AGENDA

BOARD OF VARIANCE MEETING

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Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

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CALL THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF VARIANCE TO ORDER:

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INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

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ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

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ADOPTION OF MINUTES:

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PRESENTATIONS:

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV701 - 4884 Blue Jay Trail

Legal Description: Lot 3, District Lot 55, Wellington District, Plan 32002

The applicant is requesting to vary the provisions of Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 in order to permit a central air conditioning unit to be located to the side of the principal building and to vary the distance from the side lot line from 4.5m to 3.1m. This represents a variance of 1.4m.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (6.5.2) requires that a heat pump or central air conditioning unit be located to the rear of a principal building and to be sited no closer than 4.5m from a side lot line.

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV702 - 34 Lebarz Road

Legal Description: Lot 11, Section 2, Nanaimo District, Plan 20851

The applicant is requesting to vary the provisions of Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 in order to permit a heat pump to be located to the side of the principal building.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (6.5.2) requires that a heat pump or central air conditioning unit be located to the rear of a principal building.

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV703 - 250 Pine Street

Legal Description: Southerly 1/2 of Section B, of Lot 3, Block R, Section 1, Nanaimo District, Plan 584

1) In order to raise an existing non-conforming house, the applicant is requesting the following:

  • a north side yard setback of 1.0m
  • a south side yard setback of 1.1m

This represents variances of 0.5m and 0.4m respectively.

2) The applicant is also requesting a north side yard setback of 0.9m in order to replace an existing non-conforming accessory building. This represents a variance of 0.6m.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (7.5.1) requires a minimum side yard setback of 1.5m in the R1b zone.

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV704 - 5941 Stillwater Way

Legal Description: Lot 18, District Lot 14, Wellington District, Plan EPP55143

The applicant is requesting a variance to allow an eave to project 1.1m into the side yard setback for a single residential dwelling currently under construction.  This represents a variance of 0.35m.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (6.5.1) permits an eave to project up to 0.75m into the required side yard setback.  The side yard setback in the R2 zone is 1.5m.

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV705 - 312 Dorchester Place

Legal Description: Lot 14, Section 9, Range 8, Mountain District, Plan VIP82047

The applicant is requesting to vary the provisions of Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 to increase the maximum height of fence or retaining wall from 2.4m to 3.1m in order to complete an under construction retaining wall in the side yard and rear yard.  This represents a variance of 0.7m.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (6.10.2) permits a fence up to 2.4m in height in a side yard and a rear yard in the R10 zone.

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Board of Variance Application No. BOV706 - 431 Heron Place

Legal Description: Strata Lot 43, Section 5, Wellington District, Strata Plan 830 (Phase 2), together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on Form 1

The applicant is requesting to vary the provisions of Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 to reduce the side yard setback from 1.5m to 0.3m in order to construct exterior stairs along the south side of an existing single residential dwelling.  This represents a variance of 1.2m.

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 (7.5.1) requires a minimum side yard setback of 1.5m in the R1 zone.

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