PLANAPP 2024-01000 - 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove

Request

Application by Bernad Stolz to amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Chebucto Peninsula (Planning District 5) Land Use By-law to allow the issuance of a permit for a single unit dwelling at 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove.
 

Proposal

The applicant wishes to construct a single unit dwelling at 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove.  The lot was created in 2010 through the exemption in the HRM Charter which allows the creation of parcels with an area greater than 10-hectares (25 acres) to be created without municipal subdivision approval.  This exemption from the lot approval process was originally intended for resource uses such as farming or forestry.  However, this exemption in the HRM Charter has become commonly used to create lots for residential purposes. A development permit cannot be issued unless the requirements of the Land Use By-law are met. Section 9.2 of the Land Use By-law states that lots in the R-6 zone (the applied zone) must have 100ft of frontage in order for a Development Permit to be issued. There are sections of the Land Use By-law that relax the road frontage requirement, but it only applies to lots that either existed prior to the land use bylaw (in this case, February 9th, 1995), or, are shown on Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage, as per section 4.7 of the Land Use By-law. The subject property, 1100 Wilderness Drive, does not meet either of these two requirements.

An application has been received to amended Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Chebucto Peninsula (Planning District 5) Land Use By-law to include 1110 Wilderness Drive, Portuguese Cove so that a permit can be issued for a single unit dwelling.
 

Process

The application will be considered under the Land Use By-law Amendment process.

Status

This application is currently undergoing a detailed review by internal staff and external reviewers.  A sign will be posted by the applicant on the subject site advertising the intent to amend the Land Use By-law. Adjacent property owners will be notified of the proposal by mail and comments on the proposed single unit dwelling at 1110 Wilderness Drive are welcomed. 

Staff will undertake a detailed review of the application prior to sending a recommendation report to Halifax and West Community Council.

Documents Submitted for Evaluation

The applicant has submitted a letter with the requesting the amend Schedule E – Areas Subject to Reduced Road Frontage of the Chebucto Peninsula (Planning District 5) Land Use By-law.