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The town's planning and development council voted during an Aug. 8 meeting to authorize town staff to proceed in address- ing an appeal filed by the developer SmartREIT. The town solicitor and the commissioner of com- munity development were also authorized to negoti- ate a settlement of the ap- peal, if the developer is in- terested in doing so, in ac- cordance with certain confidential guidelines. Back in September 2021 SmartREIT had asked the town for zoning changes to permit the construction of a mixed-use building at the northwest corner of the Trafalgar Road and Oak Park Boulevard inter- section, which would fea- ture a five-storey podium, one 26-storey residential building and one 31-storey residential building. The proposed develop- ment would house 587 res- idential units as well as 589.9 square metres of ground floor commercial space. There would also be 499 residential parking spaces housed within one level of underground parking and three levels of above ground parking. The planning and de- velopment council was scheduled to decide whether to let this propos- al proceed on June 27, 2022, but SmartREIT chose to appeal the matter to the OLT before this deci- sion could take place. "It's out of cowardice that this developer is forc- ing the process to go through the OLT provin- cial body and ignoring the voices of Oakville resi- dents regarding planning concerns," said Ward 5 Coun. Marc Grant at the June 27 council meeting. "We can only build a better community when we work together and listen to one another." While the proposed de- velopment site is located within the Uptown Core growth area the proposed heights are still greater than what is currently permitted. Town senior planner Tricia Collingwood noted in a report to council that even with bonusing (mon- ey or services provided to the town by developers in exchange for the town per- mitting them to construct buildings with greater density and heights than normally permitted) the maximum height permit- ted at the southern por- tion of the site would be 10 storeys while the maxi- mum height permitted at the northern portion of the site would be 16 sto- reys. In his directions to town staff regarding the appeal, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton said a review of the Uptown Core's poli- cies will be taking place in the near future. He said town staff should make the OLT aware of this and recommend the hearing be adjourned pending the outcome of this review when appropriate heights for the subject lands have been determined. Numerous Oakville residents living in the vi- cinity of the proposed de- velopment have written the town to make their ob- jections to its construction known. These residents voiced concerns about the building's height and wor- ried about the impact it would have on traffic in the already busy area. Other resident con- cerns focused on noise, and whether local infra- structure could accommo- date the sewage and waste- water from this large de- velopment. In the June 27 report to council Collingwood not- ed the noise generated by the development would be no greater than that gen- erated by Trafalgar Road vehicle traffic. She also wrote the region has con- cluded the water and sani- tary sewers are sized ap- propriately to accommo- date the proposed develop- ment. Regarding traffic, Col- lingwood said, it is antici- pated the forecasted trips generated by the develop- ment (195 in the morning peak hour and 225 in the afternoon peak hour), will have a negligible impact on the Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road intersec- tion. The June 27, 2022 report by town staff ended with a recommendation that council approve the devel- opment proposal noting it represented "good plan- ning." TOWN DEALING WITH APPEAL OF CONDO TOWERS PROPOSAL Concept art for a 26-storey condo tower and a 31-storey condo tower proposed for the Trafalgar Road and Oak Park Boulevard area. Town of Oakville image DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS