report pl71-12: re: draft plan of subdivision ... - Town of Whitby

Report to: Planning and Development CommitteeReport No.: PL 71-12 Page 5 of 8To the east: Single Detached Dwelling and Semi-Detached DwellingsTo the west: Single Detached Dwellings5.0 DISCUSSION/OPTIONS:Official Plan & ZoningThe subject property is located within the Town of Whitby’s Brooklin CommunitySecondary Plan area. The subject lands are designated as Medium DensityResidential and Hazard Land (see Attachment #2). The land use designation permitsresidential units at a net density of between 30 and 40 units per net hectare and shallnot exceed three storeys in height.The subject property was severed from 403 Winchester Road East through Region ofDurham Land Division Application LD 095/2009 to allow the vacant parcel to be soldand developed while the retained land would continue to be used for a single detacheddwelling, to be developed as street townhouse dwellings at a later date (seeAttachment #4). The overall site, including the 14 future units at 403 Winchester RoadEast, is proposed to be developed with a net density of 39.6 units per net hectare,which is within the approved density limits.An amendment to the Town of Whitby’s Zoning By-law is required to implement theproposed plan of subdivision. The proposed zone category (R4B*) and standards arethe same as other street townhouse dwelling developments within Brooklin. Theapplicant is requesting that the minimum lot depth be reduced from 30 metres to 29metres for Block 5. The proposed R2D* zone category for the two single detacheddwelling lots allow lots with 10m frontage, which provides a transition between theproposed street townhouse dwelling lots with 6m frontage to the north and the existingR2C* zoned lots to the south with 10.5m frontages (see Attachment #5). The zoningon the creek lands on the west side of the site should be zoned ‘OS’-Open Space tomatch the existing trails and park to the south.A new Zoning Amendment application will be required to eventually develop theproposed 14 street townhouse units on the retained land at 403 Winchester RoadEast. The development of these lands will likely proceed by way of Land Division witha subdivision agreement.Existing Trees on WinchesterThe Region of Durham is working on an Environmental Assessment for the wideningof Winchester Road East in Brooklin. The Region of Durham has noted that none ofthe trees within or adjacent to the property boundary of the proposed subdivision areexpected to be impacted by the Region’s work. The Planning Department notes thatthere is an existing row of eight (8) mature Silver Maple trees along Winchester Road