City of Kingston
Committee of Adjustment
Revised Agenda

That the minutes of Committee of Adjustment Meeting Number 12-2024, held on Monday, November 18, 2024, be approved.

File Number: D10-028-2024

District: 11 - King’s Town

Owner/Applicant: Scott Gordon

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-013) is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee of Adjustment remove Condition 4 of the Notice of Decision for consent application, File Number D10-028-2024, requiring the completion of an archeological assessment; and

That a new Notice of Decision be prepared reflective of the conditions approved as outlined in Report Number COA-24-084 and amended as per Report Number COA-25-013.

File Number: D13-073-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham

Owner: Roger Dent

Applicant: The Boulevard Group

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-001) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-073-2024, for the property located at 293 Frontenac Street to permit a maximum of 10 bedrooms in the aggregate across two dwelling units, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Maximum Number of Bedrooms

By-Law Number 2022-62: Section 4.28.1.1.

Requirement: A maximum of 8 bedrooms are permitted per lot in the aggregate on any lot in the Urban Residential Zones, DR Zone and the HCD1 Zone.

Proposed: A maximum of 10 bedrooms are permitted per lot in the aggregate across two dwelling units.

Variance Requested: 2 bedrooms and two dwelling units

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-001.

File Number: D10-033-2024, D13-069-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham

Owner: 2768429 Ontario Inc

Applicant: Fotenn Planning + Design

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-006) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-069-2024 for the property located at 93 Division Street to permit the construction of a three-storey townhouse, including a total of two dwelling units with eight bedrooms aggregate to the severed lot, be approved, as described below:

Severed Lot:

Variance Number 1: Minimum Lot Area for a Townhouse

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 11.6.1.1.(c)

Requirement: 295.0 square metres per lot

Proposed: 197 square metres per lot

Variance Requested: 98 square metres; and,

Variance Number 2: Minimum Front Setback

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 11.6.1.4.(b)

Requirement: 3.2 metres

Proposed: 1.8 metres

Variance Requested: 1.4 metres; and,

Variance Number 3: Maximum Building Depth

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 11.6.1.12.(b)

Requirement: Despite (a), the rear wall of the principal building must not be closer than 7.5 metres to the rear lot line.

Proposed: Despite (a), the rear wall of the principal building must not be closer than 6.0 metres to the rear lot line.

Variance Requested: 1.5 metres; and,

Variance Number 4: Minimum Sight Triangle Dimensions

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 4.6.2.

Requirement: 9.0 metres by 9.0 metres (intersection of local and arterial road)

Proposed: 4.5 metres by 4.5 metres (intersection of local and arterial road)

Variance Requested: 4.5 metres by 4.5 metres; and,

Variance Number 5: Minimum Front Porch Setback

By-Law Number 2022-62: 4.20.4.2.

Requirement: 3.2 metres

Proposed: 0.6 metres

Variance Requested: 2.6 metres; and,

Variance Number 6: Minimum Parking Space – In line with a driveway

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 7.4.1.

Requirement: A minimum parking space length of 6.0 metres

Proposed: A minimum parking space length of 5.6 metres

Variance Requested: 0.4 metres; and

Retained Lot:

Variance Number 7: Minimum Lot Area for a Townhouse

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 11.6.1.1.(c)

Requirement: 295.0 square metres per lot

Proposed: 126 square metres per lot

Variance Requested: 169 square metres; and,

Variance Number 8: Minimum Lot Frontage for a Townhouse

By-Law Number 2022-62: Table 11.6.1.2.(c)

Requirement: 8.0 metres per lot

Proposed: 5.8 metres per lot

Variance Requested: 2.2 metres; and,

Variance Number 9: Location of Vehicular Parking Space

By-Law Number 2022-62: 7.1.1.

Requirement: Parking to be located on the same lot as the building or use.

Proposed: Parking can be located on-site or on an adjacent parcel (severed lot).

Variance Requested: Removing the requirement for the vehicular parking space to be located solely on the same lot as the corresponding use or building and instead enabling it to be located on the adjacent (severed) lot; and,

That approval of the minor variance application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions – Minor Variance) to Report Number COA-25-006; and,

That consent application, File Number D10-033-2024, to sever an approximately 197 square metre lot and establish an access easement, be provisionally approved subject to the conditions included in Exhibit B (Recommended Conditions – Consent) to Report Number COA-25-006.

File Number: D13-083-2024

District: 11 - King’s Town

Owner: Kingston & Frontenac Housing Corporation

Applicant: RFA Planning Consultant Inc.

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-007) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-083-2024, for the property located at 37 Cassidy Street to construct an additional affordable housing unit, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Minimum Amenity Area Required

By-Law Number 2022-62:4.3.1

Requirement: 18.5 square metres per dwelling unit

Proposed: 12.2 square metres per dwelling unit

Variance Requested: 6.3 square metres per dwelling unit; and,

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-007.

File Number: D13-082-2024

District: 11 - King's Town

Owner: Kingston & Frontenac Housing Corporation

Applicant: RFA Planning Consultant Inc.

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-009) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-082-2024, for the property located at 205 Rideau Street to vary the maximum number of dwelling units to support the internal conversion and construction of three additional dwelling units in the existing 8-storey apartment building, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Maximum Number of Dwelling Units

By-Law Number 8499: Part VIII - Exception 207.(iv)(a)

Requirement: A 70 dwelling unit senior citizen residence

Proposed: A 73 dwelling unit senior citizen residence

Variance Requested: 3 dwelling units

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-009.

File Number: D13-076-2024

District: 2 - Loyalist-Cataraqui

Owner: Shane Williams

Applicant: Trevor McCahill

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-010) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-076-2024, for the property located at 1727 Executive Avenue to construct a deck above 1.2 metres in height at an area of 55 square metres, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Maximum deck surface area at a height of 1.2 metres or greater

By-Law Number: 2022-62 Table 4.20.4. Row 1

Requirement: 30 square metres

Proposed: 55 square metres

Variance Requested: 25 square metres; and

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-010.

File Number: D13-072-2024, D10-006-2024, D10-007-2024

District: 1 - Countryside

Owner: Laurent Karim Béland, John and Stephanie Stephen

Applicant: Laurent Karim Béland

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-003) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-072-2024 for the property located at 1686 Daylan Avenue and 1682 Daylan Avenue to provide relief from the minimum lot area, minimum lot frontage, minimum interior setback and minimum eaves setback to facilitate two lot additions, be approved, as described below:

Variances for 1686 Daylan Ave

Variance Number 1: Minimum Lot Area

By-Law Number: 2022-62 Section 8.4.1.1.

Requirement: 1 hectare

Proposed: 0.1455 hectare

Variance Requested: 0.8545 hectares; and,

Variance Number 2: Minimum Lot Frontage

By-Law Number: 2022-62 Section 8.4.1.2.

Requirement: 36.5 metres

Proposed: 21.37 metres

Variance Requested: 15.13. metres; and,

Variance Number 3: Minimum interior setback

By-Law Number: 2022-62 Section 8.4.1.7.

Requirement: 1.2 metres

Proposed: 0.84 metres

Variance Requested: 0.36 metres; and,

Variance Number 4: Minimum interior setback for Belt Courses, Sills, Cornices and Eaves

By-Law Number: 2022-62 Section 4.19.1.8

Requirement: 0.5 metres

Proposed: 0.1 metres

Variance Requested: 0.4 metres;

That approval of the minor variance application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions – Minor Variance) to Report Number COA-25-003; and,

That consent application, File Number D10-006-2024, to sever off 55 square metres parcel of land from 1682 Daylan Avenue and add it to 1686 Daylan Avenue, be provisionally approved subject to the conditions included in Exhibit B (Recommended Conditions – Consent) to Report Number COA-25-003.

That consent application, File Number D10-007-2024, to sever off a 61 square metres parcel of land from 1686 Daylan Avenue and add it to 1682 Daylan Avenue, be provisionally approved subject to the conditions included in Exhibit B (Recommended Conditions – Consent) to Report Number COA-25-003.

File Number: D13-081-2024

District: 5 - Portsmouth

Owner: Kingston and Frontenac Housing Corporation

Applicant: RFA Planning

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-012) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-081-2024, for the property located at 111, 119, 123, 125 and 129 Van Order Drive to permit one additional affordable dwelling unit in the apartment building known municipally as 123 Van Order Drive, be approved, as described below:

Variance Number 1: Maximum Number of Units

By-Law Number 2022-62:Section 21.1.1.

Requirement: The maximum number of dwelling units is 160 on the lands subject to Exception E125.

Proposed: The maximum number of dwelling units is 161 on the lands subject to Exception E125.

Variance Requested: 1

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-012.

File Number: D13-085-2024

District: 10 - Sydenham

Owner: Harminder Sandu and Raveen Pal

Applicant: Asterisk Engineering Corporation

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-011) is attached.

Recommendation:

That minor variance application, File Number D13-085-2024, for the property located at 224 Alwington Place to construct a 22.55 square metre enclosed rear porch be approved as described below:

Variance Number 1: Waterbody Separation Distance

By-Law Number 2022-62:Section 4.23.1

Requirement: 30 metres

Proposed: 20 metres

Variance Requested: 10 metres

Variance Number 2: Maximum Building Depth

By-Law Number 2022-62:Table 11.6.1 (12)

Requirement: 18 metres

Proposed: 21.5 metres

Variance Requested: 3.5 metres

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-011.

File Number: D13-088-2024

District: 6 - Trillium

Owner: Kingston Learning Centre Inc.

Applicant: Naturally Rooted Inc.

The Report of the Commissioner of Growth & Development Services (COA-25-014) is attached.

Recommendation:

That the application for permission, File Number D13-088-2024, for the property located at 734 Arlington Park Place to establish a wellness clinic, be Approved; and,

That approval of the application be subject to the conditions attached as Exhibit A (Recommended Conditions) to Report Number COA-25-014.