Committee of Adjustment
Agenda

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 10:00 A.m. - 12:00 P.m.

Council Chambers

City of Kitchener

200 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7

(Pursuant to the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P. 13, as amended,
and Ontario Regulations 197/96 and 200/96, as amended)

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Committee of Adjustment for the City of Kitchener will meet in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West, on TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024, commencing at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of hearing the following applications for Minor Variance and/or Consent.

Applicants or Agents must attend in support of the application. This is a public meeting. Anyone having an interest in any of these applications may make an oral submission at the meeting or provide a written submission for Committee consideration. Please note this is a public meeting and will be livestreamed and archived at www.kitchener.ca/watchnow.

The complete agenda, including staff reports will be available online the Friday prior to the week of the meeting date.

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1.

COMMENCEMENT

2.

MINUTES

3.

DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

Members of Council and members of the City’s local boards/committees are required to file a written statement when they have a conflict of interest. If a conflict is declared please visit www.kitchener.ca/conflict to submit your written form.

4.

APPLICATIONS FOR MINOR VARIANCE AND / OR CONSENT PURSUANT TO THE PLANNING ACT

5.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

5.1

A 2024-012 - 628 New Dundee Road, DSD-2024-086

Requesting minor variances to permit a parking rate of 1.17 spaces per dwelling (247 off-street parking spaces) rather than the minimum required 1.5 required spaces (317 off-street parking spaces); and, to provide 10% of the required visitor parking spaces (25 off-street parking spaces) rather than the required 20% visitor parking required (64 off-street parking spaces) to facilitate construction of a mixed use  development having 211 dwelling units, currently subject to Site Plan Application SP23/053/N/ES.

5.2

A 2024-013 - 49 Madison Avenue North, DSD-2024-069, DSD-2024-069

Requesting minor variances to permit a reduced lot width of 14.2m rather than the minimum required 15m; a reduced rear yard setback of 6.5m rather than the required 7.5m; to permit a multiple dwelling containing 5-units to have 1 off-street parking space rather than the required 5 off-street parking spaces; and, to allow a multiple dwelling to have no pedestrian entrance on the street line façade rather than the required one pedestrian entrance; to facilitate the construction of a rear yard addition and conversion of a single detached dwelling into a multi-residential dwelling with 5 dwelling units.

6.

NEW BUSINESS

6.1

A 2024-017 - 31 Belmont Avenue West, DSD-2024-124

Requesting a minor variance to permit a lot width of 9.7m rather than the minimum required 13.1m to construct an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Attached) within the existing building to facilitate the conversion of the existing Duplex into a Triplex.

6.2

A 2024-018 - 351 Blucher Boulevard, DSD-2024-106

Requesting minor variances to permit an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Detached) in the rear yard of an existing single detached dwelling to be 53.1% rather than the maximum permitted 50% of the single detached dwelling building floor area; to be located on a lot having an area of 370.91 sq.m. rather than the required 391 sq.m.; having a lot width of 12.21m, rather than the required 13.1m; to allow an unobstructed walkway to have a width of 0.59m rather than the required 1.1m; and for the ADU to have a lot coverage of 15.3% rather than the maximum permitted 15%.

6.3

A 2024-019 - 50 Falconridge Drive, DSD-2024-109

Requesting a minor variance to legalize an accessory structure in the rear yard of a single detached dwelling having a height of the underside of the fascia of 5.5m rather than the maximum permitted 3m.

6.4

A 2024-020 - 499 Forest Hill Drive, DSD-2024-107

Requesting minor variances to permit a required parking space to be located 3m from the street (property) line rather than the required 6m; and, to recognize the location of the existing driveway to be located 4.5m from an exterior lot line abutting Birchcliffe Avenue rather than the required 7m, to permit the construction of an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Attached), to facilitate the conversion of single detached dwelling into a duplex.

6.5

A 2024-021 - 132 Dalewood Drive, DSD-2024-114

Requesting a minor variance to permit a required parking space to be located 3.5m from the street (property) line rather than the required 6m setback to permit the construction of an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Attached), to facilitate the conversion of single detached dwelling into a duplex.

6.6

A 2024-022 - 167 Forfar Avenue, DSD-2024-115

Requesting a minor variance to permit a required parking space to be located 0m from the street (property) line rather than the required 6m setback to permit the construction of an Additional Dwelling Unit (ADU) (Attached), to facilitate the conversion of single detached dwelling into a duplex.

6.7

B 2024-004 - 546-548 Peach Blossom Court, DSD-2024-120

Requesting consent to sever a parcel of land (546 Peach Blossom Court) having a lot width of 9.9m, a lot depth of 47m and a lot area of 407sq.m. The lands retained (548 Peach Blossom Court) will have a lot width of 9.3m, a lot depth of 43m and a lot area of 402sq.m. The consent will permit each half of a semi-detached dwelling currently under construction to be dealt with independently.

6.8

B 2024-005 - 680 Frederick Street, DSD-2024-125

Requesting consent to sever a parcel of land having a width of 7.6m, a lot depth of 45.7m and a lot area of 349.3sq.m. The retained lands will have a lot width of 7.6m, a lot depth of 45.7m and a lot area of 349.3sq.m. The existing dwelling and garage are proposed to be demolished and new semi-detached duplexes are proposed to be constructed in their place.

7.

ADJOURNMENT

8.

PLANNING ACT INFORMATION

• Additional information is available at the Legislated Services Department, 2nd Floor, Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West, Kitchener 519-741-2203 or by emailing .
• Copies of written submissions/public agencies' comments are available the Friday afternoon prior to the meeting on the City of Kitchener website www.kitchener.ca/meetings in the online Council and Committee calendar; see the meeting date for more details.
• Anyone having an interest in any of these applications may attend this meeting.
• Only the Applicant, Minister, specified person (as defined in Section 1 of the Planning Act) or public body that has an interest in the matter has the right to appeal of decisions of the Committee of Adjustment. These parties must make written submissions to the Committee prior to the Committee granting or refusing Provisional Consent otherwise, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) may dismiss the appeal.
• Any personal information received in relation to this meeting is collected under the authority s. 28(2) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, and will be used by the City of Kitchener to process Committee of Adjustment applications. Questions about the collection of information should be directed to Mariah Blake at .
• If you wish to be notified of a decision, you must make a written request to the Secretary-Treasurer, Committee of Adjustment, Kitchener City Hall, 200 King St. W., Kitchener ON, N2G 4G7.

The Notice of Hearing for this meeting was published in the Record on the 1st day of March, 2024.

Mariah Blake
Secretary-Treasurer
Committee of Adjustment