Planning Committee approves Class 4 Area for 231 Bay Street North 10-0

The agenda included Item 10.1 on a Class 4 Area for 231 Bay Street North near the CN shunting yards in Ward 2. The lands were not formally deemed residential, despite being occupied by residents for decades.

The current building at 231 Bay Street North would remain in place, but changes to it would need to conform to residential building standards. A Class 4 Area must receive formal confirmation from the City’s land use planning authority during the land use planning process.

The subject site was on the west side of Park Street North between York Boulevard and Vine Street, with a frontage of approximately 91.5 metres along Park Street North. The lands included a place of worship building separating existing surface parking from the York Boulevard frontage, with parking fronting Park Street North and Vine Street and no permitted uses or screening along those streets. Nearby lands included a mix of residential and commercial uses south of Cannon Street, a mix of commercial uses to the east, and two large surface parking lots.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

(Kroetsch/A. Wilson) WHEREAS, the lands located at 231 Bay Street North are near the CN shunting yards in Ward 2, which presents concerns related to noise impacts; WHEREAS, the lands located at 231 Bay Street North were not formally deemed residential, despite being occupied by residents for decades; WHEREAS, the current building will remain in place at 231 Bay Street North, but as there will be changes made to it, it will need to conform to residential building standards; WHEREAS, a “Class 4 Area” is defined by the “Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning (NPC-300)” as an area “in proximity to existing, lawfully established stationary source(s)” (i.e. the shunting yards); WHEREAS, a Class 4 Area must receive formal confirmation from the City’s land use planning authority during the land use planning process. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Development Planning Staff BE DIRECTED to report back to a future Planning Committee meeting with recommendations about deeming the lands located at 231 Bay Street North, Hamilton as a Class 4 Area pursuant to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) Environmental Noise Guidelines NPC-300 (Stationary and Transportation Sources – Approval and Planning).

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