Good evening. And welcome to the Town of Milton Committee
of Adjustment and consent. My name is Mark Klug and
I'm the chair of this committee. The five members of
this committee are citizens of the Town of Milton and
are appointed by Town Council for a four - year
term. We are appointed to Actuad Matters respecting the Committee
of Adjustment and consent in accordance with sections 44 and
45 of the Planning Act. The other committee members and
attendants are Mr. Tyler Slatt, Mr. Salmon - Alahi, Mr.
Chris John Bino and Ms. Comfort - Ooh - N
- Gallaja. Agenda announcements and amendment. Any amendments? There are
none. Okay. Disclosure Pecunia Interest. Does any committee member have
a pecuniary conflict of interest with respect to any of
the application on tonight's agenda? If so, please declare it
now by raising your hand. We're all good? Okay, thank
you. Approval of the minutes with respect to the midst
of our meeting dated Thursday, June 25th, 2026. I have
a motion moved by comfort in Gallaja and seconded by
Tyler Slatt that the minutes from the Thursday, June 25th,
2026 Committee of Adjustment MINI be approved. Any discussion on
those minutes, all good? All right, all those in favor,
please raise your hand. So those minutes are carried. Okay.
So just some housekeeping items before we get started. Tonight's
meeting is set in the agenda. Only those matters before
the committee will be discussed. This meeting is not the
appropriate form to discuss property standards issues, property taxes, or
any other general complaints to the town. Please contact the
town during normal business hours to discuss these and in
the other matters. All written correspondents provided the Secretary Treasurer
has been issued to the members and is now part
of the public record and hereby read into evidence. In
order for the Committee to approve an application, the majority
of the members present must satisfy themselves at the application
satisfies the applicable requirements of the planning act. If there
is a tie vote, which shouldn't happen tonight, the application
is denied. Applicants or their agent will automatically receive a
copy of the Committee's decision. If anyone else would like
a copy of the decision, please contact Secretary Treasurer. And
if I don't mention it, all decisions are subject to
a 20 - day appeal period, during which time any
decision could be appealed by only the applicant the municipality,
certain public bodies, and the minister to the Ontario land
tribunal. If you wish to appeal a decision, please contact
the Secretary Treasure. So we're on to number five, which
is items for consideration. First application is A26 - 029M387
Campbell Avenue East. If the owner or representative could please
come forward. Good evening, sir. If you could turn on
your mic, the big button there. Good evening, Mr. Chair
Committee. And if you could state your name and clarify
whether you are the applicant, the agent or the owner.
Sure. My name is Shane Edwards from Houston Studio and
where the applicant on behalf of the owner for 387
Campbell Avenue East. Great. If you could tell the committee
what variances you're applying for and explanation of the purpose
and reasons for the application and why you feel it's
minor in nature. And you have the floor for five
minutes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So yes, so this application
is rather straightforward. We're requesting three variances. So I'll just
quickly run through those. The first is to permit a
second garage, whereas zoning bylaw permits a maximum of one
garage per lot. This is for a residential dwelling, by
the way. The second variance is to permit a maximum
garage door height of 2. 74 metres, where the bylaw
permits a maximum of 2. 4 metres. And the third
is to permit a residential driveway having a width of
22. 42 metres to exceed the width of the proposed
three - car garage, where the zoning by - law
states that the residential driveway leading to a three -
car garage shall not exceed the width of the garage
face. So with this, I just want to clarify that
we did defer from the June hearing, and we worked
with staff to kind of make some amendments to the
proposal. Um, I'm not sure, are we able to bring
up anything on the screen or is it just. Could
we bring up figure. One, please. Just while I explain
the variances, it might help to see. Yes.
Apologies, I can continue if you'd like to.
Great, thank you very much. If you could please zoom
into kind of the middle there.
A little bit further, if you could. Perfect.
Okay, thank you. So just some background, as I mentioned,
we did work with planning staff since the previous deferral
to work through some comments. The most notable were from
the NEC. There were some comments on the, I guess,
the length of the driveway. As you can see coming
from Campbell Avenue to where the dwelling is, it's rather
central in the large. Property. Um, so they had some
comments with regards to the amount of impervious surface that
we were proposing. And the other comments were from the
Fire Department, and basically they were saying that we need
to have a fire access route because of the distance
of the dwelling away from Campbell Avenue. So we did
satisfy those comments. We did alter the driveway. So as
you can see, there is a fire root. Now it
is meet the minimum width. And we do meet the
minimum, um, turning radius required, as well as the hammerhead
provided for maneuverability of the Fire Truck on the property.
And to address the surface, uh, treatment we did propose,
you can see the different hatches of the driveway. The
solid hatch is the obviously an asphalt impervious that's beneath
the fire root. But all other areas of the driveway
are, uh, paverstone obviously will allow some previous pass -
through of water. Um, so just getting back to the
variances. So as you can see here, there is an
attached garage in the main portion of the dwelling on
the left. And you do see the second garage on
the right there. So that's the second garage. There are
two garages. One is a two car in the main
portion of the dwelling. And the, what looks like a
detached three car garage. I just wanted to point out
that there is a breezeway connecting that to the main
dwelling. So even though it looks like it's detached and
it is, I guess, detached from the rest of the
floor plan, physically it is attached to the main dwelling.
So it is part of the main dwelling. It's not
a detached freestanding garage. Um, and if you can kind
of see the dimensional line from the back right corner
of that second garage to the back right corner of
the main dwelling, that's that 22. 42 metre dimension. That's
the maximum technical driveway width. So just to point out
as well that that's not the full driveway with leading
down to the road. That is the minimum six metre
required for the fire root. Um, and so those are
pretty much variance number one in variance number three. Variance
number two is just the increase of, uh, garage door
height from 2. 4 to 2. 7, basically eight feet
to nine feet, which just architecturally and aesthetically matches the
design of the dwelling a bit more. So that's basically
it, Mr. Chair. I'll turn it over to yourself in
the committee and I'd be happy to answer any questions.
Thank you. Uh, does the committee have any questions of
the agents? Go ahead. Thank you very much for a
quick brief. Uh, I just want to know that this
detached garage is connected with a breezeway. Right. Correct. So
it's, it's a detached garage in the sense that it's
disconnected from the rest of the floor plan, but it
is attached with the full breeze way. So it is
part of the main dwelling structure. And there is no
access to the garage from the breezeway, correct? No, the
breezeway is an outdoor. It's just covered. So it's basically
like a, like a covered over breezeway that connects the
two, but the passage between the two. And what is
the height of the garage. The height of the garage?
If we call up figure four, you can kind of
see the architectural elevation that will show that. I can
see that it is eight metres. It's quite high. It's
basically the same height of the main dwelling. It's a
bit more, uh, it'll be clear in the, sorry, figure
three, I apologise. Figure three page.
I can see that in the drank, it is nine
metre from grade level. So it is quite high. So
it's basically not connected. It's basically the same. It's connected
and it's basically the same height as the main dwelling.
So it's part of the main dwelling. The only thing
is there's a pass through underneath a breezeway that gets
to the rear portion that was shown on the site
plan. It's if we could pull up the elevation, it
would be a bit more clear. Thank you. I got
my answer. Any other questions. All right, sir, if you
just want to have a C, thank you very much.
I'm going to open it up to the public now.
Are there any members of the public that wish to
address the committee on the application at 387 Campbell Avenue
East. Once, twice. Okay. I'm going to close public participation.
And I'm going to turn it over back to the
committee. Um, any questions of the planner, which is Ms.
Hayes. I just, on that discussion we just had, um,
the, um. Because it's attached, it meets the height, like
where everything else is. It's just these, the minor variances
are going to creep up at building permit stage to
your knowledge. Through you, Mr. Chair, that's correct. So there
are different zoning provisions for attach versus detached garages since
the breezeway connecting this garage. It essentially has the same
high restrictions as the primary dwelling.
Motion, sorry. I have a motion booth by Chris Chambino,
seconded by Salmon Al - Ahi. Be it resolved that
the application for minor variants under section 45, one and
two of the planning act, file A26029M for 387 Campbell
Avenue East in the town of Milton. Be approved subject
following conditions. Excuse me. One, that the devil elevelment shall
be constructed generally in accordance with the site plan prepared
by US designed studio and dated and stamped by Town
Zoning on July 9th, 2026, and the elevations prepared by
Huey's design studio and dated and stamped by Town Zoning
on May 22nd, 2026. Two, that a Building Permit be
obtained within two years from the date of the decision.
Three, that prior to issuance of a building permit, an
entrance permit shall be obtained for the new driveway. Four,
that prior to the assurance of a building permit, the
applicant shall obtain a building and land use permit from
the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. Five, that the applicant
shall obtain all necessary clearance from the conservation halten and
shall submit the most current application materials to conservation Halton
to ensure that previously issued development clearance letter remains consistent.
Six, that prior to the issuants of a building permit,
the applicant shall provide confirmation of the proposed cut and
fill volumes and locations to assess whether a site, alteration
permit is required for the post scope of work. Seven
that the owner shall plant and maintain trees as shown
on the approved site plan. And finally, eight that the
approval will be subject to an expire of two years
from the date of decision. If the conditions are not
met, if they're proposed development does not proceed and or
a building permit is not secured. Any discussion on the
motion as read. All those in favor, please raise your
hand. So that's approved. And there is that 20 day
appeal period. Thank you. Thank you for watching. You too,
sir. Okay. Number two on the agenda is A26 -
032M, 1401 Argol, our gall, or not our gall. I'm
sorry. I butchered your names here. I can't get the
street names. Arghal Court. Come on, dancer. So if you
turn your microphone on, and if you can state your
name and clarify whether you're the applicant, the agent or
the owner. Good evening, Committee members. My name is Mauli
Kumar Goshi. I'm the applicant. If you could tell the
committee what variances you're applying for and explanation of the
purpose and reasons for the application and why you feel
it's minor in nature. And you have the floor for
five minutes. Sure. Uh, so this 1401er guy is detest
value unit with two car garage. Homeowner wants to have
a basement apartment and they submitted the building permit application
for the same around three months back. And we were
advised that to have this minor variance application because just
to clarify, so there is existing side door entrance. Which
we are proposing to use, to be used as a
main entrance for the basement apartment. To meet the Ontario
Building Court requirement, we need to provide a fire rated
corridor in the garage. So because of that corridor, the
available length in the garage reduces to 4. 93 metre.
Which is less than the city's menu requirement of 6
metre. And that is the reason why we are proposing
a manuaryance here. Also would like to confirm that we
are still meeting the three parking requirement, one in garage
and two on the driveway. Requesting the approval, because this
is the most feasible, practical and cost effective way for
the homeowner to have this basement apartment. And happy to
answer any questions or any clarification. Thank you, sir. Are
there any questions of the committee to the agent. None.
All right. If you can turn off your mic and
have a seat, I'm going to open it up to
the public. Are there any members of the public that
wish to address the committee on 1401 Argual Court. Going
once. Twice. All right. I'm closing public participation and returning
it over to the committee, uh, to the planner, Ms.
Wellings. Any questions of the committee to Ms. Willings. Done.
All right. So I have a motion move by Chris
Trombino, seconded by Comfort Ngelaja. Be it resolved that the
application for minor variants under section 45, one and two
of the Planning Act, file A26 - 032M for 1401
Arghal Court in the town of Milton. Be proved subject
to the following conditions. One, that the development shall be
constructed in accordance with the site plan prepared by spacecraft
building permit ink and stamped by Town Zoning on June
23rd, 2026. Two, that a building permit be obtained within
two years from the date of decision. And three, that
the approval be subject to an expire of two years
from the date of the decision if the conditions are
not met. If they're proposed development does not proceed and
or a building permit is not secured. Any discussion on
the motion is read. All those in favor, please raise
your hand. So that is a proof, sir. And there
is that 20 day appeal period. Thank you for attending.
Okay. Um, moving on to number three, which is
A26034M7211 5th line. If the agent could come forward. Or
representative, sorry. So if you could just turn on your
mic. And if you could state your name and clarify
whether the applicant agent or owner first, please. My name
is Laura LaVell Panzeropolis. Don't worry, you won't be quizzed
on it. Um, and I'm a senior planner with the
Big Leary group. And I'm here as the agent for
the owner. Great. Uh, if you could tell the committee
what variances you're applying for, an explanation of the purpose
and reasons for the application, why you feel it's minor
in nature. And you have the floor for five minutes.
All right. So this application for 7211 5th line is
for a warehouse building that's in existence, um, it is
approximately 255, 000 square feet. It has 175 surface parking
spaces currently. No changes are being proposed to the site.
So the look at today in terms of a site
plan, um, it's only a change to a parking rate
that we are proposing. So this site from a planning
context is within the urban area, industrial area employment area
and zoned for, uh, industrial uses with an exception that
limits the types of industrial uses that are on this
particular site. So the application is straightforward. We are seeking
relief from the zoning bylaw requirement that parking for industrial
and warehouse uses on the site be calculated based on
the number of tenants or units within the building. Instead,
we are requesting that it be calculated based on the
entire building GFA. Um, so this will provide flexibility for
in the future. Um, the building, the existing building as
it is to accommodate additional tenants while maintaining the existing
site layout. So that's the purpose here. Parking justification has
been provided by Crozier and finds that this proposed rate
meets the, uh, that's already met by the existing supply
of 170 spaces is sufficient to support anticipated parking uses
for even a multi - tenant building, considering the existing
permitted uses in the zone. Um, in our opinion, the
application is consistent with the four tests under section 45
planning act for minor variances. It maintains the intent of
the official plan. Um, since employment areas are intended to
support a diverse range of uses and make efficient use
of employment lands. It maintains the intent of the zoning
bylaw, which is to provide appropriate parking for the use,
which is demonstrated in crosures parking analysis. And it's desirable
and appropriate because it allows the property to respond to
changing market demands and supports employment uses in the town.
Finally, it is minor in nature. Um, the proposed changes
to the site. Nothing you would see on the outside.
No proposed changes to the uses. Um, and there have
also been identical variances approved on other similar properties in
the area, um, to allow it to be, um, evaluated
by the building and not by the tenants and also
other similar rates that would be equivalent. And I can
go into more in depth if you are interested in
that minutiae. But for now, thank you so much for
your time. And I would be pleased to answer any
follow - up questions. Thank you very much. Are there
any questions of the committee to the agent? I just
have one. So basically the parking is the parking. What's
there now is what's going to move forward and stay
forever. Perfect. All right. That's correct. Thank you very much.
If you just wanted to turn off your mic. I'm
going to open it up to the public. Are there
any members of the public that wish to address the
committee on the application at 721 fifth line. Seeing none,
I'm going to move right in. Oh, sorry. Now before
I do that, I have to bring it to the
planner. Yes. Sorry. I apologise. Just a question. So she
talks about the comparisons that they used in the report.
There are various other sites warehouses that they compared in
this report. Are they all the same kind of business?
I know it's warehouse. Why is it the same kind
of, um, things they're due in the sink to compare
them like for like, just wanting to confirm that. Through
you, Mr. Chair. Uh, yes, in this scenario, they did
review, um, previous parking data that they had looked at
for the actual usage of parking, um, areas incomparable industrial
warehouse sites. Um, and our transportation staff were satisfied by
the comparables that were provided that they do translate to
an appropriate assessment of this site as well. Sorry about
that. Did want to stay full discussion. I apologise. Moving
on to motion now. I have a motion move by
Tyler's thought, seconded by Salman Alahee. Be it resolved at
the application for minor variants under section 45, one and
two of the Planning Act file A26 - 034M47211 fifth
line in the town of Milton. Be approved subject to
the following condition that the minor variance shall apply to
the 23, 724 square metre building shown on the site
plan prepared by Turner Flesher and date and dated and
stamped by Town Zoning on June 23rd, 2026. Any discussion
on the motion has read. All those in favor, please
raise your hand. So that is approved. There is that
20 day appeal period. But thank you very much for
attending. Okay. We are on
to item number four, which is A26 - 05M0 James
Snow Parkway North. The agent, Commando.
So if you could just turn on your microphone for
us, please. Great. And if you could state your name
and clarify whether you are the applicant or the agent
for this application. Uh, hello. I'm Jennifer Drewzik with Arcadis.
I'm a planner and we are the agent representing the
current owner Broccolini for the site at zero James Snow
Parkway. Um, we did have some visuals and it would
be helpful if I could get number three up or
slide three up. Um, as we go through it. As
part of this minor variance application, we're also working with
staff, uh, throughout a site plan application. And so that's
what brought us here today. We're here to bring forward
four minor variances. Um, as part of this application, the
first one being a request to increase the maximum driveway
with a two - way driveway width. That's the one
that you see in magenta at the left - hand
side. The second minor variance we're requesting is the parking
area setback. In blue. And then the green is to
permit a trash compactor. Outside of the primary dwelling. And
that one's in green. And then the fourth one is
an accessory building, which is like specifically it's a smoke
shelter. Um, in the front yard, um, you'll see through
this figure that it is three frontages that we are
dealing with in terms of exposure to the right of
way, uh, but the front yard is considered through a
site specific zoning bylaw as James Snow Parkway. And, uh,
from a planning perspective, um, all four variants do align
with the general intent of the town of Milton Official
Plan and the town of Milton Zoning bylaw. These are
site - specific requests that we're making in order for
the prospective tenant, which is Mad Lodge Farms to function
on the site from a traffic perspective, um, and from,
uh, like a user's perspective as well. Um. Just to
go back to the variances as well. We are seeking,
um, like minor reductions and the numbers are included there
from where we are revising them. So just to go
from left and right again, it's from 15 metres to
a roar requesting is 25. 2 metres, 1. 5 metres
to 1. 2 metres. It's a minor request. And then
the other two aren't quantified. From planning perspective from the
planning act, uh, and against the minor variance for tests,
we do believe that the four variances do maintain the
general intent and purpose of the official plan, general intent
and purpose of the zoning bylaw. And we do believe
that the variances are desirable and appropriate within the proposed
industrial use. Uh, and that they are minor in nature.
And again, this application is part of a broader site
plan application that we're continuing to work with staff. And
so, um, things in advance for all the assistants, uh,
to get us to this point, uh, but I'm happy
to answer any questions. Thank you. Um, are there any
questions of the committee to the agents. Nope. All right.
Thanks. If you just want to turn off your mic
and have a seat. I don't suppose, sir, you're here
for this. Okay. And no one's here for the public.
All right. So we're going to turn it right over
to, uh, I'm closing the public. Okay. Somebody comes back
and says, I didn't offer the public a chance to
speak. So the public turned over to the committee, the
planner is Miss Wellings. Does the committee have any questions
of Ms. Welling's. Go ahead. So the second variance is
just for me to get this clarity. I know it's
the waste is going to be food. Right? Like because
it's. It's a food storage with whatever. The smell. Overflow.
All those will be taken care of by there will
be no issues because I'm foreseeing the situation where later
there's like, we have issues with clearing the rubbish. And
then because it's outside, we have animal infestations. We have
all of that coming around that which could happen. Is
it okay where it's located? I know it's been hidden,
but stuff like that do happen. Through you, Mr. Chair,
that's a great question. So through the site plan process,
waste management plan will be provided and approved by regional
staff. Further, this is a permitted use. So there's no
issue with the use being proposed in the building. So
we have no concerns with it being an industrial food
type processing facility. Okay. Thank you. So if there's no
further discussion, I'm going to move right to motion. Have
a motion move by Chris Trambino. Second of Vitaler Slot.
Be it resolved that the application for minor variants under
section 4512 of the Planning Act file A26 - 035M40.
James Snow Parkway North in the town of Milton be
approved subject to the following conditions. One, that the development
shall be constructed in accordance with the site plan prepared
by powers, brown architect and dated and stamped by Town
Zoning on June 22nd, 2026, two that a building permit
be obtained within two years from the date of the
decision. And three, that the approval be subject to an
expiry of two years from the date of the decision
of the conditions are not met. If they're proposed development
does not proceed and or a building permit is not
secured. Any discussion on the motion as read. All those
in favor, please raise your hand. So that is approved
and it is again subject to that 20 day appeal
period. Thank you for attending. And last but not least,
uh, item number five, A26 - 036M 115125 side road.
Come on down. Thank you for your patients. So if
you just turn on your mic, and if you could
just state your name and clarify whether you're the applicant
agent or the owner first, please. Sure. Uh, yeah, my
name's Ethan Merritt and I am the agent on behalf
of the owner. Great. If you could tell the committee
what variances you're applying for and explanation of the purpose
and reason for the application and why you feel it's
minor in nature. And you have the floor for five
minutes. Sure. Um, so the variances to have a pool
in the front yard. Typically with residential, I would agree
that's not ideal. Um, however, this is an 85 acre
rural property. Um, and there was an existing paintball field
and business run on this property. And so there was
an existing driveway that kind of brought you deep into
the property. We're about 50 metres or so off of
the road. Um, and so the driveway is just, it
stays kind of where it was. And then we just
finished building a new build residential home. And now the
backyard of the house is now technically the front yard
of the property. So we're kind of in this weird
little position. Um, where the pool is now in the
front yard technically speaking from the road, the absolutely no
view of the pool or the house currently. Um, if
you drive by, it's full evergreens all year round. Um,
so you would never kind of have that in position
that you would in that urban setting. Um, but yeah,
so we're looking to be granted that pool in the
technical front yard. Anyway. Thank you. Are there any questions
of the committee to the agent. No. All right. Just
turn off your mic. Have a seat. There are no
members of the public. So we're going to go straight
to the committee. Does the committee have any questions of
the planner, which is Ms. Hayes. None. All right. So
the long one. Of us should move by comfort on
Gallaja. Second of by Chris Trambino. Be it resolved at
the application for minor variants under section 4512 of the
Planning Act file A26 - 036M for 1151 25 side
road in the town of Milton. Be approved subject to
the following conditions. One, that the development shall be constructed
generally in accordance with the site plan prepared by Van
Harten and dated and stamped by Town Zoning on June
23, 2026. Two that a pool permit be obtained within
two years from the date of the decision. Three, that
prior to the assurance of pool permit, the applicant shall
provide development engineering a letter confirming if the scope of
work includes importing or removing fill soil gravel rocks and
or leveling areas. Four that prior to the assurance of
a pool permit, the site plan shall be updated to
include A, flow directional arrows with proposed slopes illustrating the
general direction of surface runoff within the site. B, location
of the proposed and existing swales. C, driveway slope, D
sump location and discharge point. E a note stating silt
controls are to be in place prior to the start
of site works and be maintained for the duration of
construction. F a note stating. The contractor is fully responsible
to ensure that all erosion and sedimentation resulting from the
proposed works is controlled and contained within the work site.
And five that the approval will be subject to an
expiry of two years from the date of the decision.
If the conditions are not met, if they're proposed development
does not proceed and or a pool permit is not
secured. There, any discussion on the motion as read. No,
I knew that's not nice. No, I'm not going to
leave it. Uh, so I take it there's no discussion.
All those in favor, please raise your hand. And that
is carried. And you're good to go 20 day pill
period. Thank you for your attending, sir. That was not
nice, Chris. All right. That brings the public portion done.
Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 27th at 2026.
You said we have about four. You think four applications.
So unless there's any other business, uh, we're adjourned at
632 PM. Thank you all for attending.