1. WAIVER TO THE ENCROACHMENT
BY-LAW 2003-446 FOR 100 ISABELLA STREET AND 480 METCALFE STREET dispense au règlement 446-2003 sur les empiètements
visant le 100, rue ISABELLA et le 480, rue METCALFE |
commITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve a waiver to Section 3(2) of the Encroachment By-law 2003-446, to allow the property owner at 100 Isabella Street and 480 Metcalfe Street to construct planters, as permanent surface encroachments, on the Isabella Street road allowance.
recommandation du COMITÉ
Que le Conseil approuve une dispense de l’article 3(2) du Règlement
municipal 446-2003 sur les empiètements, afin de permettre aux propriétaires du
100, rue Isabella et du 480, rue Metcalfe de construire des jardinières
empiétant de manière permanente sur l’emprise routière de la rue Isabella.
Documentation
1.
Acting Deputy City Manager, Public Works and
Services report dated 1
June 2006 (ACS2006-PWS-TRF-0005).
Report to/Rapport au :
Comité des transports
and Council/et au Conseil
1
June 2006 / le 1 juin 2006
R.G. Hewitt, Acting Deputy City
Manager/Directeur municipal adjoint par intérim,
Public Works and Services/Services et Travaux publics
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Michael J. Flainek, M.Eng., P.Eng., Director
Traffic and Parking Operations/Circulation de
stationnement
(613) 580-2424 x 26882,
michael.flainek@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve a waiver to Section 3(2) of the Encroachment By-law 2003-446, to allow the property owner at 100 Isabella Street and 480 Metcalfe Street to construct planters, as permanent surface encroachments, on the Isabella Street road allowance.
RECOMMANDATION DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité des
transports recommande au Conseil d’approuver une dispense de l’article 3(2) du
Règlement municipal 446-2003 sur les empiètements, afin de permettre aux
propriétaires du 100, rue Isabella et du 480, rue Metcalfe de construire des
jardinières empiétant de manière permanente sur l’emprise routière de la rue
Isabella.
BACKGROUND
The City has received Site Plan Control Applications for 100 Isabella Street and 480 Metcalfe Street proposing the installation of planters along the outer boulevard, between the sidewalk and the roadway. Section 3(2) of the Encroachment By-law 2003-446 prohibits permanent surface encroachments. The Site Plan Approval for this site includes a condition that the owner seek a waiver to this provision of the by-law, as well as a Permanent Encroachment Agreement.
CONSULTATION
The proposed planters would be
constructed on Isabella
Street, an arterial road and the collector road for a Highway 417 on-ramp,
immediately west of Nicholas Street (Document 1). During consultations related to the Site Plan Control Application
for 100 Isabella Street, the Ward Councillor requested a landscape treatment
along the south side of Isabella Street that would improve the pedestrian
environment (Documents 2 and 3).
Subsequently, the owner of 480 Metcalfe was required to revise its Site
Plan to incorporate the same landscape treatment.
At
100 Isabella Street, five concrete planters with a height of forty centimetres
(40cm) are proposed to be constructed on the outer portion of the pedestrian
sidewalk adjacent to a new seven storey building. The remainder of the outer boulevard will be surfaced with
pre-cast concrete pavers. At the
neighbouring property at 480 Metcalfe Street, an additional four planters are
proposed along the outer boulevard of Isabella Street, adjacent to the existing
nine storey building. The planters are
proposed as an improvement to the visual landscape and to provide a separation
between pedestrians and a busy roadway.
Surface encroachments are prohibited in accordance with Section 3(2) of City of Ottawa Encroachment By-law 2003-446, in order to preserve the road allowance for priority uses, including utility corridors, for the safety of pedestrian and drop-off traffic, and for the storage of snow during winter snow clearing. Approval for the installation of the planters is conditional upon the waiver of the by-law.
Councillor Clive Doucet fully supports the installation of the planters. Department of Public Works and Services staff acknowledge that the installation of the planters will eliminate snow storage space, increasing the work for snow clearing operations on both the street and the sidewalk. The location of the planters will result in the temporary storage of snow in the roadway adjacent to the sidewalk, which may impact the movement of traffic on this corridor.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Snow removal and sidewalk clearing and cleaning will require alternative treatment to safely navigate the planters. It is estimated that the costs associated with increased Surface Operations activities will impact the budget, beginning in 2007, by approximately $10,000 annually.
As part of the 2007 budget, the Surface Operation Branch of Public Works & Service Department will bring forward a budget pressure identifying the $10,000 funding requirement. The tax increase forecast for 2007 as presented in the 2006 Draft Budget Summary document was projected to be 8.1%. The impact of this additional requirement in 2007 will result in a .001% tax increase. All additional requirements approved by Council that have a 2007 budget implication will be summarized and presented in the City’s Quarterly Status Report.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Key Plan - 100 Isabella Street
Document 2 - Site Plan - 100
Isabella Street
Document 3 - Cast-In-Place Concrete Planter
Detail – Isabella Street
DISPOSITION
Upon approval of the recommendation contained in this report, the Department will inform the applicant and initiate the preparation of a Permanent Encroachment Agreement.
DOCUMENT 1
KEY PLAN - 100 ISABELLA STREET
DOCUMENT 2
SITE PLAN – 100 ISABELLA STREET
DOCUMENT 3
Cast-In-Place Concrete
Planter Detail – ISABELLA STREET
