Council Meeting Agenda

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Council Chambers - Hybrid
City of Kitchener
200 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7

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The meeting will begin with a Land Acknowledgement given by the Mayor and the singing of “O Canada.”

Minutes to be accepted as circulated to the Mayor and Councillors (regular meeting held January 20, 2025, and special meetings held January 20 and 27, 2025) - Councillor A. Owodunni

Members of Council and members of the City’s local boards/committees are required to file a written statement when they have a conflict of interest. If a conflict is declared, please visit www.kitchener.ca/conflict to submit your written form.

Pursuant to Council’s Procedural By-law, delegations are permitted to address the Committee for a maximum of five (5) minutes. All Delegations where possible are encouraged to register prior to the start of the meeting. For Delegates who are attending in-person, registration is permitted up to the start of the meeting. Delegates who are interested in attending virtually must register by 5:00 p.m. on February 10, 2025, in order to participate electronically.

The pursuant to Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, Heritage Permit Application HPA-2025-IV-003 requesting permission for:

    1. The replacement of 22 windows on the front façade with new window units, and;
    2. The replacement of the main entrance doors on the front façade with new doors

for the property municipally addressed as 107 Courtland Avenue East, BE APPROVED in accordance with the supplementary information submitted with the application, as outlined in Development Services Department report, DSD-2025-024.

That the following recommendation be deferred to the May 26, 2025, Council Meeting, or sooner to allow staff the opportunity to conduct a site visit of the subject properties and have further conversations with the applicant, and Ward Councillor related to land use, transportation, environment and source water protection concerns:

That City Initiated Official Plan Amendment OPA24/005/K/CM, for the purpose of implementing recommendations contained within the Hidden Valley Land Use Implementation Project, including amendments to mapping and text amendments, be approved, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Development Services Department report, DSD-2024-292 as Attachment ‘A’; and,

That City Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA24/008/K/CM to amend Zoning By-law 2019-051, be approved in the form shown in the “Proposed By-law” attached to Report DSD-2024-292 as Attachment ‘B’; and further,

That the Hidden Valley Residential Community Plan (as approved June 14, 1990) and Hidden Valley Industrial Community Secondary Plan (as approved October 19, 1981) be repealed in their entirety.

That the following recommendation be referred to the February 10, Council Meeting to allow staff the opportunity to have further conversations with the applicant, regional staff and the Ward Councillor regarding the building height, transportation impacts, site access, community amenities, and parking concerns:

"That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA/24/012/K/ES for Imperial Oil Limited c/o LJM Developments, for the property municipally addressed as 4611 King Street East, requesting to add Policy 15.D.12.80 to Section 15.D.12 and to add Specific Policy Area 80 to Map 5 – Specific Policy Areas in the Official Plan to facilitate a mixed use development having 726 residential dwelling units and 1,892 square metres of commercial space within two towers atop a shared podium with building heights of 22 and 33 storeys and a Floor Space Ratio (FSR) of 7.9, be approved, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Development Services Department report, DSD-2025-025 as Attachments ‘A1’ and ‘A2’, and further;

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA24/024/K/ES for Imperial Oil Limited c/o LJM Developments be approved in the form shown in the ‘Proposed By-law’, and ‘Map No. 1’, attached to Report DSD-2024-025 as Attachments ‘B1’ and ‘B2’.

Note: An addendum report, Development Services Department report DSD-2025-053 has been included on the agenda this date, related to this matter.