Notice of Public Hearing of Application for Minor Variance (469 Lakeview Drive)

Municipality of Lakeshore Committee of Adjustment

Applicant: Jodi Mason c/o Sarah Anderson
Location of Subject Property: 469 Lakeview Drive
Purpose of Application: Minor Variance

The applicant is planning to renovate an existing accessory building containing a garage and second storey dwelling unit. The accessory building is located approximately 1.06 metres from the east side lot line and 2.9 metres from the front lot line. The renovation does not plan to expand the existing building footprint of the accessory building. 

The proposed renovation will raise the height of the accessory building to satisfy development requirements of the conservation authority, and the first storey garage will be converted from a garage to a personal storage/workshop use. New upper and lower decks will be constructed for the accessory building, and a new parking area on the property will be established. The applicant is seeking the following reliefs from Lakeshore Zoning By-law 2-2012 for the proposed development on the subject property:

• Relief from Section 6.5 a) xi) to permit an accessory building to have a maximum height of 6.4 metres, whereas Section 6.5 a) xi) states that an accessory building shall not exceed 5 metres in height unless within an Agriculture Zone;
• Relief from Section 6.5 d) i) to permit an air conditioning unit or heat pump to be located in the front yard, whereas Section 6.5 d) i) states that air conditioning units and heat pumps shall not be located in any front yard;
• Relief from Section 6.42 to permit a deck for the accessory building to encroach a maximum of 4.57 metres into the required front yard setback (to be setback a minimum of 2.93 metres from the front lot line), whereas Section 6.42 states that every part of any yard setback required by the By-law shall be open and unobstructed by any such structure, and does not provide front yard encroachment allowance for decks having a maximum height greater than 0.2 metres from grade.
• Relief from Section 6.41.2 h) to permit a new parking area to be located a minimum of 1 metre from an interior side lot line, whereas Section 6.41.2 h) states that parking areas shall be located no closer to any lot line than 1.5 metres.
• Relief from Section 6.5 a) v) to permit an accessory building that will not have garage doors facing the street to have a minimum front yard setback of 2.9 metres, whereas Section 6.5 a) v) states that accessory buildings may be permitted with a minimum front yard setback of 3 metres where a garage door does not face the street.

A map showing the location of the subject property and plans of the development proposal are provided below. 

Take notice that an application under the above file number will be heard by the Committee on the date, time and place shown below: 

• July 17th, 2024, 6:00 pm
  419 Notre Dame St, Belle River (Town Hall – Council Chambers)

This will be a hybrid public meeting where both in person attendance and electronic attendance is supported. There will be opportunities to provide oral input electronically and in person. Providing written comments, prior to a decision being made, is strongly encouraged. Any written comments are requested to be sent to Ian Search (contact information below). 

During such a time any person who wishes to attend this Public Meeting electronically and /or speak at this meeting, you will need to register as a delegation for the meeting. Please provide your contact information (name, address, email and phone number) to Community Planning, via email to Ian Search, Planner, at isearch@lakeshore.ca or phone 519-728-2700, ext. 246, no later than the deadline of 24 hours prior to the date and time of the scheduled meeting. Attendees/Delegates will be contacted directly with registration details prior to the meeting.

It is requested that this notice be posted by the owner of any land that contains seven or more residential units in a location that is visible to all of the residents.

Public Hearing

You are entitled to attend this public hearing to express your views about this application or you may be represented by counsel for that purpose. If you are aware of any person interested in or affected by this application who has not received a copy of this notice you are requested to inform that person of this hearing. Any person who does not wish to attend this public hearing, but wishes to provide written comment on the application, can send their comments via email to Ian Search, Planner, at isearch@lakeshore.ca.

Failure to Attend Hearing

If you do not attend at the hearing it may proceed in your absence (including possible amendments to the original request) and, except as otherwise provided in the Planning Act, you will not be entitled to any further notice in the proceedings.

Notice of Decision

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Municipality of Lakeshore Committee of Adjustment in respect of this application, you must submit a written request to the Municipality of Lakeshore Committee of Adjustment.

Dated this 28th day of June 2024

Ian William Search
Committee of Adjustment, Municipality of Lakeshore
419 Notre Dame Street, Belle River Ontario N8L 0P8
Telephone (519) 728-2700 ext. 246, isearch@lakeshore.ca

Additional Documents

• Key Map
• Mockup
• Site Plan
• Design Drawing (South)
• Design Drawing (North)
• Upper/Lower Deck Plan