Town of View Royal Council Report - Development Variance Permit 2017/01 - 18 Fenton Road

Council Report

TO: Council
DATE: May 30, 2017
FROM: Jeff Chow, Senior Planner
MEETING DATE: June 6, 2017
FILE NO.: 3090-20-2017/01

Development Variance Permit 2017/01 - 18 Fenton Road

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Development Variance Permit 2017/01 to vary the maximum permitted building floor area on the property at 18 Fenton Road from 372m2 to 525m2 be approved.

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER’S COMMENTS:

I concur with the recommendation.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES’ COMMENTS:

I concur with the recommendation.

PURPOSE OF REPORT:

The purpose of this report is to consider a development variance permit application to vary the maximum permitted building floor area on the property from 372m2 to 525m2.

BACKGROUND:

A late 1930s single family dwelling is situated on the 2278m2 parcel. Other improvements include two accessory buildings and a swimming pool attached to the house by a deck. In 1999, the Board of Variance granted approval for the number and length of the accessory buildings. The property has been subdivided several times, most recently in 2013. While the property is more than double the minimum lot size requirements of R-1 Detached Residential (Large Lot) zone, it does not meet frontage requirements for further subdivision.

PROPOSAL:

Development Variance Permit 2017/01 proposes to vary the requirements of Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 to increase the maximum permitted building floor area of the property from 372m2 to 525m2.

The existing building floor area of 326m2 is comprised of a 225m2 dwelling and 101m2 in two accessory buildings as shown in Figure 1. If approved, Development Variance Permit 2017/01 would enable a 199m2 dwelling addition so that the floor area of the dwelling would be 424m2. The addition would be at the west end of the building as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure 1. Site Plan

Figure 2. Existing dwelling. Proposed addition to be on the right of the building.

Figure 3. Location of proposed addition.

Two small trees and several landscape shrubs would be removed to accommodate the addition. The addition would be level with the main and upper floors of the building.

The proposal addresses the requirements of the Zoning Bylaw One Family Residential (Large Lot): R-1 as follows:

ANALYSIS:

The proposal can be supported for the following reasons:

• The lot is twice the minimum lot size requirement of the R-1 zone
• The proposed addition would comply with setback requirements.
• No variances for height are requested

The proposed addition is not out of scale given the size of the property and its relationship to adjacent properties as shown in Attachment 2.

ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Alternative #1: Approve the application with modifications

Council could consider approving a variance to increase the maximum permitted building floor area of the property from 372m2 to a number less than 525m2, for example by requiring a smaller addition and/or requiring removal of one or both of the accessory buildings (which total 101m2).

Alternative #2: Decline the application

If the application is declined, the applicant could remove one or both of the accessory buildings and construct a smaller addition to meet the maximum permitted building floor area of 372m2, or simply construct an addition no larger than 46m2 if they wish to retain the existing accessory buildings.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Development Variance Permit 2017/01 to vary the maximum permitted building floor area on the property at 18 Fenton Road from 372m2 to 525m2 be approved.

SUBMITTED BY: J. Chow, MCIP, RRP, Senior Planner

REVIEWED BY: L. Chase, MCIP, RRP, Director of Development Services

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Subject Property Map
2. Subject Property Orthophoto
3. Site Plan, Glen Mitchell Land Surveying, Inc.- Nov. 30, 2011 (modified)
4. Main Floor Plan, T-Square Holdings Inc.
5. Upper Floor Plan, T-Square Holdings Inc.