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Home My WebLink AboutMarch 23, 2011 Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:00 pm P ICKER-M Main Committee Room Present: RECEIVED CITY OF DICKERING Tom Copeland David Johnson APR 15 2011 Bill Utton CLERK'S OFFICE Shirley Van Steen Also Present: Ross Pym, Secretary-Treasurer Lesley Dunne, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Mila Yeung, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Absent: • Eric Newton (1) Adoption of Agenda Moved by Bill Utton Seconded by Shirley Van Steen That the agenda for the Wednesday, March 23, 2011 meeting be adopted. Carried Unanimously (II) Adoption of Minutes Moved by Bill Utton Seconded by Tom Copeland That the minutes of the 3rd meeting of the Committee of Adjustment held Wednesday, March 2, 2011 be adopted. Carried 1 Citq o¢ - Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 23, 2011 PLIK"'-KATRING 7:00 pm Main Committee Room (III) Reports 1. P/CA 07/11 & P/CA 08/11 - W. Jeschke 1449 Old Forest Road (Part Lot 59, Lot 60, Plan 816, Part 1, 40R-7048 City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 3036 to permit a lot frontage of 14.7 metres (P/CA 07/11) and a lot frontage of 14.8 metres (P/CA 08/11), whereas. the by-law requires a minimum lot frontage of 15.0 metres. The applicant requests approval of these variances in order to finalize a land severance application and to obtain building permits. The Secretary-Treasurer outlined comments received from the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department recommending approval subject to • conditions. Written comments were also received from the City's Development Control Manager expressing no comments. Wilhelm Jeschke, owner, and Joe Hughes, agent, were present to represent the application. No further representation was present in favour of or in objection to the application. Moved by Shirley Van Steen Seconded by Bill Utton That application P/CA 07/11 & P/CA 08/11 by W. Jeschke, be Approved on the grounds that the lot frontage of 14.7 metres and 14.8 metres are minor variances that are desirable for the appropriate development of the land, and in keeping with the general intent and purpose of the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law, subject to the following conditions: 1. That these variances apply only to the proposed severed properties, as generally sited and outlined on the applicant's submitted plans with this application. 2. That the owner receives final approval for land severance applications LD 001/11 and LD 002/11 or this decision shall be null and void. Carried Unanimously 2 City o¢~ Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 23, 2011 I 7.00 pm Main Committee Room 2. P/CA 09/11 - C. Daniell 1979 Woodview Avenue (North Part Lot 18, Plan 329) City of Pickering That the applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 3036, as amended by By-law 3537/05 and 7060/10 to permit a lot area of 440 square metres, whereas the by-law requires a minimum lot area of 460 square metres. The applicant requests approval of this variance in order to finalize Land Division applications (LD .122/10, LD 123/10, LD 124/10) for the creation of four residential lots on Woodview Avenue. The Secretary-Treasurer outlined comments received from the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department recommending approval subject to conditions. Written comments were received from the City's Development • Control Manager expressing no comments. Written comments were also received from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority expressing no objection to the application and indicated the proposed minor variance will facilitate the protection of the adjacent wetland complex by allowing the proposed Lot 4 to be configured in such a way it will provide an appropriate environmental buffer from the wetland. Gary Daniell, agent, was present to represent the application. No further representation was present in favour of or in objection to the application. Moved by Shirley Van Steen Seconded by Bill Utton That application P/CA 09/11 by C. Daniell, be Approved on the grounds that the lot area of 440 square metres is a minor variance that is desirable for the appropriate development of the land, and in keeping with the general intent and purpose of the Official Plan and the Zoning By-law, subject to the following conditions: 1. That this variance apply only to the proposed lot as generally sited and outlined on the applicant's submitted plans with this application. 3 Cif o¢~ - Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes _ Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:00 pm PA-1 Main Committee Room 2. That the owner receives final approval for Land Division applications LD 122/10, LD 123/10 and LD 124/10 or this decision shall become null and void. Carried Unanimously 3. P/CA 10/11 - T. Kerr 1731 Spruce Hill Road Part Lot 30, Plan 820, Part 1, 40R-9425) City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 3036 to permit an existing north side yard width of 0.3 metre and a proposed south side yard width of 1.0 metre to a proposed addition onto the detached dwelling, whereas the by-law requires a minimum side yard width of 1.8 metres. • The applicant requests approval of this variance in order to obtain a building permit. The Secretary-Treasurer outlined comments received from the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department recommending approval for the existing north side yard width subject to conditions and refusal for the proposed south side yard width. Written comments were also received from the City's Chief Building Official expressing several concerns with the application; the appropriateness, feasibility and practicality of saving the south wall of the existing one storey garage through underpinning of the south wall to suit the proposed rear basement, the proximity of the neighbouring building and the potential of undermining adjacent foundations, a professional engineer must be retained to address all building design and construction which exceeds the scope of Part 9 of the Ontario Building Code and the applicant should provide full details regarding the existing site conditions and the proposed construction procedures where adjacent properties may be impacted. In the absence of this information, it would be inadvisable to approve this application for a building permit or a minor variance. Tom Kerr, owner, and Kevin Washington, agent, were present to represent the application. No further representation was present in favour of or in objection to the application. 4 City 00 Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:00 pm PLIN111011C Main Committee Room Kevin Washington presented pictures for the Committee Members to review and explained the application. In response to questions from Committee Members, Kevin Washington explained the existing south wall of the garage will be maintained for the proposed addition and indicated if the garage was completely demolished there would be an extra expense, there is a full basement in the garage, will be using the existing garage foundation for the proposed addition and the owners would like to start construction as soon as possible Moved by Bill Utton Seconded by Tom Copeland That application P/CA 10/11 by T. Kerr, be Deferred until the next meeting in order to give the Committee Members an opportunity to visit the site. Carried Unanimously • (IV) Adjournment Moved by Bill Utton Seconded by Tom Copeland That the 4th meeting of 2011 the Committee of Adjustment be adjourned at 7:20 pm and the next meeting of the. Committee of Adjustment be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Carried Unanimously i~ Date Chair • Assistant Secretary-Treasurer 5