Lot severances approved

by Bonnie

MacPherson

Clearview Township Committee of Adjustment has granted preliminary approval for severance of two new residential lots on County Rd 42 in Avening. The owners of 3399 County Rd 42 just north of the Avening Community Centre have applied for permission to create two lots, each approximately 0.21 hectares or 0.5 acres in size.

At the Committee’s March 8 meeting, Planning and Development Technician Christine Taggart noted that before the approval is finally granted the applicant(s) must comply with several conditions including an archeological assessment requested by the Simcoe County Planning Department, and a hydrogeological assessment to confirm there is sufficient quality and quantity of water to service the new lots without adversely affecting neighbouring properties. In addition, the road allowance will be widened to 18 metres from the centre line. The applicant will be required to bear all survey, engineering and legal costs and pay a minimum development fee of $7,073 per newly created lot to the township.

Each of the two new lots will have frontage of 30 metres on County Rd 42. The retained lot with existing dwelling and barn will have just over 101 metres of frontage with area of 21 hectares or 52 acres. This will require a minor variance as the retained lot will be smaller than the minimum required lot size in an agricultural zone.