Tag: Planning Act

There were a couple of complicated plans for the Committee of Adjustment to chew at their last meeting of the year. One had to do with an additional use variance for employment lands in the Ward, and the other concerning an addition to a residential property that has seen more than a few additions in it’s time. So how did it all turn out for those and other applications. Let’s recap the meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Makes Tough Call on Commercial Building” →

It was a packed agenda for Committee of Adjustment this month, but it wasn’t necessarily a complicated agenda. Only a couple of files offered anything even a little controversial including a very well-known property that was once a hotel and is now a student residence where the owner wants to make even more room for students. Along with that, there’s a couple of severances, a couple of accessory buildings, and a house at the end of a dead end street. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Couple of Tough Applications for Committee of Adjustments Consideration” →

Things went pretty smoothly at this month’s Committee of Adjustment meeting, and they usually do when staff recommends that almost half of the agenda be deferred. But there was some disagreement on that, and there were also some other disagreements about the direction offered by staff on some selection applications. So who walked away with all or most of what they wanted? You should find out in the recap of this month’s meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Almost Everyone Walks Away Happy from Committee of Adjustment” →

In some recent Committee of Adjustment meetings, the most controversial files have been property severances, the act of taking one piece of land and making two (or more). There were a couple of those applications at this month’s committee meeting, but they weren’t the ones that got the most attention. So which files drew the most fire? You can see that for yourself in this recap of the most recent meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Gets Stuck on Accessory Units” →

It’s August, but summer doesn’t wait for decisions on minor variance applications. There were nine different projects on the agenda for this month’s meeting, and most of them were pretty straightforward with no real concerns from staff, but there were a few controversial applications, and there was one that was particularly problematic for the committee. Let’s recap this August meeting… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Gets Stuck on Controversial Separation” →