Glentana Road DVP Presentation Slides

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT 2023-03

1450 Glentana Road

PURPOSE: To consider variances to increase permitted fence height due to site security issues

Site diagram of the subject property showing the building, parking lot, and driveway gate with callouts for variances to fence height from 2.0m to 5.3m and 2.5m to 5.3m abutting a commercial zone

Requested variances:

Approval of the variances would permit replacement of existing guardrails ranging in height from 1.1m to 1.4m with taller rail fences up to a height of 2.0m on top of existing 3.3m high retaining walls that surround a parking lot

Zoning Bylaw	Required	Proposed
4.8.1 Maximum fence height	2.0m	5.3m
4.8.2 Maximum fence height abutting a commercial zone	2.5m	5.3m

Photo of the building exterior and parking area indicating the rail replacement proposal and driveway gate

Photo showing the 1.1m existing fence on top of a concrete structure

Photo from the parking lot showing two 3.3m retaining walls, the driveway gate, and the Rexall Pharmacy in the background

Staff supports the variances for the following reasons:

This is one of the actions recommended by a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design review prepared by Westshore RCMP.
The taller fences would be visually permeable (not solid) and are in locations not highly visible from the street.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Development Variance Permit Application 2023-03 be approved as per the report dated January 10, 2024, from the Senior Planner titled “Development Variance Permit Application 2023-03 for 1450 Glentana Road”;

AND THAT Development Variance Permit Application 2023-03 include the following variances:

Variance to Section 4.8.1 of Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 to increase the height of a fence from 2.0m to 5.3m; and
Variance to Section 4.8.2 of Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 to increase the height of a fence abutting a commercial zone from 2.5m to 5.3m.