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16 Braeside Road - Ontario Municipal Board Hearing
(North Toronto)
The Toronto Community Council recommends that the City Solicitor be instructed to appear at the Ontario Municipal Board on March 12, 1998 to defend the Committee of Adjustment decision respecting 16 Braeside Road and to support the views of the area residents, and that he be authorized to retain outside planning advice, if necessary.
The Toronto Community Council submits the following communication (February 10, 1998) from Councillor Walker:
The owners of 16 Braeside Road are proposing to sever their property and build a new house on the new severed parcel of land. On September 17, 1997, the Committee of Adjustment for the City of Toronto refused the applications for permission to sever the property into two parcels of land and to construct a two-storey detached house, on the northern portion of the property of the lot fronting onto Kappele.
Numerous residents have strongly expressed their objections to this proposal and are anxious to have their concerns represented at the OMB hearing. These concerns stem form two main points. The first being that the front of the building will be located over 11 metres closer to the front lot line than is permitted. This will result in development completely out of character from the neighbouring housing on the west side of Kappele Avenue, opposite this development.
Secondly, in severing this current property which has a Braeside Avenue address and has similar front line setback as other properties on Braeside Avenue, the new separate lot with a Kappele address will have a building with rear lot setback of 6.0 metres. The impact on the residents at 18 Braeside most particularly, will be significant. They will be looking at the rear wall of this new house out their rear window where they used to look into a rear yard. It will have an effect on site lines and the privacy of the owner of 18 Braeside next door.
This application is not reasonable, minor in nature, nor in keeping with the scale of development in the neighbourhood and should be refused.
It is therefore requested that this Community Council instruct the Solicitor for the City of Toronto to appear before the Ontario Municipal Board on March 12, 1998, to represent and defend the decision of the Committee of Adjustment and support the views of the area residents. Furthermore, it is requested that the City Solicitor be authorized to retain planning advice, if necessary.
The Toronto Community Council reports, for the information of Council, having also had before it a communication (February 17, 1998) from Michael B. Vaughan, Barrister and Solicitor, and a copy which is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
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