CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS TUESDAY, MAY 23.

The development appeals board (DAB) heard from two property owners recently who wanted to pursue building projects that contravened the zoning bylaw, and after reviewing the requests, it approved one project and rejected the other.

The board met on April 18 and heard from Greg Thul at 1053 Normandy Drive and Lisa Lowry at 45 High Street West.

After reviewing the variance requests, the board submitted a report with its decisions to city council, which received and filed the document during its May 8 regular meeting.

1053 Normandy Drive

Thul wanted to build an accessory building that was 111.48 square metres (1,200 square feet) in size that he could use for storage and as a workshop. He noted that the building would take up a small percentage of the overall property considering the lot is 1,953 square metres (21,700 square feet) in size.

However, according to the zoning bylaw, no garage, carport or similar accessory structure in any residential district can have a combined floor area greater than 83.61 square metres (900 square feet).