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1. WAIVER TO THE PRIVATE APPROACH BY-LAW 2003-447 FOR 30-34 DOUGLAS
AVENUE, OTTAWA DÉROGATION AU RÈGLEMENT 2003-447 SUR LES VOIES D’ACCÈS PRIVÉES POUR LE
30-34, AVENUE DOUGLAS, À OTTAWA |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve the waiver of Provision 11 of the City of Ottawa Private Approach By-law 2003-447, to permit driveways of width greater than 50% of the property frontage, for six townhouses proposed for construction at 30-34 Douglas Avenue, Ottawa.
Recommandation du Comité
Que le Conseil municipal
approuve la dérogation à la disposition 11 du Règlement 2003-447 sur les voies
d’accès privées de la Ville d’Ottawa afin de permettre des voies d’accès à la
propriété d’une largeur supérieure à 50 % de la façade de la propriété en ce
qui concerne six maisons en rangée que l’on propose de construire au 30-34,
avenue Douglas à Ottawa.
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager, Public Works and
Services, report dated
27 February 2007 (ACS2007-PWS-TRF-0007).
Report to/Rapport au :
Comité des transports
and Council/et au Conseil
27 February 2007/le 27 février 2007
R.G. Hewitt, Deputy City Manager/Directeur
municipal adjoint
Public Works and Services/Services et Travaux publics
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Michael J. Flainek, M.Eng., P.Eng.,
Director/Directeur
Traffic and Parking Operations/circulation et
stationnement
(613) 580-2424 x 26882,
Michael.Flainek@ottawa.ca
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SUBJECT: |
WAIVER TO THE PRIVATE APPROACH BY-LAW
2003-447 FOR
30-34 DOUGLAS AVENUE,
Ottawa |
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OBJET : |
DÉROGATION AU RÈGLEMENT 2003-447 SUR LES
VOIES D’ACCÈS PRIVÉES POUR LE 30-34, AVENUE DOUGLAS, À OTTAWA |
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Transportation Committee recommend Council approve the waiver of Provision 11 of the City of Ottawa Private Approach By-law 2003-447, to permit driveways of width greater than 50% of the property frontage, for six townhouses proposed for construction at 30-34 Douglas Avenue, Ottawa.
RECOMMANDATION DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité des transports recommande au Conseil d’approuver la dérogation à la disposition 11 du Règlement 2003-447 sur les voies d’accès privées de la Ville d’Ottawa afin de permettre des voies d’accès à la propriété d’une largeur supérieure à 50 % de la façade de la propriété en ce qui concerne six maisons en rangée que l’on propose de construire au 30-34, avenue Douglas à Ottawa.
BACKGROUND
A Site Plan Approval has been issued for the construction of six (6) freehold townhouses on the west side of Douglas Avenue, north of Beechwood Avenue, in the Lindenlea community, within the City of Ottawa, on the site of two existing lots (Document 1).
The proposed private approaches do not meet Provision 11 of the Private Approach By-law 2003-447, which requires that the width not exceed 50% of the frontage. A waiver to the Private Approach By-Law 2003-447 is a condition of Site Plan approval.
DISCUSSION
In 2006, the Committee of Adjustment granted approval for reduced lot widths for the four interior units of a six-unit freehold townhouse development to be constructed at 30-34 Douglas Avenue, Ottawa (to be assigned 32 A-F Douglas Avenue). The applicant has requested waiver of the Private Approach By-law in order to construct driveways for each of the six units that are wider than 50% of the property frontage.
All six private approaches are proposed at width 3.2 metres (Document 2). Minor variances were granted for reduced lot width of 4.6 metres for the four interior units. The minimum width for a private approach, as provided for in the Private Approach By-law 2003-447, is 2.4 metres. Therefore, it is not possible to construct legal approaches in the four interior units.
Two end units have lot widths of 5.9 metres and 6 metres. The private approaches to these units, at proposed width 3.2 metres, do not conform to the Private Approach By-law.
CONSULTATION
Staff in the Planning, Transit and the Environment Department have circulated and approved the design as a Site Plan Application, and support the waiver of the Private Approach By-law. The Ward Councillor concurs with the proposed conditions of the approval.
Although
Public Works and Services staff, Surface Operations Branch, do not object, it
is noted that snow storage space is restricted when driveways are constructed
wider than 50% of the frontage. In
certain cases, this approach eliminates the possibility to cast snow from the
street with a snow blower. In this
case, where the street is scheduled for snow removal, the priority for the
scheduled snow removal will have to be increased such that snow windrow must be
removed along with, or immediately after, an arterial snow operation in lieu of
waiting for a general urban residential snow removal operation. The associated cost is approximately $5,000
per curb kilometre per winter. The construction of these
approaches, as proposed, will have an approximate impact of $2,200 on the snow
removal budget.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The operating
impact of $2,200 for snow removal identified by Surface Operations staff will
be brought forward as a 2008 Budget pressure.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document
1 - Site Plan - 30-34 Douglas Avenue
Document 2 - Key Plan - 30-34 Douglas Avenue
DISPOSITION
Upon approval of the recommendation contained in this report, the Department will inform the applicant.
DOCUMENT 1
SITE PLAN – 30-34 DOUGLAS AVENUE
DOCUMENT 2
KEY PLAN – 30-34 DOUGLAS AVENUE
