Committee · Q2 2025
Planning & Development COW #03
Apr 15, 2025
Recorded present
Solomon Awa · Kimberly Smith · Harry Flaherty · Amber Aglukark · Simon Nattaq · Romeyn Stevenson
Recorded absent
Methusalah Kunuk · Kyle Sheppard · Samuel Tilley
DECISIONS AND ISSUES
- Committee recommended a 46-unit NHC development with five three-bedroom units and walkway work.
- Owner-occupied lease rules were deferred for a workshop on enforcement.
- An Apex land-disposal request was sent back for investigation and resident consultation.
DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS · WRITTEN MINUTES
What changes would be made to the walkway?
- Answer recorded
- Planning described replacing the rear boardwalk with gravel, connecting it to a new right-of-way and improving drainage and safety.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Who would maintain the walkways?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the City owned the existing boardwalk and would own the new walkway.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
What was the bedroom mix?
- Answer recorded
- NHC recorded 30 one-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom and five three-bedroom units.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
How would homeowners be selected?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the by-law did not establish selection; council could choose the disposal method later.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
How would resale and property value work if an owner sold?
- Answer recorded
- Planning described 99-year leases, a 20-year owner-occupancy term and later valuation through the sketch-plan process.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could the City prevent owner-occupied units from becoming staff housing or rentals?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the amendment lacked enforcement provisions and options such as spot checks would return later.
- Result or follow-up
- Enforcement recommendations were promised.
Why did zoning cap secondary suites at 50 m² while the building code allowed 75 m²?
- Answer recorded
- Planning acknowledged the discrepancy and said the draft zoning by-law would match the building code.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
How was the dwelling legally non-conforming and encroaching into another yard?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said it predated current rules and might reflect later surveying or older standards.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would the City be liable if the stream flooded the proposed addition?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the developer knew the risk, planned higher piles and the City would not be liable.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Did staff have input into the final design of the addition?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said small-residential design policies were limited and staff had not controlled the final design.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would the proposed development require rezoning?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said it would not.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Was the proposed development on the snowmobile trail?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said it was not on the current trail and room would remain for snowmobiles.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would approval proceed without a public hearing and allow construction?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said council's motion would formalize the decision and residents retained an appeal period.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Was the rezoning application for the existing Apex store?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said a store was operating but it could not legally operate until approval.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
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