Property Address: 3583 Regional Road 12 (Grimsby Road)
A Minor Variance application has been applied for to permit an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on the ground floor of a proposed accessory building and located closer to the exterior lot line than the primary dwelling. Three variances are being requested through this minor variance application.
Relief is being requested from 3.2.1 Accessory Dwelling Units Policy a) which identifies the permitted location for an ADU within an accessory building to be above the ground floor. Additionally, relief from 3.2.1 is also required to permit the existing driveway access for the ADU as Policy g) identifies that access to the required parking for the accessory dwelling unit shall be provided from the same driveway
that provides access to the main dwelling.
In addition, relief is also being requested from Table 1-2 (found in Part 3 of the Township’s Zoning Bylaw) to permit the proposed accessory building with frontage on Mud Street East, within a required exterior side yard. Table 1-2 does not permit an accessory building or structure closer to the exterior side lot line than the main building, which in this case with the dwelling having frontage on Grimsby Road has an exterior side yard setback of approximately 52 metres whereas, the proposed detached garage would be approximately 25 metres to the exterior side lot line.