April 14, 2025 North West Community Council

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 3, 2025

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES 
5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. HEARINGS 
10.1 PUBLIC HEARING
10.1.1 PLANAPP-2023-00673: A12-unit townhouse development for lands off Highway 2, Fall River (PIDs 40103202 & 00504415) [PDF]
(i) Staff presentation [PDF]
(ii) Applicant presentation [PDF]

Motion: 
That North West Community Council:

1. Approve the proposed development agreement, which shall be substantially of the same form as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated February 14, 2025; and

2. Require the agreement be signed by the property owner within 120 days, or any extension thereof granted by Council on request of the property owner, from the date of final approval by Council and any other bodies as necessary, including applicable appeal periods, whichever is later; otherwise this approval will be void and obligations arising hereunder shall be at an end.

11. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
11.1 Correspondence 
11.2 Petitions
11.3 Presentations – None

12. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

13. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

14. REPORTS
14.1 STAFF
14.1.1 PLANAPP-2023-00340: Development agreement for a senior citizen housing development at 445 Winslow Drive, Upper Tantallon (PIDs 41277765 and 41277773) [PDF]
Motion: 
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated March 14, 2025, to enable a 35-unit senior citizen housing development at the corner of Winslow Drive and Hammonds Plains Road in Upper Tantallon and schedule a public hearing.

14.1.2 PLANAPP 2023-00287: Development Agreement for 893 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville [PDF]
Motion: 
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated April 3, 2025, to develop a five-storey mixed-use building and schedule a public hearing.

14.1.3 MINORREV-2025-00111: Amendment to Musquodoboit Valley/Dutch Settlement Land Use By-law to reduce parking requirements for day care facilities [PDF]
Motion: 
That the North West Community Council give First Reading to consider approval of the proposed amendment to the Land Use By-law for Musquodoboit Valley/ Dutch Settlement to reduce the minimum parking requirement for a day care facilities use from 1.5 spaces to 1.0 space per 400 square feet (37.2 m2) of gross floor area, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated April 3, 2025 and schedule a public hearing.

15. MOTIONS – NONE

16. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

17. ADDED ITEMS

18. NOTICES OF MOTION

19. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – May 12, 2025

20. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated April 7, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to North West Community Council – NONE [PDF]

2. Memorandum from the Commissioner of Operations dated March 14, 2025 re: Hammons Plains Road Functional Plan – Update [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Krista Vining, Team Lead, Legislative Assistants, at viningk@halifax.ca or 902-233-1046

To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca 
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/communicating-halifax-regional-council