Roofmart, a building supply business, wants to add a 10,775-square-foot (1,001-square-metre) warehouse to its yard on Esquesing Line. Town planning staff, who received no public comments, recommend that the Committee of Adjustment and Consent approve the expansion on Thursday, Nov. 12. The committee is the Town panel that rules on requests to bend zoning rules.
The request comes from a zoning change. A housekeeping amendment passed March 17, 2025, dropped building supply outlets from the uses allowed in the zone. Town zoning staff confirmed Roofmart has operated on the property since 2021, before the change. Because it was there first, it can keep running, but it no longer fits the zone, so any expansion needs the committee's permission.
The yard already has an office building and storage, and it shares the property with a Maxi-Mix operation that runs a 460-square-metre mixing plant. The plan shows a 114-square-metre Roofmart office and 23 required parking spaces.
Staff recommend that any approval expire two years after the decision if its conditions aren't met, the project doesn't go ahead or no building permit is secured. The new building will also need site plan approval, the Town's review of a building's layout, access and parking. That review could turn up other zoning shortfalls, which would need a separate minor variance application.
The committee meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at Town Hall, 150 Mary Street, and anyone interested can attend in person. Roofmart, the province or certain public bodies and people with an interest can appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal within 20 days of the decision, by filing written reasons and the tribunal's fee with the committee's secretary-treasurer.
