Burlington Council Unanimously Approves Townhouse Complex at 2294 & 2300 Queensway Drive
At our May 17 meeting, Burlington City Council unanimously approved a development application from Waggy Inc. for 16 standard townhouse units and 8 back-to-back townhouse units at 2294 and 2300 Queensway Drive.For the full motion approved by Council, and links to the staff report and appendices, please scroll further down this post.City staff noted in their recommendation report that the application aligned with our 2018-2022 Burlington's Plan: From Vision to Focus in the following areas:
- Increase economic prosperity and community responsive city growth
- The subject applications will facilitate the development of a townhouse development and an increase in housing options in a location that has easy access to transit service, goods and services.
- Building more citizen engagement, community health and culture
- The development includes an appropriate amount of amenity space to meet the needs of the future residents of the development. The subject site is also within a 10-minute walk of Queensway Park.
MY TAKE:I fully support what staff have done in their recommendation report. I also appreciate that this development represents a modest intensification facing Queensway Drive in an area where other townhouses exist in that stretch -- it doesn't go to the Glenwood Drive homes and backyards, it is a contained parcel in an appropriate spot. I appreciate the work from staff to minimize the transition to existing backyards. This provides additional housing options in this area and much-need housing options in general. This is a good development and where we want to see a project -- on the edge of established neighbourhoods.
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Supporting Documentation for Development Application:
- Staff report: PL-31-22 - 2294-2300 Queensway Drive, Recommendation Report
- Appendices:
Full Motion Unanimously Approved by Council:Approve the applications for Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, as modified by staff in community planning department report PL-31-22, to permit 16 standard townhouse units and 8 back-to-back townhouse units; andApprove Official Plan Amendment No. 127 to the City of Burlington Official Plan, as provided in Appendix B of community planning department report PL-31-22, to redesignate the subject lands “Residential – Medium Density with site specific policy”, to permit a townhouse development consisting of 16 standard townhouse units and 8 back-to-back townhouse units; andDeem that Section 17(21) of The Planning Act has been met; andInstruct the City Clerk to prepare the necessary by-law adopting Official Plan Amendment No. 127 as contained in Appendix B of community planning department report PL-31-22; andApprove Zoning By-law 2020.440, attached as Appendix C of community planning department report PL-31-22, rezoning the lands at 2294 & 2300 Queensway Drive from “H-RM2” to “H-RM3-513”; andDeem that the amending zoning by-law will conform to the Official Plan for the City of Burlington once Official Plan Amendment No. 127 is adopted; andState that the amending zoning by-law will not come into effect until Official Plan Amendment No. 127 is adopted; andDirect the Director of Community Planning to grant draft subdivision approval for an application for a residential plan of subdivision at 2294 & 2300 Queensway Drive consisting of 24 lots, a common element road, and common element condominium blocks representing the deemed width of Queensway Drive, as shown in Appendix A of community planning department report PL-31-22, subject to the conditions contained in Appendix D of community planning department report PL-31-22, after the associated amending zoning by-law comes into effect; andIn accordance with section 1.20 of the Public Tree By-law 68-2013, as amended, Council authorizes the Director of Roads Parks & Forestry to grant removal of the public trees associated with the Subdivision at 2294 and 2300 Queensway Drive, subject to the satisfactory resolution of any outstanding conditions of the development application and the public tree removal permit application, and the payment of permit fees and associated compensation.