Date:
Time: Immediately following Budget Committee, Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Minutes: October 26, 2021 Halifax Regional Council Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – NONE
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
5. CONSENT AGENDA*
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council approve recommendations in the following items: 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.4 and 15.2.1
6. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
7. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
8. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
9. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – October 22, 2019
9.1 Councillor Mason
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council rescind the motion of October 22, 2019 to request a staff report to:
a. review garbage collection schedule for the student housing areas off campus around Dalhousie and St. Mary’s (south end of Halifax) and identify options to provide garbage collection on the normal scheduled weekday for municipal waste collection services following May 1 and September 1; and
b. consider amending bylaw and policy to increase penalties and decrease timelines / warning period related to non-compliance on solid waste/garbage collection.
10. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
11. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
12. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 p.m.
12.1 By-law N-200, Respecting Noise – Exemption Request - Halifax Pride [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Approve the portion of Halifax Pride’s application for an exemption from the provisions of the Noise By-Law for the hours of 8:00 pm on Saturday, October 30 to 1:00 am on Sunday, October 31, 2021, and
2. Deny the portion of Halifax Pride’s application for an exemption from the provisions of the Noise By-law for the hours of 1:00 am to 3:00 am on Sunday, October 31, 2021 pursuant to the discussion section of the staff report dated October 15, 2021.
12.2 Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law and Proposed By-law U-111, Amending By-law U-100, Respecting User Charges– Centre Plan Package B
– Supplementary Staff Report dated October 13, 2021 [Large 39 Mb PDF]
– Supplementary Staff Report dated September 14, 2021 [PDF]
Attachment A to Sept 14 Report: Proposed Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy
Appendix 2 of Attachment A - RC SMPS Urban Design Manual
Map 1: Urban Structure Designations
Map 2: Downtown Dartmouth and Downtown Halifax Precincts
Map 3: Maximum Floor Area Ratio Precincts
Map 4: Maximum Building Height Precincts
Map 5: Proctor Street Transportation Reserve
Map 6: Halifax Citadel View Planes
Map 7: Halifax Citadel Ramparts Sight Lines
Map 8: Central Blocks within Downtown Halifax
Map 9: Established Residential Precincts
Map 10: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Shannon Park
Map 11: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Penhorn Lands
Map 12: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Young Street Lands
Map 13: Future Growth Node Land Use Concept – Dartmouth Cove
Map 14: Dundas Street Extension Transportation Reserve
Map 15: Dartmouth View Planes
Map 16: Regional Centre Waterfront View Corridors
Map 17: Shadow Impact Assessment Protocol – Identified Areas
Map 18: Lake Banook Canoe Course Maximum Building Height Precinct
Map 19: Pedestrian-Oriented Commercial Streets
Map 20: Proposed Heritage Conservation District Study Areas
Map 21: Approved Heritage Conservation Districts
Map 22: Converted Multi-Unit Buildings– Schmidtville Heritage Conservation District
Map 23: Robie Street Transportation Reserve
Map 24: Site A and Site B – Spring Garden Road and Robie Street Special Area
Attachment B to Sept 14 Report: Proposed Regional Centre Land Use By-law
Schedule 1: Regional Centre Land Use By-law Boundary
Schedule 2: Zone Boundaries
Schedule 3A: Downtown Dartmouth Special Areas
Schedule 3B: Downtown Halifax Special Areas
Schedule 3C: Established Residential Special Areas and Sub-Areas
Schedule 3D: University and College Special Areas
Schedule 3E: Watercourse Special Areas
Schedule 3F: Other Special Areas
Schedule 4: Dundas Street Extension Transportation Reserve
Schedule 5: Proctor Street Transportation Reserve
Schedule 6: Robie Street Transportation Reserve
Schedule 7: Pedestrian-Oriented Commercial Streets
Schedule 8: Publicly Sponsored Convention Centre
Schedule 9: Landmark Buildings
Schedule 10: Lands Designated Halifax Harbour
Schedule 11: Wetlands
Schedule 12: Reference Line – Northwest Arm
Schedule 13: Reference Line – Lake Banook
Schedule 14: Reference Line – Lake Micmac
Schedule 15: Maximum Building Height Precincts
Schedule 16: Average Finished Grade for Building Height Calculation – Scotia Square Complex (SSC) Special Area
Schedule 17: Maximum Floor Area Ratio Precincts
Schedule 18: Minimum Front and Flanking Setbacks
Schedule 19: Maximum Front and Flanking Setbacks
Schedule 20: Maximum Streetwall Heights – Downtown Halifax Zone
Schedule 21: Harbour Orientation Lines
Schedule 22: Heritage Conservation Districts
Schedule 23: Schmidtville Heritage Buildings
Schedule 24: Permitted Rear Additions to Schmidtville Heritage Buildings
Schedule 25: View Terminus Sites
Schedule 26: Halifax Citadel View Planes
Schedule 27A: Halifax Citadel Rampart Sight Lines
Schedule 27B: Halifax Citadel Cavalier Building Coordinates 1
Schedule 27C: Halifax Citadel Cavalier Building Coordinates 2
Schedule 28: Dartmouth View Planes
Schedule 29: Morris Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 30: Bishop Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 31: Salter Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 32: Sackville Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 33: Prince Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 34: George Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 35: Best Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 36: Mott Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 37: Church Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 38: North Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 39: Ochterloney Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 40: Queen Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 41: Portland Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 42: Prince Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 43: Kings Wharf Place Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 44: Canal Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 45: Maitland Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 46: Old Ferry Road Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 47: Parker Street Waterfront View Corridor
Schedule 48: Wind Energy Overlay Zone Boundaries
Schedule 49: Accessory Parking Prohibition – Downtown Halifax Zone
Schedule 50: Incentive or Bonus Zoning Rate Districts
Schedule 51: Shadow Impact Assessment Protocol – Identified Areas
Attachments C to I to Sept 14 Report
-Attachment C: Proposed Amendments to the Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy for Dartmouth
-Attachment D: Proposed Amendments to the Land Use By-law for Dartmouth
-Attachment E: Proposed Amendments to the Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy for Downtown Halifax
-Attachment F: Proposed Amendments to the Land Use By-law for Downtown Halifax (includes Map 14, Map 15A,Map,15 B, Map 15 C).
-Attachment G: Proposed Amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy for Halifax
-Attachment H: Summary of Staff Responses to August 17, 2021 Regional Council Direction
-Attachment I: Amendments to By-law U-111
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Adopt the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law as contained in Attachments A and B of the September 14, 2021 supplementary staff report, including repealing the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (Package A), the Regional Centre Land Use By-law (Package A), the Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy for Downtown Dartmouth, the Land Use By-law for Downtown Dartmouth, and the Land Use By-law for Halifax Peninsula, with the following amendments:
a. section 422 of the Land Use By-law is replaced with the new wording contained in Attachment 1 of the supplementary staff report dated October 13, 2021;
b. Map 1 and Map 4 are replaced with the revised versions of Map 1 and Map 4 of the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy as attached to the supplementary staff report dated October 13, 2021;
c. Schedules 2, 15, 18 and 23 of the proposed Regional Centre Land Use By-law are replaced with the versions of the Schedules as attached to the supplementary staff report dated October 13, 2021;
d. PID#40041097 is removed from all the applicable Maps and Schedules attached to Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law; and
e. all applicable Maps and Schedules attached to the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law are amended to increase the maximum height from 20 m to 90 m on PIDs 00114348 and 00114496.
2. Adopt the proposed amendments to the Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy, the Dartmouth Land Use By-law, the Downtown Halifax Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, the Downtown Halifax Land Use By-law, and the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy, as contained in Attachments C to G of the September 14, 2021 supplementary staff report, as amended.
3. Adopt By-law U-111, amending By-law U-100, Respecting User Charges as contained in Attachment I of the September 14, 2021 supplementary staff report.
4. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to return to Council within 24 months after the effective date of Centre Plan Package B with information on the effectiveness of the expanded voluntary pre-application process as described in the Discussion section of the September 14, 2021 supplementary staff report.
13. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
13.1 Correspondence
13.2 Petitions
13.3 Presentations
14. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – October 19, 2021
14.1 Councillor Hendsbee - Review of Street Lighting Procedures and Policies [PDF]
15. REPORTS
15.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
15.1.1 Halifax Wanderers Football Club Corporation - Request to Amend License Agreement* [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct and authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, or his delegate, to negotiate and execute an Amending Agreement to the License and Rental Agreement with the Halifax Wanderer’s Football Club Corporation dated March 8, 2019 subject to the Key Terms and Conditions set out in Table 1 of the staff report dated August 30, 2021.
15.1.2 Administrative Order 50 - Disposal of Surplus Real Property 5802 Highway 357, Elderbank* [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council set a date for a public hearing to consider the sale of 5802 Highway 357, Elderbank to the Musquodoboit Valley Ground Search and Rescue Team as per the terms and conditions outlined in Table 1 of the staff report dated September 22, 2021.
15.1.3 Temporary Sign By-law Amendments – Supplementary Report
- Staff Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to draft amendments to By-law S-801, Respecting Licensing of Temporary Signs and Administrative Order 15, Respecting License, Permit and Processing Fees, as set out in the “Updated Amendments – September 1, 2021 Report” column of Attachment A of the staff report dated September 1, 2021.
15.1.4 Increase to Contract – PO 2070848048, RFT No. 20-246 Portland Hills Traffic Calming- Portland Hills Drive - East Region* [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council approve an increase to the contract with Sackville Trenching Co. Ltd. (RFT No. 20-246 – Purchase Order 2070848048) for additional work added to the original scope in the amount of $79,860.07 (net HST included) with funding from Project Account CT190006 as outlined in the Financial Implications section of the staff report dated October 19, 2021.
15.2 GRANTS COMMITTEE
15.2.1 Less than Market Value License Agreement – Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club, 192 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth* [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council enter into a less than market value license agreement with Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club for a portion of PID # 00636290, lands adjacent to 192 Prince Albert Road, (the “License”), and authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to execute the License, as per the key terms and conditions set out in Table 1 in the discussion section of the attached staff report dated August 6, 2021 (Attachment A).
15.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
15.3.1 Councillor Austin - Lakeview Point Road/Hume Street Extension [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report regarding the feasibility of converting Lakeview Point Road and Hume Street in Dartmouth into a one-way loop by creating a new exit for Hume Street at the existing traffic light at Grahams Grove.
16. MOTIONS
16.1 Councillor Lovelace
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council formally recognize Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in February 2022:
1. By planting seven (7) Oak trees (English or Red) in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s reign as monarch for seventy (70) years. Identify six trees to be planted throughout the municipality and a seventh placed in an urban park with a commemorative plaque.
2. Issue a congratulatory letter from the Mayor to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark this historic Platinum Jubilee.
17. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following:
17.1 PROPERTY MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to providing instruction and direction to officers and employees of the Municipality pertaining to the acquisition / sale of land.
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential staff report dated September 10, 2021; and
2. Direct that the private and confidential staff report dated September 10, 2021 be maintained private and confidential.
18. ADDED ITEMS
19. NOTICES OF MOTION
20. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS
October 26, 2021