December 14, 2015

Development Services Committee meeting - Dec 7, 2015

On December 7, 2015 the Development Services Committee presented "Declaration of Certain City lands as Potentially Surplus" (available: http://app.oshawa.ca/agendas/development_services/2015/12-07/DS_15_219_Report_2015RealEstateDispositionInventory_FINAL.pdf).

Two properties in this large document are adjacent to the IDOL landfill:

Page 87 description, followed by aerial map on page 88:
Location: 0 Rossland Road East - North side of Rossland Road East (at current easterly terminus), east of Grandview Street North

Legal Description: Plan 40M1588 Pt. Block 113
Property Description: Undeveloped parcel of land (G036)
Size (ha) 0.0502
Characteristics of the Surrounding Area
     To the north: open space
     To the east: vacant land (former IDOL landfill site)
     To the south: Future Rossland Road East, residential
     To the west: commercial plaza
Date of Acquisition and Instrument Number
     July 29, 1987
     Instrument Number: 340142
Reasons for Acquisition: 1990 records indicate that the property was part of a larger General Holding at the time (Number 70)
Special Council Directives: N/A
Official Plan Designation: Open Space and Recreation
Zoning By-law Designation: UR (Urban Reserve)
Current Uses: Unoccupied open space
Additional Comments: This parcel functions as a buffer for the abutting IDOL site
Recommendation: Declare potentially surplus

Page 121 description, followed by aerial map on page 122:
Location: Corbett’s Road
Legal Description: N/A
Property Description: Long vacant parcel containing vegetation
Size (ha) N/A
Characteristics of the Surrounding Area
     To the north: residential, open space
     To the east: Corbett’s Park
     To the south: former IDOL landfill site, townhouses
     To the west: residential
Date of Acquisition and Instrument Number: N/A
Reasons for Acquisition: N/A
Special Council Directives: N/A
Official Plan Designation: Open Space and Recreation
Zoning By-law Designation: OSH (Hazard Lands Open Space)
Current Uses: Vacant open space
Recommendation: Declare potentially surplus


Also at this meeting, the Department recommended the approval of the applications to amend the official plan and zoning at Rossland Road E and Grandview Road N. These applications are to permit a larger restaurant with a maximum gross floor area of 215 square metres (2,314 sq. ft.) and to permit service office uses as additional permitted uses at 701 and 705 Grandview Street North (the full document is available: http://app.oshawa.ca/agendas/development_services/2015/12-07/ds_15_222_report_grandview_final.pdf).