Committee of Adjustment – Approved!!!

So today’s the day, my hearing at the committee of adjustment. Today’s session actually took place in the council chamber where all official meetings of Toronto City Council are held.

As I walk into the City Hall, the security was talking about how some media member had some run-ins with mayor Rob Ford on the second floor and they are called over. Then I tried to reach the council chamber on the 3rd floor but none of the main elevator allow me to go there. Then luckily I went into an elevator with a city worker who directed me to a side elevator which finally took me to council chamber. Good thing I was 30 minutes early, or else I might have been late.

Anyway I was lucky 13 on the agenda list. There was a few more applicants who have party of interest who object to their applications and therefore they are put to the bottom of the list. So even though the session is running at 30 minutes late, we didn’t wait for too long. The session was quick and simple. We tossed out a few requests related to the garage. And so we ended up with only the following:

• Section 7.4.3, East York By-law 6752. The minimum required north side yard setback is 0.6m. The two-storey dwelling will have a north side yard setback of 0.3m.

• Section 7.4.3, East York By-law 6752. The maximum permitted building height is 8.5m. The two-story dwelling will have a building height of 10m.

• Section 7.1.4, East York By-law 6752. A driveway that passes through the front lot line requires a minimum width of 2.6m. The driveway is 1.07m in width (portion of mutual right-of-way located on the subject property).

As posted previously, the Community Planning for Toronto and East York district also recommended the following conditions to be imposed

• The variance to building height of 10 metres apply only to the roof access portion of the building as whon in the drawings received by the Committee of Adjustment on January 23, 2013; and,

• The proposed utility/roof access be limited to 4.8 metres by 2.98 metres in size as shown on Roof Plan drawing received by the Committee of Adjustment on Janunary 23, 2013.

So together with those restriction, my variance application is now approved. The decision will be mailed out in about 3 days. Now I can work on getting the official drawings in place as well as putting out another Committee of Adjustment application for the double garage now moved over to 157 Chisholm Avenue.