Hearing on Larga Baffin appeal set for April 11
Ottawa’s Upper Hunt Club Community Association appealing city council decision to approve new Larga Baffin facility
A local community group that is objecting to Ottawa city council’s approval of a new Larga Baffin building will have a hearing before the Ontario Land Tribunal in April. Pictured here is an architectural rendering of the proposed building. (Image courtesy of DTAH Architects)
A hearing that will allow an Ottawa community group to argue against the building of a new Larga Baffin facility is scheduled for spring.
The Upper Hunt Club Community Association will take its case before the Ontario Land Tribunal starting April 11. The hearing is expected to last for five days.
The neighbourhood association is objecting to Ottawa city council’s approval of an application from Larga Baffin, a temporary boarding facility that services Nunavummiut receiving advanced medical care in Ottawa, to build a larger facility at the intersection of Hunt Club Road and Sieveright Avenue in the Upper Hunt Club neighbourhood.
The proposed building would be six storeys and have 220 rooms that could accommodate up to 350 guests at a time. That’s up from the current facility’s 195 client limit.
City councillors approved Larga Baffin’s application in July.
The Upper Hunt Club Community Association is appealing council’s approval on the grounds that the size and location of the centre will cause increased traffic in the area, among other concerns.
The site plan approval process — which could address issues such as parking, buffering and vehicle entrances and exits — cannot begin until after the hearing takes place and the tribunal’s decision is published, Larga Baffin spokesperson Bill McCurdy said in October.
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