Page 1 of Report Planning and Building Department TO: Community Development Committee SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR CEMETERY EXPANSION BAYVIEW CEMETERY, 720, 726 AND 740 SPRING GARDENS ROAD Report Number: Report Date: October 29, 2010 File Number(s): 720-01/10 and MM09/10 Ward(s) Affected: 1X 2 3 4 5 6 All Date to Committee: November 22, 2010 Recommendation: Date to Council: November 25, 2010 APPROVAL of an expansion to an existing cemetery Bayview Cemetery and Crematorium, 740 Spring Gardens Road, Burlington, Ontario. L7R 2N8 THAT staff be instructed to forward a copy of the approval to the Cemeteries Office, Ministry of Government Services, 32 nd Floor, 250 Yonge St. Toronto M5B 2N5 to facilitate approval of this development under the Cemeteries Act; AND THAT the appropriate notice advising of municipal approval be published in the local newspaper. Files: 720-01/10 and MD09/10 Purpose: Address goal, action or initiative in strategic plan Establish new or revised policy or service standard Respond to legislation Respond to staff direction X Address other area of responsibility Reference to Strategic Plan:
Page 2 of Report Background: Owner: Bayview Cemetery and Crematorium Address: 740 Spring Gardens Road, Burlington, Ontario. Applicant: Glen Wellings, Wellings Planning Consultants Inc. Address: 564 Emerald Street, Burlington Ontario.. Site: 720, 726 and 740 Spring Gardens Road The subject properties are located on the south side of Spring Gardens Road, south of Botanical Drive. The properties known as 720 and 726 Spring Gardens Road are currently being used together as a parking lot. This lot provides parking for an existing cemetery property (including a mausoleum, columbaria, crematorium and administrative offices) located at 740 Spring Gardens Road (adjacent to the parking lot See Sketch No. 1). In the spring of 2010, the City of Burlington received a request to approve a cemetery consent application for these properties. Specifically, the consent application requests the recognition of the existing parking lots as a formal part of the existing cemetery use at 740 Spring Gardens Road. Adding the parking lot to the overall cemetery use constitutes an expansion under the Cemeteries Act (Revised). No new development is proposed. Discussion: Staff Considerations The properties known as 720 and 726 Spring Gardens Road are currently zoned R3.1 (Residential) under the City s Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2020. This zoning designation permits a Cemetery Use as well as a Parking Lot Use. In 2002, a Committee of Adjustment Minor Variance was approved to permit parking for the cemetery use to be located at 720 and 726 Spring Gardens Road (File: 540- A231/2002). Under file 535-10/03, Site Plan Approval was granted to permit the expansion of the cemetery use at 740 Spring Gardens Road to include the parking lots at 720 and 726 Spring Gardens Road, in accordance with the variance approval. Staff supported these applications as they facilitated the orderly and co-ordinated development of these lands. Although the three properties have not been formally assembled, they are all owned by Bayview Cemetery and Crematorium and have functioned as one property since 2003. This cemetery expansion proposal serves only to recognize the existing cemetery use over these three subject properties. On this basis, the City of Burlington does not object to the issuance of cemetery consent for the parking lot properties as a formal addition to
Page 3 of Report the cemetery use at 740 Spring Gardens Road under the Cemeteries Act (Revised). The expansion is in keeping with all existing municipal approvals. Agency Comments: The City s Engineering and Zoning Sections circulated the subject application and their comments considered during the preparation of the subject report. Financial Matters: Environmental Matters: Communication Matters: In accordance with the requirements of the Cemeteries Act (Revised), an advertisement to the public was made in the August 12, 2010 edition of the Burlington Post newspaper. The advertisement detailed the proposal to add the existing parking lot to the cemetery use at 740 Spring Gardens Road. The public was requested to submit comments to the City of Burlington Planning staff by September 2, 2010. No public comments were received. A further Notice of Municipal Decision will be advertised to the public following Council s consideration of this matter. Conclusion: In accordance with the Cemeteries Act, staff recommend approval of an application to expand the existing cemetery use to include an existing parking lot currently located on two seperate properties. Respectfully submitted, Charles Mulay MCIP RPP Planner Site Plan Review and Urban Design (905) 335-7600 ext. 7693
Page 4 of Report Appendices: Sketch No. 1 Notifications: (after Council decision) Glenn Wellings Name Mailing or E-mail Address Glenn.wellings@sympatico.ca Approvals: *required *Department City Treasurer General Manager City Manager Staff / Others Consulted: Name Mike Ireland - Zoning Fred Gottschling, Engineering Telephone X7746 X7679 To be completed by the Clerks Department Committee Disposition & Comments 01-Approved 02-Not Approved 03-Amended 04-Referred 06-Received & Filed 07-Withdrawn Council Disposition & Comments 01-Approved 02-Not Approved 03-Amended 04-Referred 06-Received & Filed 07-Withdrawn
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