Committee of Adjustment

Resolved that the agenda for the March 18, 2025 Committee of Adjustment meeting be approved.

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A01-25 for 9 Doran Avenue, to permit a minimum frontage of 3.78m (per unit) for a semi-detached dwelling, whereas 7.5m (per unit) is required, as per Section 7.2.1, Table 11, of Zoning By-law 14- 45, as amended for Part 1A (semi-detached dwelling – west unit); to permit a minimum frontage of 3.78m (per unit) for a semi-detached dwelling, whereas 7.5m (per unit) is required, as per Section 7.2.1, Table 11, of Zoning By-law 14- 45, as amended for Part 1B (semi-detached dwelling – east unit); and to permit a minimum frontage of 4.8m for a duplex, whereas 12m is required, as per Section 7.2.1, Table 11, of Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended for Part 2 (duplex) be

Resolved that the minutes of the meeting held on February 18, 2025, be approved.

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A07-25 for 4 Adelaide Street, to permit a projection of 1.2 metres for unenclosed stairs and a deck into the required interior side yard, whereas it is only permitted in the front, exterior side yard or rear yard, as per Section 4.9 c), in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended be approved.

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A08-25 for 69 Fairview Road, to permit a minimum interior side yard setback of 1.2 metres, whereas 1.8 metres is required, as per Section 7.2.1, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a maximum lot coverage of 38.5 percent, whereas a maximum 35 percent is required, as per Section 7, Table 11 and Schedule 5-A, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a minimum rear yard setback of 7.7 metres, whereas a minimum rear yard setback of 8.84 metres is required, as per Section 7, Table 11, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended be approved with conditions:  The structure be limited to a one-storey dwelling.

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A06-25 for 174 Woolverton Road, to permit a maximum lot coverage of 14.5 percent for a dwelling as a principal use on an un-serviced lot, whereas a maximum lot coverage of 7.5 percent is required as per Section 6.2.1, Table 7, in Zoning By-law 14- 45, as amended; to permit an attached garage to project 2.8 metres from the front porch, whereas no part of a garage shall project beyond the front wall of the first storey of the dwelling except where a porch is provided, in which case the garage shall not project beyond the front of the porch as per Section 4.29 b) i), in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended be approved with conditions: 1. That the Niagara Region approves private services for the subject lands. 2. That the Applicant/Owner submit the completed Stage 2 Archaeological Assessment (and subsequent studies, if applicable) as well as a letter from the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, confirming that all the submitted archaeological assessments (Stage 1, Stage 2 and others, if applicable) have been entered into the Ontario Public Register of Archaeological Reports as a condition of licensing in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act are required. If the Ministry requires further archaeological work to be completed prior to acknowledging the report, the report(s) must also be submitted to and acknowledged by the Ministry, to the satisfaction of Niagara Region, prior to clearance of this condition. No demolition, grading or

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A03-25 for 7-9 Adelaide Street, to permit four parallel parking spots, whereas five are required, as per Section 5, Table 3, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit an aisle of 2.8 metres for a parking space, whereas 6.75 metres is required, as per Section 5, Table 4, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a rear yard setback of 7.19 metres, whereas 9 metres is required as per Section 7, Table 11, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit an interior side yard setback of 1.22 metres, whereas 1.5 metres is required as per Section 7, Table 11, in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; and to permit a secondary suite within a cellar, whereas a secondary suite within a cellar is not permitted, as per Section 4.19 d) in Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended be approved with conditions: 1. That the following changes be made to the application as a condition of approval: o That the aisle width requirement be reduced from 2.8 m to 2.7 m.; and o That the minimum side yard variance of 1.22 m be removed. 2. That the parking spaces be line painted and assigned to each dwelling unit. 3. That in the event that strain is identified on the vibration monitoring devices installed on the dwelling addressed as 7 Adelaide Street, the property owners will work with heritage staff to develop a strategy to reduce the continual use of heavy machinery. The strategy will establish duration limits and determine when breaks are necessary, allowing the histori

Resolved that Minor Variance Application A09-25 for 30 Niagara Street, to permit a maximum height of 27.5 metres, whereas a maximum height of 26 metres is required, as per Section 7.2.1, Table 11, of Zoning By-law 14- 45, as amended; to permit a minimum width of a landscaped strip abutting westerly side lot line of 4.0 metres, whereas 9.0 metres is required, as per Site Specific 313 of Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a residential parking rate of 1.0 parking space per unit plus 0.25 visitor parking spaces per unit, whereas 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit plus 0.25 visitor parking spaces per unit is required, as per Section 5.1, Table 3 of Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a density of 170 units per hectare, whereas the maximum net residential density is 120 units per hectare, as per Site Specific 313 of Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended; to permit a yard encroachment of a canopy of 1.2 metres into the front yard, whereas canopies may project into any front yard of not more than 1 metre, as per Section 4.9 c) of Zoning By-law 14-45, as amended be approved with conditions: 1. Our offices must be supplied with a site plan showing the regulation distance of all NPCA-regulated features at the address. The associated buffer of all NPCA-features must also be shown, and a setback from development must also be added. 2. The Applicants will retain appropriate NPCA Section 28.1 Development Permits for the works proposed within the 15m regulatory distance of the watercour

Resolved that Daniel Collins be appointed as Chair of the Committee of Adjustment for a period of one year.