June 18, 2019 Committee of the Whole

Date: June 18, 2019

Time: 10:00 a.m.; Reconvene on June 19, 2019 at 1:30pm if required, and convene to Regional Council immediately following if required

Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax

Minutes: June 18, 2019 Committee of the Whole Minutes (PDF)

Video: June 18, 2019 Committee of the Whole Video

Action summary: June 18, 2019 Committee of the Whole Revised Action Summary (PDF)

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - NONE

3. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

4. Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw (Package A)
- Supplementary Staff Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]

i) Staff Report dated April 3, 2019 [PDF]
Attachment A: Proposed Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (Package A) [PDF]
Map 1: Urban Structure [PDF]
Map 2: Maximum Floor Area Ratio (D, CEN-2 and CEN-1 Zones) [PDF]
Map 3: Maximum Height (CEN-2, COR, HR-1 and HR-2 Zones) [PDF]
Map 4: Downtown Dartmouth Precincts [PDF]
Map 5: Lake Banook Canoe Course Maximum Height Precinct [PDF]
Map 6: Dartmouth View Planes [PDF]
Map 7: Halifax Citadel View Planes [PDF]
Map 8: Halifax Citadel Ramparts [PDF]
Map 9: Downtown Dartmouth View Corridors [PDF]
Map 10: Proposed Heritage Conservation District Study Areas [PDF]
Map 11: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept - Shannon Park [PDF]
Map 12: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Penhorn Lands [PDF]
Map 13: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Young Street Lands [PDF]
Map 14 Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Dartmouth Cove [PDF]
Map 15: Dartmouth Cove Dundas Street Extension Transportation Reserve [PDF]

ii) Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee [PDF]

iii) Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee [PDF]

iv) Executive Standing Committee [PDF]

v) Halifax and West Community Council [PDF]

vi) Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council [PDF]

vii) Heritage Advisory Committee [PDF]

viii) Design Review Committee [PDF]

Motion:
That Committee of the Whole recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Accept the staff recommendations contained in:

a. Attachment A of the supplementary staff report dated June 11, 2019: Changes to draft Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) recommended by staff;

b. Attachment B of the supplementary staff report dated June 11, 2019: Changes to draft Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) not recommended by staff;

2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a supplementary report and bring the amended Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, the Regional Centre Land Use By-law, and amendments to the planning documents, as contained in Attachments A-K of the staff report dated April 3, 2019 back to Regional Council for first reading and to schedule a public hearing;

3. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to develop and return to Council with proposed amendments to Administrative Order Number 48 to remove the lands within Package A from the jurisdictional authority of the Halifax Peninsula Planning Advisory Committee, the Harbour East – Marine Drive Community Council, and the Halifax and West Community Council, and provide Regional Council full jurisdictional control over those lands following the adoption of the Regional Centre Plan Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law;

4. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to develop a new Administrative Order establishing a Design Advisory Committee for the Regional Centre Package A lands, and return to the Council for consideration;

5. Rescind the Regional Council December 13, 2016 motion, Item 9.2.2, Parts 1 and 2, with respect to developing an incentive or bonus zoning program for affordable housing benefits and negotiating with Housing Nova Scotia a Memorandum of Understanding, as outlined in staff report dated September 6, 2016;

6. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to develop a business case for a Regional Centre Incentive or Bonus Zoning Reserve, and an Administrative Order to direct future spending from the reserve within the Regional Centre and return to Council for consideration; and

7. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare amendments to the various committee Terms of Refence as appropriate, to establish the Community Design Advisory Committee, the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee, the Heritage Advisory Committee, the Halifax and West Community Council, and the Harbour East – Marine Drive Community Council as the only advisory bodies to the planning process for the Regional Centre Plan Package B area, and return to the Council or the necessary body for consideration.

5. Case 19281 - Amendments to Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law for 2032-2050 Robie Street, Halifax [PDF]
Motion:
That Committee of the Whole recommend that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:
1. Take no further action on Case 19281 for a site-specific amendment to the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law for 2032-2050 Robie Street, Halifax; and
2. Direct that the future development of the site be regulated through the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law “Package A” adoption process.

6. Site-specific Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy amendment requests within the Regional Centre Boundary [PDF]
Motion:
That Committee of the Whole recommend that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:
1. Continue to process the requests for site-specific secondary municipal planning strategy amendments as directed on August 1, 2017 and January 16, 2018 and as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated June 4, 2019;
2. Take no further action on the requests for site-specific secondary municipal planning strategy amendments as outlined in Attachment B of the staff report dated June 4, 2019 and consider any policies for these sites through the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Regional Centre Land Use By-law “Package A” adoption process; and
3. Take no further action on the requests for site-specific secondary municipal planning strategy amendments for the sites outlined in Attachment C of the staff report dated June 4, 2019 and consider any policies for these sites through the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Regional Centre Land Use By-law “Package B” adoption process.

7. ADJOURNMENT