Advisory Design Panel Report - For the Meeting of November 23, 2022

The impact of required revisions to the SRW area, on the street relationship of the eastern building and the front yard design, remains unclear. [...] As a result of the community’s built-form and character, the project team believes a three-storey, ground-oriented townhouse proposal will be best suited in further establishing this corridor and the housing diversity within the Fernwood community as well as meeting the needs of the individuals and growing number of families in the area. [...] The proposal contemplates the two properties to be consolidated and rezoned to an RT designation to permit three-storey, ground-oriented townhomes with a density of 1.1 FSR, consistent with the objectives and guidelines in the OCP. [...] Further to our community meeting and input from Community Development, we are committed to providing all of the tenants, including the 70% of existing tenants that are ineligible under the Policy, with compensation under the guidelines of the TAP. [...] Following precedent projects along the Shelbourne Corridor, some within a single block from the property, the proposal for two rows of townhomes oriented east/west, and perpendicular to the street, limits the overall shadowing impact on the neighbouring properties and reduces the massing of a street wall in this residential neighbourhood.