London, Ont. committee votes down homeless hub rezoning for 743 Wellington Rd.
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While London city staff recommended approving the rezoning request as is, committee members voted to on an amendment to remove permission for emergency care establishments.
The site of an old radio station in south London, Ont., will not be rezoned to allow a potential homeless hub.
The site at 743 Wellington Rd., which used to house CJBK, is in the process of being rezoned to allow for more permitted uses, but not for emergency care establishments, essentially quashing any plans for a hub there.
City staff had recommended approving the applicants request to rezone the site from Restricted Office (R01) Zone to Restricted Office Special Provision (R01(_)) Zone which would allow clinics, emergency care establishments, medical/dental laboratories, business service establishments, daycares, personal service establishments and financial institutions uses.
Planning and environment committee members voted to remove “emergency care establishments” as a permitted use in the rezoning.
Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis was happy to support removing that use, but was adamant that clinical care be allowed.
“I know that there’s a physician recruiter who has at least looked at the property. Whether it’s suitable or not for a medical clinic, I don’t know, but that’s up to them to decide but I wouldn’t want to take that opportunity away.”
Still, a public participation meeting drew area residents wishing to speak on the now fruitless plans for a hub location.
“It would further compromise our neighbourhood,” said area resident Tracy Gilders. “And we should be allowed to dispute this right now even though a hub is not on the table.”
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