Good Afternoon Lorne Park and Clarkson Community,
Tonight at 6:00pm, Indwell plans to go to the Planning and Development Committee to sidestep parking By-law requirements and "Pay in Lieu of Parking". This information was not widely disclosed to the public.
If you would like to live stream tonight vote it can be found here:
Documents related to the vote tonight, along with the Agenda can be found here: Click here
Andrew Whittemore, the Commissioner of Planning & Building at the City of Mississauga is recommending to City Council that Indwell be allowed to bypass the zoning By-laws in regards to parking. Mr. Whittemore is recommending a “Payment in Lieu of Parking” be used INSTEAD of Indwell having to meet zoning By-laws. For reference, Indwell is required to have 41 parking spaces with the current zoning By-law. Indwell has only 17 parking spaces. Indwell meets only 41% of their required parking. This is not acceptable. You can see Andrew Whittemore's recommendation in our Google Drive: Click here
Andrew Whittemore is recommending that Indwell be allowed to pay $246,432 to the City of Mississauga in lieu of the required parking be made available. As it stands, Indwell is required to have 41 parking spaces with the current zoning by-law. Indwell has only 17 parking spaces. The Payment in Lieu of Parking was intended to create paid-for parking lots for patrons and customers in order to promote the retail sector in Ward 2. It was not intended and designed to allow for developers to side-step zoning By-laws which exactly how it is being used in this case.
Send this to as many people as you can and thank you for all the support from the community.
Regards,
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The Clarkson & Lorne Park Coalition of Concerned Citizens