The Guelph Record

Committee of Adjustment

February 12, 2026

What was decided (3 motions)

3 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That in the matter of an application under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P13, as amended, a variance from Section 4.12.1(g)(iii) of Zoning By-law Committee of Adjustment Minutes: February 12, 2026 - 2 (2023)-20790, as amended, for 126 Palmer Street, to permit the proposed additional dwelling unit within a separate building on the same lot to occupy a maximum of 34 percent of the rear yard, when the By-law requires that for an additional dwelling unit within a separate building on the same lot, the additional dwelling unit(s) shall not occupy more than 30 percent of the yard, including all accessory buildings or structures, be approved, subject to the following condition: 1. Prior to undertaking activities which may injure or destroy regulated trees, the applicant shall submit a Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan (TIPP) undertaken by a Certified Arborist, in accordance with the requirements of the City’s Tree Technical Manual and to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Planning and Building Services. Issuance of a Tree Injury or Removal Permit by the City may be required prior to any works taking place on the subject property. Reason: This application is approved, as it is the opinion of the Committee that with the above noted condition of approval, this application meets all four tests under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act. Any and all written submissions relating to this application that were made to the committee of Adjustment before its decisi
Moved by Member Speers, seconded by Member Membreño
Carried
That in the matter of an application under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P13, as amended, a variance from Table 7.1 of Zoning By-law (2023)- 20790, as amended, for 282 Victoria Road North, to permit a donation centre as an additional permitted use, when the By-law permits a variety of uses in the NCC Zone, but does not permit a donation centre use, be approved, subject to the following conditions: 1. That prior to the issuance of the building permit, a loading space be provided on the submitted plan to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Planning. 2. That a Donation Centre be defined as “an establishment owned and operated by a registered non-profit charitable organization which is attended by employees to receive donations from the public of primarily used or second hand housewares, furniture, appliances, equipment, toys and clothing and where these goods are sorted and re-used in part”. 3. That no outdoor storage areas, including bins, for donations are to be established in the front or side or rear yards of the property or within the loading or waste management areas. 4. That prior to the issuance of the building permit, the owner(s) shall provide to the City, to the satisfaction of the General Manager/City Engineer, a Traffic Geometric Plan that has been prepared in accordance with the City of Guelph’s Development Engineering Manual. 5. That the proposed donation centre use only be permitted in the indicated unit on the site plan prepared by the
Moved by Member Membreño, seconded by Member Mir
Carried
Committee of Adjustment Minutes: February 12, 2026 - 5 That in the matter of an application under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P13, as amended, Section 5.2.2(a), Section 5.2.2(c), Section 5.8 and Table 5.7 Row 1, Section 5.8.1(a)(iii), Section 5.8.1(b)(ii), Section 5.8.2, Table 6.17, Table 6.18, Table 6.19, and Section 18.6.12(b)(ii) of Zoning By-law (2023)-20790, as amended, for 36 Lovett Lane, to permit: a. parking areas and parking spaces to have a minimum setback of 2 metres from any lot line, when the By-law requires that for every parking space for the uses specified in Section 5.2.2 shall be located in the interior side yard or rear yard, and any parking area or parking space shall be setback 3 metres from any lot line, b. 100 percent of the parking spaces to be permitted in surface parking areas, when the By-law requires that on a lot 9,000 square metres and greater, a maximum of 75 percent of the residential parking spaces shall be permitted in surface parking areas; c. 0 percent of the required long-term bicycle parking spaces to have access to an electrical outlet and not meet the minimum dimensions required in the Zoning By-law, when the By-law requires that for townhouses where individual garages are not provided (back-to-back, cluster, stacked and stacked back-to- back townhouses), a minimum of 5 percent of the required long-term bicycle parking spaces shall be provided in individually secured enclosures that are a minimum of 1 metre wide by
Moved by Member Speers, seconded by Member Ross
Carried

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