Larga Baffin hearing set to begin Tuesday
Neighbourhood group arguing case against new building before Ontario Land Tribunal
An Ottawa 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 beginning April 11. Pictured here is an architectural rendering of the proposed building, which could accommodate up to 350 clients at a time. (Image courtesy of DTAH Architects)
The future of a new building for Larga Baffin in Ottawa is set to be debated before the Ontario Land Tribunal Tuesday.
A local group called The Upper Hunt Club Community Association is objecting to an application by Larga Baffin, a 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 city’s Upper Hunt Club neighbourhood.
Ottawa city council approved Larga Baffin’s application for the new centre in July.
However, the Upper Hunt Club Community Association is appealing that approval on the grounds that the size and location of the centre will cause increased traffic in the area, among other concerns.
The hearing is expected to last through the week and conclude on April 19.
The proposed Larga Baffin 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 at its location on Richmond Road.
The site plan approval process cannot begin until after the hearing takes place and the tribunal’s decision is published, a Larga Baffin spokesperson Bill McCurdy said in October.
Good Location, near Airport and near shopping; Train nearby, The traffic comes from outside the core. Its needed to benefit All of the North.
Should put it in a more inuit neighborhood like vanier
The same vanier that is a cesspool of crime, addiction and prostitution?
No need to subjugate an already vulnerable population to the depths of vanier ontario, especially when they’re in ottawa for medical reasons.
NOOO!!!?
Scary “thought”.?
I’ve looked at the area via Google Maps. Presently, the property is home to some sort of used car business and looks very trashy. Replacing it with the Larga will be a big improvement to the neighbourhood.
Only three to four homes will be directly impacted as the Larga will be a large part of their view scape. Having said that, this property was going to be redeveloped at some point and it is likely it would have been a small tower, like the Larga, or a retail facility of some sort. Both of which would bring traffic to the neighbourhood.
Giving the opponents the benefit of the doubt, it looks like they want the status quo, which cannot last more than a coupe of years if the Larga is not approved.
I think the Larga will be a much better neighbour than the alternatives.
…. except that Larga (which is a for-profit business) is building a development wildly inconsistent with its neighbours, held absolutely zero consultations with the neighbouring community, disregarded any and all suggestions from the neighbouring community, and then snuck in and received approval to build semi-detached housing on a portion of the lands. One couldn’t find a better neighbour, you say?