GUELPH — A proposal from Madalikat Developments Ltd. at 151 Bristol Street requires a zoning by-law amendment to rezone the subject lands and permit the development of two-semi detached buildings and additional accessory residential units.
“The previous application proposed the development of five (5) townhouses on the subject property fronting on Emslie Street. It is noted that during the public review process considerable concern was expressed about the form and density of the proposal and the impacts of traffic and parking on Emslie Street,” as stated in the Addendum to Planning Justification Report dated September 26, 2023.
The above paragraph describes the previous proposal for the site, discussing the public’s concerns about density and parking. Since then, the developer has made significant changes to the proposal.
The subject lands contain an existing single detached bungalow with a detached garage, and the total area of the property is 0.159 hectares.
If the project is approved, demolition of the house and the garage would allow for the development, and Madalikat Developments Ltd. has proposed to sever the property into four lots.
The proposal includes 2-semi detached buildings with four semi-detached units, four basement ARDUs (accessory dwelling units) and four detached ARDUs. The total number of residential units would be 12, as stated in the staff report prepared for the November 21, 2023 council meeting.
Access to each residential unit is proposed from Bristol Street.
The maximum height of the units can be at most 5.0m or three storeys, which the proposal conforms to. The proposed building heights are 3.9m tall, equivalent to 3-storeys.
The neighbourhood contains mixed-residential use around the property, with a mix of apartment buildings and single detached houses.
Van Harten Surveying Inc. submitted the zoning by-law amendment application on behalf of the developer, which requests to rezone the property.
Currently, the property is zoned ‘residential single detached’ (R.1B), which permits the existing single detached house and ‘low density residential 1’ (RL.1).
The zoning amendment application requests to rezone the property to add a site-specific zoning regulation.
The special regulation requested is to increase the maximum driveway width of 3.5m (plus 1.5m surfaced walk) to 5.0m for all four parcels. The development proposal conforms with the city’s Official Plan. Therefore, no Official Plan amendment is required.
The amendment application is set to go before Council on November 21, 2023.
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