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Originally Posted by Wpg_Guy
Freedhome Developments Ltd. has an application to build another large multi-family building (100+ units) in St. Boniface at 470 Des Meurons, just down the street from their other two developments, 316 Des Meurons & 366 Marion.
A variance has been requested for the following:
1. For the Apartment Building
- Front yard: They want zero front yard (building right up to the sidewalk/street) instead of the normal 25 feet setback.
- North side yard: Only 8 feet gap to the neighbour instead of the required 18 feet.
- South side yard: Only 6 feet gap to the neighbour instead of the required 20 feet.
- Rear yard: 20 feet at the back instead of 25 feet.
- Balcony overhang: The balconies on the south side will stick out 5 feet instead of the maximum allowed 2 feet.
- Lot area per unit: They plan to have less land per apartment than required (344 sq ft per unit instead of 400 sq ft). This basically means they want to fit more units on the lot.
- Street landscaping: They are not providing as much landscaping along the street edge as the rules require.
2. For the Parking Lot
- Number of spaces: They want to provide only 105 parking spaces instead of the required 120.
- Guest parking: They want zero unassigned guest parking spaces instead of the required 11 spaces.
- Drive aisles: The lanes between parking rows will be slightly narrower (19 to 19.5 feet wide) instead of the required 20 feet.
- Parking lot landscaping: They are not providing as much landscaping inside the parking lot as the rules require.
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I live in the area and received a notice about this in the mail. Locals were consulted on March 12th and the NIMBYs have "significant concerns". The usual stuff: scale and fit, infrastructure capacity, traffic and safety, insufficient consultation. Personally, I'm fine with it. The rendering looks nice.
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