Quick Briefs: Inside the Administration & Operations Committee Meeting

Additional Residential Units

Since all municipalities are required to accommodate Additional Residential Units (ARUs), mandated provincially through a planning act, the County of Brant has adopted a new Additional Residential Unit Servicing Operations Policy. The executive summary noted that since ARUs are becoming increasingly popular in the County of Brant, Operations staff have identified a need to develop an Operations Policy to manage the use of the road allowance and the servicing requirements forARU developments

If a homeowner wishes to change their existing dwelling into a multi-dwelling property, it was noted that only one water service and one sanitary service is permitted to the property therefore the new unit must be connected the principal dwelling’s connections within private property. Connecting an ARU to municipal services may involve modifying, replacing or upgrading the principal dwelling’s services to the water or sanitary sewer mains to accommodate required capacity of both the principal dwelling and the ARU, as outlined the Ontario Building Code Entrances from the County Right-of-Way onto a property to service an ARU shall be through the primary dwellings entrance. Entrances shall conform to the Entrance By-Law. Electrical and natural gas connections to the ARU shall be connected within private property. One (1) electrical and one (1) gas connection are permitted per property. In some cases, upgrades to the existing services may be required to accommodate the primary dwelling and the ARU. The applicant should consult utility providers to determine if upgrades are required.

Proposed Traffic Modifications in Paris

Whereas the Roads Division has received various requests for traffic modifications for several different locations throughout the County of Brant (the County). Requests were made through the Brant Safe Streets (BSS) program and by various County Departments.

Joseph Brant Street at Mulholland Drive: A stop sign will be installed at Mulholland Drive – for northbound direction as it intersects with Joseph Brant Street; and another stop sign, Mulholland Drive – for southbound direction as it intersects with Joseph Brant Street

This is a non-traditional T intersection as Joseph Brant Street meets the other two (2) approaches on Mulholland with a 90-degree bend in the road. The result of this 90-degree bend has created visibility concerns for the travelling public especially to certain motorists turning at this intersection. To enhance safety of this intersection, staff recommends that this intersection be made into an all-way stop control. The estimated cost of this installation is $600 Continued on page 22