City of Kingston
Committee of Adjustment
Agenda

That the minutes of Committee of Adjustment Meeting Number 07-2024, held on Monday, June 17, 2024, be approved.

File Number: D13-037-2024

District: 7 - Kingscourt-Rideau 

Owner: Vincent Varghese

Applicant: Vincent Varghese

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-059) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-037-2024, for the property located at 1441 Montreal Street to reduce the minimum required driveway width of 3 metres to 2.4 metres, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1:

By-Law Number 2022-62:Table 7.4.1 Minimum Parking Space and Drive Aisle Dimensions

Requirement: In line with and accessed directly from driveway as tandem parking spaces, minimum driveway width is 3 metres

Proposed: In line with and accessed directly from driveway as tandem parking spaces, minimum driveway width is 2.4 metres

Variance Requested: 0.6 metres

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-059

File Number: D13-044-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham 

Owner: Anne Mathers and James Mathers

Applicant: Fotenn Planning + Design

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-062) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-044-2024, for the property located at 26 Maitland Street to permit an accessory structure in the front yard of the semi-detached house, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1:

By-Law Number 2022-62: 4.1.2.1 – Additional Accessory Provisions for Residential Uses and Buildings

Requirement: The accessory building must be located in a rear yard, exterior yard or interior yard

Proposed: Front yard

Variance Requested: Front yard;

Variance Number 2:

By-Law Number 2022-62: 4.1.2.4 – Additional Accessory Provisions for Residential Uses and Buildings

Requirement: The accessory building may encroach into the required setback on a lot provided that such accessory building must be setback a minimum of 1.2 metres from all lot lines;

Proposed: 0 metre setback from the side lot line

Variance Requested: 1.2 metres; and

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-062

File Number: D13-045-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham 

Owner: Anne Mathers and James Mathers

Applicant: Fotenn Planning + Design

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-063) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-045-2024, for the property located at 28 Maitland Street to permit accessory structures in the front yard of the semi-detached house, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1:

By-Law Number 2022-62: 4.1.2.1 – Additional Accessory Provisions for Residential Uses and Buildings

Requirement: The accessory building must be located in a rear yard, exterior yard or interior yard

Proposed: Front yard

Variance Requested: Front yard

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-063

File Number: D13-047-2024

District: 12 - Pittsburgh

Owner: Cancoil Corporation and the City of Kingston

Applicant: Cancoil Corporation and Fotenn Consultants Inc.

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-058) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-047-2024, for the property located at 933 Innovation Drive, as well as approximately 3.6 acres (1.46 hectares) of city-owned land abutting the property to the east, to permit loading spaces in the front yard and to eliminate a planting strip requirement along the rear lot line of the subject property to enable a proposed building addition to the light industrial facility on the subject property, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Location of Loading Spaces

By-Law Number 2022-62:Section 7.5.7

Requirement: Loading spaces must be located in the rear yard or in the interior yard and must be provided with a visual screen in such a manner that the loading space is not visible from a street or any abutting residential use.

Proposed: Loading spaces in the front yard with visibility from the street

Variance Requested: Permit loading spaces in the front yard with visibility from the street

Variance Number 2: Planting Strip

By-Law Number 2022-62:Section 16.2.2.3

Requirement: A minimum 3.0 metre wide planting strip is required adjacent to a lot line abutting a lot in any Zone other than an Employment Zone

Proposed: No planting strip proposed on the north lot line abutting the RU (General Rural Area) zone

Variance Requested: Permit no planting strip on the north lot line abutting the RU (General Rural Area) zone; and

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-058. 

File Number: D13-025-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham

Owner: Jooyun Kwan

Applicant: Carlos Marques

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-060) is attached.

Recommendation:

That the application for permission, File Number D13-025-2024, for the property located at 393395 Earl Street to permit a hair salon use, be Approved; and,

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-060. 

File Number: D13-040-2024

District: 6 - Trillium

Owner: 2832719 Ontario Inc.

Applicant: The Boulevard Group

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-061) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-040-2024, for the property located at 780 Gardiners Road to exempt a proposed automatic car wash from the requirement to provide a loading space, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1:

By-Law Number 2022-62:Table 7.5.1

Requirement: 1 loading space required for commercial uses with 300 to 2,500 square metres of gross floor area

Proposed: 0 loading spaces required for commercial uses with 300 to 2,500 square metres of gross floor area

Variance Requested: 1 loading space; and

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-061.

File Number: D13-041-2024

District: 1 - Countryside

Owner: Krishan Jai Subash Nathan

Applicant: Boulevard Group

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-24-064) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number , for the property located at 1813 Moore Lane to construct a 147.72 square metre front yard accessory building, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1:

By-Law Number 2022-62:4.1.2.1 Accessory building yard location

Requirement: Rear yard, Interior yard, and the Exterior yard

Proposed: Front yard

Variance Requested: Front yard

Variance Number 2:

By-Law Number :2022-62:4.1.2.3 Maximum height of an accessory building

Requirement: 4.6 metres

Proposed: 6.5 metres

Variance Requested: 1.9 metres; and

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-24-064.