GUELPH — The zoning by-law amendments for 855 and 927 Victoria Road South were passed at a Special Council meeting on November 6, 2023.
The proposal provided apartments and townhouses with 486 residential units between both properties.
The application process has been ongoing since 2018, with the two properties owned by different development companies. Fusion Homes owns the northern parcel of land, and Gamma Developments Ltd owns the southern parcel.
Combined, the two properties equal approximately 4.83 hectares of land.
The proposal on the northern parcel of land includes cluster and stacked townhouses of 3-storeys, and the southern parcel includes two
10-storey apartment buildings and 4-storey back-to-back stacked townhouses.
The application includes units on both parcels of land with 303 apartment units, 159 stacked townhouses (84 of which will be back-to-back), and 24 cluster townhouses.
The proposal also includes 546 parking spaces for residents and visitors for both properties in the form of surface and structured parking spaces.
The subject lands are designated as “Significant Natural Areas and Natural Areas,” “Medium Density Residential,” and “High Density Residential,” as stated in the Official Plan.
A zoning amendment to rezone part of the subject lands has been approved, along with removing holding provisions across the subject lands. Many requested site-specific provisions have also been approved.
Part of the subject lands were zoned “Agricultural” (A) Zone in the Township of Puslinch Zoning By-law 19/85.
A Zoning amendment to rezone that specific portion of the subject lands was approved as: “Specialized Residential Cluster Townhouse” (R.3A-?) Zone, a “Specialized High Density Apartment” (R.4B-?) Zone and the “Conservation Land” (P.1) Zone in the City of Guelph 1995 Comprehensive Zoning By-law (1995)-14864, as amended” is stated in the staff report.
Also, Gamma Developments and Fusion Homes requested to remove holding provisions on the current zones, which received approval: “Medium Density Residential 6 with Holding Provisions” (RM.6(H12)) Zone, “High Density Residential 7 with Holding Provisions” (RH.7(H12)) Zone and the “Natural Heritage System” (NHS) Zone in the 2023 Comprehensive Zoning By-law (2023)-20790, as amended” as stated in the staff report.
The site-specific provisions that the developers requested vary across the subject lands.
Examples include but are not limited to allowing an increase in density, a decrease in the required parking spaces for the southern parcel of land, and a decrease in the required unit width for the cluster townhouses. For details on the site-specific provisions that the developers requested, click here.
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