Greater Sudbury city council gave a six-storey retirement complex with 150 units on Algonquin Road in Sudbury’s South End their final stamp of approval during their Oct. 10 meeting
An area resident has filed an appeal with the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to city council’s October 2023 approval of a six-storey retirement complex on Algonquin Road.
They don’t typically participate in the appeal process for third-party appeals of this nature, “to ensure taxpayers are not paying for costs associated with private development applications,” they added. During an Oct. 10, 2023, vote of city council to ratify this approval, Ward 9 Coun. Deb McIntosh attempted to pare the development down to four storeys in height from the six storeys sought, but a vote of 9-4 ended up affirming city council’s support for the developer’s request.
The vacant property in question, at the southeast corner of Algonquin Road and Rockwood Drive, “is smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood,” she added. “The transition from single-family homes to a six-storey, 21-metre building, is far too harsh.” In a letter sent to the city for last year’s public hearings, dated Sept. 15, 2022, she notes a six-storey building “would be offensive,” create light and noise pollution and “traffic nightmares.”
It notes the shadow-impact study indicated the majority of the building’s sun shadowing would be contained with the subject lands and municipal right of way, though autumn and winter will see shadows cast on Vintage Way backyards in the late afternoon and dusk, and year-round shadows will be seen on the rear yards of homes on Greenvalley Drive and Countryside Drive.
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