A one-storey house at 3016 Woodward Ave. could become a much bigger home. The owner wants to add a second storey, a rear addition and two additional residential units, the separate living spaces Burlington allows on residential lots.
To make it fit, the application asks the City to accept a rear yard of 3.8 m, where zoning requires at least 9 m. That is 5.2 m less backyard than the rules call for.
It also seeks a roof overhang reaching 5.6 m into that required rear yard, where the limit is 1 m, and hard surfaces such as driveways and walkways with a combined width of 13 m, 3 m over the 10 m maximum.
The request comes as Burlington opens its neighbourhoods to more housing. The first phase of the City's new zoning by-law focused on residential zones, including council's direction to allow four units on a lot as-of-right, meaning without a special approval. This plan's rear yard, roof overhang and hard surfaces still need the committee's sign-off.
Burlington's Committee of Adjustment, which rules on exceptions to zoning rules, meets Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall.
