No summer breaks for Committee of Adjustment who have a very packed agenda for this July meeting. Keep your eyes open for more land severances as owners are trying to turn one property into two, and sometimes three or more. There are also some additions and expansions to consider, and a couple of deferred decisions finally come back for a real decision from the committee. Let’s check out the slate…
NOTE #1: This meeting will hybrid in format, available on the City of Guelph live stream, but you can also appear in-person at the council chambers in 1 Carden Street.
NOTE #2: If you would like to delegate on one of these matters, or submit a written comment, you have until Wednesday July 12 at noon to get in touch with committee staff at cofa [at] guelph.ca, or by calling 519-822-1260 extension 2524.
NOTE #3: The meeting begins at 4 pm.
B-26/22 B-27/22 B-28/22 105 Victoria Road South – Deferred from a meeting last October, perhaps because of the complexities of the project, this one comes to Committee of Adjustment again for consideration. There are at least a couple of severances here, one to separate 103 and 105 Victoria, one to separate the southern end of “103 Victoria”, and one to separate the big backend of the property so that a townhouse complex can be constructed.
A-18/23 12 Terry Boulevard – This item was deferred from the April meeting, but now it’s back! The proposal is more a new detached garage at the end of an extended driveway, which also requires a demolition of a shed in the back. The revised application is asking for a little less height on the variance, about half-a-metre less, and a maximum ground floor area of 83.7 square metres.
A-40/23 3 King Street – The property owners are looking to transform their attached garage into a new living space. It seems like the footprint of the building isn’t changing, but the height is and that’s the issue.
A-41/23 83 Bagot Street – There’s an idea here to renovate this building in the west end and turn it into a duplex, but the property is zoned as R.1B for Residential Single Detached, which means no duplexes are allowed so something needs to change.
A-42/23 31 Suffolk Street West – This is a request to expand the second storey by adding a bedroom at the back of the house on top of a previous addition on the first floor that was completed in 1975. Some variances about the side yard are required to make this happen.
A-43/23 12 Mollison Court – These south end homeowners want a new deck, but the issue is that that the deck they want to build falls outside the normal setback limit for the allowable zoning. They would like a variance.
A-44/23 51 Spring Street – The homeowner here is looking to add a second storey on top of a one-storey home on the corner of Spring and Havelock, but before they start building they will need variances to account for the shortened front and side yard setbacks.
A-45/23 512 Woolwich Street – If this sounds familiar, it’s because this property was at Committee of Adjustment last month with a request to rezone the building to allow for a daycare, which was approved. The owners are now looking for a further amendment to allow for potential use as a medical clinic, plus an allowance for increased floor space.
B-9/23 516 Imperial Road North – The owner of this industrial property between Speedvale and Massey is proposing to split this property in two pieces with the the new section being on the northern part of the property, which will be slightly smaller than the southern portion. The southern part of the site will remain a commercial cardlock where trucking operations and industry can refuel. The northern part of the site is presently used as a commercial parking lot.
B-10/23 61 Hearn Avenue – Presently, there’s one small yellow house on this corner at Hearn and Chadwick, but the owner would like to separate the property, keep the current house on the southern end and build a second house on the new north section, which will be 17.4 metres by 30.5 metres.
A-46/23 261 Arthur Street North – The plan here is to build a second storey rooftop deck with exterior stairs at the rear of the building. The sticking point though is that the bylaw requires an uncovered porch to be no higher than the main floor or entry level of the dwelling. Typically the height limit is 1.2 metres, but this is asking for a uncovered porch at 3.35 metres.
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