MEETING PREVIEW: Committee of Adjustment Meeting for October 12, 2023

October’s Committee of Adjustment meeting will be relatively low key in terms of volume. Eight applications is still a lot, but things are definitely slowing down from the highs of a dozen or more in the summer months. As winter approaches, October brings us requests to make a triplex, some changes to a townhouse subdivision, a new location for a daycare, some renovations to a self-store and an industrial land severance.

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 Thursday October 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.

A-73/22 191 Kortright Road West – Three different variances are being requested so that this presently vacant single detached home can become a triplex. If the 2023 comprehensive zoning bylaw was in effect this probably wouldn’t be an issue, but because that’s presently under appeal, the three necessary variants have to go through the committee: a variance to have two additional units in the same building, an elimination of the cap on net floor area, and a request to have two parking spaces instead of three. The original application for this project was deferred from the December 2022 meeting.

B-9/23 516 Imperial Road North – This is an application to take one industrial lot and split it into lots. 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. This application originally came to committee back in July but it was deferred so that staff can have further discussions with the applicant.

A-67/23 23 Mac Avenue – This application requests some relief from side yard set backs for a second storey addition and a new attached garage. The request will see about half-a-metre shaved off the right side for the garage and about a metre shaved off the left side for the addition.

A-68/23 485 Silvercreek Parkway North – You may be familiar with this plaza if you’ve ever visited the north end Service Ontario outlet. At the south end of the plaza on the Silvercreek side there are five empty units that someone would like to turn into a daycare, but unfortunately this property is not cleared for that use. Hence, the request for a variance.

A-69/23 425 Elizabeth Street – Rosmar Welding is looking to increase the floor space of an existing building on the property, but they need a minimum setback of 3 metres instead of the permitted 6 metres in order to make it happen.

A-70/23 2071 Gordon Street – The applicant here wants to build a detached garage, slightly taller than what’s typically allowed at 5.2 metres instead of 4, and with a big floor area of 82 square metres instead of 70. The plan is to have the garage setback from the front of the house and with the trees on the property the owners believe that the impact on neighbours will be negligible.

A-71/23 595 Elmira Road North – This is the address for Self Stor Storage Guelph, and they’re looking to make some adjustments. There are 12 one-storey buildings on the property that contain the storage lockers, and Self Stor wants to knock down three of them and construct a new four-storey building instead, plus a request for weather protected short term bicycle parking, and electric vehicle parking.

A-72/23 A-73/23 55 and 75 Cityview Drive North (Blocks 130, 131, and 132) – This subdivision owned by Fusion Homes has been in the works for sometime, and it’s now seeking a slate of minor variances, many of which about the parking requirements of the development including changes to the dimensions of spaces, EV parking minimums, bike parking minimums and the amount of parking on surface lots. Also, there are proposed changes to the setbacks and the minimum lot area per townhouse.