The Theatre

Amendment to Direct Control Bylaw to add a Performing Arts Centre Use

Current Zoning: Direct Control (DC) Bylaw 114D2016

About the Site:

The Theatre is located in the main floor of a beltline 9-storey residential tower. This creative repurposing of the original pool area for the building into a commercial bay is an adaptive reuse of a residential common area amenity.

This 70-seat theatre has been developed within the building by The Centre for Artistic Development and is publicly referred to as The Theatre, one of Canada’s first independently owned and privately funded theatres. 

Proposed Use

To use the space for The Theatre, an additional Use is required to be added to the existing Direct Control Bylaw that governs this parcel. The proposed use to be added and bylaw description is shown below:

Policies

This parcel of land is identified and governed by several development policies:

• Within the Beltline Area Redevelopment Plan: Part 1 (ARP), the site is identified as being within the policy areas of: Primarily Residential, and At-Grade Residential (requiring new developments to have at-grade residential units with primary access at grade, and non-residential uses to be located within the first two-storeys and situated at street frontages).
• Within the Municipal Development Plan the area is identified as within the Centre City area and Greater Downtown Plan policy areas that encourage economic vitality and innovation, opportunity and choice, and other visioning principles. The Plan notes, in part, the importance of diversity, culture, art and history in the area (excerpt to the right).