Project Schedule
The Strathearn Heights Apartments site was rezoned in 1984, with City Council giving approval for 943 units on an 8.5 hectare (21.1 acre) site. Council approved a range of housing options from row houses to 10-storey high rise apartments.
In addition to this plan, the developer has recently acquired three houses on consecutive lots and the Strathearn Centre, all abutting the apartment site. The addition of these properties has increased the Strathearn Heights Apartment land size to approximately 23 acres, about two acres larger than the current site. The additional property is not factored into the plans approved in 1984.
The 1984 plan, however, is dated and doesn't address recent trends and best practices in residential redevelopment. Nor does it reflect the owner's preferred vision of a mixed-use (mainly residential) development that creates an urban village and integrates with the surrounding community and river valley park system.
The owner, therefore, plans to apply for a change to the current 1984 zoning through a DC-2 rezoning application process.
Steps to be taken in the application process:
The developer is required in a DC-2 rezoning application process to:
- before a rezoning application is submitted, contact:
- property owners living within 60 metres of the redevelopment site
- president of each of the surrounding community league
- president of each Business Revitalization Association operating within 60 metres of the redevelopment site
- undertake a Transportation Impact Assessment (TIA)
- undertake an Environmental Site Assessment Phase 1 (ESA1) on new properties
- undertake a Servicing Study
- undertake a Park Impact Assessment
- document the public consultation process undertaken
- complete detailed DC-2 Provisions outlining the proposed redevelopment and submit the provisions to the City of Edmonton's Planning Department
The City of Edmonton is required to:
- sign off the submitted DC-2 Provisions (City's Planning Department)
- hold a public meeting
- conduct a City Council public hearing
- have the Design Committee review the rezoning application
Anticipated Project Schedule:
| September: | Transportation Impact Assessment completed | |
| September/October: | Owner/developer to continue community consultation | |
| January 2007 : | Submission of DC-2 Provisions (with technical reports) to City of Edmonton Planning Department | |
| January – Summer: |
City of Edmonton review of DC-2 Provisions | |
| Depending on conclusion of City review: | City of Edmonton public meeting/public hearing | |
| Fall: | City of Edmonton Design Committee review and City Council public hearing |