9.0 Implementation

The Richmond Road/Westboro CDP, once approved by City Council, will be Council’s policy for the planning area and is intended to guide City staff, the community and developers in evaluating applications to amend the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law, Committee of Adjustment and site plan control applications, as well as the undertaking of public works. Development applications that propose major increases in the level of intensification or major changes to the land use provisions contained in Sections 6.1 to 6.10 shall require an amendment to this CDP.

The PAC position is that the CDP should be added to the Official Plan as a Secondary Plan.

The proposed zoning changes to implement the CDP are summarized in Appendix 1 and will accompany the staff report to Planning and Environment Committee and City Council recommending approval of the CDP. These proposed changes, including the maximum building heights described in Section 6.0, will be to the former Ottawa Zoning By-law because it is still in effect at the time of approval of the CDP. When the new Comprehensive Zoning By-law is adopted in early 2008, new zoning classifications and provisions will come into effect, incorporating the changes recommended by the CDP. The new zoning classifications will include the TM-Traditional Mainstreet zone along Richmond Road and Scott Street.

The following is a summary of follow-up actions necessary as part of the implementation of the CDP described in previous sections of this document.

• The City, the NCC and affected community groups work together to determine the means by which all of the Atlantis-Selby lands and Rochester Field/Maplelawn parcel can be retained as green space.
• Cash-in-lieu of parkland funds generated by new development be applied directly towards the improvement of park and recreational facilities or the purchase of other lands for park purposes in the planning area.
• The City add the extension of the recreational pathway in Byron Tramway Park to Richardson Avenue to the 2007 Capital Works budget and consider a branch pathway/on-road route, crossing Richmond at the New Orchard signalized intersection and then continuing along New Orchard to the Ottawa River Parkway greenspace to the north. Another branch route along Ambleside could connect to the pathway link to the Ottawa River Parkway greenspace to the west.
• The City examine expanding programming in Churchill Seniors Centre.
• Planning, Transit and the Environment undertake a transportation management implementation plan to examine in greater detail how the 40% TMS target can be achieved in the planning area, as outlined in Section 3.7 of the CDP, and how the City and developers can implement the various measures proposed, including potential funding mechanisms.
• The City include the provision of a minimum 2.0 metre sidewalks along Richmond Road as part of any future road rehabilitation/reconstruction programs and acquire any lands necessary as part of the right-of-way protection set out in the Official Plan at the time of site plan control approval.
• The Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Policy Branch undertake the following as outlined in Section 7.0 of the CDP:
  • A streetscaping review of Richmond Road in the Westboro Village and East Village;
  • A streetscaping plan for Richmond Road between Golden and the Ottawa River Parkway;
  • Streetscaping plans for Churchill Avenue, Scott Street and McRae Avenue.
• The Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Policy Branch take steps, in consultation with the affected residents, to create “Green Streets” on Ambleside Drive, New Orchard, Woodroffe, Lockhart, Cleary, Berkley, Kirchoffer and Lanark Avenues, as outlined in Section 5.0 of the CDP.
• Prior to the approval of development, utility providers shall confirm availability of services to support the proposed development and proponents shall co-ordinate with utility providers to ensure the necessary provision of utility services consistent with the CDP policies.