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Originally Posted by Dmajackson
"Peninsula Shoreline of the Northwest Arm
Although outside the geographic area covered by the Council motion, staff also note that a large lot located west of the Armdale Roundabout at 7177 Quinpool Road is partially zoned R-3 and partially zoned C-2 under the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-Law (LUB). At the date of drafting this report, construction permits have been issued for a 32-storey multi-unit residential building under the existing zoning and as-of-right permitting process. This tall building is allowable because, unlike the Mainland LUB, the Peninsula R-3 Zone has no specific height limit and instead relies on vertical angle controls and density limits. The vertical angle controls, in turn, allow taller intrusions based on additional, horizontal angle controls. As a result, a tall, narrow building on a large lot can be oriented in such a way that its height is limited only by economic viability of the development and the density limits in place."
https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default...19hwcc1311.pdf
The development permit for the site was issued in January and is for $20 million and 77 residential units. |
Yes, the R-3 angle controls allow for considerable height, but because this property is +/- half zoned C-2, does not section 58 of the Peninsula LUB come into play? It's pretty direct stating: "
58 The height of a building in a C-2 Zone shall not exceed a height of eighty (80) feet, but for each foot that the building or that portion of the building which would exceed eighty (80) feet in height is set back from the property line, two (2) feet may be added to the height of the building." Not sure what those setbacks would allow for maximum height but there appears to be a maximum height on about half of the site. Correct?