The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application for 166 Shelleright Street and 225 Cope Drive, just east of Terry Fox Drive.
The application seeks to revise the site-specific zoning exception to reduce the corner side yard setback for detached dwellings from 4.5 metres to 3 metres and to remove the site-specific exception requiring the minimum parking space length for townhouses to be 5.5 metres.
The subject site is at the northeast corner of Terry Fox Drive and Cope Drive and is located in the Kanata South Ward. The lot has an area of 7.39 hectares and is currently vacant. The site is bounded by Terry Fox Drive, an arterial road to the west, Cope Drive, a collector road to the south, and the Monahan Drain to the north. Surrounding features include open space along the Trans-Canada Trail and Kristina Kiss Park. Further east are existing townhouse dwellings, while the Blackstone residential community is situated across Terry Fox Drive.
The proposed development is a residential subdivision consisting of 163 units, including 91 detached dwellings, 36 townhouse dwellings, 36 back-to-back townhouse dwellings, and a park.
Zoning By-law Amendment
The site is already zoned R3X [2410] (Residential Third Density, Subzone X, Exception 2410). Urban exception 2410 requires a minimum corner side yard setback of 3 metres for townhouse dwellings but not for detached dwellings, which requires a 4.5-metre setback as per the underlining zone and a minimum length for a parking space in a townhouse of 5.5 metres.
The proposed zoning amendment seeks to apply the 3-metre corner side yard setback to all dwelling types and to remove the site-specific parking space length provision for townhouses, allowing the minimum parking space length for a townhouse to comply with Section 106 of the Zoning By-law.
More information about the proposal is available on the City’s DevApps site: https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D02-02-24-0045/details
Stay informed
Register for future notifications about this application and provide your comments by contacting Solé Soyak at 613-315-1597 or sole.soyak@ottawa.ca and including File No. D02-02-24-0045 in the subject line. You can copy Councillor Glen at glen.gower@ottawa.ca.
Deadline for comments is December 20, 2024. Please note, comments will continue to be accepted and considered after the initial comment period due date noted above. However, comments received after the above date may not be reflected in the staff report.