Application to amend zoning for 170 to 200 Northfield Drive W and 570 to 655 Weber Street North

Changes to the Official Plan and the Zoning Bylaw for this location are required before a permit can be issued. This means that they submit an application that is reviewed by city planners and other agencies plus city council before anything can be built.

Northfield Equities Inc. is proposing to develop a high-density residential community with commercial and employment uses on the subject lands. The plan includes 13 high-rise towers, five 1-storey buildings for employment/commercial uses and 0.41 hectares of privately-owned publicly accessible spaces (POPS).

Official plan changes requested include:

• re-designating a portion of the lands from Employment to a new Station Area Mixed-Use designation
• creating a new Specific Provision Area (SPA) to permit standalone residential and mixed-use buildings, as follows:
  • 36 storey maximum building height for three buildings
  • 32 storey maximum building height for two buildings; and
  • maximum building height for all other buildings

Zoning bylaw changes requested include:

• change in zoning from the (Holding) Business Employment Two B ((H)E2B-81) Zone to:
  • Station Area Mixed-Use (SAMU) Zone for the southerly portion of the subject lands.
  • Flexible Industrial (E3-81) Zone for the northerly portion of the subject lands.
• establishing new site-specific regulations for the southerly portion of the lands
• modifying Site Specific Provision C117 to recognize the existing commercial plaza, and reflect a minimum parking rate of 1.5 spaces per 100 sq.m.
• allowing a maximum density of 1,300 bedrooms per hectare across SAMU zoned lands
• increase the tower height to 36 storeys (115 m)
• reducing the minimum street line setback to 3 m
• reducing the tower separation to 8 m for the westerly interior lot line and 5 metres from the public trail.
• removing the Holding symbol as it relates to adjacent of the railway
• reducing the minimum tower separation abutting the public trail to 3.0 m
• increasing the maximum horizontal tower dimension to 45 m for specific buildings
• reducing the minimum landscaped open to 15%.
• limiting uses within the privately-owned accessible public space (POPS)
• exempting the split zone regulations
• limiting ancillary commercial uses to a maximum 40% of building floor area, and combined building area of 3,716 square m for specific buildings
• lift the Holding (H) symbol.

View the documents submitted by the development company under supporting documents on this page for more details and drawings.

Note: Note: A separate Zoning By-law Amendment application (Z-25-10) to remove the existing holding symbol to allow a childcare use is proposed by the Applicant and is actively being reviewed by staff. The Engage page is available here:

https://www.engagewr.ca/northfield-and-weber-h-rem...

Building height, units, housing types

Tallest tower: 36 storeys

Number of units: 3,652

Unit sizes: mix of one, two and three bedrooms

Housing types: apartments

Non-residential floor space

Employment: 21,898 sq.m.

Commercial space: 341 sq.m.

Parking

Parking: 2,921 (primarily underground with 403 surface spaces)

Bicycle parking: 2,205

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