1135 Salter Street

Project Update: Review by the Advisory Planning Commission has been completed. When this project moves forward for Council consideration, further information will be posted on this page.

What's being proposed?

Applications for Official Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Development Variance Permit, and Development Permit have been received for 1135 Salter Street in the Queensborough neighbourhood. The proposed development includes 45 two- and three-bedroom townhouse units, with ground-level exterior entrances. The proposed development is organized into eight separate buildings along a shared private road. The approximate overall floor space ratio (FSR) is 0.793. Approximately 10% of the site area is proposed as dedicated park space.

The development includes 91 parking spaces:

• 50 standard spaces allowing vehicles to park side-by-side in ground-level garages,
• 32 “tandem” spaces in ground-level garages, where two cars (from the same unit) park front-to-back, and
• nine surface visitor spaces.

Long-term bicycle storage spaces for each unit and short-term bicycle spaces for visitors are also provided.

The applicant hosted a virtual Open House on September 22, 2022. Written feedback was accepted until October 2, 2022. Based on feedback received during the application and committee review process, the applicant has worked with the City to update their proposal.

Click here to view revised drawings of the proposed development. You can also review drawings of the original proposal by clicking here.

How can I engage?

There are multiple opportunities for the public to provide feedback through the application review process. The process typically includes applicant-led consultation and review by City committees. The review process is iterative and revisions are considered, based on consultation feedback throughout the process.

The next opportunity to provide public feedback will be at a Public Hearing (date to be determined).

Applicant-led Engagement Findings

The applicant-led consultation took place from September 8 to October 2, 2022. The applicant hosted a virtual Open House with a live Q&A session through Zoom on September 22, 2022 and created a project website with a comment feature to gather public feedback. The applicant’s consultation summary report, including the comments received, can be found here.

What We Heard

Three community members attended the open house and two respondents submitted feedback through the project website. Survey feedback was mostly related to:

• Support for new townhouses and more housing; and
• Mix of support and neutral feedback in terms of building design, tandem parking, and direct unit accesses.

Applicant Response and Revisions

In response to City and committee feedback to date, some of the key changes made by the applicant to their proposal include:

• Redesigning the central amenity space and play area between Buildings 3 and 4, and accommodating an additional common seating area between Buildings 5 and 6 by relocating one of the visitor parking spaces;
• Revising the architectural expression of the proposed buildings for better consistency with the Development Permit Area guidelines. The use of additional colour has been proposed, including for the elevations that are oriented toward the central drive aisle;
• Adjusting the species and quantity of proposed on-site trees to reduce potential conflict and maintenance issues in the future.