Non conforming projects - Sophie Thiébaut 2017

We often get requests from developers to authorize a modification to existing regulations.

For example, a project may ask to change the zoning (from industrial land use to residential use).

	local platform commitments:

	Thoroughly analyze all applications for real estate projects requesting modifications to current urban planning by-laws. Several were not selected. Impose additional requirements for accepted projects (upstream public consultation, parking measures, inclusion of social contributions, etc.).


	*MY ACHIEVEMENTS*

	•	Analysis of all real estate projects proposals that would require modifications to existing urban planning by-laws. Several of these were not selected.
	•	Additional requirements for accepted projects (upstream public consultation, parking measures, inclusion of social contributions, etc.).

	Examples of modifications to urban planning by-laws in the SouthWest borough


•	1134 William street - Griffintown

		A job creation project that required increased height than current by-laws allowed in the area but that promised, among other things, a new community gathering space, a first in the neighborhood, for a period of 10 years.


•	Église St Joseph (Salon 1861) 550 rue Richemond, Petite Bourgogne

A request for additional parking spaces, especially needed for public events.


•	2175 St Patrick - northern Pointe-Saint-Charles

	Application for a zoning change from industrial to residential for 200 condo units and 70 social housing units and 2 floors of community space.
	The project was discussed with the developers for many months.
	The construction of building perpendicular to the canal was proposed to the developers by the borough.
	This option would have made it possible to share both the advantages and disadvantages of the site (along a trucking lane) and ensure that social housing units were not used to protect the tranquility of private units along the canal.


	The proposed alternative proposal		Original Project

		•	Sound environment			•	Brief submitted to OCPM
			A sound study, for the neighboring project 'Le Myst' highlighted the importance of sound levels in this sector.				Given that the project was refused at the borough level but supported by the Montreal city council, on June 2017 the OCPM was asked to hear the various viewpoints.
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•	Project 708 Walnut - St Rémi - Village of the tanneries Saint-Henri

	A private residential project of 4 floors rather than 3 floors for 135 housing units including 10 to 15% of social housing.
	I proposed that the developer host a public meeting on November 2015.
	I also went from door to door to hear the views of local residents.
	I analyzed in depth the various constraints (parking, Turcot works, size of the sector ...).
	In the end, requests for changes to the by-law were denied, and the developer was asked to design a project of a more appropriate scale for the Village des tanneries.


•	Archivex, 3500 rue Saint Jacques - Saint-Henri


	Following a citizen mobilization in 2012, a first proposal to expand the building (which would have doubled the current height) was rejected.
	I then proposed a parking plan based on expertise developed in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough with one of it’s partners in the Mile-End.
	I also invited the developer to invest in the green space above Lionel Groulx to ensure that his proposed expansion would be the only one of the area in the future.
	This proposed vision was not accepted by the City of Montreal’ council consequently the proposed amendment to double the height of the new construction was cancelled.
	Since then, the developer went on to develop the site without an increase in elevation or need to modify the zoning by-laws.


The Archivex Building in 2014	in 2017	Proposed Elevation (Refused)

Examples of modifications to urban planning by-laws in the SouthWest borough