That Council adopt St. John’s Development Regulations Amendment Number 699, 2019, which will amend text in the Commercial Mixed Use (CM) Zone, to allow the proposed 6-Storey Mixed-Use Building at 43-53 Rowan Street within the Churchill Square Retail Area and related residential parking within the designated retail area. If the attached amendment is adopted by Council, it will then be referred to the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment with a request for Provincial Registration in accordance with the provisions of the Urban and Rural Planning Act.
As part of the approval process Council should also approve the following parking recommendations:
A: Rowan Place
Approximately 32 dedicated parking stalls on Rowan Place are proposed to be leased to the proponent. This number is to be tied to the total unit count, less the on-site parking provided. As such, the residential portion of the development will benefit from 1 dedicated parking stall per unit as required by City regulation. These leased spaces will be the responsibility of the proponent to enforce.
B: Churchill Square Parking
Approximately 36 additional residential permits are proposed to be made available to the proponent. This number will be determined by subtracting the number of stalls leased on Rowan Place from the total requested (68). These residential permit holders as well as those with employee/ commercial permits to be restricted to a defined ‘permit corral’ to ensure they are not in ‘prime’ perimeter stalls. The spaces in this corral would also be available for general public use. From Dec 1 to April 30 each year these residential permit holders to be further limited to a defined winter maintenance corral between 6PM and 8AM.
C: Winter Maintenance
The City to increase winter maintenance on the square to a commercial ‘curb to curb’ snow clearing standard.