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August 18, 2016
4:00 p.m.
Halifax Hall, City Hall
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – None
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
7. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
7.1 Correspondence
7.2 Petitions
7.3 Presentations - None
8. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
8.1 STAFF
8.1.1 Case 20560: Amended Substantive Site-plan Approval Application – Nova Centre, Lands bounded by Argyle, Market, Sackville, and Prince Streets, Halifax
Motion:
That the Design Review Committee:
1. Approve the amended qualitative elements of the substantive site-plan approval application for the Nova Centre on the lands bounded by Argyle, Market, Sackville, and Prince Streets Halifax as per the plans contained in Attachment A of the staff report dated August 4, 2016 and identified as:
• Site Plan, SPA-001 (Amended);
• Level L7, SKA-396 (Amended);
• North Elevation, SPA-004 (Amended);
• West Elevation, SPA-005 (Amended);
• South Elevation, SPA-006 (Amended); and
• Roof Plan, SPA-015 (Amended).
replacing the following Site-plan Approval Plans dated June 3, 2014 as contained in Attachment B:
• Site Plan, SPA-001;
• Level L7, SKA-396
• North Elevation, SPA-004;
• West Elevation, SPA-005;
• South Elevation SPA-006;
• Podium North Elevation, SPA-004a;
• Podium West Elevation, SPA-005a; and
• Podium South Elevation SPA-006a; and
• Roof Plan, SPA-015.
with the following conditions:
a) that the garage doors facing Market Street, open within the interior of the loading bay areas and be comprised of translucent materials and canopies be provided above the said doors; and
b) the square windows shown on the Market Street and Prince Street podiums on the June 3, 2014 Site-plan Approval Plans continue to be required; and
2. Approve the variance to the building height for rooftop mechanical equipment upon the sloped roof of the building in the vicinity of Market Street.
Note: At the August 18, 2016 Design Review Committee meeting, the Committee passed the above motion except that it replaced conditions (a) and (b) with a condition that: “the brick walls upon the Prince Street elevation and the Market Street elevation, at the corner of Prince Street, be comprised of design elements that reduce the scale of said walls, that may include changes in relief, articulation, and lighting.”
8.1.2 Committee Orientation
- Conflict of Interest
- Planning
9. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) - None
10. ADDED ITEMS
11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – Thursday, September 8, 2016
12. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS - NONE
