D4. SCOPE OF SERVICES
D4.1 The Services required under this Contract shall consist of developing a form-based zoning bylaw to guide sustainable development and redevelopment within our jurisdiction. This RFP is focused on addressing four (4) key areas:
(a) Corridor Redevelopment;
(b) Mall Redevelopment;
(c) Allowing four (4) dwelling units per residential lot; and
(d) Enabling four-storey buildings within 800 metres of high-frequency transit corridors, with a minimum of four (4) dwelling units.
D4.2 The Consultant will draft the form-based zoning by-law to comply with the November 23, 2023 Council decision:
(i) That Council affirm its support for the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) application.
(ii) That the HAF application be amended to legalize four dwelling units per residential lot be permitted as-of-right city-wide;
(iii) That the HAF application be amended to legalize four units of up to four storeys as-of-right within 800 metres of high-frequency transit corridors as outlined in the City’s HAF application and informed by the initial network changes in phase one of the Winnipeg Master Transit Plan;
(iv) That the HAF application be amended to ensure that new housing zoning reforms targeted for mall sites and commercial corridors – as proposed in City Council’s Strategic Priorities Action Plan – allow for as-of-right development to facilitate quick approvals and construction of new housing;
(v) That as-of-right approvals specified in Recommendations (ii), (iii) and (iv) be contingent upon applicable zoning and by-law changes that are subject to a public hearing prior to enactment, and upon reasonable standards for construction, servicing and design, consistent with standards adopted or projected in other cities with completed HAF agreements, including:
♦ Lot size specifications, requiring that four units as-of-right be limited to a standard lot size or greater, with dimensions to be determined by Council after consideration of recommendations by the City Public Service, with total dimensions sufficient to support four housing units;
♦ Building form standards broadly consistent with existing Infill Guidelines, modified where necessary to meet the spirit of Recommendations (ii) and (iii);
♦ Height limits for developments under Recommendation ((iii), so four-storey as-of-right allowances are no greater than 48’ and apply only to developments of four units. (Permitted heights for zones covered by Recommendation (ii) alone would remain consistent with existing Infill Guidelines requirements).
D4.3 The Consultant will provide feedback during the drafting process to other teams that will be addressing the rest of the Council motion, which includes:
(i) Urban servicing capacity requirements (including land drainage, water service, paved roadway and laneway service, and sufficient wastewater and flood protection capacity to meet existing provincial and federal regulations);
(ii) Environmental standards, including the application of a tree protection and replacement by-law if City Council adopts such a by-law in future;
(iii) Retention of the City’s right to require consent to standardized development agreements where these would already typically be applied to new for-profit multi-residential developments to recover direct infrastructure costs to taxpayers, especially for those developments contemplated under Recommendation D4.2(iv);
(iv) That all five Community Committees engage in consultation on the Proposals, as outlined in Recommendations D4.2(ii) - D4.2(v) above, no later than year-end 2024.
D4.4 The Consultant will be required to:
(a) Review of applicable policies that the zoning by-law amendments will implement, including those listed in D3.3;
(b) Draft annotated outline of zoning by-law sections for approval;
(c) Develop form-based zoning bylaw addressing the four (4) key areas outlined in D4.1, as a Planned Development Overlay (PDO) for now, to be rolled into the full zoning rewrite during the next phase of this project;
(d) Facilitate community consultation processes in collaboration with a local engagement consultant (to be contracted separately by the City of Winnipeg);
(e) Deliver the first draft of the zoning bylaw sections concerning corridor and mall redevelopment by August 2024, with two rounds of edits in response to consolidated electronic edit requests, in a comment matrix format;
(f) Deliver the first draft of the zoning bylaw sections concerning dwelling units and stories by November 2024, with two rounds of edits in response to consolidated electronic edit requests, in a comment matrix format;
(g) Provide a short report on how draft zoning by-laws in this project should be incorporated in a future full zoning by-law rewrite.
D4.5 The funds available for this Contract are $250,000 CAD.
