF]
Map 3: Maximum Height (CEN-2, COR, HR-1 and HR-2 Zones) [PDF]
Map 4: Downtown Dartmouth Precincts [PDF]
Map 5: Lake Banook Canoe Course Maximum Height Precinct [PDF]
Map 6: Dartmouth View Planes [PDF]
Map 7: Halifax Citadel View Planes [PDF]
Map 8: Halifax Citadel Ramparts [PDF]
Map 9: Downtown Dartmouth View Corridors [PDF]
Map 10: Proposed Heritage Conservation District Study Areas [PDF]
Map 11: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept - Shannon Park [PDF]
Map 12: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Penhorn Lands [PDF]
Map 13: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Young Street Lands [PDF]
Map 14 Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Dartmouth Cove [PDF]
Map 15: Dartmouth Cove Dundas Street Extension Transportation Reserve [PDF]

12.2 COMMUNITY DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE
12.3 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE
12.3 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE

13. MOTIONS

13.1 Councillor Smith
That the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee request that the Chief Administrative Officer provide a staff report concerning the implications of prioritizing future heritage conservation districts following the substantial completion of the new heritage district for Historic Properties. Specifically, the committee proposes that new districts be considered first for Downtown Dartmouth, and then for Halifax’s Old North End including the area referred to as Creighton’s Fields.

13.2 Councillor Smith
That the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee request a staff report to consider a pilot initiative to register prominent properties associated with African Nova Scotian heritage within the Regional Centre, by identifying potential properties and forming a working group comprised of members from the African Nova Scotian, heritage research, and historic research communities and; depending on the outcome of the initiative, consider expanding the initiative for all of Halifax Regional Municipality.

14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

15. ADDED ITEMS

15.1 Councillor Smith - Regulations for short-term rentals in residential areas [PDF]

Motion:

That Community Planning and Economic Development committee request a staff report to consider the creation of by-laws designed to regulate, and address concerns related to Short term rentals in residential areas by;
1. Doing a jurisdictional scan to understand how other municipalities have regulated the short-term rental industry, including exploring models such as the tiered Fees/Registration and “Density" limits models in U.S jurisdictions
2. Creating a resident survey to understand the impacts of short-term rentals
3. Engaging the short-term rental industry to understand any impacts regulations may have on them, and work with the Province of Nova Scotia to discuss the Assessment Act and impacts this will have on short term rentals.

16. NOTICES OF MOTION

17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – June 20, 2019 – Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax – 10:00 a.m.

19. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Information report from the Legislative Assistant dated May 8, 2019 re: Presentation Requests [PDF]