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AGAR. There was a Traffic Impact Statement (TIS) submitted as part of this proposal and is available on the HRM webpage. The engineer looks at the TIS along with the analysis of other buildings that have been approved recently and will work with HRM’s Traffic Department. Staff does not have any comment back to date.
AGAR. The agreement will only deal with the private property. In terms of the sidewalk, it would only get bigger or wider if some of the sidewalk actually moved onto an entrance plaza for that residential building. Xx. Xxxx – He has a problem with the public being convinced that the development will be as shown in the presentation but knowing there could be a change and it won’t look anything like the representation. In reality, this sidewalk may be very small and would affect the neighbourhood when walking along that site. Why is the commercial portion abutting the sidewalk and the upper storeys setback? It would be nicer to have it the other way around. Mr. Agar - This is what has been proposed to Staff for evaluation. The tools used to evaluate are the conditions (the criteria) that are listed in the MPS. As the proposal moves through the process, Staff will ensure that it meets the conditions of the Policy. Commercial character introduced very close to the street is a common condition in general urban design. Residential units on the upper floors provide some relief for the occupants from the noise and so on. Xx. Xxxxxx – That design follows the guidelines of HRMbyDesign for Downtown Halifax. The guidelines don’t apply here but people feel that the rationale is desirable. The guidelines don’t allow buildings to be constructed as suggested. He feels that commercial is important at ground level. In this design, instead of an entrance at the corner, a glazed corner is proposed. This is also favoured by HRMbyDesign. As far as the width of the sidewalk, it may be a bit narrow on the grass but the representation is not far off of what exists. Mr. Schraefel – His intent was not to misrepresent but it is very difficult to create the reality for many reasons. Sometimes these things end up changing inevitably. The representation of the sidewalk may be off a bit but the intent is there to create a corner space for this community. Xx. Xxxx – Is the owner going to give up his land space to create a bigger sidewalk? A bigger sidewalk has been created for the representation of the building but what exists there is a basic sidewalk. Xx. Xxxxxx – There is more there than meets the eye. Mr. Schraefel – He doesn’t feel that what is being proposed is a stretch of the imagination.
AGAR. When Schedule Q has been applied to a property in this area, a development agreement was also registered on the title of the property. The agreement typically contains conditions and elevation drawings as to how the site and building are to be developed and regardless of who owns the property, the clauses of the agreement are to be followed. Sometime development agreements, depending on the site, can be very general in nature. That is why feedback from this PIM is very beneficial.
