AGENDA
BOARD OF VARIANCE MEETING

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

Minutes of the Open Board of Variance Meeting held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC on Thursday, 2020-FEB-20 at 5:30 P.M.

Legal description: Lot 74, Section 16, Range 8, Mountain District, Plan 13235

The applicant is requesting a variance to locate a heat pump on the front face of the principal building within the subject property.

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

Legal description: Strata Lot A, District Lot 25G, Wellington District, Strata Plan EPS977 Together with an Interest in the Common Property in Proportion to the Unit Entitlement of the Strata Lot as Shown on Form V

The applicant is requesting to reduce the rear yard setback from 7.5m to 6.34m in order to construct a staircase that will project a further 2m into the rear yard setback as permitted by the Zoning Bylaw. This represents a variance of 1.16m

Zoning Bylaw No. 4500 requires a minimum rear yard setback of 7.5m in the R1 zone. Steps and landings are permitted to project up to 2m into the rear yard setback.