DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT 2016/12 – 2387 LUND ROAD

RECOMMENDATION

THAT Development Variance Permit 2016/12 – 2387 Lund Road to vary the permitted height of a building from 7.5 m to 8.5 m 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

To consider a Development Variance Permit application to increase the permitted building height for a detached residential building.

BACKGROUND

The subdivision to create Thetis Vale Phase 6 has been registered and construction is now set to begin. The site has been extensively modified to create buildable lots on the slope of Mill Hill. The subject property and the adjacent parcel at 2385 Lund Road are in one of the steeper areas of the subdivision as shown in Attachment 3. The lot grades would be mitigated through the use of retaining walls to terrace the slope.

PROPOSAL

An earlier version of this report was presented at the September 13, 2016 Committee of the Whole and there has been no additional information requested or submitted since then. The detached residential building to be built on this lot is proposed to be two storeys facing the street, with an additional half-storey walkout basement level at the rear, as shown in Attachment 4. The request is to vary the permitted building height from 7.5 m to 8.5 m.

DISCUSSION

The proposal can be supported for several reasons:

1. Several houses with a similar design were constructed in earlier phases of Thetis Vale. Variances were not required for those buildings because the definition of building grade was different at the time.
2. The 2.5 storey face of the building would not be noticeable from Trans Canada Highway because the building face would be angled away from the direction of travel on the Six Mile Road exit ramp (see Attachment 3) and the lot is more than 5.0m below the ramp.
3. There are no existing residences that would be affected by the proposal. The building would be among the first to be built in the subdivision.

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT Development Variance Permit 2016/12 – 2387 Lund Road to vary the permitted height of a building from 7.5 m to 8.5 m be approved.

SUBMITTED BY: Jeff Chow, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner

REVIEWED BY: Lindsay Chase, MCIP, RPP, Director of Development Services

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Subject Property Map
2. Applicant's Letter – Mark Johnston, The Limona Group, August 22, 2016
3. Grading Plan
4. Lot 12 Lund Road Elevations Sheet A4, Java Designs, July 28, 2016
5. Proposed Foundation Position, Island Land Surveying Ltd., August 23, 2016

Attachment 1. Property Location Map