PLN21-009 Highway 2, Milford - Municipality of East Hants

Applicant

FH Development Group Inc.

Request

Application to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw and to enter into a development agreement for a mixed use master planned development including a mixture of low, medium and high density residential development; open space; and possible local commercial uses.

Subject Property

The property is located on Highway 2, Milford and is identified as PID 45089802. The property is designated Established Residential Neighbourhood (ER) Designation and zoned Two Dwelling Unit Residential (R2) Zone. Land adjacent to Barney’s Brook is zoned Water Course Greenbelt (WG). The size of the subject property is 111 hectares.

Details

The purpose of this application is to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw and to enter into a development agreement for a mixed use master planned development including residential development; open space; and possible local commercial uses. Approximately, 1,500 residential units are proposed. The concept plan shows a mixture of residential uses including 375 single dwelling units (yellows), 164 semi-detached (darker blue), 232 townhouse units (medium blue), and approximately 690 multiple unit dwellings. Other land uses include parks and trails (darker green), conservation lands (lighter green), and stormwater management ponds. As part of the single unit residential portion of the plan, the applicant is requesting that Council consider reduced frontages of 10.4 and 12.2 m for single unit dwellings. Under the LUB the minimum frontage requirement is 16 m. Approved development agreements for other WCDD lands included similar reduced frontages. Commercial uses such as a gas station and drive-thru restaurant are proposed for the corner lot fronting on Highway 2 and the new road connecting the development with Highway 2. Other commercial uses and residential multiplexes are also proposed for lands fronting Highway 2. Sidewalks are proposed on all streets and are proposed to connect with the adjoining Armco Capital Inc. lands. In addition, the active transportation route proposed for the adjacent lands will continue into the subject property and will be incorporated into Phases 1 and 2 of the development. In Phase 3 the Barney’s Brook trail is proposed to continue along Barney’s Brook into the subject property and will stop at the northern property line. Extension of the Barney’s Brook trail into the subject property will create a trail that is approximately 2.6 km in length from the start of the trail in the future Armco Capital Inc. development, to where it stops in the current development proposal.

Reports & Documents

Contact

For further information, please contact Debbie Uloth, Community Planner II, at 902-883-3387 or duloth@easthants.ca.