PLANAPP 2023-00376 (Formerly Case 23937) - 3 and 5 Bruce Street, Dartmouth

Updated:

JULY 5, 2024
NOTICE OF APPROVAL
HARBOUR EAST-MARINE DRIVE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

TAKE NOTICE THAT HARBOUR EAST-MARINE DRIVE COMMUNITY COUNCIL did, on Thursday, July 4, 2024 approve the following application:

PLANAPP 2023-00376 (FORMERLY 23937) – Application by TEAL Architects + Planners Inc. for a rezoning of the lands and a development agreement to allow a seven-storey mixed-use building with 78 residential units at 3 and 5 Bruce Street, Dartmouth.

Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (902-424-4448) in accordance with the provisions of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.

This notice was posted to this site on JULY 5, 2024 in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.

Request

Application by TEAL TEAL Architects + Planners Inc. for the rezoning of and a development agreement to allow a seven-storey mixed-use building with 78 residential units, at 3 and 5 Bruce Street, Dartmouth.

Proposal

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The applicant originally applied to develop a five (5) storey mixed use building with ground floor commercial and containing 52 residential units.   The major aspects of the original proposal were:

  • Five stories or 54 feet in height;
  • Approximately 5200 square feet commercial space on the ground floor;
  • 52 residential units; and
  • 44 underground parking spaces.

The revised proposal will occupy the same subject lands and site access as the original at the intersection of Bruce Street and Woodlawn Road. The change in the application is the proposed development of a 7 storey building with 78 residential units and 8290 square feet commercial space on the ground floor level and 40 parking spaces. The revised proposal also differs from the original in that at the first floor level the commercial space protrudes from the building to cover most of the roof of the below grade parking. This creates a stepback at the second level extending to the building wall and is intended to create a transition to the surrounding low rise development.

The original and revised Development Plans (provided below) outline the development proposal in detail, and include information related to proposed buildings, parking locations, driveway access, and landscaping.

Process

The application will be considered under the Development Agreement and the Discharging Development Agreement processes 

Status

July 5, 2024

TAKE NOTICE THAT HARBOUR EAST-MARINE DRIVE COMMUNITY COUNCIL did, on Thursday, July 4, 2024 approve the following application:

PLANAPP 2023-00376 (FORMERLY 23937) – 3 & 5 Bruce St., Dartmouth - Application by TEAL Architects + Planners Inc. for the rezoning of and a development agreement to allow a seven-storey mixed-use building with 78 residential units at 3 and 5 Bruce Street, Dartmouth.

Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (902-424-4448) in accordance with the provisions of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter. 

This notice was posted to this site on July 5, 2024 in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter. 

View the staff report

 

Documents Submitted for Evaluation

The applicant has submitted plans and studies required by HRM staff to properly evaluate the application. The documents are also available for review at the Planning and Development office at 3rd Floor, Duke Tower, Halifax. 

Contact Information

For further information, please contact:

Darrell Joudrey

Planner II

Current Planning

Telephone: 902.225.8630

Mailing Address

HRM Planning Applications

PO Box: 1749,

Halifax,

Nova Scotia,

B3J 3A5

Attention: Darrell Joudrey