MINUTES - Special Council - 20020227
TOWN OF AURORA
SPECIAL COUNCIL - PUBLIC PLANNING MEETING
MINUTES
NO. 02-06
Council Chambers
Aurora Town Hall
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
ATTENDANCE
COUNCIL MEMBERS Mayor Jones in the Chair; Councillors Griffith, Kean,
Pedersen, Timpson and Wallace.
Councillors MacEachern, Vrancic and West were absent.
STAFF MEMBERS Deputy Town Clerk, Director of Planning, Long Range
Planner, Public Works Technical Assistant and
Council/Committee Secretary.
I DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
There were no declarations of pecuniary interest under the Municipal Conflict of
Interest Act.
II APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Moved by Councillor Griffith Seconded by Councillor Timpson
THAT the content of the Agenda be approved as presented.
CARRIED
III PLANNING APPLICATIONS
1. PL02-015 - Zoning By-law Amendment
Heathwood Homes
Part of Lot 80, Concession 1 EYS
Plan 65M-3461
D14-01-02
Planning Staff
The Long Range Planner, advised that this application has been brought forward
by the Town of Aurora, therefore the Town is the proponent and he gave a
description of the application summarising the contents of Planning Report No.
PL02-015. Mr. Kyle indicated that due to staff concerns regarding the double car
driveways in front of duplex homes, potentially causing a limitation of on street
parking as well as snow removal difficulty, a by-law was enacted in 1999 to
enforce "tapered" driveways throughout the development. Mr. Kyle advised that
subsequently there have been parking restrictions imposed to certain locations
within the development, resulting in staff's recommendation to amend the by-law,
removing the taper requirement from certain homes within the subject lands
located in no-parking zones or in locations where fire hydrants or curbs prevent
parking.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Public Comments
Michelle Maitre of 127 Millcliffe Circle advised that she had circulated a letter to
affected residents in the area, all in protest of this amending by-law. The
affected residents' request that the taper requirement be removed from all homes
within the affected area, not just the selected properties proposed. Ms Maitre
provided a number letters signed by various residents for Council's consideration.
Comments were made from various members of the public who were in
opposition of the application for a number of reasons including; discrimination
between homeowners located in no parking zones who will have straight
driveways and homeowners in parking zones who will be forced to have tapered
driveways; the opinion that the tapering will be unsightly and potentially reduce
the value of the properties; possible safety hazard due to difficulty parking and
backing out of the tapered driveways as well as the potential reduction of parking
space on the affected homeowners' properties. The residents indicated a desire
for a consistent, common appearance to all properties within the affected area.
The public portion of the meeting closed at 7:30 p.m. and Council’s deliberations
began.
Moved by Councillor Griffith Seconded by Councillor Wallace
THAT, Staff be authorized to complete the required zoning by-law
amendment to remove the driveway tapering requirement for all double
driveways on the subject lands and present it to the next available Council
meeting for adoption.
CARRIED
IV ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Councillor Timpson
THAT the meeting be adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
CARRIED
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T. JONES, MAYOR K. SMYTH, DEPUTY CLERK