HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-77REPORT NO.8
REZONING APPLICATION BY J.C. TAMBLYN
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Mr. Tamblyn has applied to have the lot shown on the attached sketch
rezoned from Agricultural to Industrial. This lot is located on the
northwest corner of Regional Road No.4 (Taunton Rd,) and the road
between Lots 26 and 27 Clarke. The junction of Reg. Rd. 4 and Hwy.
35115 is i,,imediately to the east. The lot contains a small indust-
rial building (269563 sq.ft.) which was formerly used as a dairy.
The building was used as a dairy until 1968 and subsequently as a
farm equipment outlet. The building has been disused for some
time now and has lost any legal nonconforming status it may have had.
The applicant wishes to sell the building but no buyer will purchase
it under present restrictions.
The applicant applied to have the land rezoned for highway commercial
uses, but the former United Counties Engineer objected to a commercial
entrance being located so near to the junction of Hwy. 35-115 and
Taunton Road. He wanted the property to have an entrance only from
the adjacent side road. In my opinion this would not be an improve-
ment at all since the side road presently only provides access to
one or two farms and to use it would effectively bring the commercial
entrance even closer to the Junction.
I feel that the use of this property for industrial purposes would
be acceptable, given that it contains an existing industrial building,
provided that the following conditions were maintained:
(a) The coverage permitted was restricted to the existing building
arca plus a minor extension (say 20%)0
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(b) Access were restricted to one entrance at the far south west
corner of the lot.
(c) Industrial uses were retricted to those which produced no indus-
trial wastes or pollution and used water only for normal "domestic"
purposes.
(d) No open storage were permitted.
(e) Uses were restricted to those which would not be likely to generate
high traffic volumes entering and leaving the premises.
(f) Any additions to or replacements of the existing building met all
the usual setbacks and other requirements of the zoning by-law.
In conclusion, I would recommend that Municipal Planning Consultants
be authorized to draw up an amending by-law and site plan agreement
to permit the use of the applicant's land for industrial purposes
under the above conditions with the cost of this work to be charges to
the applicant. T use documents should be circulated to the Regional
Works Department and the Health Unit when they are completed.
Respectfully submitted,
George F. Howden,
Planning Director.
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