Notice of Statutory Public Meeting and Recommendation Report for 688-698 Brant St.
Weston Consulting has made an application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw for the lands located at 688-698 Brant St. on behalf of Elite 688 Brant Holdings Inc. The File Reference Numbers are 505-01/23 and 520-01/23.
Description of Proposed Development
The application proposes to amend the Zoning Bylaw to permit an 11-storey mixed use building as well as 12 two-storey townhouse units on the subject property. The proposed development includes a 1,592 m² of retail on the ground floor fronting Brant Street, as well as a mix of one and two bedroom residential units resulting in a total of 305 residential units. A total of 4,393 m² of amenity space (indoor and outdoor) is proposed.
Vehicular access is proposed from Brant Street with 2 two-way driveways from the north and south sections of the subject property. A total of 462 parking spaces are provided at grade and through three levels of underground parking. A total of 129 bicycle parking spaces are provided in the underground parking.
Application materials are posted on the City’s Development Project webpage at www.burlington.ca/688brant.
Description of Proposed Amendments
The City of Burlington Official Plan (1997), as amended, designates the subject property as “Mixed Use Corridor – General”, which permits mixed-use development with a maximum building height of six-storeys and a maximum Floor Area Ratio of 1.5:1. Retail and service commercial uses are required on the ground floor, and residential uses are to be located in the upper storeys. Townhouses may only be permitted as a component of an overall development of mixed residential or residential/commercial building forms, where the townhouse portion of the mixed development does not abut the multi-purpose arterial or major arterial road and where the development of the townhouse component does not compromise the long-term objectives for the Mixed-Use Corridor designation with respect to such matters as mix of uses, building form and intensity. Other housing policies are applicable including the intensification criteria in Part III, section 2.5 of the Official Plan.
The City’s new Official Plan (2020, subject to appeals) designates the property as “Upper Brant Precinct”, which permits mixed-use development. This designation permits residential, retail, service commercial, office, employment, hotel, entertainment, public service facilities and institutional uses, and open space uses. The maximum building height for this property is 11-storeys.
The City’s Zoning Bylaw zones the subject property as ‘Mixed Use Corridor – General” (MXG). The ‘MXG’ zone permits mixed-use development with a maximum building height of six-storeys and a maximum Floor Area Ratio of 1.5:1.
The applicant is proposing to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw to permit a maximum height of 11-storeys and a maximum floor area ratio of 4.13:1 as well as other site-specific exceptions.
Statutory Public Meeting
You are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act about this application. This meeting will be held using a hybrid model, allowing members of Council, City staff and the public to participate remotely or in-person at Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant St.
Meeting Date: July 10, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Online at www.burlington.ca/calendar or in person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, Ont.
Requests to delegate at this hybrid meeting can be made by filling out the online delegation registration form at www.burlington.ca/delegate, by submitting an email to the Office of the City Clerk at clerks@burlington.ca or by phoning 905-335-7600, ext. 7481 by noon on Friday, July 7, 2023.
More information
For more information about this application and to see the proposed Official Plan amendment and Zoning Bylaw amendment, please visit the City’s Development Project webpage for this file at www.burlington.ca/688brant. This webpage contains additional material, including studies that the applicant has submitted. This webpage will be updated throughout the process and include information about a future Council Meeting.
A staff report, which provides a description of the application and updates on the technical review and public comments received to date, will be available for public review on Friday, July 7, 2023. The report will be available on the City’s website at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the July 10, 2023 meeting of the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee. If you need a hard copy of the report, please email the Clerks Department at clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
For more information about this matter, including about appeal rights, contact Jaclyn Schneider, Planner II, at 905-335-7600, ext. 7326 or jaclyn.schneider@burlington.ca, or visit www.burlington.ca/688brant.