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Home My WebLink AboutDTS-07-101 - 30CDM-06206, 258 Edgewater Cres, Request For Exemption From Emergency Access Policy I-1035ii ID ~_ ~... .~ REPORT Report To: Development and Technical Services Committee Date of Meeting: June 18, 2007 Submitted By: Jeff Willmer, Director of Planning Prepared By: Katie Anderl, Planner Ward(s) Involved: Ward 2 Date of Report: June 6, 2007 Report No.: DTS 07-101 Subject: 30CDM-06206 258 EDGEWATER CRES REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM EMERGENCY ACCESS POLICY I-1035 LAUREL VIEW HOMES RECOMMENDATION: A. That the request submitted on behalf of Laurel View Homes requesting an exemption from Council Policy I-1035, `Emergency Access Policy', in regards to the future development proposed on the lands legally described as Block 289, RP 58M-393 and Part Lot 117, GCT (municipally known as 258 Edgewater Crest, in the City of Kitchener, to allow a private road to be 204.2m in length from a public road, without an emergency access, be granted, in accordance with the following provisions: 1. That all dwellings be equipped with the Direct Detect Fire Monitoring System; and 2. That all dwellings constructed beyond 150 metres of the intersection of the internal driveway with the public road befitted with sprinkler systems; and further B. That the request submitted on behalf of Laurel View Homes requesting an exemption to Council Policy I-1147, clause 4.h.vi, `Street Naming, Addressing, Multiple Unit Identification Signs, AddresslStreet Name Changes', to allow the Multiple Unit Identification Sign to be located on the left side of the driveway entrance rather than on the right side of the driveway entrance, be granted. BACKGROUND: The subject lands are municipally known as 258 Edgewater Crescent and are located in the Grand River South Community. The subject property was rezoned in early 2005 to permit the lands to be developed with a Vacant Land Condominium containing 15 single detached units. Application was made in August 2006 for Draft Approval of a Vacant Land Condo showing the 15 single detached units along an internal private roadway extending from Edgewater Cres to the eastern end of the subject lands. This application will also be subject to Site Plan Approval and a draft Site Plan is attached for reference. The subject lands are adjacent to Idlewood Creek to the north and the Grand River to the south and are surrounded by steep slope. Only the lands at the top of the slope are developable. REPORT: The purpose of this report is to bring the request for exemption from the Emergency Access Policy (I-1035} and Street Naming, Addressing, Multiple Unit Identification Signs, Address/Street Name Changes' Policy (I-1147} to Development and Technical Services Committee and Council. As stated in letters from GSP Group on behalf of Laurel View Homes, the owner is seeking exemptions to allow three dwellings to be constructed beyond 150 metres from the intersection of the internal roadway and the public street and an exemption to permit the Multiple Unit Identification Sign to be located on the left hand side of the driveway entrance rather than on the right hand side, as required by the policy. Driveway Length The subject lands are long and narrow -constrained by steep slopes to the north and south leading down to Idlewood Creek and the Grand River respectively. The land has the potential to contain 15 single detached dwellings along with an internal private roadway. However, due to the length of the lands, and the fact that there are steep slopes abutting the property there is no opportunity to create a secondary means of access, either behind the homes or through to a neighbouring subdivision. The owner is requesting an exemption to the Emergency Access Policy to allow the internal driveway to be 204.2 metres in length, with the farthest distance to the entrance of a unit being about 174 metres from the intersection of the internal driveway and the street. To help facilitate this request the owner has agreed to install Direct Detect in all the dwellings in the proposed development and each dwelling constructed farther than 150 metres from the intersection of the internal road with the street will contain sprinkler system as a further fire protection measure. Therefore, three units, shown as Block 8, 9 & 10 will be sprinklered. These measures have been discussed with, and accepted by the Fire Department as appropriate mitigation measures. Multiple Unit Identification Sign The owner is also seeking an exemption to allow the Multiple Unit Identification (MUI} Sign to be located on the left side of the driveway rather than the right side. Planning staff in consultation with the Fire Department feel that it would be acceptable in this instance to locate the sign on the left side of the driveway. In addition, the request will allow the MUI sign to be located in a Common Element block which will ensure that it is properly landscaped and maintained by the Condominium Corporation, rather than by an individual `unit' owner. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: None. COMMUNICATIONS: None required. CONCLUSION: Based on the foregoing, staff recommend that an exemption to the Emergency Access Policy I-1035 and the Street Naming, Addressing, Multiple Unit Identification Signs, Address/Street Name Changes Policy I-1147, as requested by GSP Group on behalf of Laurel View Homes, be granted. Katie Anderl Planner Della Ross, RPP, MCIP Manager of Development Review Jeff Willmer, RPP, MCIP Director of Planning Attarhmpntc Appendix `A' Draft Site Plan -June 5, 2007 Appendix `B' Letters from GSP Group (on behalf of Laurel View Homes} -May 14 & June 6, 2007 2 ~• Z _ ~ N ,3 § r 3 w o Y E '~ ~ '~ ` 0 MM ~ ~ ~ ~ 0_ ~~Q ~ 0 N a Ul ~ c U UJ > ~ V ~ N ~ a ~ Z O > w ~ o ~°v ~p ~ ~ y ~~ • d B \ •,. j 1• • j O ~ ~ O ~` ~ J O Q C ~ Q «~ 0'~ w LL 'N ~~ ,U O~ Z N] ~ //~~ ~ f6 r N ~ ~ ~ N" U ~ ~ N O ~ ~ ~ s 3 V ~ oO ~ 6 O ~ pj 0 a 'o ~ 9 ~ 3 ~ ~ _ Q ~ s~~ O o ='n u a N o • r n ~ <, ~ .\~ O %` 1 i O J~ m N ~ Q p 0 ~ ~ ~ Y Q~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ p E a ~ io W ~ J ~ ~ d `~ ~ 01 .. o F ~ 9 o. o v ~ ` ~ ~ .~ o ' "` N _ O ~ F y ~ ~ N. ~ ~ N (n (~ m J Q Z a s Z p N / 1 .ll~ ~ j,. ^,-- .5q. rf {/ ~/ ~~~.. ~ ,. p0 6NA } t~ h ~ ~~ f ~il p. 6' 11 * ! ~ ~ p \ ,~, ~ , 7 ~ f~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2 ~~ "~ ~ ~~ ~ e. ~ , . j/~ ~ V / ~If } {~ ~ ...~' ~ V ~'.~ E ~. 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