LONDON — A revised development proposal for a 15-storey, 177-unit apartment building at 625 Mornington Avenue has been submitted.
The developer, Westdell Development Corporation, submitted an original concept proposal for the site as an 18-storey building with 187 units, which has been altered after staff review.
A zoning by-law amendment has been requested to rezone the site from a ‘Community Shopping Area Zone’ (CSA4) to a ‘Residential R9 Special Provision Zone’ (R9-7(__)*H45) and ‘Community Shopping Area Special Provision Zone’ (CSA4(__)).
The proposed development would offer residential and existing commercial use of the site.
The site currently has a commercial plaza containing a shopping mall, three freestanding commercial buildings, and a parking garage.
Part of the parking garage would be demolished to permit the high-rise development.
The Proposed development features include a density of 475 units per hectare, 140 parking spaces, and 184 bicycle spaces.
“The following table summarizes the special provisions that the applicant has proposed and those that are being recommended by staff,” as stated in the report to the Planning and Environment Committee.
As shown in the table above that has been prepared, the developer has requested special provisions for both zones to permit the proposed development.
A list of special provisions, which are staff-recommended, has also been added to the proposal.
Examples of the staff recommended provisions include, but are not limited to, minimum and maximum podium heights of 2 and 3 storeys, a principal building entrance for a residential lobby along Morning Avenue, and a minimum ground-floor height of 4.5m.
The surrounding land uses are mainly low-rise residential and commercial use buildings.
A holding provision is also recommended by staff to ensure an acceptable strategy and capacity of water is available for use on the site.
The site is within a ‘Built Area Boundary’ and a ‘Primary Transit Area’. The London Plan also designated the place type as ‘Transit Village Place Type.
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