366 Winona Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment + Open House

*Please note this application was received during the election blackout period in fall 2022 – this application remains under review by staff and public comments will continue to be taken into consideration of this application*

The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application for 366 Winona Avenue to develop two three-storey residential apartment buildings, each will contain a total of eight dwelling units. No off-street motor vehicle parking spaces are proposed. Bicycle parking spaces are proposed at the rear with access off Winona Avenue. The existing building is to be demolished.

The subject site is located on the western part of Winona Avenue, between Whitby Avenue and Richmond Road, in the Westboro Neighbourhood. The irregular lot has an area of 600 square metres, with 20.09 metres frontage on Winona Avenue and an irregular lot depth varying from 30.19 metres (along northern interior side lot line) and 30.18 metres (along southern interior side lot line). The site is currently zoned Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone UB (R4UB) and is subject to Richmond Road / Westboro Secondary Plan.

The property is currently occupied by a low-rise residential building and a surface motor vehicle parking area. The subject property is listed on the City of Ottawa’s Municipal Heritage Register as a non-designated property.

The area surrounding the subject site is generally characterized by residential uses typical to R4UB zone, i.e. low-rise residential, with a mix of single family and multi-unit dwellings. To the south of the subject property is Richmond Road. To the east and west along Richmond Road are a mix of low-rise retail, restaurant, commercial and office uses. The Westboro Transitway Station (planned Westboro LRT Station) and Dominion Transitway Station (planned Kichi Sibi LRT Station) are located approximately 500 metres northeast and west (respectively) of the subject property.

The purpose of this application is to accommodate the redevelopment of the site to construct two three-storey residential apartment buildings, each will contain a total of eight dwelling units. No off-street motor vehicle parking spaces are proposed. Bicycle parking spaces are proposed at the rear with access off Winona Avenue. The applicant seeks to rezone the subject site in R4UB to introduce new site-specific provisions to permit the following requested relief:

• A minimum lot width of 10 metres is required for for a low-rise apartment dwelling with a maximum of eight dwelling units. The existing lot is proposed to be severed into two new lots through separate applications to the Committee of Adjustment for severances on the subject property. Relief from the zoning provision is required to decrease the minimum required lot width for each proposed lot by 0.09 metres to 9.91 metres to facilitate the proposed development.

• A minimum lot area of 300 square metres is required for a low-rise apartment dwelling with a maximum of eight dwelling units. The existing lot is proposed to be severed into two new lots through separate applications to the Committee of Adjustment for severances on the subject property. Relief from the zoning provision is required to decrease the minimum required lot area by 0.5 square metres to 299.5 square metres for each proposed lot to facilitate the proposed development.

• A minimum front yard setback of 4.5 metres is required as per Section 144 (1)(a) and (c) of the Zoning By-law, whereas the proposed development provides a minimum front yard setback of 4 metres (for each proposed low-rise apartment building).

• A minimum rear yard setback of 7.5 metres is required as per Section 162, Table 162B, endnote 4 of the Zoning By-law (i.e. 25% of the lot depth to a maximum of 7.5 metres, where the lot depth of the subject property is 30.06 metres). The proposed development provides a rear yard setback of 7.01 metres.

• A minimum rear yard area of 25% of the total lot area is required as per Section 162, Table 162B, endnote 4, whereas the proposed development provides 23.5% of the rear yard area. • A minimum interior side yard setback of 1.5 metres is required. The proposed development provides interior side yard setbacks of 1.2 metres from the north and south property lines.

The submission is live on Devapps, where you can review additional supporting documents for this application.

Our office is holding a community open house to give residents the opportunity to review the details further, and ask questions from the developer and City staff. 

Monday, January 30th, at 7:00pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87313446924

Meeting ID: 873 1344 6924

Passcode: 912678

During the open house webinar, the applicant and their team will run through the proposed development in more detail, and we will take questions from those watching. In order to join, you just need to download Zoom and click the link provided. You will then be prompted to use the password, and sign in with your name and e-mail address.

We will be recording the webinar and posted it online afterwards for anyone who is unable to attend on January 30^th.     

You can register for future notifications about this application by submitting a form in the “Send Feedback” button in the DevApps package or by e-mailing the planner M Masha Wakula Vakula (mmashawakula.vakula@ottawa.ca) and requesting to receive future notifications on this file (#D02-02-22-0056).

As always, please send your feedback on this file to the lead planner on the file, M Masha Wakula Vakula (mmashawakula.vakula@ottawa.ca). Please also consider sending us feedback on the proposed development and including us on any correspondence with the planner via Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca  and/or Stephany.Chevalier-Crockett@ottawa.ca.