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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 7, 2010 Cif o¢~ Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes e =-~W Wednesday, April 7, 2010 PLIB" M FIRNG 7:00 pm Main Committee Room PRESENT: Kevin Ashe David Johnson Chair Eric Newton - Vice-Chair Keith Wilkinson ALSO PRESENT: Ross Pym, Secretary-Treasurer Lesley Dunne, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer ABSENT: Susan Kular (1) ADOPTION OF AGENDA Moved by Eric Newton Seconded by Keith Wilkinson That the agenda for the Wednesday, April 7, 2010 meeting be adopted. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (11) ADOPTION OF MINUTES Moved by Keith Wilkinson Seconded by Kevin Ashe That the minutes of the 4th meeting of the Committee of Adjustment held Wednesday, March 17, 2010 be adopted. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 1 Citq co - Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 7, 2010 PICKE ' 7:00 pm Main Committee Room (III) REPORTS Moved by Eric Newton Seconded by Keith Wilkinson That application P/CA 08/10 by S. Beninato, be moved to the first item on the agenda. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 1. P/CA 08/10 - S. Beninato 603A Liverpool Road (Part Block 3, Plan 40M-2149, Part 9, 10 40R-22918) City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 3036, as amended by By-law 5938/02 to permit a commercial school use to be located below the ground floor of the dwelling having a maximum floor area of 46 square metres, whereas the by-law permits non-residential uses within this zoning to be operated only within the ground floor. 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 refusal. Written comments were received from the City's Development Control Manager expressing no concerns. Written comments were received from the City's Senior Building Examiner advising the buildings were originally constructed and approved as residential townhouses with unfinished basements, building permits were issued to authorize limited ground floor commercial use and below ground floor storage conversions, commercial use below ground floor would not be barrier-free accessible, to obtain a building permit, a design would have to address serious building code requirements, it may be difficult or impractical to come up with a building code compliant design for this proposal and no relief is available for minimum building code standards. 2 Citqoo Committee of Adjustment *1 Agg, Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:00 pm Main Committee Room Written comments were received from Architectural Glass & Metal Contractors Association of 619 Liverpool Road opposed to the application submitted and expressed there is limited public parking to accommodate such commercial use. Debbie Broomer, agent, was present to represent the application. Janice Simonds of 605 Liverpool Road and Sandy Schofield of 601 Liverpool Road were present in objection to the application. Correspondence received by Debbie Broomer advising the Committee she is exploring other avenues and would like the application to be tabled. Moved by Eric Newton Seconded by Keith Wilkinson That application P/CA 08/10 by S. Beninato, be Tabled to allow the applicant to explore other avenues. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 2. P/CA 06/10 - W. & N. Neill 1897 Woodview Avenue (Part Lot 24, Plan 329, Blocks 45, Part Block 44, Plan 40M1700) (Part 2, 3, 4, 40R17588) City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 3036 to permit a lot frontage of 24.5 metres, a lot area of 1,405 square metres, a rear yard depth of 7.5 metres, a side yard width of 2.6 metres and a lot coverage of 18 percent whereas the by-law requires a minimum lot frontage of 60 metres, a minimum lot area of 8,000 square metres, a minimum rear yard depth of 12 metres, a minimum side yard width of 3.0 metres and a maximum lot coverage of 10 percent. The applicant requests approval of this variance in order to obtain zoning compliance for a proposed land severance. 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 concerns. Written comments were received from Councillor Rick Johnson in support of the application. .3 Cif o¢~ Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes - Wednesday, April 7, 2010 nT 7:00 pm Main Committee Room Written comments were received from Kevin Cahill of 1425 Sandhurst Crescent expressing no objections. Written comments were received from Fatim Basse of 1827 Nordane Drive and Fazal Mabood at 1829 Nordane Drive opposed to the application if Nordane Drive is to be opened up and the construction of a road to allow for a frontage for the severed lot. Written comments were received from Grant Morris of Grant Morris Associates Ltd. providing a history on the development which currently exists along Nordane Drive. Grant Morris also noted they have questions on some of the variances being applied for they do not consider them to be significant and therefore has no objections to the application. William & Nancy Neill, owners, were present to represent the application. Joseph Hayworth of 1413 Sandhurst Crescent was present to obtain additional information on the application. William Neill explained the application. In response to questions from a resident, he explained there is no potential buyer right now, no current plans to develop the proposed severed parcel and may sell off the property in the future. Joseph Hayworth requested information on the future plans for the proposed severed lots and was opposed to any development that did not fit in with the neighbourhood. Moved by Kevin Ashe Seconded by Eric Newton That application P/CA 06/10 by W. & N. Neill, be Approved on the grounds that the proposed lot frontage of 24.5 metres, a lot area of 1,405 square metres, a rear yard depth of 7.5 metres, a side yard width of 2.6 metres and a lot coverage of 18 percent 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 existing building, as generally sited and outlined on the applicant's submitted plans with this application. 2. That the applicant submits a registered reference plan as part of a future land severance application outlining the dimensions of the existing dwelling and the proposed new lot. 4 Cif o¢~ Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 7, 2010 I 7:00 pm Main Committee Room 3. That the applicant obtains final clearance for a future land severance by December 30, 2011, or this decision shall become null and void. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3. P/CA 07/10.- P. Wobbe & J. Davis 1250 St. Martins Drive, Unit 21 (Part of Block Y, Plan M16, Part 21,151, 40R-25699) City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 2520, as amended by By-law 6705/06 to permit a rear yard depth of 3.5 metres and side yard widths of 0.6 metres to a proposed raised rear yard deck whereas the by-law requires a minimum rear yard depth of 5.0 metres and a minimum side yard width of 1.2 metres. The applicant requests, approval of these variances in order to obtain a building permit. The Secretary-Treasurer outlined comments received from the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department recommending refusal. Written comments were received from the City's Development Control Manager expressing no concerns. Written comments were also received from Derek Rozen of 1250 St. Martins Drive in support of the application. Paul Wobbe & Julie Davis, owners, were present to represent the application. No further representation was present in favour of or in objection to the application. Paul Wobbe submitted a response to the Committee of Adjustment report along with pictures of the subject property. Paul Wobbe outlined that the proposed raised rear yard desk will make the amenity space more usable, the townhouse block was developed with lighting and electrical outlets on the second storey and this would allow individual owners to erect a raised rear yard deck in the future and noted that appropriate buffer space will be maintained. 5. Citq Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:00 pm Main Committee Room Moved by Keith .Wilkinson Seconded by Kevin Ashe That application P/CA 07/10 by P. Wobbe & J. Davis, be Deferred until the next meeting in order to give the Committee Members an opportunity to visit the site. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4. P/CA 09/10 - M. Sauter 562 West Shore Blvd. (North Part Lot 2, Plan 311) City of Pickering The applicant requests relief from Zoning By-law 2511 to permit a front yard depth of 4.8 metres to a new deck, whereas the by-law requires a minimum of 7.5 metres. The applicant requests approval of this variance in order to obtain a building permit and" zoning compliance. The Secretary-Treasurer outlined comments received from the City of Pickering Planning & Development Department recommending approval subject to conditions. Mark Sauter, owner, was present to represent the application. No further representation was present in favour of or in objection to the application. Moved by Kevin Ashe Seconded by Eric Newton That application P/CA 09/10 by M. Sauter, be Approved on the grounds that the front yard depth of 4.8 metres to a new deck to be 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 applies only to the new deck, as generally sited and outlined on the applicant's submitted plans with this application. 2. That the applicant obtains a building permit for the proposed construction by April 7, 2011 or this decision shall become. null and void. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 6 Committee of Adjustment Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 7, 2010 7:00 pm Main Committee Room (IV) ADJOURNMENT Moved by Keith Wilkinson Seconded by Eric Newton That the 5th meeting of 2010 the Committee of Adjustment be adjourned at 7:32 pm and the next meeting of the Committee of Adjustment be held on Wednesday, April 28, 2010. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 4" .Dale 1 Chair Assistant Secretary-Treasurer 7