East District Manager, Municipal Standards

Purpose:

To report to the September 14, 1999 meeting of the East York Community Council in order to provide a report on a request for an exemption from the height of a fence at 1028 Greenwood Avenue as submitted by Mr. Roger Hart

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

The applicant has submitted the required, non-refundable fee of $200.00 as part of his exemption request.

Recommendations:

That the requested exemption be approved.

As a result of a complaint from an area resident who, apparently, has since moved, staff were called to investigate the construction of fencing on top of a deck at 1028 Greenwood Avenue.

The Municipal Standards Division inspected and subsequently determined that fencing had been installed on the north and south elevation of a newly constructed deck at the rear of 1028 Greenwood Avenue. It was determined that, although the height of the actual fencing/screening on the deck, at approximately 1.9 metres, complied with part of the applicable section 2.3.2(a) of By-law No. 81-89, the deck itself was somewhat more elevated from grade than normal and thus the fencing failed the second test of that section which restricts the total height of fencing on decks to a maximum of 2.4 metres in height from grade. Due to the extra height of the deck, the height of the fences from grade ranges from 2.74 to 2.84 metres in height, a variance of .34 to .44metres (13-17 inches) from the by-law requirements.

The fences/screens on each side of the deck have a total length of 3.71 metres (12 foot, 2 inches).

All the new fencing around the rest of the yard complies with all other requirements of the by-law.