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Originally Posted by Siriusb
Well, the latest design review is totally in agreement with your statement. They butched the look of the building.
The Design Reviewer said,
Also that step-backs on the 5th, 6th and 7th stories on the Dorchester and King Street facades that were referenced earlier in this report be observed. As noted by the Design Reviewer,
- For a building that is requesting an increase up to 69.9’, a step-back of 3 metres or 9.8’ is required, for the 5thand 6th floors below 70 feet.
-Above 70 feet on the 7th floor a step-back of 19.7’ is required.
Here's the conclusion of the architect.
It is recommended that the project is approved, if a compromise on the stepbacks on the 5th, 6th and 7th floors could be accommodated, as this would not only lessen the massing of the building overlooking Dorchester and King Streets, but would also lower the parking required to be within the Bylaw requirements, and bring the Floor Plate of the 7th floor to within a reasonable area that is only slightly over what is allowed.
An alternative recommendation would be to remove the 7th floor. By bringing down the height, the massing of the building would not dominate the skyline as much as the current design would, and this would also eliminate the parking requirements (from 45 to 39 stalls) and Floor Plate variance requests. There ya go folks, chop, chop!!! What a GD dumbass city we have here!! |
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OK folks!!! We have had a conflict!!
The design review recommendations for step back have been rejected. The ultimate decision was left up to city council to accept the original proposal. Here what was on the cities design review monthy June meeting:
The Board considered the staff and design reviewer’s recommendation that the project be
approved only if the required stepbacks were incorporated.
After discussion, members expressed that the proposed design sufficiently meets the intent of
the Design Guidelines in the Zoning and Development Bylaw and that the recommended
stepbacks were unnecessarily restrictive and would jeopardize the project.
The Board voted unanimously not to support the staff and design reviewer’s recommendation.
As a result, the application will proceed to Council, where Council will determine whether to accept
the Board’s position and approve the design as submitted, or uphold the design reviewer’s
recommendation to adhere to the required stepbacks.
Following Council’s decision, the project will continue through the rezoning and variance process at Planning Board.
MOTION:
Moved by Mayor Brown and seconded by Councillor Beck to follow staff and the
Design Reviewer’s recommendation to approve the proposed site and building
development concept drawings dated September 26, 2025 for the proposed seven (7)
storey, mixed-use commercial and residential building with parking located within
the building located at 68 Queen Street (PID#s 336982, 336974, 336909, 336917,
336966 and 1172915 ) subject to the Design Reviewer’s recommendation concerning
the windows at the corner of Queen and Dorchester Streets.
-That the building be constructed with a deep-set doorway and large windows
wrapping the facade around the corner as shown on the submitted floor plans.
-Also, that step-backs on the 5th & 6th stories on the Dorchester and King Street
facades adhere to the Bylaw requirement of 3 meters or (9.8 ft). On the 7th floor on
the Dorchester and King Street facades that the stepback adhere to the Bylaw
requirement of 6 meters (19.7 ft).
Not Carried
(5-0)
The following motion was put forward:
Moved by Mayor Brown and seconded by Councillor Beck to approve the proposed site and
building development concept drawings dated September 26, 2025 for the proposed seven (7)
storey, mixed-use commercial and residential building with parking located within the building
located at 68 Queen Street (PID#s 336982, 336974, 336909, 336917, 336966 and 1172915 )
subject to the Design Reviewer’s recommendation concerning the windows at the corner of Queen
and Dorchester Streets.
-That the building be constructed with a deep-set doorway and large windows wrapping the
facade around the corner as shown on the submitted floor plans.
-Also, that step-backs on the 5th, 6th and 7th stories on the Dorchester and King Street facades as
well as the east side of the building be recommended to be approved to stepback 2 meters (6.5 ft.) as proposed by the architect.
Carried (5-0)
So the 5th, 6th, 7th floors will be stepbacked only 2m, not the obtuse recommendation made by the Design Review Board,
"that step-backs on the 5th & 6th stories on the Dorchester and King Street
facades adhere to the Bylaw requirement of 3 meters or (9.8 ft). On the 7th floor on
the Dorchester and King Street facades that the stepback adhere to the Bylaw
requirement of 6 meters (19.7 ft)."
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