Belleville has given some breathing space to a company which plans to develop a residential condominium at the mouth of the Moira River, near the Ramada Inn.
Tuesday night, city council approved a two-year extension of the plan of subdivision for Dockside Quinte, which would feature three 15-storey apartment buildings with some commercial space.
Draft Plan of Subdivision approval was first granted by council in 2014, however, the project is a complex one and the developers are now waiting for approval from the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks for a go-ahead.
The Ministry’s approval could take another year causing the developers to need an extension to their agreement with the city.
The proposed subdivision consists of seven blocks of land.
There would be three 15-storey apartment buildings with commercial space.
There would be a 200-slip marina.
The mouth of the Moira River is to the east of the property, while the CP Railway line borders the four hectare site to the north..
At one end would be the end of Old Bay Bridge Road.
Access would be from the southwest from Bay Bridge Road through a cul de sac at the northern end of Old Bay Bridge Road.
On November 10, 2014, city council gave draft approval for a new residential development on the west side of the Moira River, south of Dundas Street West.
In 2017, council extended that draft plan approval until November 10 of this year.
Recently, the developer, East Marine Investments Limited, submitted a Site Specific Risk Assessment environmental report to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks to address one of the outstanding conditions of approval for the plan of subdivision. This review by the ministry is expected to take about one year. Therefore, the proponent is requesting an extension of the draft approval of two years, until November 10, 2022, to ensure sufficient time to complete all of the details.
A staff report indicates a large number of site specific issues need to be addressed. They include noise and vibration abatement due to the adjacent rail line, potential flood proofing and stormwater planning due to the nearby river and the bay, and environmental remediation because of previous land uses on the site.
Staff supports the request to extend draft plan approval for two additional years.
All survey work, legal, engineering costs for achieving approval of plan of subdivision and condominium are at the owner’s expense.
