DC2 1074

Clover Bar Area - east of Anthony Henday Drive, west of 17 Avenue NE, south of 137 Avenue NE, and north of 130 Avenue NE

Charter Bylaw 18954 (August 26, 2019)

To establish a Comprehensive Site Specific Development Control Provision to accommodate the Edmonton Waste Management Centre (EWMC) which includes an  integrated waste management Site, a receiving and administration Site, an electrical generating facility, and a wastewater treatment Site and its constituent elements, and to minimize the impacts of the EWMC on the surrounding land uses and the river valley.

The DC2 Provision shall apply to the EWMC located east of Anthony Henday Drive, west of 17 Avenue NE, south of 137 Avenue NE, and north of 130 Avenue NE, being legally as Lots 1PUL, 2PUL, 4PUL, 5PUL, 6PUL, 7PUL, 8PUL, & 9PUL, Block 1, Plan 962 4397; Lot 10PUL, Block 1, Plan 022 7886; Lots 11PUL, & 12PUL, Block 1, Plan 094 1790; and a portion of the SW 21-53-23-4 (“Area A”) and a portion of the NE 21-53-23-4 (“Area B”), as shown on the Overall Plan, attached hereto as Appendix A.

Area A - West Integrated Waste Management Site

1. Business Support Services
2. Essential Utility Services
3. General Industrial Uses
4. Major Impact Utility Services
5. Minor Impact Utility Services
6. Natural Resource Development
7. Professional, Financial, and Office Support Services
8. Recycled Materials Drop-Off Centre
9. Special Industrial Uses
10. Fascia On-premises Signs
11. Freestanding On-premises Signs
12. Minor Digital On-premises Signs
13. Projecting On-premises Signs
14. Temporary On-premises Signs
1. Development in Area A shall be generally in accordance with Appendix A, except that individual facilities are permitted to involve the construction of more than one building to support operations of the EWMC.

Area B - East Integrated Waste Management Site

1. Essential Utility Services
2. General Industrial Uses
3. Major Impact Utility Services
4. Minor Impact Utility Services
5. Professional, Financial, and Office Support Services
6. Special Industrial Uses
7. Fascia On-premises Signs
8. Freestanding On-premises Signs
9. Minor Digital On-premises Signs
10. Projecting On-premises Signs
11. Temporary On-premises Signs
1. Development in Area B shall be generally in accordance with Appendix A, except that individual facilities are permitted to involve the construction of more than one building.
2. Landfill gases not utilized for electricity generation shall be flared at a flare within the Area B.
3. The maximum Height of exhaust stacks or flare stacks shall be 15.0 m.
7.1. Vehicular access, circulation, and the drop-off/lay-by on 142 Street NW must be developed in general accordance with Appendix 1, to the satisfaction of the Development Officer in consultation with the City department responsible for transportation services.
7.2. All vehicular parking for Residential Uses must be accommodated within a Parkade. Visitor and customer parking may be accommodated in Surface Parking Lots.
  7.2.1 Despite Subsection 7.2 of this Zone, interim Surface Parking Lots for any Use may be located in accordance with Appendix 2. Interim Surface Parking Lots must be screened with soft Landscaping.
  7.2.2 Despite Subsection 7.2 of this Zone, a Surface Parking Lot with a maximum of 15 spaces shall be permitted for Residential Uses, located on the north edge of Area 4 and accessed from the Alley north of Area 4.
7.3. Above-ground Parkades must be located to the rear of buildings, and screened to the satisfaction of the Development Officer in consultation with the City department responsible for transportation services through the use of Landscaping and/or fencing. Parkades must be integrated with other Uses, to avoid blank walls and maintain an active and attractive streetscape along Stony Plain Road NW and 142 Street NW.
7.4. Storage and waste collection areas must be concealed from view from adjacent Sites and Streets. Waste collection areas must be designed to the satisfaction of the Development Officer in consultation with the City department responsible for waste management and transportation services.
8.1. The required Landscape Plan submitted with a Development Permit application for new building construction must be prepared by a Landscape Architect registered with the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects.
8.2. The Landscape Plan must include, but is not limited to, the following:
  8.2.1 adjacent boulevard Landscaping to provide context;
  8.2.2 pavement materials, exterior lighting, street furniture elements, sizes and species of new and existing tree plantings, fencing, bollards, and bike racks; and
  8.2.3 major circulation patterns and pathways, to ensure landscaping enhances and highlights these features.
8.3. Landscaping must be in general accordance with Landscaping regulations of the Zoning Bylaw, except:
  8.3.1 the Development Officer may allow trees to be substituted with shrubs at a rate of 15 shrubs for each tree, and shrubs to be substituted with perennials at a rate of one square metre of perennials (including ornamental grasses) for each shrub.
  8.3.2 Alternate substitutions may be permitted where a registered Landscape Architect can explain and justify the alternative standard in a separate report submitted with the Landscape Plan to the satisfaction of the Development Officer;
  8.3.3 the Setback along 103 Avenue NW and all Alleys must include soft Landscaping;
  8.3.4 the Urban Square and Setback along Stony Plain Road NW must be Hardsurfaced with decorative concrete paving; and
the Setback in Area 1 along 142 Street NW must be Hardsurfaced.
8.4. An arborist report and tree preservation plan to the satisfaction of the Development Planner in consultation with the City department responsible for public tree management, must be submitted with the Development Permit application to determine the impact of the proposed development, including excavation and construction, on any existing boulevard trees along 142 Street NW, Stony Plain Road NW, 103 Avenue NW and 140 Street NW. If required by the Development Planner, an air spading tool must be used to determine the amount and size of roots that may need to be cut for the Parkade/foundation wall. If:
  8.4.1 the arborist report indicates that the development will unduly compromise the ongoing viability and health of a tree or trees, each tree must be removed as part of the redevelopment of the site. The owner/developer must be responsible for the cost of removal as well as for compensating the City for the value of the tree being removed. If required by the Development Planner, each tree removed must be replaced by a new tree in an enhanced growing soil medium in the form of soil cells or continuous trenches, at the cost of the owner; or 
  8.4.2 the arborist report indicates that the development will not unduly compromise the ongoing viability and health of a tree or trees, each tree must be retained and protected as per the City’s Corporate Tree Management Policy C456C.
8.5. Trees must be planted along 142 Street NW and 140 Street NW. Where trees cannot be provided within the Setback, the Development Officer may require boulevard trees in consultation with the City department responsible for public tree management. If provided, boulevard Landscaping may be used to satisfy any required public amenity contributions.

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