{"id":114733,"date":"2022-09-07T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=114733"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:10:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:10:26","slug":"kingston-city-council-rejects-patrys-development-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/kingston-city-council-rejects-patrys-development-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston City Council rejects Patry’s development proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay Patry Enterprises Inc.'s condo development proposal on the former Davis Tannery Lands was rejected by Kingston City Council at last night's meeting. Eight councillors supported The Planning Committee's recommendation to reject the application.<\/span><\/p>\n

Councillor Jim Neill said that David Suzuki and Elizabeth May among other experts have spoken against the project.<\/p>\n

\"I would trust all of them before I trust statistics being brought to us by the proponent,\" says Coun. Neill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patry's proposal included a Minister's Zoning Order to allow for development on the wetland.The MZO would have meant amendments to the city\u2019s official plan and zoning-by-laws, allowing for residential development on the land of 2 River Street and 50 Orchard Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy most disturbing point in this development application is asking us to use a Minister's Zoning Order to override the provincial policy statement that prohibits the development and site alternation of significant wetlands....The applicant\u2019s team say that the wetland is going to be cleaned up. It\u2019s just simply not true, what\u2019s really happening is a bulldozer is going to be filling in the wetland with piles of dirt\u2026There\u2019s not going to be any wetland left,\" says Coun. Lisa Osanic.<\/span><\/p>\n

President of Jay Patry Enterprises Jay Patry says in a release, \"The decision is extremely disappointing, particularly where we are in a housing crisis, and had worked hard to cooperate with staff and the community. With Council\u2019s rejection of staff\u2019s recommendation, we will have no choice but to appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. This decision of Council will directly increase the cost of these residential units, and has a direct impact on housing affordability in Kingston,\" says Patry.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bryan Paterson asked council to support the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be able to look people in the eye when they say the biggest issue is housing. I want to say I\u2019ve done everything I can do. My vote tonight will be to vote yes to that housing\u2026I am confident that this is a plan that has been signed off by every reviewing agency\u2026Trees can be replanted, people can\u2019t\u2026This is a project that I believe needs to be supported. We can\u2019t say housing is a priority and then say no to a project like this,\" says Paterson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Councillor Gary Oosterhof says the development project is an opportunity to clean up the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The area around the tannery is not pristine forest , it\u2019s scrubland and bush\u2026It\u2019s dangerous just to walk there\u2026We have an opportunity to be part of a land and water clean up that should make us proud\u2026.Saying no to this opportunity to clean up the past will mean another 100 years of desolate woodlands and grotesque scars of the past\u2026Our housing needs are at a critical moment, this development does meet the present needs of our city,\" says Coun. Oosterhof.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patry's proposal included 4 buildings, and 1,670 residential units.<\/p>\n

Listen to the CFRC story with audio from the Kingston City Council meeting below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jay Patry Enterprises Inc.’s condo development proposal on the former Davis Tannery Lands was rejected by Kingston City Council at last night’s meeting. Eight councillors supported The Planning Committee’s recommendation to reject the application. Councillor Jim Neill said that David Suzuki and Elizabeth May among other experts have spoken against the project. “I would trust…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":114762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,222],"tags":[579,18520,698,18521,17311],"radio":[13056],"origine":[267,13051,269],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114733"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114775,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114733\/revisions\/114775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114733"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=114733"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=114733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}