October 17, 2012, at 7:04 PM
Present:
B. Polhill, J.P. Bryant, D.G. Henderson, J.B. Swan, S. White, C. Saunders (Acting Secretary)
Absent:
J.B. Swan
Also Present:
D. Brown, M. Brown, H.L. Usher, J.M. Fleming, E. Lalande, J. Page, D. O’Brien, M. Tomazincic, B. Turcotte
1. That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
2. Property located at
425 Wharncliffe Road South (Z-8063)
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner, the following actions be taken with respect to the application of1279154 Ontario Limited, relating to the property located at 425 Wharncliffe Road South: a) the attached proposed by-law BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on October 30, 2012, to amend Zoning By-law No. Z.-1, (in conformity with the Official Plan), to change the zoning of the subject property FROM a Highway Service Commercial Special Provision (HS2(4)) Zone, which permits automobile sales and service establishments, offices, medical/dental offices, clinics, laboratories, retail stores, and liquor, beer and wine stores TO a Holding Highway Service Commercial Special Provision (h-5-HS2(_)) Zone to add to the list of permitted uses to include a methadone clinic, dispensing methadone to a maximum of 200 clients per day, subject to a holding provision that requires a public site plan process; b) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to address the following matters through the site plan process, prior to recommending the removal of the h-5 holding provision: i) enhanced landscaping fronting onto Wharncliffe Road South; ii) a direct and easily identifiable pedestrian walkway from Wharncliffe Road South through the parking lot to the main entrance of the facility; iii) adequate bicycle parking facilities; iv) fencing, made of high quality and lasting materials, to avoid any opportunity for pedestrian movement from the subject site to adjacent sites; v) adherence to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles; and, vi) discrete entrance facilities to allow for client privacy; c) the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner BE DIRECTED to undertake a review, after March 20, 2013, of By-law No. Z.-1-122090, which sets out regulations with respect to the establishment of methadone clinics and methadone pharmacies in the City of London, to consider the appropriateness of including separation distances between methadone clinics and to include separation distances between methadone clinics and methadone pharmacies and Day Care Centres, using a similar public consultation process as was undertaken prior to By-law No. Z.-1-122090 being enacted;