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Application Information and Documents

The owner of 22 Weber St W is requesting an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning Bylaw Amendment to allow a 19 storey residential building on the site. The application consists of the proposed changes to the OPA and ZBA, plus supporting documents.

Link	Date
Official Plan Amendment	Dec 2024
Zoning Bylaw Amendment	Dec 2024
Site Plan	Dec 2024
Wind Study	Dec 2024
Updated 19 Storey Proposal to OLT	Dec 2021
Original 15 Storey Application to City of Kitchener	Aug 2020

In addition to the documents provided by the applicant, the following documents and resources provide other information and points of view:

Link	Date	Author
Michael Barton Preliminary Planning Review	Aug 2022	Michael Barton
Delegations to Council re: Heritage Permit Application (Video)	Aug 2022
Heritage Kitchener Review of HIA (Video)	Aug 2022
Staff Report for Heritage Kitchener	Aug 2022	City of Kitchener Planning Staff. Includes Bob Martindale’s review of the HIA on page 104.
FOBT Presentation to Heritage Kitchener Review of HIA	Aug 2022	Bob Martindale
Heritage Permit Application Notice of Appeal	Aug 2022	Applicant
Staff Report to Heritage Kitchener	July 2022	City of Kitchener Planning Staff
Heritage Kitchener Review of Draft HIA (Video)	March 2022
City of Kitchener Pre-Submission Consultation	July 2020	City of Kitchener Planning Staff
Heritage, Planning and Urban Design Pre-Submission Comments	Sept 2020	City of Kitchener Planning Staff
Civic Centre Heritage District Plan	Aug 2007	Stantec Consulting

Expert Witness Statements

The following Witness Statements, reflect the positions of the Expert Witnesses (who are engaged by the Parties) on the Issues and on the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw Amendment applications. The majority of the OLT hearing will be devoted to examining the Expert Witnesses.

Witness	Discipline	Party	Statement	Reply
Michael Barton	Land Use Planning	Friends of Olde Berlin Town	Link	included in statement
Deeksha Choudhry	Heritage Planning	City of Kitchener	Link	Link
Pegah Fahimian	Urban Design	City of Kitchener	Link	Link
Eric Schneider	Land Use Planning	City of Kitchener	Link	Link
Dan Currie	Cultural Heritage Planning	30 Duke Street Limited (Applicant)	Link	Link
Andrea Sinclair	Land Use Planning and Urban Design	30 Duke Street Limited (Applicant)	Link	Link

Participant Statements

In addition to the expert witness statements, the OLT will also consider the written statements of participants. Although these statements do not carry the same weight as those of the expert witnesses, they can have an impact. Note that these statements are the independent opinions of citizens and citizen groups, and don’t represent the opinions of any specific party.

Participant Name	Statement
Robert Janzen	Link
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario North Waterloo Region Branch	Link
Daniel Ariza	Link
Maaike Asselbergs	Link
Neil Baarda	Link
Ilona Bodendorfer	Link
Ron Brohman	Link
Roy Cameron	Link
Peter Eglin	Link
Kae Elgie	Link
Simon Eutenier	Link
Kathryn Forler	Link
Sally Gunz	Link
Cathryn Harris	Link
Neil Jensen	Link
Adam Joncas	Link
Donna J. Kuehl	Link
Gail R. Pool	Link
John Ryrie	Link
Social Development Centre Waterloo Region	Link
Trudy Wagner	Link
Monica Weber	Link

Visual Evidence

To support their arguments at the hearing, each party needs to submit the visual evidence that they will use to illustrate their points. The following visual evidence has been submitted by each party:

Party	Visual Evidence
Friends of Olde Berlin Town	Link
City of Kitchener	Link
30 Duke Street Limited (Applicant)	Link

Existing Land-Use Designation and Zoning Information

New land use designations and zoning were applied applied by the City of Kitchener to the surrounding properties on March 19, 2024, via the Growing Together project. 22 Weber St W was not re-zoned, as the case was before the Tribunal.

The land-use designation of 22 Weber St W under the outgoing bylaw is “High Density Commercial Residential“. The zoning of 22 Weber St W under the outgoing bylaw (85-1) is “Commercial Residential Three CR-3“.

The Civic Centre Heritage District Plan is available at https://www.kitchener.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/Documents/DSD_PLAN_Heritage_Plan_Civic_Centre.pdf