There’s no early holiday break for the Committee of Adjustment, they still have a pretty busy agenda of new applications this month, and they’re all asking for a variety of variances. A new balcony, a new front yard, some new additions, and a couple of new accessory units are among the items up for committee’s consideration, and the applicants are hoping that it’s a happy Christmas for their construction projects!
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 December 14 at noon to get in touch with committee staff at cofa [at] guelph.ca, or by calling 519-822-1260 extension 2524. Comments received by Thursday December 7 at noon will be included in the amended agenda.
NOTE #3: The meeting begins at 4 pm.
A-80/23 1-3 Quebec Street – This building on the corner of Quebec and Norfolk is looking to add a balcony or deck at the southeast corner of the building on the second floor. To do that, they require reduced side and rear yard setbacks.
A-81/23 145 Speedvale Avenue West – This is a rare request to have less than the minimum, in this case the owner to the Shell service station at the corner of Edinburgh and Speedvale is asking to save two metres in height on their proposed new automated car wash. They don’t need it with their current plans.
A-82/23 101 Beverley Street – You may recognise this as the location of Riot Axe and other businesses in the Ward, and now the owners are looking to expand on the south end of the property. To get that done, they need a reduced side yard setback, plus an allowance for a business that falls under the commercial entertainment use category, so they must already have some idea about what’s going in there.
A-83/23 108 Ferguson Street – Also in the Ward we have the case of a home with an accessory building in the back of a single detached home. That building has been there for years and used for a variety of purposes, but the owner would now like to formally turn the building into an accessory apartment. Part of the plan is to build an attachment that will connect the accessory unit to the main house, but to make that happen they will also need a variance for the side yard setback.
A-85/23 48 Edinburgh Road South – This is already a two-storey building, but the homeowner wants to add an inclosed addition to the back end, and this will require a variance for the rear yard setback.
A-86/23 35 Hillcrest Drive – The homeowner here is looking to build an addition on the backside of the building, but in order to do that they have to have some give on the front and rear yard setbacks.
A-87/23 110 Beechwood Avenue – This homeowner is looking to revamp their front end with a new uncovered porch and some new steps, but in order to carry out those plans they need variances for reduced front yard setback and increased front yard projection.
A-88/23 16 Glenholm Drive – The homeowner would like to have an accessory unit above the garage, or more to the point, they would like to make the accessory unit above the garage legal. When the current owner bought the property a few years ago they discovered that the apartment above the garage was not registered as a legal unit with the City, though it had been used as an apartment for years. The homeowner wants to make it legal.
Chair and Staff Announcements – There are two matters of note from the Secretary-Treasurer: a reminder that there’s elections coming up for the chair and vice-chair for next year, and that there’s a new member of the committee pending council approval at the November regular meeting.
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