City Council will be asked Monday to declare the Steelton Senior Citizens Centre as surplus and to offer it for sale.
The property at 235 Wellington Street West is zoned traditional commercial (C1).
"The main principal of this zone is to reduce regulations and encourage the re-use of existing buildings for commercial and/or residential purposes," says the city's zoning blyaw.
Permitted uses of the property include:
- accessory uses
- accessory use storage trailers
- accessory use wind turbines
- accommodation services
- amusement and fitness facilities
- arts, culture, and heritage uses
- assembly facilities
- bed and breakfasts
- bingo halls
- building, hardware, and garden supply stores
- day care facilities
- delivery and courier services
- food services
- fuel sales
- home-based business
- information and technology services
- medical centres
- motion picture and sound recording studios
- motor vehicle rental and leasing services
- motor vehicle sales and parts dealers
- nursing and residential care facilities
- office uses
- parking lots
- personal services
- personal storage
- places of worship
- printing and related support activities
- repair and maintenance services
- residential dwellings
- single detached dwellings
- semi-detached dwellings
- duplexes and triplexes
- multiple attached dwellings
- apartment dwellings
- retail trade
- rooming houses
- warehousing, wholesaling and distribution centres
Steelton Seniors Centre was built in 1906 with a two-storey addition added in 1968.
Total square footage of the multi-level facility is 8,413 square feet.
All seniors' programming was moved in July to the Northern Community Centre at 556 Goulais Ave.
If councillors approve the sale, the property will be advertised once in the Sault Star and on the city's web page.
SooToday will livestream Monday's City Council meeting starting at 4:30 p.m.