Committee of Adjustment

0:01Good afternoon, Gleif. I'd like to call to order the May 11th hearing of the Committee of Adjustment for the City of Gleif.

0:07This hearing is being held in a hybrid format with attendees appearing in person or remotely and is being live-streamed and recorded.

0:15Please be advised that public hearings form part of the public record and the words, images of

0:25those participating will be recorded and posted online.

0:28I've confirmed with the Secretary-Treasurer that we have a quorum to proceed.

0:34Before I outline the hearing format, I wish to speak to an application that's listed on the agenda

0:39if you wish to speak to an application that's not listed on the agenda and have not submitted a request in advance of the hearing.

0:47Please call the number displayed on the screen now, which is 519-822-1260

0:56extension 2524. That's 519-822-1260 extension 2524.

1:05And you'll receive instructions on how to participate.

1:08A final call for delegations will be made as each application is called.

1:13The agenda for this hearing has been posted online at golf.ca forward slash c-o-f-a.

1:21I'll remind all committee members and staff participating in the hearing to please mute your microphones when not in use.

1:28Applicants will be unmuted when their application is called.

1:32I'd also like to share the hearing format we will be using to navigate through each application.

1:39Each application will be called by the Secretary-Treasurer and the call-in number for those wishing to speak to an application

1:47will be displayed on the screen.

1:49Afterwards, the applicant will be given an opportunity to add anything further to their application to a maximum of 10 minutes.

1:57If you are an applicant and have nothing further to add, then you can simply say so.

2:03The committee will then be able to ask questions of the applicant or staff.

2:10After that, we will hear from members of the public who wish to comment on the application.

2:15Please note that all comments should be addressed through the chair.

2:21Please also avoid repeating any comments already stated by others and focus on adding new information.

2:28Comments are limited to 10 minutes or less.

2:32Any members of the public who have submitted a request to speak prior to the hearing will be the first invited to provide comments.

2:39For those watching the hearing online, if you wish to speak to an application and have not submitted a request in advance for the hearing,

2:50please call the number displayed on the screen now.

2:54For those attending the hearing in person, you will also be given a chance to come forward to the podium and address the committee.

3:01Once all comments from the public have been heard, the applicant or staff will be given the opportunity to respond to comments.

3:09Finally, the chair will turn to the committee for a motion and deliberation as we vote on the application.

3:15When the committee is making a decision on an application, the chair will be asking the secretary treasurer to conduct a vote by roll call.

3:24The secretary treasurer will call each member's name and each member will respond if they are in favor or opposed to the motion.

3:32And the chair will announce the result of the vote.

3:38If you wish to receive a copy of the decision on an application, including information about the appeal process, you must submit a written request.

3:51A written request can be made by contacting staff using the contact information shown on the screen.

3:58To receive a copy of the decision, please email cofa at gulf.ca with your name, the file number you're interested in.

4:08Please note that owners and applicants automatically receive a copy of the decision.

4:17Our first order of business is the First Nations acknowledgement, which I will read.

4:23As we gather, we're reminded that Guelph is situated on treaty land that is rich in indigenous history and home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people today.

4:35As a city, we have a responsibility for the stewardship of the land which we live and work.

4:41Today, we acknowledge the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinaabe people whose traditional territory we are meeting.

4:51Committee members, I will first ask if there are any pecuniary interest. If so, please raise your hand.

5:01Seeing none, I will ask for a member to move and second approval of the minutes.

5:09Move by member Goodfellow, seconded by member Sayre. All those in favor?

5:16And I believe that is carried.

5:20The next item on the agenda is the election of a vice chair for 2023. And for that, I will turn it over to our secretary treasurer. Secretary treasurer.

5:31Thank you, chair. So due to a vacancy in the position of vice chair, we do need to conduct an election to fill that position of its time.

5:40So I would like to invite a motion from the floor to appoint a member as the 2023 vice chair, effective immediately.

5:52Move by member Smith.

5:53I would like to nominate member Sayre for the role of deputy chair.

6:02Do we have a seconder?

6:05Member Goodfellow, thank you.

6:13So I'll now call the vote. For those in favor, please raise your hand.

6:21Thank you. And I think I believe that's everyone that carries chair.

6:28Thank you. Congratulations, member Sayre.

6:30And the next time we meet in person, I'll congratulate you in person, but congratulations over the internet.

6:40Okay. Thanks very much. I'm looking forward to working with you.

6:44Thank you for stepping forward.

6:48At this point, I'll turn the agenda over to our secretary treasurer to call for the first applicant.

7:00Thank you, chair. The first file is a dash 28 slash 23.

7:08That is variances to permit reduced side yard setbacks for proposed second story addition to existing residential dwelling

7:16and reduced setbacks for existing sheds greenhouse and deck.

7:20At 107 Ontario street.

7:24If you wish to speak to this application, please call the number shown on the screen.

7:30I'll just bring that up now. Sorry.

7:40The number is 519-822-1260 extension 2524.

7:47When your call is received, staff will provide instructions on how you can delegate remotely by phone.

7:52This is the final opportunity to call in regarding this application.

8:05Do we have the applicant here or online?

8:13The applicant is coming in online, chair.

8:15Thank you.

8:45Good afternoon. Welcome to the committee of adjustment. Could you state your name for the record, please?

8:51Yes, through the chair. My name is Emily Stahl and I am the owner of 107 Ontario street.

8:58Thank you. And can you tell me if as per the planning act, the sign was posted for the application?

9:06Through the chair. Yes, it was posted.

9:09Though I understand a member did visit our property later earlier today.

9:13I was under the impression that the sign should have came down yesterday prior to delegations ending.

9:19And so I do apologize for that. It was posted, reposted back up as soon as we were notified of the air.

9:26Thank you. That's good to hear.

9:30So you have 10 minutes to address the committee and stay tuned for any questions.

9:36Yeah, thank you. I have no further additions to add, Mr. Chair.

9:43Okay. At this point, I will ask if there are any members of the public, either in the auditorium

9:49or online who would wish to speak to this application.

9:57Not sure. I can confirm there are no registered delegates and there are no call-ins for this application.

10:02Okay. Thank you. Committee members, let me turn to you and see if you have any questions for the applicant.

10:13I'm seeing none. So at this point, I am going to entertain a motion from the committee on this.

10:21Committee members, do I have a motion? Member Goodfellow.

10:28I motion to approve.

10:31And we have a seconder. Member Spears.

10:36Is there debate or discussion upon this motion? Seeing none, I will turn it over to our Secretary

10:46Treasurer to call the vote. Thank you, Chair. Committee members, please indicate your vote

10:52by responding in favor or opposed to the motion, which is to approve the application.

10:58Chair Smith. In favor.

11:02Member Goodfellow. In favor.

11:05Member Hamilton. Member Pike. In favor.

11:12Member Sair. In favor.

11:16And Member Spears. In favor.

11:19That carries, Chair. Thank you. Your application has been approved and you're free to leave the

11:27meeting if you wish. May we have the next applicant? Thank you, Chair. The next application is file

11:47A-29-23 and that is variances to permit reduced front yard setback for proposed second story

12:01addition to existing residential dwelling and increased exterior stairs projection into the

12:07front yard for 70 Lyon Avenue. Thank you, and I see someone is on the video. Is that correct?

12:19No, that's correct, Chair. The applicant is attending by video.

12:24Welcome. Can you state your name for the record, please? I'm sorry you're muted. Yes, hi. Can you hear me? Much better.

12:38Yes, hi. I'm a little doosome architect and agent for the owners of 70 Lyon, Christie and

12:45Christie Pollard and Chris Ligori. And can you tell me if the sign was posted as per the planning

12:54act? Yes, as per the planning act, it was posted May 1st. Okay, thank you. And as with all applicants,

13:04you have 10 minutes to address the committee, so please feel free to do so when you're ready.

13:10Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. We're asking for two variances.

13:18First variance is a front yard setback of 4.76 meters versus the allowable

13:266 meters. And a second variance to allow for exterior stair to the lower level.

13:32We're requesting that it encroach into the front yard setback of 2.7 meters versus the allowable

13:435 meter encroachment into the setback. If we could pull up drawing a 012 and I can walk you through

13:57the reason for our request. Drawing a 012, please. That is the proposed segment. Yes, there we are.

14:20The dark gray area is the footprint of the existing house,

14:28ground floor footprint. If we can zoom in to that footprint, thank you and maybe even a little

14:54farther if you can. There's some dimensions on the front yard and slide to the right a little bit.

15:01Yeah, thank you. That's good. So the dark gray area is the existing footprint of the house.

15:09170-year-old stone farmhouse and there is a dashed line on top which is the proposed

15:21second story footprint. We're proposing to remove the existing second story and replace with

15:28a new second story and that new second story encroaches into the allowable front yard setback

15:40by 1.24 meters leaving a request for a front yard setback for that second floor of 4.76 meters.

15:50If you zoom in a little closer to the front yard dimensions, it can get really quick. Yeah,

16:01there we go. You can see the existing front yard setback is 3.86 meters. That's at the closest

16:10corner to the property line and then further west or up in this diagram is the setback of

16:224.76 meters going to the corner of the second floor and there's a little triangle

16:29of area of the second floor that encroaches into the front yard setback of our proposed second floor

16:36construction. That's the reason that we're requesting that reduction on the required

16:47front yard setback. And secondly, you can see on the site plan there is a stair

16:53coming from that elevation. That is a stairwell to enter the basement level of this structure

17:05and in order to allow for a door to open outwards and have enough landing when the door is open to

17:12be able to move through into the space, we're requesting to be able to encroach into the

17:18front yard setback by a dimension of 2.74 meters. Those are there are two requests.

17:26There has been a staff report. I believe that you've all received staff's recommended approval

17:34for the variances. We have also been in deliberation with heritage planning. Heritage staff have no

17:41concerns with the requested variants. Engineering services, they agree with the recommendations

17:47of planning and building staff as well as building services have no concerns.

17:53If I guess at this point, if you have any further questions, be happy to answer.

18:03Thank you. I'll turn to the committee and see if there are any questions for the applicant.

18:09Oh, before I do that, excuse me, are there any members of the public who would wish to comment?

18:15Or ask questions.

18:17Chair, I can confirm there are no registered delegates and no delegates online.

18:22I don't see anyone in the gallery. So I will circle back and ask my colleagues if they have

18:30any questions for the applicant. I do have one quick question and that is the recommended

18:43conditions. You've read those and you're in agreement.

18:49Correct. I have read and we are in agreement.

18:53Awesome. Thank you very much. If you want to stand by, we will go into committee and discuss this

18:59further. Committee members, I'm looking for a motion. Member Hamilton.

19:07I move approval with the conditions.

19:09Do I have a seconder? Member Goodfellow. Do we have some discussion? Seeing none, I will turn it

19:19over to our secretary treasurer to make the, pardon me, ask for a vote.

19:27Thank you, chair. Committee members, please indicate your vote by responding in favor or opposed

19:31to the motion, which is to approve with the listed conditions. Chair Smith.

19:37In favor. Member Goodfellow.

19:39In favor. Member Hamilton. In favor. Member Pike. In favor. Member Seher. In favor.

19:51And member Spears. In favor. That carries, chair.

19:55Thank you. Your application has been approved and you're free to leave the meeting if you wish,

20:01or if you want to stay tuned for more excitement, you're welcome to as well.

20:05Thank you very much. And thank you committee. And also thank you for all of your time

20:10doing this, doing this work. It's much appreciated by, by our owners and also the design community.

20:19Thank you. Thank you. I would like to now ask the secretary treasurer to call the next applicant.

20:32Thank you, chair. The next application is a dash 30 slash 23 variants to permit reduced

20:39side yard setback for proposed addition to existing attached garage at 77 Metcalfe Street.

20:46And if any applicants are any delegates wish to speak to this application, the number

20:51will be shown on screen. And that number is 519-822-1260 extension 2524.

21:02Thank you. Do we have the applicant? I see my notes say on video. Is the applicant available?

21:19Yes, I'm here. Welcome. Can, hi, are you doing this just by voice or are you going to turn your

21:28video on? Oh, sorry. Yes, that's okay. There we go. Okay. Welcome. And thank you. Can I ask for your

21:46name and your relationship to the application for the record, please? Yes, I am one to duck and I

21:53am the owner of 77 Metcalfe Street in Guelph. And was the sign posted as per the planning act?

22:02Yes, the sign was posted on May 1st and is still presently up. Great. Now you have 10 minutes

22:12to address the committee. So please take your time. I just wanted to thank you for considering my

22:20request. I am in agreement with the two conditions that you have outlined of being 4.57 meters in

22:31depth or not to exceed, I'm sorry. And it is only one story in height. And I have no further comments.

22:43Okay. If you want to stand by, I'll ask committee members if they have any questions.

22:51Seeing none. No, it doesn't appear to be. Then I will seek the advice of the committee. Do we have

23:02someone to move this application? Remember, good fellow. I motion to approve the application with

23:13condition as noted. Thank you. Do we have any discussion on the motion on the floor? Seeing

23:24none, I will turn it over to secretary treasurer for a vote. Thank you, chair. Committee members,

23:32please indicate your vote by responding in favor or opposed to the motion, which is to

23:37approve with the recommended condition. Chair Smith. In favor. Member Goodfellow. In favor.

23:44Member Hamilton. In favor. Member Pike. In favor. Member Sayer. In favor. And member Spears. In

23:54favor. That carries, chair. Thank you. Your application has been approved and you're free

24:01to leave the meeting as long as you don't turn all our power off. Well, I want to thank you very

24:07much for your time and support. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thanks again.

24:21I've just been informed that I have fallen down on my duties and that we did not have a

24:29seconder for that motion. So that motion does not carry. I need to have a seconder. Member Hamilton.

24:41I believe member Hamilton is seconding that and I guess we have to circle back for a vote.

24:47I thank you, chair. I can conduct that vote by roll call or we could do my show of hands at your

24:51discretion. May we show hands? All those in favor. That carries, chair. Thank you. Thank you. My

25:00apologies to the committee. At this point, can we have the final application? Thank you,

25:17chair. The final applications on the agenda tonight are for B6 slash 23 and B7 slash 23 consent to

25:27create sanitary easement for 64 and 68 Queen Street. Thank you and welcome. I see it's nice to see

25:38someone in person. Can you state your name for the record, please? Yes, it's Jamie Laws from

25:45Van Hurt and Survey and it's the applicant. And you're the applicant I take. Yes, I'm dealing with

25:58this is being going on for a while, this application. So Charleston Homes Limited.

26:03And was the sign posted as per the planning act? Yes. You have 10 minutes to address the committee.

26:09Okay. So this application, many members and chair,

26:16this was an approved severance a part of the conditions of the severance on Queen Street,

26:23the three properties. The engineering design, there was an existing sanitary easement that was

26:32found that ran from 72 lion to the to the west onto one of the subject properties.

26:41And part of the engineering design was to create this easement in favor of 72

26:49over the subject lands, two of the subject lands. And that's that's why we heard it create this

26:55easement. Well, thank you. That was concise. Committee members, do you have questions of

27:04the applicant seeing none? I'll entertain a motion. Oh, I'm sorry. Are there any comments or

27:18questions from the public? I see none in the gallery. Are there any online? Sure. I can confirm

27:25there are no registered delegates and no delegate requests online. Thank you. At this point, I will

27:32turn to committee for a motion. Oh, before I do, there are listed conditions. Are you in agreement

27:40with the conditions? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Committee members, do we have a motion? Members

27:47say or yeah, I move to approve this application subject to the conditions set out in the stats

27:55comments. Thank you. Do I have a seconder? Remember good fellow? Do we have discussion on the agenda

28:04item seeing none? I will turn it back to the secretary treasure for a vote. Thank you, chair.

28:13Committee members, please indicate your vote by responding in favor or opposed to the motion,

28:18which is to approve with the recommended conditions. Chair Smith in favor. Member good fellow in

28:25favor. Member Hamilton in favor. Member Pike in favor. Member Sayer in favor and member Spears

28:38in favor that carries chair. Thank you. Your application has been approved. At this point,

28:52we have no further applications, I believe secretary treasure. However, we do have a

28:59presentation from planning staff about the comprehensive zoning bylaw changes and an

29:05update on the official plan. So I will turn it over to I see Abby Watts for her presentation. Welcome.

29:17Hi, thank you. So yeah, my name is Abby. I'm the project manager of the comprehensive zoning

29:25bylaw review that recently went to council for approval on April 18. Trista, are you

29:33changing the slides or am I? Okay, so just I don't have a slide on official plan amendment 80,

29:45but I'll just briefly speak to that piece. So official plan amendment 80. We received a decision

29:54from the province a week before the 18th. I don't have the the date in my in my mind. And basically,

30:04official plan amendment 80 was the city's municipal comprehensive review, which updated our growth

30:10plan targets to 2051. So we were working concurrently on the new zoning bylaw at the same time that we

30:19were working on official plan amendment 80. So the new zoning bylaw doesn't incorporate any changes

30:25that were brought about through OPA 80, or any of the provincial changes that happened through that.

30:32So that will be a future zoning bylaw amendment that will come forward to council.

30:37So back to the zoning bylaw piece. As I mentioned, council approved the comprehensive zoning bylaw on

30:46April 18. This new bylaw totally repeals and replaces the existing 1995 zoning bylaw for all

30:54lands within the city. Notice was mailed on April 27, meaning the last day of appeal is May 16 at

31:044 p.m. So we will know next week whether we have appeals to work through on that on this bylaw.

31:11Until that time, both of the bylaws are in effect. So we have the 1995 zoning bylaw and the 2023

31:19bylaw until we are able to resolve any appeals or scope the appeals down to site specific properties.

31:28So what that means for development and minor variances is that any proposal

31:34has to conform to the 95 and the 2023 bylaw. And so you'll probably be seeing some applications

31:42if you haven't already that do that. So section 1.3, or maybe just to back up,

31:51my presentation today is really about what's new and changed in the new zoning bylaw. So

31:58regulations that we didn't previously have, I'm just going to highlight those for you.

32:03And then some revisions to existing regulations. I know sometimes we know the 95 bylaw so well,

32:09so there might be small tweaks that I'm just going to point out to you. There'll be an opportunity

32:14to ask questions at the end. And then obviously you can reach out to me at any time if you have

32:19additional questions about the new bylaw. So section 1.3 of the new bylaw is transition provisions.

32:28Essentially this section expires two years after the effective date of the new zoning bylaw. So

32:34that's the April 18th date. Transition allows for existing applications submitted before April 18th

32:42to continue to comply only with the 1995 zoning bylaw and not have any of the new 2023 regulations

32:49applied to it. So for building permits, that means anything that we accepted before April 18th can

32:55continue to apply with the 1995 bylaw for a maximum of two years. For minor variances,

33:03anything that was granted before April 18th has to apply if a building permit is required. They'll

33:10need to apply for a building permit within those two years to make sure they maintain

33:15the permissions that were granted. And generally, minor variances to the 1995 bylaw aren't carried

33:21forward indefinitely in the new zoning bylaw. So after the two-year transition timeframe, any of

33:29those previously granted decisions will become legal non-conforming or legal non-complying. So

33:36if someone had a side yard variance to add an addition, they wanted to expand that addition a

33:43little bit, they'll be back at the committee of adjustment to request that in the future.

33:50And then site plan is a little bit more complicated, but generally follows the same

33:55principles. There's a maximum of two-year transition period, but one site plan approval

34:02is granted. There's a 90-day requirement to get a building permit. And then there's also some

34:07additional built-in time for multi-phase developments. So up to five years when there's multiple phases.

34:18General provisions and parking is probably the large amount of committee of adjustment

34:24applications that you see. So I'll kind of go through some of these standard regulations for you.

34:33So additional residential dwelling units. This is an amendment that we made in 2020 to permit

34:43the additional residential dwelling unit within the primary dwelling and then one in a

34:47detached structure in a rear yard or a side yard. So this section was just revised to align with Bill

34:5423 changes, which allows two additional residential dwelling units within the primary

34:59dwelling. So for a total of three within the main building, or one within the main building and one

35:05within the detached structure. We also made an amendment that allows basement apartments to

35:11have three bedrooms. So previously that was two, but they are allowed to have three. Any

35:19other unit located on upper floors or in detached structures are limited to two.

35:26And then council amended the proposed bylaw on April 18th to eliminate the maximum

35:32size of detached ARDUs. So previously there was a requirement that they couldn't exceed 80 square

35:38meters and that's no longer the case. However, they are still limited to 45% of the gross floor

35:45area of the house as well as 30% of the yard. So there are still some limitations to the size,

35:51but larger lots might exceed the 80 square meters in the future. Home occupations,

36:00these regulations have been revised. So the permitted size has changed. It's now that they

36:07can't exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling to a maximum of 50 square meters.

36:14They are now permitted within accessory structures. So that previously wasn't the case.

36:20And they're also permitted in additional residential dwelling units. So if the home owner of the

36:27primary dwelling, dwelling unit builds an ARDU and they want to have a home based business,

36:33they can occupy the ARDU with their business. We've really simplified the parking. So hopefully

36:39if you were getting a lot of variances for home occupation parking requirements, it's pretty simple

36:46now. Basically one for the home occupation. If you have a staff member, an additional parking

36:53space, and then if you have clients coming and going an additional parking space. And we've

37:00updated the regs to now allow medical professionals and make that clear. Medical professionals is

37:07defined, but it is limited to one practitioner per lot. No employees and no other home occupations.

37:19Fences, these regulations have been revised actually in response to minor variance applications.

37:24So we've addressed sort of the corner lot issue where your front door might face your exterior

37:32side yard. And then your technical front yard, which is actually what people consider their side

37:40or backyard, the only like area of their yard that they have. We've updated it so you can have a fence

37:46that's taller in that yard in line with the exterior side yard requirements. So hopefully that addresses

37:53some issues and you'll see less of those applications in the future. So we also have new

38:03complementary uses. So this wasn't previously in the 95 bylaw. And this aligns with the land use

38:10designations of employment and institutional uses. So complementary uses are listed within the

38:16permitted use table. And they're not employment or institutional uses. They're usually like

38:25restaurants or daycare centers, things like that. And they're permitted within a multi-unit building

38:33in combination with a primary permitted use for that zone. Shipping containers, these are brand

38:42new regulations as well. So we're now defining what a shipping container is. And essentially

38:49they're permitted as outdoor storage within employment and service commercial zones. And

38:55then there's a series of regulations. Essentially outdoor storage has to be in a rear yard or side

39:01yard. It has to be screened. Can't be located within parking spaces or fire routes, things like that.

39:10Shipping containers aren't allowed to be stacked. They're not permitted on residential

39:14or mixed use properties on a permanent basis. And then there's some additional permissions to

39:23use them within a storage facility use, you know, that would obviously go through a site plan

39:27application. They're permitted in parks for recreational programming as we have some of

39:32those within our existing parks today. And then we've introduced some temporary uses for them as

39:38well. So residential properties and construction sites can have them for a limited amount of time.

39:45So people sometimes want to put a shipping container in their driveway to do home renovations or

39:50something like that. So permitted but time on a based on a time limit. And then we've also

39:56permitted them as an occasional use. So on a mixed use site or a commercial parking lot,

40:05this would allow sort of pop up sort of markets and different innovative ideas.

40:11But again, on a short term time basis. And then I know we get a lot of questions too about

40:18using them as a construction material, kind of putting them down in a rear yard as a shed or

40:23something like that. And so when they're converted to a building or used as a construction material,

40:31they're no longer considered a shipping container and they would have to comply with these own

40:35standards for that type of building. So if it's a building that they're proposing or a detached

40:42structure, they would have to comply with those regulations and get applicable building permits.

40:50So parking, generally parking has been updated city-wide. So every use has been examined

40:57and updated. We've updated our accessible parking requirements as well to align with the

41:03AODA requirements provincially. We've expanded our bicycle parking space requirements city-wide.

41:10Previously we just had those downtown. And we've incorporated new parking space design and location

41:16requirements. So that's making sure that bicycle parking spaces are actually accessible and usable

41:23located close to pedestrian access access doors and things like that. We've also incorporated

41:30electric vehicle parking space requirements, which is brand new. And we have new vehicle

41:36service station drive-through facility and car wash regulations as well. So this is mostly dealing with

41:43setbacks from residential properties where drive-throughs can be permitted on a property

41:49and then stacking space requirements as well. So we've incorporated a new parking adjustment

42:00areas. This is brand new to the bylaw. So we have a parking adjustment area that reduces the minimum

42:07requirement and adds a maximum, overall maximum requirement within our intensification areas.

42:14So those are our nodes and intensification corridors throughout the city. So I've got a

42:21map there that shows how to identify when a parking adjustment area applies to a property.

42:27You'll see the RH7 is the zone and then in brackets is the PA. And so that means that the

42:32parking adjustment applies on this property. In all other areas of the city, the last column of

42:39table 5.3 provides the general parking rate. Parking space dimensions have been updated.

42:52Oh, sorry. So first we've introduced compact parking space dimensions. So

42:5715% of the required parking spaces are able to be a little bit smaller.

43:03And that's brand new. And then we've revised the existing parking space dimensions

43:08for apartment buildings, mixed use buildings, stacked town homes, and all non-residential uses.

43:16So it kind of consolidates the exterior interior requirement to 2.75 by 5.5. Today it's exterior

43:26is 2.5 by 5.5 and interior is 3 by 6. So just minor changes, but things that you might see

43:36at the committee with applications. We've also introduced a minimum attached garage size. So

43:43this is for single semis and townhouses. Today we require a space to be 3 by 6 meters. But the 2023

43:53bylaw introduces an overall minimum of 20 square meters. And this is to accommodate

44:00the city's standard garbage bins. It becomes a bit of an issue with town homes when there's nowhere

44:06to put them, but right in front of your garage because you can't navigate around your building.

44:17Residential driveway widths have been updated. Council made some changes at the April 18th meeting.

44:27So typically we were maintaining that 50% lot frontage with the proposed bylaw.

44:35And that's essentially stayed for single detached dwellings. However, semi-detached dwellings were

44:42increased to 60% of the lot frontage and town homes are 65% of the lot frontage. So adding a

44:50little bit more width, but not necessarily the two car side by side that could fit within that space.

45:02And we've introduced accessible driveway widths. So as far as we can tell, this is probably one of

45:08the first bylaws in Ontario to address accessible driveway widths. And it's really the semi-detached

45:15in townhouses that have the essentially one car driveway. This is to allow an accessible vehicle

45:22to use those driveways and widen them slightly. So this allows type A accessible parking space,

45:32which is 3.4 meters wide. And then it incorporates an access aisle, which is 1.5 meters. And this is

45:39to allow accessible vans that have the side lifts to operate on a property and ensure that,

45:45you know, for human rights and whatnot, there's no additional application required for this type of

45:51driveway in the city. And we have brand new requirements for residential garage widths.

45:59So it is 50% of the lot frontage generally aligns with the driveway width permissions.

46:09And this is to address the built form that has garages across the entire frontage of a property

46:18and a door principal entrance sort of around the side. So we want to see proportional garage widths

46:25with a front door facing the street. So land use zones, basically every property in the city has a

46:34new zone. So you won't see any 95 zone symbols in the new bylaw. And this aligns with our official

46:42plan land use designations. For residential or maybe just generally, every land use

46:54has starts off each section starts off with a permitted use table. So similar to what we have

47:00in the 95 bylaw, just a bit different format. So you can see we have the list of permitted uses

47:05and then the zones along the top row. And then the P indicates where the uses are permitted.

47:12And then any additional regulations associated with those uses are in brackets next to it.

47:21And just to highlight some new regulations for the low density residential zones,

47:26we now have principal entrance requirements. So that's the front door facing the street.

47:31Maximum garage widths, as we talked about, garage location as well. So citywide,

47:39there's a maximum garage projection. Can't be more than two meters beyond the front wall of the house

47:46and in line with a front porch. We allow a mix of uses within our RL1 and RL2 low density zones.

47:53So we don't have a strictly single detached dwelling zone or a semi detached dwelling zone

48:00anymore. There's a mix of uses permitted in all of those zones. Average lot frontage and setback

48:08requirements, which are in map 66, those are still maintained. We just don't call it map 66 anymore.

48:14It's an older built up area overlay. And there's new regulations for the elevation of the principal

48:21entrance for on street townhouses. And so one of the biggest changes to this bylaw is that we've

48:29eliminated exclusionary zoning, as I mentioned. So now we allow up to three units

48:36for every property within the low density designations with RL1 and RL2 zones.

48:43This can be in the form of apartment buildings, on street townhouses and triplexes.

48:50So there are some exemptions for these lots. They're standard residential lots. So they're

48:56exempt from providing visitor parking, bicycle parking, EV parking, and barrier free parking.

49:03There's a new regulation that requires 35% of the lot to be landscaped area. And then generally,

49:11they just have to comply with all the setbacks, building height and requirements in the RL1

49:16and RL2 zones. So essentially the same requirements for a single would apply to a triplex.

49:26And we've introduced some new built form regulations. So generally the zoning bylaw

49:33prezone sites for the maximum height and density of the official plan that was in effect at the time.

49:40And with doing that, we granted a lot more height and density permission. So we wanted to incorporate

49:46built form regulations to make sure that there was adequate transition to adjacent properties

49:52in lower density zones. So these typically apply to medium and high density or mixed use sites.

50:00So you'll see new things like maximum length of buildings, building step backs,

50:05floor plate sizes, tower separations, minimum first story height, active entrance requirements.

50:13So a door every few meters to access the building. We have angular plane requirements,

50:22maximum setbacks and minimum first story transparency. So those are all new things that

50:27you might come across in your applications. I mentioned overlays. So a lot of the existing

50:36overlays have been carried forward. Most of them are in the downtown area around protected view

50:41areas and heights and things like that. So those are all incorporated. We have a few new overlays.

50:48The Brooklyn College Hill Heritage Conservation District is an overlay that limits the height

50:54within that area. And then we have new well head protection area overlays, the Hanlon Creek Business

51:01Park overlay and low density greenfield residential overlay. And we have new online mapping that

51:10incorporates all the overlays. So it's much easier to access this information. I just have a picture

51:15here of the older built up area. So you can kind of just look up your property, apply all the overlays

51:22and see what applies to each property. Holding provisions. Most of the, well all of the existing

51:33holding provisions from the zoning bylaw have been carried forward unless they were lifted during the

51:37review period. A new holding provision you're going to see a lot when you're looking at the maps,

51:42but likely not through applications at C of A is H 12. And so this is where any height and density

51:50permissions have been added. And it requires the H to be lifted prior to development to ensure

51:56there's adequate servicing available on the site. And we still do have a number of site specific zones

52:04in the bylaw. We tried to delete some where there was redundancy, but anything that was approved by

52:11council within the last five years or was the result of an OMB or OLT decision has been carried

52:17forward. And that is just sort of a picture of our new mapping. We have all new maps. The PDF

52:28versions are available at the end of the bylaw. But again, we have the online interactive mapping,

52:33which is a lot easier and user friendly. So for implementation, we are currently working on an

52:42interactive version of the bylaw. It's there's a lot of pages. It's hard to get around. But once we

52:47get the interactive version up and running, it's much easier. There's links that you can jump around

52:52in the bylaw. And it's much more user friendly. We've updated the zoning bylaw with the amendments

52:58that council made on April 18. And those actually have just gone live on the website. So now when

53:06you go to the zoning bylaw page, you'll see a link to the 1995 zoning bylaw and a link to the 2023

53:11bylaw. So everything is available online. And we'll just wait until next week to see if we have

53:16any appeals. And that is the end of my presentation. Thank you very much. That's very informative. I

53:25wonder if any of my colleagues have any questions for you, if you don't mind answering them.

53:30For sure. I don't see any. Oh, sorry. Member Spears, go ahead. Not yet, but we're working on it.

53:53Yeah, that's the plan. It will be up to date soon.

54:02I was just informed your mic wasn't on. So it wasn't part of the record. But

54:07I think Abby heard you. So we'll just go ahead from there. I do have a couple of questions if my

54:14colleagues don't have any more. You mentioned the what is the ARD use? And there's my understanding

54:24from your presentation is there's no size cap. It's just based on the percentage now. Is that correct?

54:32That's right. But the percentage does provide an overall cap. Yeah. Right. I do recall we had,

54:41I'm going to say two years ago, we had a question about exactly that. It was quite a large lot.

54:47And that's why it came to us. Okay. And in your, you were mentioning the compact parking.

54:57And I wasn't clear what that was involved. Is that just in multi unit residential?

55:03Yeah, that's right. So it's 15% of the required parking spaces can be slightly smaller in those

55:09situations. And the last question I had was attached garage widths, but you didn't mention

55:16carports. Is that something that has changed? No, carports have stayed the same.

55:22That's all I had. Anyone with anything else? I don't see our members online with anything.

55:31Thank you very much. That was awesome to get that background. I'm hopeful that it'll make our

55:37workload a little less. So I appreciate your all your work and your colleagues on this issue.

55:49I see that we also have two items that the secretary treasurer needs to list under staff

55:55announcements. Thank you, chair. There are a couple items to note. The first item is an update on

56:02membership vacancy on the committee. We're pleased to announce that city council on April 25 2023

56:09pointed Richard Pike and Russell Spears to the committee of adjustment for the 2023 to 2026

56:14term. Both members, as you can see, have joined the committee for their first hearing today.

56:18Well, let me say that I'm glad that the holding was taken off for applications to

56:29committees and that we have a full complement. So again, welcome. And I trust that you'll find

56:36what we do here important and enlightening and that you'll commit the appropriate amount of

56:42time and education to it. Then look forward to your participation. So welcome.

56:48I'd also like to add that sorry, was there anything else? There is one further announcement,

56:56chair. The second one is but today as listed on the agenda is that an appeal to the Ontario

57:01Land Tribunal regarding minor variance file a dash 19 slash 23 for 201 on my road south has

57:09been filed by the applicant. This application was refused by the committee at the April 13th,

57:142023 hearing and the appeal has been afforded to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

57:20Thank you. And I just as the chair, I would like to emphasize that something the clerks

57:26office has asked. And that is if any of my colleagues have not yet filled out the

57:34online questionnaire, I encourage you to do so. And that has that date, I think has been extended

57:40to the 16th. But you would have received a email to that. At that all entertain a motion to

57:53motion to close the meeting. Member Goodfellow. And member Hamilton has seconded that all in

58:05favor. We are adjourned. Thank you committee members for your attention this evening.

58:11Okay, thank you.