07-20-2021, 09:29 AM
(07-20-2021, 08:53 AM)LesPio Wrote:(07-12-2021, 02:02 PM)DK519 Wrote: That's a couple blocks away closer to Stirling.Kitchener planning staff recommend proposal for 10-storey building be denied
Tue., July 20, 2021
KITCHENER — Kitchener’s planning staff is recommending that a development proposal for a 10-storey, 32-metre high building at the corner of King Street East and Borden Avenue not go ahead as planned.
The developer, Vive Development, is proposing a residential building at 926-936 King St. E. on the parcel of land between Borden Avenue and Dane Street.
The article mentions that the committee thinks Vive should be applying for a zoning change instead of a minor variance because the existing zoning only allows for a 19.5m building. Under the proposed (but not yet passed) new zoning for the King East neighbourhood this area would be zoned for mixed 3 which allows for a 26m building. I assume that this would be the argument that Vive would make regarding the height of the building and why they are applying for a minor variance. Not sure if going from 26m to 32m would be considered a minor variance or not though.
https://www.kitchener.ca/en/resourcesGen...Zoning.pdf
https://www.kitchener.ca/en/resourcesGen..._Plans.pdf
There is also already some precedent for this happening in King East. The church at 206 Duke St E was allowing to be rezoned through the planning committee based on the proposed rezoning in the secondary plan. That rezoning was done as a condition of sale of the property to Vive.
If the area is planned to be rezoned and this would be considered a minor variance under the proposed rezoning, I don't really understand the reasoning behind this decision.