At the information session, the consultant will go over the history of the project and the changes to the original application for everyone’s information. It is a different concept than we first heard about. The flyer with further information is available here.
REZONING AT 279 SARNIA ROAD FOR TWO – 3 STORY BUILDINGS
This application will be heard at a public participation meeting at City Hall this Tuesday, October 22, around 1:45 pm (the meeting is also on line. If you wish to speak on line, write pec@london.ca prior to the meeting). The two buildings will have a total of 20 units, each with 3 bedrooms. The full report is available here. Your Executive is supportive of this application because it will be managed by the builder who is a local builder, is not as tall as currently permitted and has fewer bedrooms than permitted.
REZONING AT 299-307 SARNIA ROAD
There will be an information session on the revised proposal for development of these two properties. The session will occur on November 13th starting at 6 pm at St. Ansgar Church, in the Church hall. St. Ansgar is at the corner of Lawson and Wonderland (with lots of parking). Members of your Executive are meeting with Councillor Trosow and the proponent’s consultants prior to the session. After our meeting, there will be more information as to what is proposed.
The city council is reviewing the ward boundaries due to London’s population growth. The four options prepared by the retained consultants and further information are available at: https://getinvolved.london.ca/ward-boundary-review There is an interactive map feature to show you the impact of the changes. For our neighborhood options 1 to 3 pretty much maintain the status quo. Option 4 divides the neighbourhood between two wards. There are a few opportunities for you to provide your opinion on the options. City Council will be making a decision on a new configuration by the end of the year.
Upcoming Engagement Events
October 16th (Hybrid/Virtual Event)
October 17th (In-person Events)
Public Online Survey
You may have heard that the City Council will be voting on Sept 24 on changes to permitted forms and heights of housing in existing neighbourhoods like ours. A key change is to permit stacked townhouses and apartment buildings up to 4 storeys in height anywhere on Lawson Road and on Sleightholme/Wychwood from Sarnia to Lawson.
At this point, and before any building takes place, a rezoning application is still required first. Whether or not this will result in any building at all, or at what price points, is unknown at this time. For more details, see this document that shows the old rules for type and height of housing (the first two colour pages) and the new version (the other two pages). We are in the Primary Transit Area.
The other change is to permitted building heights on Sarnia Road (a Civic Boulevard), from a maximum of 6 storeys to up to 8 storeys. This may affect the proposed development at 299-307 Sarnia Road which is still in the works. However, the stacked townhouse at 279 Sarnia Road is still being processed as 3 storeys and will be before City Council in October (click here).
If you are either concerned or want to express your support about these changes, please write the Mayor and Deputy Mayor at mayor@london.ca and s.lewis@london.ca as well as our Councillor, Sam Trosow at strosow@london.ca
Please also consider a cc to opsfrp@gmail.com so that the Executive of the Neighbourhood Association has a sense of the opinion of residents.
Orchard Park / Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association 