Proposed Amendment to City Centre Zoning By-law 7553/17

The City of Pickering has initiated a Zoning By-law Amendment. The purpose of this amendment is to facilitate a joint venture initiative between the City of Pickering and OPB Realty Inc., the owner of the Pickering Town Centre, to develop a portion of the Pickering Town Centre (PTC) lands on the west of Glenanna Road between Kingston Road and Pickering Parkway, and the City lands on the south side of The Esplanade South. The City is proposing the following amendments to the City Centre Zoning By-law 7553/17:

City of Pickering lands:

• Rezone City lands from City Centre Civic (CCC) zone to City Centre Two (CC2) zone in order to permit residential uses, as shown on the Location Map below
• Increase the maximum permitted building height on the City lands from 77 metres (approx. 25-storeys) to 125 metres (approx. 40-storeys), as shown within the orange area on the Building Height Map below

Pickering Town Centre (PTC) lands:

• Permit the following increases in the maximum permitted building height on a portion of the PTC lands:
• from 47 metres (approx. 15-storeys) to 155 metres (approx. 50-storeys) for one building, as shown within the red area on the Building Height Map below
• from 47 metres (approx. 15-storeys) to 125 metres (approx. 40-storeys), as shown within the yellow area on the Building Height Map below
• from 77 metres (approx. 25-storeys) to 125 metres (approx. 40-storeys), as shown within the orange area on the Building Height Map below

The joint venture initiative between the City and OPB Reality Inc. includes a new Central Library, Arts Centre, Seniors and Youth Centre, and various mixed-use high density residential buildings ranging in height between 9-storeys and 40-storeys, except for one landmark signature building having a maximum height of 50-storeys.

View Location Map    

 View Proposed Building Heights Map

City Contact

Name:
Nilesh Surti, MCIP, RPP
Manager, Development Review & Urban Design
Mailing Address:
City of Pickering
One The Esplanade
Pickering, ON  L1V 6K7
Tel: 905.420.4660 ext. 2035
Email: nsurti@pickering.ca

File Numbers

• Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 06/19

Updated Supporting Documents (Uploaded August 19, 2019)

• Applicant Response Letter, prepared by JKO Planning Services
• Block Plan
  • Phase 1 Site Plan
  • Phase 1 Renderings
  • Phase 1 Floor Plans
  • Partial Elevations and Site Sections
  • Underground Parking Plans
• Shadow Study Memo
  • Shadow Study drawings
• Transportation Study, prepared by BA Group
• Roadway Traffic Noise Assessment, prepared by GradientWind
• Pedestrian Level Wind Study, prepared by GradientWind

Supporting Documents

• Planning Justification Report, prepared by JKO Planning Services
• Master Plan
• Draft Zoning By-law Amendment

Statutory Public Information Meeting

Recommendation Report

Planning Act Requirements

This application has been deemed complete in accordance with the Planning Act.

If a person or public body does not make an oral submission at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Pickering before the City of Pickering gives approval or refusal of the Zoning By-law Amendment, the person or public body:

i)   is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council to the Land Planning Appeal Tribunal; and,

ii)  may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Land Planning Appeal Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

Comments

We welcome your feedback on this development proposal. 

Personal information contained on this form is collected pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is collected to notify you of future meetings regarding this proposal. Any questions related to the collection of this information should be directed to the City Clerk, One The Esplanade, Pickering, ON L1V 6K7, 905.420.4611.