Additions to Council 2007/12/10 ADDITIONS TO COUNCIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2007
COUNCIL
Planning Matters
1. PD-2007-100, 6493 Orchard Avenue -Petition from Residents
2. PD-2007-102, 2634 St. Paul Avenue - E-mail from Anthea McIntyre
E-mail from Ernesta Beltrame
E-mail from Giny Sunstrum
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The undersigned petition the Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls to delay the
proposed change of zoning 6493 Orchard Ave. AM Gueng Leng Li, for the following
reasons:
1 }The aesthetic appearance of the building and property is in ~ state of severe•disrepair
a} The building is adorned with graffiti, and the owner of the building has made no effort
to paint over the Graffiti to improve the aesthetic appearance.
b] The parking lot is in a serious state of disrepair; cracks, potholes, and buckled
pavement are clearly noticeable.
c) The building is a concrete block building with wood soffit and fascia, the soffit and
fascia are in dire need of repair and paint. Paint is peeling everywhere on this building,
both on concrete surfaces as well as wood surfaces. There are areas in the wood soffit
where there are actualy holes in it from wood rotting.
d} The only visible modification to the buildings exterior that we have observed is the
covering of exposed building openings with cardboard. In our opinion, the use of
substandard materials to do this job is indicative of probable poor quality building
maintenance ethics in the future
e] The issue of lawn maintenance has been an ongoing issue .Lawn areas are typicaly
overpopulated with weeds. There is a weed growing in the parking lot right now that is
4.5 feet high. The owner has made no effort to remove weeds from the parking lot.
Certain portions of the parking lot near the Dixon Street Hall entrance are infested with
weed overgrowth.
f) The aesthetic state of disrepair of the exterior of this building is depressing our
property values. If the city grants the rezoning request, we feel that the nearby property
values will become largely depressed as a result.
g) We have noted that the only proposed improvement to the property is the insertion of
~a walkway on the Orchard Ave. side, and addition of a curb on the Dixon Street side,
- and a few new trees. In our estimation this building needs far more than those
modifications to promote neighbourhood support #or this rezoning.
+2j Historically this building is a commercial property. The Dixon Street side of the
building has a loading dock and fi Cooler or Freezer doors, which were used functionaly
when the building was used as a Dairy.
~We feel that the City of Niagara Falls needs to maintain some standard in this regard.
We feel that the loading dock should be removed, as well as the freezer/walk in cooler
doors should be removed and filled in with block or brick, in order that the building be
made aesthetically suitable to be inhabited as a dwelling. We believe that a dwelling
• should look like a dwelling and a dairy should look like a dairy. Would you like someone
'to move into your neighbourhood and take out there picture windows and put in Walk in
-cooler doors? Those cooler doors need to be removed before we as a neighbourhood
could even consider supporting a proposed zoning change .
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The undersigned request that the corporation of the city of Niagara Falls delay the
granting of rezoning of the proper#y at 6493 Orchard Ave., until such time that the
concerns that have been outlined in this petition have been properly considered and
dealt with........
Signature Address
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From: Anthea McIntyre <antheamci~a hotmail.com>
To: <abryce@niagarafalls.ca>
Da#e: 10/10/2007 8:36 PM
Subject: Townhouse on St. Paul
Re Mee#ing tonight on the 10 of October, the planning of building of Town houses on St. Paul street.
We like the idea and we heartily approve this endeavour.
We hope this aids with the approval of these town house.
Anthea and Ron McIntyre
6167 Shane Crest.
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From: Anthea McIntyre <antheamci@hotmail.com>
To: <abryce@niagarafalls.ca>
Date: 10/11/2007 8:21 AM
Subject: Town houses on St. Paul street
Ernesta Beltrame, our neighbour at 6151 Shane Crest, has asked me to write in her support for the
proposed town houses on St. Paul street, for she does not have a computer or email address.
Ernesta Beltrame
6151 Shane Crest
in support of town houses
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From: "Giny Sunstrum" <sunstrum@vaxxine.com>
To: <abryce@niagarafalls.ca>
Date: 10/14/2007 5:43 PM
Subject: re condo St Paul St. Niagara Falls
Hello Andrew,
Sorry I took so long in getting back to you, on the condo purposal for St Paul St.My name is
Giny Sunstrum at 6181 Shane Cres. my property backs on to the survay . I'm 99.9 in favor of this purposal
. and if this email is of any importance in getting this passed .I will send an email daily......
Thanking you the coffee lady
Giny Sunstrum